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	December 2025
	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	22,439	7,953	35.4	7,207	1,559	5,648	746	223	523	9.4
16 to 19 years	14,386	3,925	27.3	3,397	405	2,992	528	126	403	13.5
20 to 24 years	8,053	4,027	50.0	3,810	1,155	2,655	217	97	120	5.4
Men	10,865	3,340	30.7	2,976	647	2,329	363	108	256	10.9
Women	11,573	4,613	39.9	4,231	913	3,318	382	115	267	8.3
High school	10,824	2,456	22.7	2,062	126	1,936	394	70	324	16.0
College	11,614	5,496	47.3	5,145	1,433	3,711	352	153	199	6.4
Full-time students	10,216	4,369	42.8	4,083	912	3,171	286	115	171	6.5
Part-time students	1,398	1,128	80.6	1,062	521	541	66	38	28	5.8
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	16,060	5,936	37.0	5,393	1,030	4,363	544	159	384	9.2
16 to 19 years	10,361	2,998	28.9	2,597	269	2,328	400	94	306	13.4
20 to 24 years	5,698	2,938	51.6	2,795	761	2,034	143	65	78	4.9
Men	7,830	2,529	32.3	2,233	434	1,798	297	91	206	11.7
Women	8,230	3,407	41.4	3,160	596	2,564	247	69	178	7.3
High school	7,858	1,919	24.4	1,637	73	1,564	282	47	235	14.7
College	8,202	4,018	49.0	3,756	957	2,799	261	113	149	6.5
Full-time students	7,171	3,185	44.4	2,982	593	2,389	204	78	125	6.4
Part-time students	1,031	832	80.7	774	365	410	58	34	24	7.0
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	3,064	942	30.8	850	269	581	92	29	63	9.8
16 to 19 years	2,045	477	23.3	421	85	336	56	9	47	11.6
20 to 24 years	1,018	465	45.7	429	185	244	36	20	17	7.8
Men	1,401	372	26.5	337	98	239	34	13	21	9.2
Women	1,662	570	34.3	513	171	341	58	15	42	10.1
High school	1,474	278	18.9	231	48	184	47	0	47	16.8
College	1,590	664	41.8	619	222	397	45	29	17	6.8
Full-time students	1,413	520	36.8	474	162	312	45	29	17	8.7
Part-time students	177	144	81.7	144	59	85	0	0	0	0.0
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	1,875	569	30.3	511	119	391	58	16	42	10.2
16 to 19 years	946	188	19.9	165	15	149	23	4	20	12.3
20 to 24 years	929	381	41.0	346	104	242	35	13	22	9.2
Men	954	266	27.9	240	68	172	26	4	23	9.9
Women	921	302	32.8	271	51	219	32	13	19	10.5
High school	686	111	16.1	88	0	88	23	5	18	20.8
College	1,189	458	38.5	423	119	304	35	11	24	7.6
Full-time students	1,100	395	35.9	368	87	281	27	8	19	6.9
Part-time students	90	63	70.5	55	32	23	8	4	4	-
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	5,749	1,816	31.6	1,641	434	1,207	175	54	121	9.6
16 to 19 years	3,855	822	21.3	697	129	568	125	52	73	15.2
20 to 24 years	1,894	995	52.5	944	305	639	51	2	49	5.1
Men	2,687	683	25.4	594	167	426	89	26	63	13.1
Women	3,062	1,133	37.0	1,047	266	781	86	28	58	7.6
High school	2,942	412	14.0	343	34	308	69	23	45	16.7
College	2,807	1,405	50.0	1,298	400	899	106	30	76	7.6
Full-time students	2,327	1,030	44.3	939	201	738	92	26	65	8.9
Part-time students	480	375	78.1	360	199	161	15	4	11	4.0

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	17,330	13,582	78.4	12,349	9,440	2,910	1,232	1,108	124	9.1
16 to 19 years	3,415	2,188	64.1	1,877	1,168	710	311	262	48	14.2
20 to 24 years	13,915	11,394	81.9	10,472	8,272	2,200	922	845	76	8.1
Men	9,222	7,486	81.2	6,711	5,407	1,304	775	708	67	10.4
Women	8,108	6,096	75.2	5,639	4,033	1,606	457	400	57	7.5
Less than a high school diploma	2,227	1,254	56.3	1,051	712	338	203	180	23	16.2
High school graduates, no college(1)	8,631	6,732	78.0	6,043	4,544	1,499	689	604	85	10.2
Some college or associate degree	3,432	2,786	81.2	2,615	1,892	723	171	167	4	6.1
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,040	2,810	92.4	2,641	2,292	349	169	157	12	6.0
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	12,523	10,050	80.3	9,286	7,152	2,135	763	679	84	7.6
16 to 19 years	2,373	1,609	67.8	1,413	864	549	196	160	36	12.2
20 to 24 years	10,150	8,440	83.2	7,873	6,288	1,585	568	519	48	6.7
Men	6,674	5,567	83.4	5,091	4,168	923	476	438	38	8.6
Women	5,848	4,483	76.7	4,196	2,984	1,212	287	241	46	6.4
Less than a high school diploma	1,600	968	60.5	835	561	273	133	117	16	13.7
High school graduates, no college(1)	6,162	4,914	79.7	4,530	3,412	1,118	384	327	57	7.8
Some college or associate degree	2,478	2,049	82.7	1,928	1,438	491	121	117	4	5.9
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,283	2,119	92.8	1,993	1,740	253	126	119	7	5.9
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,760	1,972	71.5	1,645	1,214	431	327	297	30	16.6
16 to 19 years	636	332	52.2	262	172	90	70	57	12	20.9
20 to 24 years	2,123	1,640	77.2	1,382	1,042	341	257	240	17	15.7
Men	1,462	1,008	69.0	803	595	208	205	176	30	20.4
Women	1,298	963	74.3	842	619	223	121	121	0	12.6
Less than a high school diploma	402	165	40.9	142	106	36	23	15	7	13.7
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,520	1,111	73.1	877	655	223	234	216	18	21.0
Some college or associate degree	568	447	78.7	404	271	133	43	43	0	9.7
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	269	249	92.6	222	183	39	27	22	5	11.0
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	854	667	78.1	627	495	132	41	40	1	6.1
16 to 19 years	169	109	64.3	104	80	24	5	5	0	4.4
20 to 24 years	685	558	81.5	523	415	108	36	35	1	6.4
Men	439	391	88.9	357	278	79	33	33	0	8.6
Women	415	277	66.7	269	217	53	7	6	1	2.6
Less than a high school diploma	63	38	-	29	19	9	9	9	0	-
High school graduates, no college(1)	300	214	71.5	203	135	68	11	11	1	5.3
Some college or associate degree	128	98	76.6	91	62	29	6	6	0	6.6
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	364	317	87.3	304	279	25	14	14	0	4.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	4,673	3,645	78.0	3,273	2,556	717	372	340	32	10.2
16 to 19 years	929	586	63.0	499	339	159	87	78	9	14.8
20 to 24 years	3,744	3,059	81.7	2,774	2,216	558	285	262	24	9.3
Men	2,611	2,129	81.5	1,906	1,571	335	223	210	13	10.5
Women	2,062	1,516	73.5	1,367	985	382	149	129	19	9.8
Less than a high school diploma	820	505	61.5	434	346	89	70	61	9	13.9
High school graduates, no college(1)	2,497	2,002	80.2	1,812	1,370	442	191	174	16	9.5
Some college or associate degree	903	733	81.1	671	514	157	62	62	0	8.4
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	453	405	89.5	356	326	30	49	43	7	12.2
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: January 09, 2026