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

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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	April 2026
	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	23,089	8,080	35.0	7,417	1,340	6,077	663	202	461	8.2
16 to 19 years	14,603	3,891	26.6	3,396	349	3,047	495	120	375	12.7
20 to 24 years	8,486	4,189	49.4	4,022	991	3,030	168	82	86	4.0
Men	11,068	3,480	31.4	3,156	644	2,512	324	108	216	9.3
Women	12,021	4,600	38.3	4,261	696	3,565	339	94	245	7.4
High school	11,411	2,579	22.6	2,215	103	2,112	365	73	291	14.1
College	11,678	5,501	47.1	5,203	1,238	3,965	298	129	170	5.4
Full-time students	10,382	4,456	42.9	4,209	818	3,390	248	111	137	5.6
Part-time students	1,296	1,045	80.6	994	419	575	51	18	33	4.9
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	15,346	5,581	36.4	5,168	842	4,326	413	113	300	7.4
16 to 19 years	9,816	2,824	28.8	2,513	258	2,255	311	67	245	11.0
20 to 24 years	5,530	2,757	49.9	2,655	584	2,071	102	46	55	3.7
Men	7,288	2,404	33.0	2,217	414	1,803	187	56	132	7.8
Women	8,058	3,177	39.4	2,951	428	2,523	225	57	168	7.1
High school	7,772	1,922	24.7	1,682	98	1,585	239	43	197	12.4
College	7,574	3,659	48.3	3,485	744	2,741	174	70	103	4.8
Full-time students	6,738	2,953	43.8	2,800	475	2,324	153	62	91	5.2
Part-time students	836	707	84.6	686	269	417	21	8	13	2.9
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	3,511	1,031	29.4	902	224	678	129	60	69	12.5
16 to 19 years	2,206	442	20.0	328	22	306	114	52	62	25.8
20 to 24 years	1,305	589	45.1	574	202	372	15	8	7	2.5
Men	1,711	393	23.0	331	101	231	62	25	37	15.8
Women	1,800	637	35.4	570	123	447	67	35	32	10.5
High school	1,752	291	16.6	211	2	209	80	29	51	27.6
College	1,758	739	42.1	691	222	469	49	31	18	6.6
Full-time students	1,575	619	39.3	581	168	413	38	27	11	6.1
Part-time students	184	120	65.5	109	54	56	11	4	7	9.2
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,078	583	28.0	550	121	429	32	6	27	5.6
16 to 19 years	1,085	175	16.1	156	22	134	19	0	19	10.6
20 to 24 years	993	408	41.1	394	100	294	14	6	8	3.4
Men	1,026	295	28.7	277	58	219	18	6	12	6.2
Women	1,052	288	27.4	274	63	210	14	0	14	4.9
High school	740	86	11.6	81	0	81	5	0	5	6.1
College	1,338	497	37.1	470	121	348	27	6	21	5.5
Full-time students	1,197	410	34.2	386	74	312	24	6	18	5.8
Part-time students	142	87	61.5	84	48	36	3	0	3	3.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	5,827	1,903	32.7	1,688	364	1,325	215	50	165	11.3
16 to 19 years	3,908	949	24.3	788	108	680	161	36	125	17.0
20 to 24 years	1,919	954	49.7	900	256	645	54	14	41	5.7
Men	2,674	762	28.5	652	157	495	110	31	79	14.4
Women	3,154	1,141	36.2	1,036	206	830	105	19	86	9.2
High school	3,051	567	18.6	434	39	395	133	33	100	23.5
College	2,776	1,337	48.1	1,255	325	930	82	17	65	6.1
Full-time students	2,404	1,044	43.4	974	204	770	70	15	56	6.7
Part-time students	372	292	78.6	281	121	160	12	2	9	3.9

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	16,652	13,274	79.7	12,128	9,354	2,774	1,146	994	151	8.6
16 to 19 years	3,000	2,064	68.8	1,797	1,056	741	267	202	65	12.9
20 to 24 years	13,652	11,210	82.1	10,331	8,298	2,034	879	792	87	7.8
Men	9,063	7,429	82.0	6,750	5,532	1,218	680	603	77	9.1
