Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 1. Labor force status of 2007 high school graduates and 2006-07 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2007
Table 1. Labor force status of 2007 high school graduates and 2006-07 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old
by school enrollment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2007
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian Not in
Characteristic noninsti- Employed Unemployed labor
tutional Percent of force
population Total population
Total Percent of Number Rate
Total, 2007 high school graduates (1)... 2,955 1,531 51.8 1,307 44.2 224 14.7 1,424
Men................................. 1,511 800 52.9 672 44.5 128 16.0 711
Women............................... 1,444 731 50.6 635 44.0 96 13.2 713
White............................... 2,380 1,224 51.4 1,091 45.9 132 10.8 1,156
Black or African American........... 420 231 55.0 151 35.9 80 34.8 189
Asian............................... 66 24 (2) 22 (2) 3 (2) 42
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........ 355 157 44.2 134 37.6 23 14.9 198
Enrolled in college................... 1,986 789 39.7 712 35.9 77 9.8 1,197
Enrolled in 2-year college.......... 711 389 54.7 349 49.0 41 10.4 322
Enrolled in 4-year college.......... 1,274 400 31.4 363 28.5 36 9.1 875
Full-time students.................. 1,851 691 37.3 621 33.5 70 10.2 1,160
Part-time students.................. 135 98 72.7 91 67.7 7 6.8 37
Men................................. 999 387 38.8 359 35.9 28 7.3 612
Women............................... 986 402 40.7 353 35.8 49 12.1 585
White............................... 1,636 658 40.2 603 36.9 55 8.4 978
Black or African American........... 232 87 37.4 74 32.0 13 14.5 145
Asian............................... 60 18 (2) 16 (2) 3 (2) 41
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........ 227 82 35.9 78 34.5 3 3.9 46
Not enrolled in college............... 970 742 76.6 595 61.3 147 19.9 227
Men................................. 512 413 80.6 313 61.1 100 24.1 99
Women............................... 458 330 72.0 282 61.6 48 14.5 28
White............................... 744 565 76.0 488 65.7 77 13.6 179
Black or African American........... 188 144 76.8 76 40.7 68 47.0 44
Asian............................... 7 6 (2) 6 (2) - (2) 1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........ 128 75 58.9 55 43.2 20 26.7 53
Total, 2006-07 high school dropouts (3). 426 239 56.2 175 41.1 64 26.9 187
Men................................. 233 141 60.4 96 41.4 44 31.5 92
Women............................... 193 99 51.1 79 40.6 20 20.4 95
White............................... 288 156 54.2 109 37.7 48 30.5 132
Black or African American........... 75 45 60.2 29 38.0 17 (2) 30
Asian............................... 30 17 (2) 17 (2) - (2) 13
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........ 119 72 60.5 45 37.6 27 (2) 47
1 Data refer to persons who graduated from high school between October 2006 and October 2007.
2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
3 Data refer to persons who dropped out of school between October 2006 and October 2007.
NOTE: Detail for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals
because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be
of any race. Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Updated population controls
are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
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Last Modified Date: April 25, 2008
