A-16. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by school enrollment, age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and educational attainment

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A-16. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by school enrollment, age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and educational attainment [Numbers in thousands]
Enrollment status, age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and educational attainment	July 2026
	Civilian noninsti- tutional popula- tion	Civilian labor force
		Total	Percent of popula- tion	Employed			Unemployed
		Total	Percent of popula- tion	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Looking for full-time work	Looking for part-time work	Percent of labor force
TOTAL ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	15,279	6,171	40.4	5,696	1,821	3,875	474	171	304	7.7
16 to 19 years	9,352	2,958	31.6	2,642	502	2,140	315	75	240	10.7
20 to 24 years	5,927	3,213	54.2	3,054	1,319	1,735	159	95	64	4.9
Men	7,102	2,683	37.8	2,498	918	1,580	186	41	145	6.9
Women	8,177	3,487	42.6	3,199	903	2,295	288	130	159	8.3
High school	6,326	1,343	21.2	1,167	161	1,006	176	32	144	13.1
College	8,953	4,827	53.9	4,529	1,660	2,869	298	138	160	6.2
Full-time students	7,484	3,649	48.8	3,424	1,129	2,295	225	103	122	6.2
Part-time students	1,469	1,178	80.2	1,105	531	574	74	36	38	6.3
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	10,201	4,341	42.6	4,068	1,364	2,705	273	101	172	6.3
16 to 19 years	6,214	2,092	33.7	1,914	398	1,517	177	42	135	8.5
20 to 24 years	3,986	2,250	56.4	2,154	966	1,188	96	59	37	4.2
Men	4,753	1,925	40.5	1,788	710	1,078	137	33	105	7.1
Women	5,447	2,416	44.4	2,280	654	1,627	136	68	67	5.6
High school	4,205	961	22.8	855	124	730	106	18	88	11.0
College	5,995	3,381	56.4	3,214	1,239	1,974	167	83	84	4.9
Full-time students	4,871	2,430	49.9	2,331	805	1,526	99	47	51	4.1
Part-time students	1,124	951	84.6	883	435	448	68	36	32	7.2
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,352	840	35.7	714	257	457	127	41	85	15.1
16 to 19 years	1,411	413	29.3	306	73	233	107	32	75	25.9
20 to 24 years	941	427	45.4	408	185	223	20	9	10	4.6
Men	1,052	371	35.2	328	111	216	43	8	35	11.6
Women	1,300	470	36.1	386	146	240	83	33	50	17.8
High school	1,014	199	19.7	143	24	119	56	14	41	28.1
College	1,339	641	47.9	570	233	337	71	27	44	11.0
Full-time students	1,180	537	45.5	466	171	295	71	27	44	13.2
Part-time students	158	104	66.0	104	62	42	0	0	0	0.0
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	1,399	417	29.8	384	76	308	33	9	24	7.9
16 to 19 years	716	136	19.1	129	8	121	7	0	7	5.2
20 to 24 years	683	280	41.0	254	68	186	26	9	17	9.2
Men	670	182	27.1	177	42	135	5	1	5	2.9
Women	729	235	32.2	207	34	173	28	8	19	11.7
High school	404	32	7.9	30	1	29	2	0	2	-
College	995	385	38.6	354	76	278	30	9	22	7.9
Full-time students	906	352	38.9	322	68	253	30	9	22	8.6
Part-time students	90	33	36.3	33	8	25	0	0	0	-
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	4,109	1,337	32.5	1,215	368	846	123	38	85	9.2
16 to 19 years	2,729	625	22.9	536	96	441	89	31	58	14.2
20 to 24 years	1,380	712	51.6	678	273	406	34	7	28	4.8
Men	1,947	704	36.1	637	245	392	67	17	49	9.5
Women	2,163	634	29.3	578	123	454	56	20	36	8.8
High school	1,932	251	13.0	208	24	184	43	11	32	17.2
College	2,177	1,086	49.9	1,006	344	663	80	26	53	7.3
Full-time students	1,703	728	42.8	690	175	515	39	7	32	5.3
Part-time students	474	357	75.4	317	169	148	41	19	22	11.4

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	24,368	17,280	70.9	15,624	10,743	4,880	1,657	1,373	284	9.6
16 to 19 years	8,179	4,366	53.4	3,752	1,661	2,091	614	413	201	14.1
