April 20, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Labor force participation among students and nonstudents, October 2011

Labor force participation rates of persons 16 to 24 years old, by school enrollment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity, October 2011
Characteristic	Labor force participation rate (in percent)
Enrolled in high school	22.0
Men	19.5
Women	24.7
White	24.4
Black or African American	16.5
Asian	10.0
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	15.1
Enrolled in college	51.8
Enrolled in 2-year college	61.1
Enrolled in 4-year college	48.1
Full-time students	46.2
Part-time students	84.4
Men	50.0
Women	53.5
White	54.5
Black or African American	44.1
Asian	33.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	51.5
Not enrolled in school	79.6
16 to 19 years old	67.6
20 to 24 years old	82.3
Men	84.8
Women	74.0
White	81.0
Black or African American	74.5
Asian	75.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	78.7

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