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Table 1. Labor force status of 2022 high school graduates and 2021-2022 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2022

Table 1. Labor force status of 2022 high school graduates and 2021-2022 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2022
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic Civilian
noninsti-
tutional
population
Civilian labor force Not in labor
force
Total Percent of
population
Employed Unemployed
Total Percent of
population
Number Rate

RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

Total, 2022 high school graduates(1)

2,987 1,367 45.8 1,159 38.8 208 15.2 1,620

Men

1,355 634 46.8 531 39.2 103 16.3 721

Women

1,632 733 44.9 628 38.5 105 14.3 899

White

2,214 1,030 46.5 898 40.6 132 12.8 1,184

Black or African American

426 170 39.9 128 30.2 42 24.5 256

Asian

162 61 37.4 52 32.0 9 - 102

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

620 259 41.8 228 36.7 32 12.2 361

Enrolled in college

Total, enrolled in college

1,853 582 31.4 517 27.9 65 11.1 1,271

Enrolled in 2-year college

504 207 41.1 178 35.2 29 14.2 297

Enrolled in 4-year college

1,348 375 27.8 340 25.2 35 9.4 973

Full-time students

1,758 514 29.3 463 26.3 52 10.1 1,244

Part-time students

95 68 71.4 55 57.7 13 - 27

Men

775 240 31.0 206 26.6 34 14.0 535

Women

1,078 342 31.7 311 28.9 31 9.1 735

White

1,369 457 33.3 398 29.1 58 12.8 913

Black or African American

273 58 21.4 56 20.6 2 - 215

Asian

117 28 23.7 23 20.1 4 - 89

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

360 107 29.8 101 28.2 6 5.4 253

Not enrolled in college

Total, not enrolled in college

1,134 785 69.2 641 56.5 144 18.3 349

Men

580 394 68.0 324 56.0 70 17.7 186

Women

554 391 70.5 317 57.1 74 18.9 164

White

844 573 67.9 500 59.2 73 12.8 271

Black or African American

153 112 73.1 72 47.3 40 35.4 41

Asian

46 33 - 29 - 5 - 13

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

261 152 58.3 126 48.5 26 17.0 109

RECENT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS

Total, 2021-2022 high school dropouts(2)

538 226 41.9 184 34.2 42 18.5 312

Men

268 125 46.7 101 37.8 24 19.1 143

Women

270 100 37.2 83 30.6 18 17.8 169

White

391 161 41.2 131 33.4 31 19.0 230

Black or African American

106 44 41.7 38 35.4 7 - 62

Asian

12 4 - 4 - - - 8

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

145 76 52.2 60 41.6 15 20.3 69

(1) Data refer to persons who graduated from high school in January through October 2022.
(2) Data refer to persons who dropped out of school between October 2021 and October 2022.

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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: April 26, 2023