Table 3. Employment status of young adults not enrolled in school during the October when age 22 in 2002-07 by high school graduation status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Table 3. Employment status of young adults not enrolled in school during the October when age 22
in 2002-07 by high school graduation status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
(Percent distribution)
Employment status during the October when age 22
High school graduation status
during the October when age 22 Employed Serving in Not in the
Total civilian Armed Forces Unemployed labor force
Total .............................. 100.0 71.9 3.3 5.0 19.8
Men .............................. 100.0 70.9 5.2 5.7 18.1
Women ............................ 100.0 72.9 1.3 4.2 21.6
White, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 74.6 3.1 4.0 18.3
Black, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 62.3 3.5 8.5 25.8
Hispanic or Latino ............... 100.0 71.0 4.0 5.6 19.4
High school dropouts................ 100.0 57.7 (1) 9.2 33.1
Men .............................. 100.0 64.6 (1) 9.7 25.7
Women ............................ 100.0 48.6 (1) 8.5 42.9
White, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 62.4 (1) 8.4 29.2
Black, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 41.7 (1) 12.2 46.1
Hispanic or Latino ............... 100.0 65.9 (1) 6.4 27.7
High school graduates,
never enrolled in college (2) ...... 100.0 72.4 6.1 5.9 15.5
Men .............................. 100.0 74.0 9.6 6.5 9.9
Women ............................ 100.0 70.1 1.2 5.1 23.7
White, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 75.7 5.7 4.5 14.1
Black, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 62.9 6.4 10.0 20.7
Hispanic or Latino ............... 100.0 68.1 7.7 6.7 17.4
Some college, no longer enrolled ... 100.0 77.4 4.8 4.2 13.6
Men .............................. 100.0 77.1 7.1 5.2 10.7
Women ............................ 100.0 77.8 2.5 3.2 16.6
White, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 79.2 4.8 3.4 12.6
Black, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 72.0 4.7 5.7 17.5
Hispanic or Latino ............... 100.0 76.4 4.6 5.4 13.7
Bachelor's degree or more,
no longer enrolled (3)............ 100.0 88.0 1.5 3.2 7.3
Men .............................. 100.0 84.7 3.3 3.3 8.7
Women ............................ 100.0 90.1 0.3 3.2 6.4
White, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 87.9 1.7 3.4 7.0
Black, non-Hispanic .............. 100.0 87.2 1.5 2.5 8.8
Hispanic or Latino ............... 100.0 (4) (4) (4) (4)
1 Less than 0.05 percent.
2 Respondents who have received a General Educational Development (GED) credential are
counted as high school graduates.
3 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees or professional degrees
such as law or medical degrees.
4 Sample sizes are not large enough for statistically reliable estimates.
NOTE: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 consists of young men and women who
were ages 12 to 16 on December 31, 1996. Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity groups are
mutually exclusive but not exhaustive. Other race groups, which are included in the overall
totals, are not shown separately because their representation in the survey sample is not
sufficiently large to provide statistically reliable estimates.
Last Modified Date: January 28, 2010
