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	August 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	18,443	6,469	35.1	5,902	1,690	4,212	567	194	373	8.8
16 to 19 years	11,839	3,360	28.4	2,960	507	2,452	401	92	309	11.9
20 to 24 years	6,604	3,108	47.1	2,942	1,182	1,760	166	102	64	5.4
Men	8,558	2,946	34.4	2,699	887	1,812	248	65	183	8.4
Women	9,885	3,522	35.6	3,203	803	2,400	319	129	191	9.1
High school	7,962	1,756	22.1	1,488	124	1,364	267	46	221	15.2
College	10,481	4,713	45.0	4,413	1,566	2,848	300	147	152	6.4
Full-time students	9,182	3,674	40.0	3,481	1,092	2,389	193	72	121	5.3
Part-time students	1,299	1,039	80.0	933	474	459	106	75	31	10.2
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	12,199	4,559	37.4	4,175	1,200	2,975	384	108	276	8.4
16 to 19 years	7,867	2,414	30.7	2,117	381	1,736	296	72	225	12.3
20 to 24 years	4,332	2,145	49.5	2,058	819	1,239	87	36	51	4.1
Men	5,657	2,106	37.2	1,943	656	1,287	163	25	138	7.7
Women	6,541	2,453	37.5	2,232	544	1,688	221	83	138	9.0
High school	5,299	1,284	24.2	1,088	80	1,008	196	24	173	15.3
College	6,900	3,275	47.5	3,087	1,120	1,967	187	84	103	5.7
Full-time students	5,953	2,489	41.8	2,369	754	1,615	120	37	83	4.8
Part-time students	947	785	82.9	718	366	352	67	47	20	8.5
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,925	876	30.0	761	265	496	116	52	64	13.2
16 to 19 years	1,872	475	25.4	403	89	314	72	13	59	15.2
20 to 24 years	1,053	401	38.1	358	176	182	44	39	5	10.8
Men	1,350	409	30.3	347	125	221	63	25	38	15.3
Women	1,575	467	29.7	414	140	274	53	28	26	11.4
High school	1,272	228	17.9	184	18	166	44	11	34	19.4
College	1,653	648	39.2	577	247	330	72	42	30	11.1
Full-time students	1,459	516	35.3	477	197	280	39	20	19	7.5
Part-time students	194	133	68.5	100	50	50	33	21	11	24.7
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	1,665	395	23.7	368	106	262	27	22	5	6.8
16 to 19 years	938	123	13.1	113	9	104	10	5	5	8.2
20 to 24 years	727	272	37.4	255	97	158	17	17	0	6.2
Men	832	196	23.5	175	44	131	21	16	5	10.7
Women	833	199	23.9	193	62	131	6	6	0	3.0
High school	594	66	11.1	56	0	56	10	5	5	-
College	1,071	329	30.7	312	106	206	17	17	0	5.1
Full-time students	983	263	26.7	252	78	174	10	10	0	4.0
Part-time students	88	66	75.1	60	27	32	6	6	0	-
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	4,924	1,638	33.3	1,434	407	1,027	204	79	125	12.4
16 to 19 years	3,315	773	23.3	631	113	518	142	32	109	18.3
20 to 24 years	1,609	865	53.7	803	294	509	62	47	15	7.2
Men	2,155	755	35.0	664	209	454	92	28	64	12.1
Women	2,769	883	31.9	771	198	573	112	51	61	12.7
High school	2,242	350	15.6	277	25	252	73	6	67	20.9
College	2,682	1,287	48.0	1,157	382	775	131	73	57	10.1
Full-time students	2,210	865	39.1	782	194	588	84	32	52	9.7
Part-time students	472	422	89.4	375	188	187	47	41	6	11.1

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	21,179	16,015	75.6	14,500	10,606	3,894	1,515	1,230	285	9.5
16 to 19 years	5,669	3,311	58.4	2,784	1,384	1,401	527	386	141	15.9
20 to 24 years	15,509	12,703	81.9	11,715	9,222	2,493	988	843	145	7.8
Men	11,516	8,946	77.7	8,111	6,362	1,750	834	700	134	9.3
Women	9,663	7,069	73.2	6,388	4,244	2,145	681	530	151	9.6
Less than a high school diploma	3,317	1,682	50.7	1,418	714	704	264	177	87	15.7
High school graduates, no college(1)	10,013	7,699	76.9	6,966	5,171	1,795	733	624	110	9.5
Some college or associate degree	4,485	3,665	81.7	3,389	2,410	979	276	188	88	7.5
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,364	2,968	88.2	2,727	2,311	416	241	241	0	8.1
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	14,910	11,478	77.0	10,460	7,704	2,756	1,018	849	169	8.9
16 to 19 years	4,040	2,469	61.1	2,141	1,058	1,083	328	257	71	13.3
20 to 24 years	10,870	9,009	82.9	8,319	6,646	1,673	690	593	98	7.7
Men	8,124	6,426	79.1	5,856	4,677	1,179	570	512	58	8.9
Women	6,786	5,052	74.4	4,604	3,027	1,577	447	337	110	8.9
Less than a high school diploma	2,270	1,202	52.9	1,028	520	508	174	114	59	14.4
High school graduates, no college(1)	7,250	5,674	78.3	5,179	3,931	1,247	496	447	49	8.7
Some college or associate degree	3,112	2,580	82.9	2,411	1,701	710	168	108	61	6.5
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,278	2,022	88.8	1,842	1,552	290	180	180	0	8.9
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,926	2,013	68.8	1,798	1,301	497	215	177	38	10.7
16 to 19 years	784	355	45.3	285	149	136	70	60	9	19.7
20 to 24 years	2,142	1,658	77.4	1,513	1,152	361	145	116	29	8.8
Men	1,559	1,113	71.4	995	776	219	119	95	24	10.7
Women	1,367	900	65.8	803	525	279	96	82	15	10.7
Less than a high school diploma	558	210	37.7	154	68	86	56	38	18	26.9
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,450	1,049	72.3	948	669	279	101	96	5	9.6
Some college or associate degree	611	496	81.2	447	359	88	49	35	15	9.9
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	306	258	84.2	250	205	45	8	8	0	3.1
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	1,177	856	72.8	786	576	210	71	62	9	8.2
16 to 19 years	229	87	38.2	77	53	24	10	10	0	11.7
20 to 24 years	948	769	81.1	709	523	186	60	52	9	7.8
Men	608	460	75.6	417	290	128	43	40	3	9.3
Women	568	397	69.8	369	286	83	28	22	6	7.0
Less than a high school diploma	152	68	45.1	68	29	39	0	0	0	-
High school graduates, no college(1)	249	157	62.8	146	101	45	11	5	6	7.1
Some college or associate degree	252	170	67.4	150	85	65	20	18	3	11.8
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	523	461	88.1	422	361	61	39	39	0	8.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	5,788	4,417	76.3	4,001	3,097	904	416	345	71	9.4
16 to 19 years	1,455	764	52.5	601	371	230	162	111	52	21.3
20 to 24 years	4,333	3,653	84.3	3,400	2,726	674	253	235	19	6.9
Men	3,299	2,631	79.8	2,374	1,905	468	258	214	44	9.8
Women	2,489	1,785	71.7	1,627	1,191	436	158	132	27	8.9
Less than a high school diploma	985	550	55.8	456	313	143	94	71	23	17.2
High school graduates, no college(1)	3,193	2,488	77.9	2,236	1,749	487	252	222	30	10.1
Some college or associate degree	1,143	954	83.5	905	677	228	49	32	17	5.1
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	467	425	91.1	405	358	47	20	20	0	4.8
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: September 04, 2026