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	February 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	22,635	7,961	35.2	7,196	1,386	5,810	765	154	611	9.6
16 to 19 years	14,505	3,840	26.5	3,306	340	2,967	534	77	457	13.9
20 to 24 years	8,130	4,121	50.7	3,889	1,046	2,843	231	77	155	5.6
Men	10,961	3,388	30.9	2,967	629	2,338	421	110	311	12.4
Women	11,674	4,573	39.2	4,229	757	3,472	345	44	301	7.5
High school	11,202	2,578	23.0	2,161	86	2,075	417	49	368	16.2
College	11,433	5,383	47.1	5,035	1,300	3,735	348	104	243	6.5
Full-time students	10,161	4,333	42.6	4,046	856	3,189	287	74	213	6.6
Part-time students	1,271	1,050	82.6	989	444	546	61	30	30	5.8
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	15,191	5,472	36.0	4,998	874	4,125	474	96	378	8.7
16 to 19 years	9,808	2,749	28.0	2,408	218	2,189	341	57	284	12.4
20 to 24 years	5,383	2,723	50.6	2,590	655	1,935	133	39	94	4.9
Men	7,356	2,355	32.0	2,086	420	1,666	269	63	206	11.4
Women	7,836	3,117	39.8	2,912	453	2,459	205	33	173	6.6
High school	7,613	1,875	24.6	1,617	56	1,561	258	29	229	13.8
College	7,578	3,597	47.5	3,381	817	2,564	216	66	150	6.0
Full-time students	6,738	2,915	43.3	2,735	505	2,231	179	43	136	6.2
Part-time students	840	682	81.2	646	312	333	37	23	14	5.4
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	3,281	1,046	31.9	901	285	617	144	45	99	13.8
16 to 19 years	2,163	451	20.9	362	64	298	90	13	77	19.9
20 to 24 years	1,118	594	53.2	540	220	319	55	33	22	9.2
Men	1,577	402	25.5	331	81	250	71	39	32	17.7
Women	1,703	644	37.8	570	204	367	73	6	67	11.4
High school	1,699	312	18.4	240	18	222	72	13	60	23.1
College	1,581	734	46.4	661	267	394	72	33	40	9.8
Full-time students	1,373	557	40.6	492	191	300	65	25	40	11.6
Part-time students	209	177	84.8	169	76	94	7	7	0	4.2
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,092	567	27.1	512	106	405	55	6	50	9.7
16 to 19 years	1,087	165	15.2	136	8	128	28	0	28	17.3
20 to 24 years	1,006	402	40.0	375	98	277	27	6	21	6.6
Men	1,070	298	27.9	248	60	188	50	6	45	16.8
Women	1,022	269	26.3	263	46	217	5	0	5	1.9
High school	746	95	12.7	73	0	73	22	0	22	22.9
College	1,346	472	35.0	438	106	332	33	6	28	7.1
Full-time students	1,228	377	30.7	353	62	291	24	6	18	6.4
Part-time students	118	94	80.1	85	44	41	9	0	9	10.0
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	5,798	1,944	33.5	1,732	340	1,392	213	45	168	10.9
16 to 19 years	3,909	913	23.3	760	79	681	152	28	124	16.7
20 to 24 years	1,889	1,032	54.6	971	261	711	60	17	44	5.9
Men	2,758	794	28.8	676	142	534	118	33	85	14.8
Women	3,040	1,151	37.9	1,056	198	857	95	12	83	8.3
High school	3,002	517	17.2	429	21	408	88	12	76	17.0
College	2,796	1,428	51.1	1,303	319	984	125	32	92	8.7
Full-time students	2,423	1,119	46.2	1,007	225	782	112	20	92	10.0
Part-time students	372	308	82.8	296	94	202	12	12	0	3.9

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	17,181	13,662	79.5	12,326	9,359	2,968	1,336	1,209	127	9.8
16 to 19 years	3,108	2,037	65.5	1,688	981	706	349	285	65	17.1
20 to 24 years	14,073	11,626	82.6	10,639	8,377	2,261	987	925	62	8.5
Men	9,205	7,504	81.5	6,742	5,350	1,392	763	728	34	10.2
Women	7,976	6,158	77.2	5,585	4,009	1,575	573	481	93	9.3
Less than a high school diploma	2,024	1,074	53.1	925	566	358	149	130	19	13.9
High school graduates, no college(1)	8,616	6,785	78.7	5,993	4,474	1,519	792	704	88	11.7
Some college or associate degree	3,398	2,859	84.1	2,688	1,955	733	171	157	14	6.0
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,142	2,944	93.7	2,721	2,364	357	223	218	5	7.6
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	12,089	9,834	81.3	9,037	6,805	2,233	797	710	87	8.1
16 to 19 years	2,194	1,487	67.8	1,275	718	557	212	170	42	14.3
20 to 24 years	9,895	8,347	84.3	7,762	6,086	1,676	584	540	45	7.0
Men	6,509	5,427	83.4	4,956	3,923	1,034	471	446	26	8.7
Women	5,580	4,407	79.0	4,081	2,882	1,199	326	264	61	7.4
Less than a high school diploma	1,521	826	54.3	706	426	280	120	106	14	14.5
High school graduates, no college(1)	5,901	4,824	81.8	4,383	3,266	1,116	442	384	58	9.2
Some college or associate degree	2,525	2,168	85.9	2,049	1,485	564	119	109	10	5.5
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,142	2,015	94.1	1,899	1,627	273	116	111	5	5.7
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,597	1,947	75.0	1,651	1,327	324	296	282	14	15.2
16 to 19 years	502	300	59.7	208	141	67	92	78	13	30.6
20 to 24 years	2,095	1,647	78.6	1,443	1,186	258	204	204	0	12.4
Men	1,343	993	73.9	815	681	134	177	172	5	17.9
Women	1,254	955	76.1	836	646	190	119	110	9	12.4
Less than a high school diploma	219	83	38.0	77	50	27	6	6	0	7.3
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,471	1,089	74.0	866	681	185	223	210	13	20.5
Some college or associate degree	543	438	80.6	401	331	70	37	37	0	8.5
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	363	337	92.7	308	264	43	29	29	0	8.7
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	883	737	83.4	625	487	137	112	109	3	15.2
16 to 19 years	93	66	70.7	58	37	21	8	8	0	-
20 to 24 years	790	671	84.9	567	451	117	103	100	3	15.4
Men	458	418	91.2	366	271	95	52	52	0	12.5
Women	424	318	75.0	259	217	42	60	56	3	18.7
Less than a high school diploma	38	33	-	28	18	10	5	5	0	-
High school graduates, no college(1)	266	198	74.5	169	115	54	29	26	3	14.7
Some college or associate degree	135	96	71.1	85	41	45	10	10	0	10.7
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	444	410	92.2	342	314	28	67	67	0	16.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	4,922	3,855	78.3	3,492	2,697	796	363	331	31	9.4
16 to 19 years	892	565	63.3	485	305	180	80	71	9	14.2
20 to 24 years	4,030	3,290	81.6	3,007	2,392	616	282	261	22	8.6
Men	2,704	2,201	81.4	1,985	1,607	378	216	209	7	9.8
Women	2,218	1,654	74.6	1,507	1,089	418	147	123	24	8.9
Less than a high school diploma	690	378	54.7	332	261	71	46	44	2	12.3
High school graduates, no college(1)	2,609	2,065	79.1	1,879	1,454	425	185	168	18	9.0
Some college or associate degree	1,095	922	84.3	841	622	220	81	75	6	8.8
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	528	490	92.8	440	360	80	50	45	5	10.2
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: March 06, 2026