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Table 1. Labor force status of 2023 high school graduates and 2022-2023 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2023

Table 1. Labor force status of 2023 high school graduates and 2022-2023 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2023
[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		 Number Rate

RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

Total, 2023 high school graduates(1)

 3,086 1,467 47.5 1,235 40.0 231 15.8 1,619

Men

 1,551 770 49.7 614 39.6 156 20.3 780

Women

 1,535 696 45.4 622 40.5 75 10.7 839

White

 2,267 1,147 50.6 967 42.7 180 15.7 1,119

Black or African American

 408 191 46.9 158 38.8 33 17.3 217

Asian

 209 42 20.2 42 20.2 - - 166

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 739 413 56.0 332 44.9 81 19.7 325

Enrolled in college

Total, enrolled in college

 1,896 614 32.4 534 28.2 79 12.9 1,283

Enrolled in 2-year college

 481 244 50.8 213 44.3 31 12.9 237

Enrolled in 4-year college

 1,415 369 26.1 321 22.7 48 13.0 1,046

Full-time students

 1,763 522 29.6 449 25.5 73 14.0 1,241

Part-time students

 133 92 68.9 86 64.3 6 6.8 41

Men

 893 280 31.4 242 27.0 39 13.8 613

Women

 1,003 333 33.2 293 29.2 41 12.2 670

White

 1,358 466 34.4 409 30.1 57 12.3 891

Black or African American

 243 73 30.1 65 26.9 8 - 169

Asian

 177 29 16.5 29 16.5 - - 148

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 383 145 38.0 128 33.4 18 12.1 237

Not enrolled in college

Total, not enrolled in college

 1,190 853 71.7 701 58.9 152 17.8 337

Men

 657 490 74.5 372 56.6 118 24.0 167

Women

 532 363 68.2 329 61.8 34 9.4 169

White

 909 681 74.9 558 61.4 123 18.1 228

Black or African American

 165 118 71.4 93 56.1 25 21.4 47

Asian

 32 13 - 13 - - - 19

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 356 268 75.3 204 57.4 64 23.8 88

RECENT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS

Total, 2022-2023 high school dropouts(2)

 614 268 43.7 205 33.4 63 23.5 346

Men

 330 141 42.7 105 31.7 36 25.6 189

Women

 284 128 44.9 101 35.4 27 21.1 157

White

 474 186 39.2 144 30.4 42 22.6 288

Black or African American

 79 47 60.0 36 45.1 12 - 31

Asian

 20 5 - 5 - - - 15

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 204 84 41.1 60 29.4 24 28.4 120

(1) Data refer to persons who graduated from high school in January through October 2023.
(2) Data refer to persons who dropped out of school between October 2022 and October 2023.

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. Persons 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 23, 2024