A-16. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by school enrollment, age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and educational attainment

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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A-16. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by school enrollment, age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and educational attainment [Numbers in thousands]
Enrollment status, age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and educational attainment	December 2019
	Civilian noninsti- tutional popula- tion	Civilian labor force
		Total	Percent of popula- tion	Employed			Unemployed
		Total	Percent of popula- tion	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Looking for full-time work	Looking for part-time work	Percent of labor force
TOTAL ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	21,845	7,793	35.7	7,313	1,747	5,565	480	110	370	6.2
16 to 19 years	13,665	3,586	26.2	3,247	403	2,844	339	42	297	9.4
20 to 24 years	8,180	4,207	51.4	4,066	1,345	2,721	142	68	74	3.4
Men	10,573	3,471	32.8	3,223	848	2,375	248	58	191	7.1
Women	11,272	4,322	38.3	4,090	899	3,191	232	52	180	5.4
High school	10,075	2,110	20.9	1,845	94	1,752	264	20	244	12.5
College	11,771	5,683	48.3	5,467	1,654	3,814	216	90	126	3.8
Full-time students	10,332	4,504	43.6	4,335	1,057	3,279	168	60	109	3.7
Part-time students	1,439	1,180	82.0	1,132	597	535	48	30	18	4.1
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	15,793	5,965	37.8	5,585	1,258	4,328	380	70	310	6.4
16 to 19 years	10,003	2,873	28.7	2,591	297	2,294	282	27	255	9.8
20 to 24 years	5,791	3,092	53.4	2,994	961	2,033	98	43	55	3.2
Men	7,620	2,663	35.0	2,460	586	1,874	204	35	169	7.6
Women	8,174	3,302	40.4	3,125	671	2,454	177	36	141	5.3
High school	7,389	1,749	23.7	1,528	70	1,458	221	12	209	12.6
College	8,405	4,216	50.2	4,057	1,187	2,869	159	58	101	3.8
Full-time students	7,392	3,376	45.7	3,255	746	2,510	120	37	83	3.6
Part-time students	1,013	840	82.9	801	442	360	39	21	18	4.6
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	3,000	926	30.9	849	275	574	77	34	43	8.3
16 to 19 years	1,942	358	18.4	308	58	251	50	15	35	13.9
20 to 24 years	1,058	568	53.7	541	217	323	27	19	8	4.8
Men	1,446	405	28.0	373	137	236	32	22	10	7.9
Women	1,555	521	33.5	476	138	338	44	12	33	8.5
High school	1,468	194	13.2	155	17	138	40	8	32	20.4
College	1,532	731	47.7	694	258	436	37	26	11	5.1
Full-time students	1,295	536	41.4	508	153	355	28	17	11	5.2
Part-time students	237	195	82.3	186	105	81	9	9	0	4.7
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	1,734	408	23.5	390	84	306	18	5	13	4.5
16 to 19 years	855	132	15.4	129	23	106	3	0	3	2.0
20 to 24 years	879	276	31.4	261	61	200	16	5	11	5.6
Men	881	196	22.3	186	52	134	11	0	11	5.4
Women	853	212	24.8	204	32	172	8	5	3	3.6
High school	525	34	6.4	31	0	31	3	0	3	-
College	1,210	374	30.9	359	84	275	16	5	11	4.2
Full-time students	1,144	326	28.5	311	68	243	16	5	11	4.8
Part-time students	66	48	-	48	16	32	0	0	0	-
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	4,851	1,659	34.2	1,554	478	1,075	106	24	81	6.4
16 to 19 years	3,186	744	23.4	668	105	563	76	9	66	10.2
20 to 24 years	1,665	915	55.0	885	374	512	30	15	15	3.3
Men	2,340	769	32.9	712	236	476	57	12	45	7.4
Women	2,510	890	35.5	841	242	599	49	12	37	5.5
High school	2,431	391	16.1	341	36	305	50	0	50	12.8
College	2,420	1,268	52.4	1,212	442	770	55	24	32	4.4
Full-time students	1,989	894	44.9	856	253	603	37	15	22	4.2
Part-time students	431	374	86.8	356	189	168	18	8	10	4.8

