Table 2. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2023

Table 2. Labor force status of persons 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	Total	Percent of population	Number	Rate
Total, 16 to 24 years	39,392	22,255	56.5	20,358	51.7	1,897	8.5	17,138
Enrolled in school
Total, enrolled in school	21,439	8,003	37.3	7,413	34.6	590	7.4	13,436
Enrolled in high school(1)	9,533	2,447	25.7	2,144	22.5	303	12.4	7,085
Men	4,995	1,231	24.6	1,051	21.0	180	14.6	3,764
Women	4,538	1,217	26.8	1,093	24.1	124	10.2	3,321
White	6,851	1,943	28.4	1,720	25.1	223	11.5	4,907
Black or African American	1,493	261	17.5	221	14.8	40	15.5	1,232
Asian	458	29	6.3	28	6.1	1	-	429
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	2,421	496	20.5	399	16.5	97	19.6	1,925
Enrolled in college	11,906	5,556	46.7	5,269	44.3	287	5.2	6,350
Enrolled in 2-year college	2,563	1,477	57.6	1,404	54.8	72	4.9	1,086
Enrolled in 4-year college	9,343	4,079	43.7	3,865	41.4	214	5.3	5,264
Full-time students	10,457	4,358	41.7	4,142	39.6	215	4.9	6,099
Part-time students	1,450	1,198	82.7	1,127	77.7	71	6.0	251
Men	5,356	2,188	40.9	2,072	38.7	116	5.3	3,168
Women	6,551	3,368	51.4	3,197	48.8	171	5.1	3,183
White	8,507	4,164	48.9	3,982	46.8	182	4.4	4,343
Black or African American	1,594	700	43.9	646	40.5	54	7.7	895
Asian	1,176	386	32.9	357	30.4	29	7.6	789
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	2,340	1,184	50.6	1,143	48.9	40	3.4	1,156
Not enrolled in school
Total, not enrolled in school	17,953	14,251	79.4	12,945	72.1	1,307	9.2	3,702
16 to 19 years	3,799	2,548	67.1	2,193	57.7	355	13.9	1,252
20 to 24 years	14,154	11,704	82.7	10,752	76.0	952	8.1	2,450
Men	9,517	7,763	81.6	7,028	73.8	735	9.5	1,754
Less than a high school diploma	1,301	898	69.0	772	59.4	125	14.0	403
High school graduates, no college(2)	5,137	4,136	80.5	3,714	72.3	422	10.2	1,001
Some college or associate degree	1,816	1,565	86.2	1,464	80.6	101	6.4	251
Bachelor's degree and higher(3)	1,262	1,164	92.2	1,078	85.4	86	7.4	98
Women	8,437	6,489	76.9	5,917	70.1	572	8.8	1,948
Less than a high school diploma	930	508	54.6	438	47.1	69	13.7	423
High school graduates, no college(2)	4,061	2,992	73.7	2,690	66.2	302	10.1	1,069
Some college or associate degree	1,701	1,401	82.4	1,315	77.3	87	6.2	299
Bachelor's degree and higher(3)	1,744	1,587	91.0	1,474	84.5	113	7.1	157
White	13,315	10,595	79.6	9,758	73.3	837	7.9	2,720
Black or African American	2,691	2,188	81.3	1,881	69.9	307	14.0	503
Asian	698	515	73.7	480	68.8	34	6.7	184
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	5,002	3,981	79.6	3,578	71.5	403	10.1	1,021
(1) Includes a small number of persons enrolled in grades below high school. (2) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (3) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
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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