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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

(Numbers in thousands)
Table 34. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, sex, and educational attainment, October 2008
CharacteristicCivilian
noninstitutional
population
Civilian labor forceNot in
labor force
TotalPercent of
population
EmployedUnemployed
TotalPercent of
population
TotalPercent of
labor force

Enrolled in school

21,3488,97442.07,90737.01,06711.912,374

Women

10,8654,88845.04,42640.74639.55,977

Men

10,4834,08639.03,48233.260414.86,397

Enrolled in high school (1)

9,6772,66127.52,09921.756221.17,016

Women

4,6861,38929.61,13924.325118.03,297

Men

4,9911,27225.596019.231124.53,720

Enrolled in college

11,6716,31354.15,80949.85058.05,358

Women

6,1793,49956.63,28753.22126.12,680

Men

5,4922,81451.22,52245.929310.42,678

Not enrolled in school

16,22012,95779.911,11368.51,84514.23,263

Women

7,7565,72873.95,08465.664411.22,028

Less than a high school diploma

1,40369749.652337.217425.0707

High school graduates, no college (2)

3,2002,27471.11,98261.929212.8926

Some college or associate degree

1,9531,62983.41,52578.11046.4324

Bachelor's degree and higher

1,2001,12894.11,05487.9746.671

Men

8,4657,22985.46,02871.21,20116.61,236

Less than a high school diploma

1,6061,20474.988755.231726.3403

High school graduates, no college (2)

4,1213,48784.62,87469.761317.6634

Some college or associate degree

1,8591,69691.31,49880.619811.7162

Bachelor's degree and higher

87984295.876987.5738.737

Footnotes:
(1) Includes a small number of persons enrolled in grades below high school.
(2) Includes high school diploma or equivalent.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.

 

SOURCE: October 2008 School Enrollment supplement to the Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.