Table 1. Labor force status of 2024 high school graduates and 2023-2024 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2024

Table 1. Labor force status of 2024 high school graduates and 2023-2024 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2024
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Civilian noninsti- tutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Number	Rate
RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Total, 2024 high school graduates(1)	3,222	1,630	50.6	1,367	42.4	262	16.1	1,592
Men	1,523	808	53.1	702	46.1	106	13.2	715
Women	1,699	821	48.3	665	39.2	156	19.0	878
White	2,288	1,223	53.4	1,014	44.3	208	17.0	1,066
Black or African American	478	199	41.5	160	33.5	38	19.3	280
Asian	190	65	34.0	65	34.0	-	-	126
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	774	409	52.8	349	45.1	60	14.6	366
Enrolled in college
Total, enrolled in college	2,023	834	41.2	734	36.3	100	12.0	1,189
Enrolled in 2-year college	667	391	58.5	314	47.1	76	19.6	277
Enrolled in 4-year college	1,356	443	32.7	420	31.0	24	5.3	912
Full-time students	1,832	688	37.6	610	33.3	78	11.3	1,143
Part-time students	192	146	76.2	124	64.5	22	15.3	46
Men	843	363	43.1	332	39.4	31	8.5	480
Women	1,180	471	39.9	402	34.1	69	14.7	709
White	1,423	628	44.1	530	37.2	98	15.6	795
Black or African American	283	102	35.9	100	35.2	2	2.0	181
Asian	180	55	30.3	55	30.3	-	-	126
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	429	192	44.7	174	40.6	17	9.1	238
Not enrolled in college
Total, not enrolled in college	1,199	795	66.4	633	52.8	162	20.4	403
Men	680	445	65.5	370	54.4	76	17.0	235
Women	519	350	67.5	263	50.8	87	24.8	168
White	865	595	68.7	484	56.0	110	18.6	270
Black or African American	195	97	49.6	61	31.0	36	37.4	98
Asian	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	345	217	62.9	175	50.7	42	19.4	128
RECENT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS
Total, 2023-2024 high school dropouts(2)	606	242	40.0	197	32.5	45	18.7	364
Men	335	145	43.2	109	32.6	36	24.6	190
Women	271	97	35.9	88	32.4	10	9.8	174
White	388	159	40.9	124	32.0	35	21.7	229
Black or African American	120	68	56.8	58	48.5	10	-	52
Asian	29	5	-	5	-	-	-	24
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	187	73	38.9	45	23.9	28	-	114
(1) Data refer to people who graduated from high school in January through October 2024. (2) Data refer to people who dropped out of school between October 2023 and October 2024.
NOTE: Detail 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. 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).

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Last Modified Date: April 22, 2025