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	January 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	22,588	7,609	33.7	6,882	1,350	5,533	727	227	499	9.5
16 to 19 years	14,637	3,752	25.6	3,253	377	2,876	499	101	398	13.3
20 to 24 years	7,951	3,857	48.5	3,629	972	2,657	228	126	101	5.9
Men	10,835	3,155	29.1	2,723	573	2,150	432	132	300	13.7
Women	11,753	4,454	37.9	4,159	776	3,383	294	95	199	6.6
High school	11,157	2,432	21.8	2,061	105	1,956	371	57	314	15.2
College	11,431	5,177	45.3	4,821	1,245	3,577	356	170	186	6.9
Full-time students	10,234	4,199	41.0	3,869	799	3,071	330	151	179	7.8
Part-time students	1,198	978	81.7	952	446	506	26	19	7	2.7
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	15,823	5,532	35.0	5,031	900	4,131	501	127	373	9.0
16 to 19 years	10,412	2,859	27.5	2,480	288	2,192	379	78	301	13.3
20 to 24 years	5,411	2,673	49.4	2,551	612	1,939	121	50	72	4.5
Men	7,644	2,366	30.9	2,033	376	1,658	332	83	249	14.1
Women	8,179	3,166	38.7	2,998	525	2,473	168	44	124	5.3
High school	8,027	1,912	23.8	1,633	90	1,543	279	44	234	14.6
College	7,796	3,620	46.4	3,398	810	2,588	222	83	139	6.1
Full-time students	6,930	2,892	41.7	2,694	481	2,213	198	66	131	6.8
Part-time students	866	728	84.1	704	329	375	24	17	7	3.3
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	3,341	991	29.7	872	245	627	119	84	35	12.0
16 to 19 years	2,179	441	20.2	396	54	343	44	16	29	10.1
20 to 24 years	1,162	550	47.3	475	191	285	75	68	7	13.6
Men	1,531	374	24.4	318	110	208	56	41	15	14.9
Women	1,810	617	34.1	554	135	419	63	43	20	10.3
High school	1,664	266	16.0	232	6	226	34	5	29	12.7
College	1,676	725	43.2	639	238	401	85	79	7	11.8
Full-time students	1,510	594	39.3	511	197	314	83	76	7	14.0
Part-time students	167	131	78.6	129	42	87	2	2	0	1.7
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	1,923	553	28.8	480	96	384	73	13	60	13.1
16 to 19 years	957	172	17.9	131	4	126	41	4	37	23.9
20 to 24 years	966	382	39.5	350	92	258	32	9	23	8.3
Men	962	227	23.6	203	43	160	24	4	19	10.5
Women	961	326	34.0	277	53	224	49	8	40	15.0
High school	656	106	16.1	75	0	75	31	4	26	29.2
College	1,267	447	35.3	406	96	309	42	8	34	9.3
Full-time students	1,160	380	32.8	338	43	295	42	8	34	11.0
Part-time students	107	68	63.2	68	53	14	0	0	0	-
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	5,608	1,756	31.3	1,521	381	1,140	235	65	170	13.4
16 to 19 years	3,873	855	22.1	676	139	538	179	34	145	20.9
20 to 24 years	1,735	901	51.9	845	242	602	56	31	25	6.2
Men	2,682	720	26.8	558	126	432	162	54	108	22.5
Women	2,926	1,036	35.4	963	255	708	73	11	62	7.0
High school	2,954	493	16.7	361	28	333	132	11	121	26.7
College	2,653	1,263	47.6	1,160	353	807	103	54	49	8.1
Full-time students	2,304	957	41.5	869	241	628	88	44	44	9.1
Part-time students	349	306	87.7	291	112	179	15	10	5	5.0

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	17,175	13,685	79.7	12,411	9,342	3,069	1,274	1,134	140	9.3
16 to 19 years	3,156	2,098	66.5	1,774	1,012	763	324	261	63	15.4
20 to 24 years	14,018	11,587	82.7	10,637	8,330	2,307	951	873	77	8.2
Men	9,250	7,544	81.6	6,823	5,449	1,373	721	642	79	9.6
Women	7,925	6,142	77.5	5,588	3,892	1,696	553	492	61	9.0
Less than a high school diploma	2,141	1,290	60.3	1,099	676	423	191	178	13	14.8
High school graduates, no college(1)	8,599	6,768	78.7	6,019	4,440	1,579	749	648	101	11.1
Some college or associate degree	3,341	2,748	82.2	2,593	1,883	711	154	132	22	5.6
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,093	2,880	93.1	2,700	2,343	357	181	177	4	6.3
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	12,746	10,285	80.7	9,459	7,178	2,281	825	727	98	8.0
16 to 19 years	2,312	1,557	67.3	1,350	782	568	207	168	39	13.3
20 to 24 years	10,435	8,728	83.6	8,110	6,396	1,713	618	559	59	7.1
Men	6,854	5,679	82.9	5,244	4,206	1,038	434	382	52	7.6
Women	5,892	4,606	78.2	4,215	2,972	1,243	391	345	46	8.5
Less than a high school diploma	1,690	1,024	60.6	907	577	330	117	105	13	11.4
High school graduates, no college(1)	6,237	4,979	79.8	4,496	3,394	1,102	484	415	69	9.7
Some college or associate degree	2,525	2,105	83.4	1,994	1,429	565	112	95	17	5.3
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,294	2,176	94.8	2,063	1,779	285	113	113	0	5.2
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,483	1,877	75.6	1,596	1,165	431	281	254	27	15.0
16 to 19 years	503	324	64.4	240	123	117	84	61	23	26.0
20 to 24 years	1,980	1,553	78.4	1,356	1,042	314	197	193	4	12.7
Men	1,334	994	74.5	780	602	178	214	187	27	21.5
Women	1,149	883	76.8	816	563	252	67	67	0	7.6
Less than a high school diploma	264	152	57.7	106	44	62	46	46	0	30.2
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,412	1,030	73.0	829	567	262	202	179	23	19.6
Some college or associate degree	515	426	82.7	402	325	78	23	23	0	5.5
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	293	268	91.7	258	229	29	10	6	4	3.8
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	800	627	78.4	570	441	129	57	57	0	9.1
16 to 19 years	122	81	66.4	77	48	29	4	4	0	4.9
20 to 24 years	677	546	80.6	493	393	100	53	53	0	9.7
Men	430	369	85.8	338	275	63	31	31	0	8.4
Women	369	258	69.9	232	166	66	26	26	0	9.9
Less than a high school diploma	67	39	-	39	25	14	0	0	0	-
High school graduates, no college(1)	250	196	78.5	183	122	61	13	13	0	6.7
Some college or associate degree	136	102	74.9	91	56	35	11	11	0	10.8
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	346	290	83.7	257	238	20	33	33	0	11.2
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	4,826	3,819	79.1	3,511	2,743	767	308	263	45	8.1
16 to 19 years	912	587	64.4	503	333	170	84	72	12	14.3
20 to 24 years	3,914	3,232	82.6	3,008	2,410	597	224	191	33	6.9
Men	2,622	2,127	81.1	1,999	1,663	336	128	118	10	6.0
Women	2,204	1,691	76.7	1,511	1,080	431	180	145	35	10.7
Less than a high school diploma	825	514	62.3	458	337	120	57	53	3	11.0
High school graduates, no college(1)	2,517	2,063	82.0	1,889	1,507	382	173	144	29	8.4
Some college or associate degree	1,004	802	79.9	754	558	196	48	35	13	5.9
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	481	440	91.6	409	341	69	31	31	0	7.0
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. 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: February 11, 2026