Table 1. Labor force status of 2008 high school graduates and 2007-08 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2008
Table 1. Labor force status of 2008 high school graduates and 2007-08 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old
by school enrollment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2008
(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
population
Total, 2008 high school
graduates (1) .................... 3,151 1,644 52.2 1,310 41.6 334 20.3 1,507
Men............................ 1,640 827 50.4 641 39.1 186 22.5 813
Women.......................... 1,511 817 54.1 668 44.2 148 18.2 694
White.......................... 2,521 1,373 54.5 1,114 44.2 260 18.9 1,148
Black or African American...... 428 202 47.3 148 34.6 54 26.9 226
Asian.......................... 96 22 23.0 22 23.0 - - 74
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity... 458 246 53.7 185 40.4 61 24.8 212
Enrolled in college.............. 2,161 888 41.1 756 35.0 132 14.9 1,274
Enrolled in 2-year college..... 871 488 55.9 419 48.1 69 14.1 384
Enrolled in 4-year college..... 1,290 400 31.0 337 26.1 64 15.9 890
Full-time students............. 2,013 775 38.5 662 32.9 113 14.5 1,238
Part-time students............. 149 113 75.9 93 62.8 20 17.3 36
Men............................ 1,080 389 36.0 327 30.3 62 15.9 691
Women.......................... 1,081 499 46.1 428 39.6 70 14.1 583
White.......................... 1,785 778 43.6 664 37.2 114 14.7 1,007
Black or African American...... 235 77 32.6 63 27.0 13 17.4 158
Asian.......................... 84 15 18.3 15 18.3 - - 69
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity... 292 130 44.6 101 34.7 29 22.2 162
Not enrolled in college.......... 989 756 76.4 554 56.0 202 26.7 234
Men............................ 560 438 78.1 314 56.1 124 28.2 122
Women.......................... 430 318 74.1 240 55.9 78 24.6 111
White.......................... 736 595 80.8 449 61.1 145 24.5 141
Black or African American...... 193 126 65.1 85 43.8 41 32.7 68
Asian.......................... 11 6 (2) 6 (2) - - 5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity... 165 115 69.9 83 50.5 32 27.7 50
Total, 2007-08 high school
dropouts (3) ..................... 400 194 48.4 117 29.3 77 39.5 206
Men............................ 191 103 53.9 56 29.3 47 45.6 88
Women.......................... 210 91 43.4 61 29.2 30 32.7 119
White.......................... 253 142 56.2 94 37.3 48 33.6 111
Black or African American...... 117 44 37.6 20 16.8 24 (2) 73
Asian.......................... 17 - - - - - - 17
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity... 111 63 56.3 35 31.9 27 (2) 49
1 Data refer to persons who graduated from high school between October 2007 and October 2008.
2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
3 Data refer to persons who dropped out of school between October 2007 and October 2008.
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 28, 2009
