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	March 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	22,982	7,994	34.8	7,444	1,420	6,024	550	135	414	6.9
16 to 19 years	14,563	3,924	26.9	3,481	353	3,128	443	86	357	11.3
20 to 24 years	8,419	4,070	48.3	3,963	1,067	2,897	107	50	57	2.6
Men	10,993	3,401	30.9	3,110	642	2,468	291	63	228	8.6
Women	11,989	4,593	38.3	4,334	778	3,556	259	72	187	5.6
High school	11,376	2,519	22.1	2,219	109	2,110	301	28	273	11.9
College	11,606	5,474	47.2	5,225	1,311	3,914	249	108	142	4.6
Full-time students	10,307	4,414	42.8	4,206	849	3,357	208	88	120	4.7
Part-time students	1,298	1,061	81.7	1,020	462	558	41	19	22	3.9
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	15,291	5,470	35.8	5,126	864	4,262	344	75	269	6.3
16 to 19 years	9,858	2,869	29.1	2,580	243	2,337	289	55	235	10.1
20 to 24 years	5,433	2,601	47.9	2,546	621	1,925	55	21	34	2.1
Men	7,345	2,380	32.4	2,193	377	1,816	188	48	140	7.9
Women	7,946	3,090	38.9	2,934	488	2,446	157	27	129	5.1
High school	7,702	1,895	24.6	1,697	95	1,602	199	21	178	10.5
College	7,588	3,575	47.1	3,430	770	2,660	146	55	91	4.1
Full-time students	6,751	2,857	42.3	2,733	451	2,282	124	47	76	4.3
Part-time students	837	718	85.8	696	318	378	22	7	15	3.1
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	3,388	1,076	31.8	981	306	675	95	42	53	8.8
16 to 19 years	2,168	479	22.1	407	71	336	72	22	50	15.0
20 to 24 years	1,219	597	48.9	574	235	339	23	20	3	3.8
Men	1,573	385	24.5	338	133	205	47	13	34	12.2
Women	1,814	691	38.1	643	173	470	48	29	19	6.9
High school	1,723	285	16.6	234	14	219	52	4	48	18.1
College	1,664	791	47.5	747	292	455	43	38	5	5.5
Full-time students	1,478	640	43.3	609	227	382	31	27	5	4.9
Part-time students	186	150	80.8	138	65	73	12	12	0	7.8
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,158	596	27.6	560	99	461	36	9	27	6.1
16 to 19 years	1,036	136	13.2	121	0	121	15	0	15	10.9
20 to 24 years	1,122	460	41.0	438	99	340	21	9	12	4.7
Men	1,066	309	29.0	291	51	241	17	0	17	5.7
Women	1,093	287	26.3	269	48	221	19	9	10	6.6
High school	801	102	12.7	87	0	87	15	0	15	14.7
College	1,357	494	36.4	473	99	375	21	9	12	4.3
Full-time students	1,270	421	33.2	400	53	347	21	9	12	5.1
Part-time students	87	73	84.0	73	46	27	0	0	0	-
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	5,812	1,914	32.9	1,789	350	1,439	125	29	96	6.5
16 to 19 years	3,868	912	23.6	800	90	710	112	29	83	12.3
20 to 24 years	1,944	1,002	51.5	989	260	729	13	0	13	1.3
Men	2,678	718	26.8	659	126	533	58	20	38	8.1
Women	3,134	1,196	38.2	1,129	224	906	67	10	57	5.6
High school	2,985	450	15.1	374	25	349	76	13	63	16.9
College	2,827	1,463	51.8	1,415	325	1,090	49	17	32	3.3
Full-time students	2,400	1,103	46.0	1,065	193	872	38	17	22	3.5
Part-time students	427	361	84.4	350	132	218	11	0	11	3.0

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	16,796	13,533	80.6	12,321	9,385	2,936	1,212	1,071	141	9.0
16 to 19 years	3,045	2,066	67.9	1,730	1,046	683	336	278	58	16.3
20 to 24 years	13,751	11,467	83.4	10,592	8,339	2,252	876	793	83	7.6
Men	9,155	7,634	83.4	6,897	5,611	1,286	736	682	55	9.6
Women	7,641	5,900	77.2	5,424	3,774	1,650	475	390	86	8.1
Less than a high school diploma	2,255	1,334	59.2	1,096	714	382	238	187	50	17.8
High school graduates, no college(1)	8,428	6,677	79.2	5,994	4,450	1,544	684	616	67	10.2
Some college or associate degree	3,188	2,763	86.7	2,626	1,988	638	137	127	11	5.0
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,925	2,759	94.3	2,606	2,234	372	153	141	12	5.5
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	11,957	9,759	81.6	8,994	6,908	2,085	766	678	88	7.8
16 to 19 years	2,137	1,452	67.9	1,241	746	495	211	174	37	14.5
20 to 24 years	9,820	8,307	84.6	7,752	6,162	1,591	555	504	51	6.7
Men	6,504	5,474	84.2	5,034	4,125	908	441	412	29	8.1
Women	5,453	4,285	78.6	3,960	2,783	1,177	325	266	59	7.6
Less than a high school diploma	1,653	986	59.6	805	542	263	181	143	38	18.4
High school graduates, no college(1)	5,793	4,651	80.3	4,242	3,167	1,074	409	366	44	8.8
Some college or associate degree	2,362	2,067	87.5	1,983	1,502	481	83	77	6	4.0
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,150	2,056	95.6	1,964	1,697	267	92	92	0	4.5
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,485	1,915	77.1	1,641	1,289	352	274	250	24	14.3
16 to 19 years	497	320	64.3	247	162	86	73	67	5	22.7
20 to 24 years	1,988	1,596	80.3	1,394	1,127	267	202	182	19	12.6
Men	1,345	1,040	77.3	840	678	162	200	189	10	19.2
Women	1,140	876	76.8	801	611	190	75	60	14	8.5
Less than a high school diploma	280	152	54.1	123	85	37	29	28	1	19.1
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,483	1,156	78.0	964	736	228	192	168	24	16.6
Some college or associate degree	457	375	82.0	340	287	52	35	35	0	9.4
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	265	233	87.9	215	180	35	18	18	0	7.8
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	858	711	82.9	658	497	162	52	48	5	7.4
16 to 19 years	121	77	64.1	71	43	28	7	2	5	8.8
20 to 24 years	737	633	86.0	588	454	134	46	46	0	7.2
Men	468	397	84.7	369	300	69	27	23	5	6.9
Women	389	314	80.7	289	196	93	25	25	0	8.0
Less than a high school diploma	52	29	-	29	15	14	0	0	0	-
High school graduates, no college(1)	277	208	75.1	196	127	69	12	12	0	5.7
Some college or associate degree	171	151	88.4	132	95	38	19	14	5	12.4
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	357	322	90.2	300	259	41	22	22	0	6.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	4,908	3,885	79.1	3,589	2,703	886	296	267	29	7.6
16 to 19 years	932	600	64.4	522	333	189	78	67	12	13.0
20 to 24 years	3,976	3,284	82.6	3,067	2,370	697	217	200	17	6.6
Men	2,783	2,297	82.5	2,137	1,737	400	159	150	9	6.9
Women	2,125	1,588	74.7	1,452	966	486	136	117	19	8.6
Less than a high school diploma	872	577	66.1	505	398	107	72	55	17	12.5
High school graduates, no college(1)	2,609	2,036	78.0	1,889	1,399	490	147	136	11	7.2
Some college or associate degree	902	789	87.5	745	588	157	44	44	0	5.6
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	524	483	92.0	451	319	132	32	32	0	6.6
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: April 03, 2026