Women	7,589	5,845	77.0	5,379	3,822	1,557	466	392	74	8.0
Less than a high school diploma	2,363	1,437	60.8	1,230	791	439	207	165	42	14.4
High school graduates, no college(1)	8,360	6,568	78.6	5,979	4,534	1,445	589	504	85	9.0
Some college or associate degree	3,180	2,651	83.3	2,457	1,840	617	194	170	23	7.3
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,749	2,619	95.3	2,462	2,189	274	156	155	1	6.0
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	11,869	9,524	80.2	8,834	6,804	2,030	689	582	108	7.2
16 to 19 years	2,172	1,537	70.8	1,365	798	567	172	123	49	11.2
20 to 24 years	9,698	7,987	82.4	7,469	6,007	1,463	517	459	58	6.5
Men	6,545	5,437	83.1	5,039	4,115	924	398	350	48	7.3
Women	5,324	4,087	76.8	3,795	2,690	1,106	291	232	60	7.1
Less than a high school diploma	1,739	1,064	61.2	930	599	331	134	98	37	12.6
High school graduates, no college(1)	5,896	4,699	79.7	4,334	3,229	1,105	365	312	53	7.8
Some college or associate degree	2,270	1,909	84.1	1,815	1,402	413	94	77	17	4.9
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	1,964	1,851	94.3	1,755	1,574	181	95	95	1	5.2
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,358	1,877	79.6	1,617	1,293	324	260	245	15	13.8
16 to 19 years	461	322	69.9	271	173	98	50	44	6	15.7
20 to 24 years	1,897	1,555	82.0	1,346	1,120	225	209	201	8	13.5
Men	1,206	934	77.5	778	642	136	156	142	14	16.7
Women	1,152	943	81.8	839	651	188	104	103	1	11.0
Less than a high school diploma	327	194	59.3	150	89	62	44	39	5	22.6
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,286	1,000	77.7	842	666	175	158	148	9	15.8
Some college or associate degree	423	361	85.4	331	270	61	30	30	0	8.4
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	322	322	100.0	294	268	26	28	28	0	8.6
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	861	711	82.6	674	535	139	37	36	1	5.2
16 to 19 years	83	31	37.8	31	17	14	0	0	0	-
20 to 24 years	779	680	87.3	643	519	124	37	36	1	5.4
Men	440	343	77.9	324	294	30	19	18	1	5.5
Women	421	368	87.5	350	242	108	18	18	0	5.0
Less than a high school diploma	53	25	-	25	12	13	0	0	0	-
High school graduates, no college(1)	269	204	75.9	203	186	17	2	2	0	0.9
Some college or associate degree	221	177	80.0	153	96	57	24	23	1	13.3
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	318	305	96.0	294	241	53	12	12	0	3.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	4,894	3,890	79.5	3,578	2,740	838	312	284	29	8.0
16 to 19 years	892	582	65.2	522	316	206	60	48	12	10.3
20 to 24 years	4,002	3,309	82.7	3,056	2,425	632	252	236	17	7.6
Men	2,788	2,309	82.8	2,147	1,744	403	163	152	11	7.0
Women	2,106	1,581	75.1	1,431	996	435	150	132	18	9.5
Less than a high school diploma	835	557	66.8	516	412	104	41	31	11	7.4
High school graduates, no college(1)	2,645	2,089	79.0	1,924	1,427	496	165	155	10	7.9
Some college or associate degree	919	777	84.5	712	522	189	65	57	8	8.4
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	495	467	94.4	427	379	48	41	41	0	8.7
Footnotes (1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes people 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. People 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: May 08, 2026