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	May 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	22,145	7,857	35.5	7,077	1,447	5,629	781	323	457	9.9
16 to 19 years	14,277	4,018	28.1	3,448	417	3,031	570	180	390	14.2
20 to 24 years	7,868	3,839	48.8	3,628	1,030	2,598	211	143	67	5.5
Men	10,574	3,491	33.0	3,091	743	2,347	401	166	234	11.5
Women	11,570	4,366	37.7	3,986	704	3,282	380	157	223	8.7
High school	11,408	2,758	24.2	2,316	165	2,151	442	127	315	16.0
College	10,736	5,099	47.5	4,761	1,283	3,478	338	196	142	6.6
Full-time students	9,506	4,013	42.2	3,715	845	2,871	297	170	127	7.4
Part-time students	1,230	1,086	88.3	1,045	438	607	41	26	15	3.8
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	14,630	5,443	37.2	4,948	964	3,984	495	212	283	9.1
16 to 19 years	9,546	2,932	30.7	2,586	315	2,271	346	123	223	11.8
20 to 24 years	5,084	2,511	49.4	2,362	648	1,714	149	89	60	6.0
Men	6,963	2,373	34.1	2,124	489	1,635	248	129	119	10.5
Women	7,667	3,071	40.0	2,824	475	2,349	247	83	164	8.0
High school	7,694	1,981	25.7	1,727	113	1,615	254	71	183	12.8
College	6,936	3,462	49.9	3,221	851	2,370	241	141	100	7.0
Full-time students	6,159	2,756	44.8	2,534	577	1,957	222	133	89	8.1
Part-time students	777	706	90.8	687	274	413	19	7	11	2.7
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	3,424	1,027	30.0	875	278	596	152	68	84	14.8
16 to 19 years	2,187	455	20.8	329	34	295	126	42	84	27.7
20 to 24 years	1,236	572	46.3	546	244	302	26	26	0	4.6
Men	1,609	440	27.3	343	122	221	96	32	65	21.9
Women	1,815	587	32.3	531	156	375	56	36	19	9.5
High school	1,769	329	18.6	218	25	193	112	41	71	34.0
College	1,655	697	42.1	657	254	403	40	27	13	5.8
Full-time students	1,463	523	35.8	487	156	331	36	23	13	6.9
Part-time students	192	174	90.5	170	97	73	4	4	0	2.4
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	1,844	457	24.8	405	68	336	52	17	34	11.3
16 to 19 years	1,018	158	15.5	125	13	112	33	5	28	21.0
20 to 24 years	826	298	36.1	280	56	224	18	13	6	6.2
Men	939	244	26.0	208	48	161	35	5	31	14.5
Women	905	213	23.5	197	21	176	16	13	4	7.6
High school	747	111	14.8	88	3	86	22	5	17	20.0
College	1,097	346	31.6	317	66	251	30	13	17	8.5
Full-time students	1,042	299	28.7	273	54	220	26	13	13	8.6
Part-time students	54	47	-	43	12	31	4	0	4	-
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	5,735	1,941	33.8	1,744	373	1,370	197	67	130	10.2
16 to 19 years	3,801	899	23.7	753	114	638	147	44	103	16.3
20 to 24 years	1,934	1,042	53.9	991	259	732	51	23	28	4.9
Men	2,626	794	30.2	705	176	528	89	30	59	11.2
Women	3,109	1,147	36.9	1,039	197	842	108	37	71	9.5
High school	2,996	510	17.0	394	23	371	116	32	84	22.8
College	2,739	1,431	52.3	1,350	351	999	81	35	46	5.7
Full-time students	2,328	1,041	44.7	968	214	754	73	33	40	7.0
Part-time students	411	390	94.9	382	137	245	8	2	6	2.1

TOTAL NOT ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years	17,564	13,792	78.5	12,545	9,381	3,164	1,246	1,052	195	9.0
16 to 19 years	3,302	2,142	64.9	1,823	1,029	794	319	246	73	14.9
20 to 24 years	14,262	11,650	81.7	10,722	8,352	2,370	928	806	122	8.0