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	15,871	12,700	80.0	11,664	9,241	2,423	1,036	964	72	8.2
16 to 19 years	3,021	2,063	68.3	1,782	1,135	647	281	242	39	13.6
20 to 24 years	12,850	10,637	82.8	9,882	8,106	1,776	755	722	33	7.1
Men	8,380	6,930	82.7	6,305	5,224	1,081	625	586	39	9.0
Women	7,491	5,770	77.0	5,359	4,016	1,343	411	378	33	7.1
Less than a high school diploma	2,169	1,248	57.6	1,106	732	374	142	129	13	11.4
High school graduates, no college(1)	7,301	5,784	79.2	5,200	4,003	1,197	584	532	52	10.1
Some college or associate degree	3,693	3,161	85.6	2,946	2,322	624	215	208	7	6.8
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,709	2,507	92.5	2,412	2,184	228	95	95	0	3.8
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	11,837	9,559	80.7	8,867	7,104	1,763	692	625	68	7.2
16 to 19 years	2,229	1,549	69.5	1,345	845	499	204	166	39	13.2
20 to 24 years	9,609	8,010	83.4	7,522	6,258	1,264	488	459	29	6.1
Men	6,351	5,319	83.8	4,875	4,105	771	443	406	37	8.3
Women	5,487	4,240	77.3	3,991	2,999	992	249	218	30	5.9
Less than a high school diploma	1,557	874	56.2	788	524	264	86	73	13	9.8
High school graduates, no college(1)	5,487	4,375	79.7	3,984	3,144	840	391	342	49	8.9
Some college or associate degree	2,741	2,379	86.8	2,221	1,755	466	158	153	6	6.6
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,053	1,931	94.0	1,873	1,680	193	57	57	0	3.0
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,537	1,982	78.1	1,717	1,253	464	265	262	3	13.4
16 to 19 years	507	351	69.2	279	173	106	72	72	0	20.4
20 to 24 years	2,030	1,631	80.3	1,437	1,080	358	193	191	3	11.9
Men	1,259	990	78.6	836	593	243	155	155	0	15.6
Women	1,278	992	77.6	881	661	221	110	108	3	11.1
Less than a high school diploma	346	222	64.1	176	95	81	45	45	0	20.5
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,330	1,047	78.7	877	605	272	169	167	3	16.2
Some college or associate degree	579	485	83.6	454	358	97	30	30	0	6.2
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	281	229	81.4	209	195	14	20	20	0	8.8
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	549	445	80.9	420	370	50	25	23	2	5.6
16 to 19 years	73	52	-	52	51	1	0	0	0	-
20 to 24 years	476	392	82.3	368	318	49	25	23	2	6.3
Men	269	221	81.9	219	190	29	2	0	2	0.9
Women	280	224	80.0	201	180	21	23	23	0	10.2
Less than a high school diploma	80	48	60.7	43	43	1	5	5	0	-
High school graduates, no college(1)	108	88	80.8	88	68	20	0	0	0	0.0
Some college or associate degree	104	80	76.3	70	47	23	9	8	2	11.9
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	257	229	89.1	219	213	6	10	10	0	4.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	3,956	3,129	79.1	2,884	2,323	560	245	224	21	7.8
16 to 19 years	831	561	67.5	475	321	154	85	71	14	15.2
20 to 24 years	3,125	2,568	82.2	2,409	2,002	407	160	153	7	6.2
Men	2,109	1,795	85.1	1,679	1,429	250	116	108	8	6.4
Women	1,847	1,334	72.2	1,204	894	310	129	116	13	9.7
Less than a high school diploma	729	435	59.7	380	292	87	55	52	3	12.7
High school graduates, no college(1)	2,055	1,667	81.1	1,562	1,251	311	105	87	18	6.3
Some college or associate degree	857	733	85.6	665	536	129	68	68	0	9.3
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	315	294	93.2	278	244	33	16	16	0	5.5
Footnotes (1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: In the summer months, the temporary movement of high school and college students into the not enrolled group increases the educational attainment levels of youth not enrolled in school. Estimates 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. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. 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).

Last Modified Date: January 10, 2020

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics