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	September 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	21,452	7,349	34.3	6,685	1,627	5,058	664	196	468	9.0
16 to 19 years	13,798	3,741	27.1	3,279	405	2,874	462	92	369	12.3
20 to 24 years	7,655	3,608	47.1	3,406	1,222	2,183	203	104	99	5.6
Men	10,255	3,259	31.8	2,976	782	2,193	284	97	187	8.7
Women	11,197	4,090	36.5	3,709	845	2,865	381	99	281	9.3
High school	9,804	2,308	23.5	1,968	121	1,847	340	51	289	14.7
College	11,648	5,042	43.3	4,717	1,507	3,211	324	146	179	6.4
Full-time students	10,251	3,869	37.7	3,631	940	2,690	238	90	148	6.2
Part-time students	1,397	1,173	83.9	1,086	566	520	86	55	31	7.4
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	14,478	5,300	36.6	4,823	1,091	3,732	477	136	341	9.0
16 to 19 years	9,409	2,741	29.1	2,412	274	2,138	328	66	262	12.0
20 to 24 years	5,070	2,559	50.5	2,410	816	1,594	149	70	79	5.8
Men	6,896	2,340	33.9	2,166	560	1,606	174	52	122	7.4
Women	7,582	2,960	39.0	2,657	531	2,126	303	84	219	10.2
High school	6,646	1,711	25.7	1,469	82	1,387	241	36	206	14.1
College	7,832	3,589	45.8	3,353	1,009	2,345	236	100	136	6.6
Full-time students	6,793	2,719	40.0	2,548	587	1,960	171	56	115	6.3
Part-time students	1,040	871	83.8	806	422	384	65	44	21	7.5
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	3,186	919	28.8	795	249	545	125	42	83	13.5
16 to 19 years	2,063	468	22.7	384	75	309	84	15	69	17.9
20 to 24 years	1,123	451	40.2	411	174	237	41	26	14	9.0
Men	1,529	443	28.9	371	103	268	72	33	39	16.2
Women	1,657	477	28.8	424	146	278	53	8	44	11.1
High school	1,556	284	18.2	210	20	190	74	15	58	25.9
College	1,631	636	39.0	585	229	356	51	26	25	8.0
Full-time students	1,474	511	34.6	470	174	296	40	16	25	7.9
Part-time students	157	125	79.7	114	55	59	11	11	0	8.6
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	1,857	441	23.8	426	111	315	15	0	15	3.5
16 to 19 years	993	147	14.8	132	12	120	15	0	15	10.5
20 to 24 years	864	294	34.0	294	98	196	0	0	0	0.0
Men	879	165	18.8	154	48	107	11	0	11	6.4
Women	978	276	28.3	272	63	209	5	0	5	1.8
High school	631	75	11.9	70	16	55	5	0	5	6.5
College	1,227	366	29.9	356	95	261	11	0	11	2.9
Full-time students	1,133	291	25.7	291	62	229	0	0	0	0.0
Part-time students	93	75	80.8	65	34	31	11	0	11	14.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	5,422	1,793	33.1	1,564	444	1,119	229	73	156	12.8
16 to 19 years	3,626	861	23.7	695	93	602	166	47	119	19.3
20 to 24 years	1,796	932	51.9	869	351	517	63	26	37	6.8
Men	2,501	864	34.6	757	218	539	107	31	76	12.4
Women	2,921	929	31.8	806	226	580	122	43	80	13.2
High school	2,687	526	19.6	403	37	366	123	31	92	23.3
College	2,734	1,267	46.4	1,161	407	753	107	42	64	8.4
Full-time students	2,212	839	37.9	780	231	549	59	16	43	7.0
Part-time students	522	428	82.0	381	177	204	48	26	21	11.1

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	18,145	14,538	80.1	13,017	9,911	3,105	1,522	1,349	173	10.5
16 to 19 years	3,688	2,489	67.5	2,038	1,147	891	451	360	91	18.1
20 to 24 years	14,457	12,049	83.3	10,979	8,764	2,214	1,070	989	81	8.9
Men	9,807	8,014	81.7	7,178	5,830	1,348	835	713	123	10.4
Women	8,338	6,525	78.2	5,838	4,081	1,757	686	636	50	10.5
Less than a high school diploma	2,235	1,340	59.9	1,161	756	405	179	150	28	13.3
High school graduates, no college(1)	9,180	7,234	78.8	6,392	4,763	1,628	843	738	105	11.6
Some college or associate degree	3,469	2,953	85.1	2,718	2,052	666	235	196	39	8.0
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,261	3,011	92.3	2,746	2,340	406	265	264	1	8.8
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	12,608	10,257	81.4	9,366	7,178	2,188	891	805	85	8.7
16 to 19 years	2,480	1,640	66.1	1,429	825	604	211	161	50	12.8
20 to 24 years	10,127	8,618	85.1	7,937	6,353	1,585	680	645	35	7.9
Men	6,873	5,751	83.7	5,230	4,318	912	521	462	58	9.1
Women	5,735	4,507	78.6	4,136	2,860	1,277	370	343	27	8.2
Less than a high school diploma	1,560	898	57.6	798	498	299	101	86	15	11.2
High school graduates, no college(1)	6,347	5,113	80.6	4,624	3,451	1,173	490	432	58	9.6
Some college or associate degree	2,415	2,113	87.5	1,992	1,557	435	121	109	12	5.7
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,286	2,132	93.3	1,953	1,672	281	179	178	1	8.4
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,661	1,998	75.1	1,703	1,278	425	295	269	26	14.8
16 to 19 years	590	396	67.2	313	155	158	83	77	6	21.0
20 to 24 years	2,071	1,602	77.4	1,390	1,123	267	212	192	20	13.2
Men	1,378	1,043	75.7	922	668	254	121	114	6	11.6
Women	1,283	955	74.5	781	610	171	174	155	19	18.2
Less than a high school diploma	346	210	60.5	165	91	74	44	39	6	21.2
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,577	1,153	73.2	1,014	767	248	139	134	5	12.0
Some college or associate degree	492	405	82.3	331	252	78	74	59	15	18.3
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	246	230	93.8	193	168	25	37	37	0	16.3
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	1,017	803	78.9	741	578	163	62	53	9	7.7
16 to 19 years	139	81	58.3	68	32	35	13	4	9	16.6
20 to 24 years	878	721	82.1	673	545	128	48	48	0	6.7
Men	563	461	81.9	421	344	77	40	31	9	8.6
Women	455	342	75.1	319	234	86	22	22	0	6.5
Less than a high school diploma	98	66	67.6	61	46	15	5	0	5	-
High school graduates, no college(1)	239	164	68.4	159	137	22	4	0	4	2.6
Some college or associate degree	189	134	70.7	130	62	67	4	4	0	3.0
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	491	439	89.4	390	332	59	48	48	0	11.0
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	5,289	4,230	80.0	3,776	2,852	925	454	386	68	10.7
16 to 19 years	1,136	741	65.2	609	313	295	132	87	46	17.9
20 to 24 years	4,153	3,489	84.0	3,168	2,539	629	321	299	22	9.2
Men	2,952	2,455	83.1	2,160	1,793	366	295	244	51	12.0
Women	2,337	1,775	76.0	1,617	1,059	558	159	142	16	8.9
Less than a high school diploma	905	599	66.2	550	405	145	50	44	5	8.3
High school graduates, no college(1)	3,104	2,486	80.1	2,171	1,631	540	314	269	45	12.7
Some college or associate degree	861	759	88.1	700	521	179	58	41	17	7.7
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	419	386	92.2	355	295	60	31	31	0	8.1
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: October 02, 2026