Men	9,541	7,795	81.7	7,027	5,610	1,417	768	660	108	9.9
Women	8,023	5,997	74.7	5,518	3,771	1,748	478	392	86	8.0
Less than a high school diploma	2,468	1,464	59.3	1,262	857	405	203	142	61	13.8
High school graduates, no college(1)	8,584	6,657	77.5	6,040	4,388	1,653	617	535	82	9.3
Some college or associate degree	3,674	3,058	83.2	2,812	2,094	718	246	205	41	8.0
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,838	2,613	92.1	2,431	2,043	388	181	170	11	6.9
White
Total, 16 to 24 years	12,557	10,008	79.7	9,192	6,884	2,308	816	678	138	8.2
16 to 19 years	2,421	1,578	65.2	1,376	756	621	201	162	39	12.7
20 to 24 years	10,136	8,430	83.2	7,815	6,128	1,687	615	516	99	7.3
Men	6,857	5,704	83.2	5,183	4,200	983	520	449	72	9.1
Women	5,700	4,304	75.5	4,008	2,684	1,325	295	229	66	6.9
Less than a high school diploma	1,851	1,110	60.0	979	665	315	131	92	39	11.8
High school graduates, no college(1)	6,005	4,767	79.4	4,363	3,183	1,180	404	356	47	8.5
Some college or associate degree	2,682	2,253	84.0	2,100	1,583	517	154	113	41	6.8
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,020	1,878	93.0	1,750	1,453	297	128	117	11	6.8
Black or African American
Total, 16 to 24 years	2,440	1,859	76.2	1,603	1,234	370	256	236	20	13.8
16 to 19 years	476	311	65.3	256	154	102	55	44	11	17.6
20 to 24 years	1,964	1,548	78.8	1,347	1,079	268	201	192	9	13.0
Men	1,306	974	74.6	826	643	183	148	136	13	15.2
Women	1,134	885	78.0	777	591	186	108	101	7	12.2
Less than a high school diploma	252	138	54.6	105	50	55	32	22	11	23.5
High school graduates, no college(1)	1,427	1,065	74.7	914	665	249	151	142	9	14.2
Some college or associate degree	460	382	83.0	327	284	43	55	55	0	14.3
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	301	275	91.2	257	234	23	18	18	0	6.5
Asian
Total, 16 to 24 years	989	732	74.0	669	516	153	62	49	13	8.5
16 to 19 years	163	94	57.2	63	39	24	30	18	12	32.5
20 to 24 years	825	638	77.3	606	477	130	32	31	1	5.0
Men	478	372	77.9	348	287	61	24	11	13	6.4
Women	511	360	70.4	321	229	92	39	38	1	10.8
Less than a high school diploma	106	54	50.7	29	19	10	24	13	11	-
High school graduates, no college(1)	264	181	68.6	174	128	46	7	6	1	4.1
Some college or associate degree	232	161	69.4	141	94	47	20	19	1	12.4
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	387	336	86.8	325	275	50	11	11	0	3.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 to 24 years	4,983	3,949	79.2	3,626	2,743	883	322	265	57	8.2
16 to 19 years	991	615	62.0	515	308	207	100	80	19	16.2
20 to 24 years	3,992	3,333	83.5	3,111	2,435	676	222	184	38	6.7
Men	2,834	2,373	83.7	2,189	1,724	466	183	145	38	7.7
Women	2,149	1,576	73.3	1,437	1,020	417	139	120	19	8.8
Less than a high school diploma	902	608	67.4	552	433	119	57	32	24	9.3
High school graduates, no college(1)	2,628	2,099	79.9	1,928	1,399	529	171	153	18	8.1
Some college or associate degree	955	788	82.6	741	586	155	47	35	13	6.0
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	499	453	90.9	406	327	79	47	44	3	10.4
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: June 05, 2026