Table 2. Labor force status of people 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2024

Table 2. Labor force status of people 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
Total, 16 to 24 years	39,072	21,661	55.4	19,669	50.3	1,993	9.2	17,410
Enrolled in school
Total, enrolled in school	21,696	8,012	36.9	7,350	33.9	663	8.3	13,683
Enrolled in high school(1)	9,897	2,211	22.3	1,957	19.8	254	11.5	7,686
Men	5,046	1,070	21.2	946	18.7	124	11.6	3,976
Women	4,850	1,141	23.5	1,011	20.8	130	11.4	3,710
White	7,078	1,690	23.9	1,478	20.9	211	12.5	5,388
Black or African American	1,547	242	15.6	220	14.2	21	8.9	1,305
Asian	501	85	17.1	85	17.1	-	-	416
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	2,539	401	15.8	307	12.1	94	23.5	2,138
Enrolled in college	11,799	5,802	49.2	5,393	45.7	409	7.1	5,997
Enrolled in 2-year college	2,765	1,588	57.4	1,449	52.4	139	8.8	1,178
Enrolled in 4-year college	9,034	4,214	46.6	3,944	43.7	270	6.4	4,820
Full-time students	10,354	4,623	44.6	4,287	41.4	335	7.3	5,731
Part-time students	1,445	1,179	81.6	1,105	76.5	74	6.3	266
Men	5,209	2,331	44.8	2,130	40.9	201	8.6	2,878
Women	6,591	3,471	52.7	3,263	49.5	208	6.0	3,120
White	8,247	4,238	51.4	3,965	48.1	273	6.4	4,008
Black or African American	1,698	819	48.3	744	43.8	75	9.2	878
Asian	1,192	444	37.2	407	34.2	37	8.3	748
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	2,444	1,267	51.8	1,175	48.1	93	7.3	1,177
Not enrolled in school
Total, not enrolled in school	17,376	13,649	78.5	12,319	70.9	1,330	9.7	3,727
16 to 19 years	3,708	2,328	62.8	1,926	51.9	402	17.3	1,380
20 to 24 years	13,668	11,321	82.8	10,393	76.0	928	8.2	2,347
Men	9,450	7,617	80.6	6,833	72.3	784	10.3	1,833
Less than a high school diploma	1,226	746	60.8	614	50.1	132	17.7	480
High school graduates, no college(2)	5,182	4,131	79.7	3,689	71.2	442	10.7	1,051
Some college or associate degree	1,667	1,477	88.6	1,366	81.9	111	7.5	190
Bachelor's degree and higher(3)	1,375	1,264	91.9	1,165	84.7	99	7.9	111
Women	7,926	6,032	76.1	5,486	69.2	546	9.0	1,894
Less than a high school diploma	851	413	48.5	384	45.1	29	7.1	438
High school graduates, no college(2)	3,772	2,732	72.4	2,415	64.0	316	11.6	1,040
Some college or associate degree	1,550	1,245	80.3	1,165	75.2	80	6.4	305
Bachelor's degree and higher(3)	1,752	1,642	93.7	1,522	86.8	120	7.3	110
White	13,006	10,370	79.7	9,465	72.8	905	8.7	2,636
Black or African American	2,481	1,888	76.1	1,631	65.7	257	13.6	594
Asian	726	579	79.8	500	68.9	79	13.6	147
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	4,933	3,772	76.5	3,401	68.9	371	9.8	1,161
(1) Includes a small number of people enrolled in grades below high school. (2) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (3) Includes people 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. 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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