20 to 24 years	16,189	12,914	79.8	11,872	9,082	2,790	1,043	960	83	8.1
Men	12,983	9,586	73.8	8,692	6,539	2,154	894	751	143	9.3
Women	11,385	7,694	67.6	6,931	4,205	2,727	763	622	141	9.9
Less than a high school diploma	4,802	2,046	42.6	1,731	753	978	315	166	149	15.4
High school graduates, no college(1)	10,949	8,091	73.9	7,308	5,078	2,231	782	706	77	9.7
Some college or associate degree	5,096	4,082	80.1	3,828	2,630	1,198	255	211	44	6.2
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,521	3,061	86.9	2,756	2,282	474	305	290	14	10.0
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	16,931	12,339	72.9	11,232	7,898	3,335	1,106	899	207	9.0
16 to 19 years	5,711	3,258	57.0	2,820	1,290	1,530	438	292	146	13.4
20 to 24 years	11,220	9,081	80.9	8,412	6,607	1,805	669	607	61	7.4
Men	9,039	6,851	75.8	6,263	4,898	1,365	588	491	97	8.6
Women	7,892	5,488	69.5	4,969	2,999	1,970	519	408	110	9.4
Less than a high school diploma	3,239	1,478	45.6	1,277	563	714	202	95	106	13.6
High school graduates, no college(1)	7,757	5,824	75.1	5,291	3,871	1,420	534	475	58	9.2
Some college or associate degree	3,488	2,872	82.4	2,722	1,879	843	150	122	28	5.2
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,447	2,164	88.4	1,943	1,585	358	221	206	14	10.2
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	3,503	2,279	65.1	2,031	1,297	734	248	227	21	10.9
16 to 19 years	1,247	566	45.4	467	203	264	99	78	21	17.6
20 to 24 years	2,255	1,713	76.0	1,564	1,094	470	149	149	0	8.7
Men	1,859	1,248	67.2	1,077	713	364	172	154	17	13.8
Women	1,644	1,031	62.7	954	584	371	77	73	4	7.4
Less than a high school diploma	801	284	35.4	240	127	113	44	31	13	15.5
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,679	1,150	68.5	1,014	557	457	135	127	8	11.8
Some college or associate degree	703	551	78.4	492	365	127	59	59	0	10.7
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	320	295	92.4	285	248	38	10	10	0	3.4
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	1,514	965	63.7	846	587	259	119	103	15	12.3
16 to 19 years	424	135	31.7	105	38	67	30	14	15	21.9
20 to 24 years	1,089	830	76.2	741	548	192	89	89	0	10.7
Men	814	532	65.4	483	356	126	50	41	9	9.3
Women	700	432	61.7	363	230	133	69	63	6	16.0
Less than a high school diploma	251	103	41.0	79	28	51	24	13	11	22.9
High school graduates, no college(1)	355	211	59.5	195	133	62	16	16	0	7.4
Some college or associate degree	379	217	57.4	204	114	90	14	9	4	6.3
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	529	433	81.9	368	311	57	66	66	0	15.2
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	6,605	4,682	70.9	4,269	3,003	1,266	413	338	76	8.8
16 to 19 years	2,048	972	47.5	847	414	433	125	95	30	12.9
20 to 24 years	4,557	3,709	81.4	3,421	2,589	833	288	242	46	7.8
Men	3,510	2,632	75.0	2,429	1,871	558	203	167	36	7.7
Women	3,095	2,050	66.2	1,840	1,132	708	210	171	39	10.2
Less than a high school diploma	1,390	547	39.3	490	300	190	57	28	29	10.5
High school graduates, no college(1)	3,374	2,576	76.3	2,333	1,723	610	243	218	25	9.4
Some college or associate degree	1,346	1,119	83.1	1,047	684	363	72	51	21	6.4
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	494	440	89.1	399	296	103	41	40	1	9.3
Footnotes (1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes people with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: In the summer months, the temporary movement of high school and college students into the not enrolled group increases the educational attainment levels of youth not enrolled in school. Estimates 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. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. 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: August 07, 2026