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Table 382. College enrollment and labor force status of 2001 and 2002 high school completers, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 2001 and October 2002

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                                 |        Civilian noninstitutional  |               Civilian labor force\1\                                 |
                                 |               population          |_______________________________________________________________________|
                                 |___________________________________|              | Labor  |   Employed            | Unemployed            |   Not in
              Item               |              |          | Percent |   Number     | force  |_______________________|_______________________|    labor
                                 |              |          | of high |(in thousands)|partici-|              |Percent |              | Unem-  |   force,
                                 |  Number,     |  Percent | school  |              | pation |    Number    |of popu-|    Number    |ployment|(in thousands)
                                 |(in thousands)|          |completer|              |  rate  |(in thousands)| lation |(in thousands)|  rate  |
_________________________________|______________|__________|_________|______________|________|______________|________|______________|________|_____________
                1                |   2          |  3       |    4    |   5          |   6    |      7       |   8    |      9       |   10   |     11
_________________________________|______________|__________|_________|______________|________|______________|________|______________|________|_____________
 2001 high school completers\2\  |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
Total ...........................|  2,545 (46.6)|100.0(0.0)|    100.0|  1,522 (47.2)|    59.8|         1,252|    49.2|           270|    17.7|        1,024
                                 |______________|__________|_________|______________|________|______________|________|______________|________|_____________
  Men ...........................|  1,275 (33.8)| 50.1(1.5)|     50.1|    746 (33.5)|    58.5|           619|    48.6|           127|    17.0|          529
  Women .........................|  1,270 (32.0)| 49.9(1.5)|     49.9|    775 (33.1)|    61.0|           633|    49.8|           143|    18.4|          495
                                 |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
  White\3\ ......................|  2,048 (30.7)| 80.5(1.2)|     80.5|  1,256 (38.8)|    61.3|         1,061|    51.8|           195|    15.5|          792
  Black\3\ ......................|    392 (20.1)| 15.4(1.2)|     15.4|    207 (19.4)|    52.8|           151|    38.4|            57|    27.3|          185
  Hispanic origin\4\ ............|    241 (21.1)|  9.5(1.0)|      9.5|    172 (19.4)|    71.4|           125|    51.8|            47|    27.4|           69
                                 |==========================================================================|==============================================
  Enrolled in college,           |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
   October 2001..................|  1,569 (47.4)|100.0(0.0)|     61.7|    735 (37.7)|    46.8|           630|    40.1|           105|    14.3|          834
                                 |______________|__________|_________|______________|________|______________|________|______________|________|_____________
    Men .........................|    762 (33.7)| 48.6(1.9)|     29.9|    323 (25.4)|    42.4|           283|    37.1|            40|    12.5|          439
    Women .......................|    808 (33.3)| 51.5(1.9)|     31.7|    412 (27.7)|    51.0|           347|    43.0|            65|    15.8|          395
                                 |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
    2-year ......................|    500 (32.2)| 31.9(1.8)|     19.6|    358 (27.8)|    71.6|           314|    62.7|            44|    12.4|          142
    4-year ......................|  1,069 (43.0)| 68.1(1.8)|     42.0|    377 (28.4)|    35.3|           316|    29.6|            61|    16.2|          692
                                 |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
    Full-time students ..........|  1,430 (46.6)| 91.1(1.1)|     56.2|    613 (35.0)|    42.9|           516|    36.1|            98|    15.9|          817
    Part-time students ..........|    139 (17.8)|  8.9(1.1)|      5.5|    122 (16.7)|    87.5|           114|    82.0|             8|     6.3|           17
                                 |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
    White\3\ ....................|  1,292 (38.8)| 82.3(1.5)|     50.8|    625 (33.4)|    48.4|           538|    41.7|            87|    13.9|          667
    Black\3\ ....................|    215 (19.5)| 13.7(1.4)|      8.4|     86 (14.1)|    40.1|            70|    32.5|            16|    19.0|          129
    Hispanic origin\4\ ..........|    124 (17.4)|  7.9(1.2)|      4.9|     79 (14.5)|    63.7|            61|    49.3|            18|    22.6|           45
                                 |==============|==========|=========|==============|========|==============|========|==============|========|=============
  Not enrolled in college,       |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
   October 2001 .................|    976 (41.8)|100.0(0.0)|     38.3|    787 (38.7)|    80.6|           622|    63.8|           164|    20.9|          190
                                 |______________|__________|_________|______________|________|______________|________|______________|________|_____________
    Men .........................|    513 (30.2)| 52.6(2.5)|     20.2|    423 (28.2)|    82.5|           337|    65.6|            87|    20.5|           90
    Women .......................|    463 (28.9)| 47.4(2.5)|     18.2|    363 (26.4)|    78.5|           286|    61.7|            77|    21.3|          100
                                 |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
    White\3\ ....................|    756 (35.5)| 77.5(2.1)|     29.7|    631 (33.5)|    83.5|           523|    69.2|           108|    17.1|          125
    Black\3\ ....................|    177 (18.5)| 18.1(2.0)|      7.0|    121 (16.2)|    68.3|            81|    45.5|            40|    33.3|           56
    Hispanic origin\4\ ..........|    116 (16.9)| 11.9(1.8)|      4.6|     93 (15.5)|    79.6|            63|    54.5|            29|    31.5|           24
                                 |==============|==========|=========|==============|========|==============|========|==============|========|=============
 2002 high school completers\5\  |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
Total ...........................|  2,796 (45.0)|100.0(0.0)|    100.0|  1,604 (47.8)|    57.3|         1,375|    49.2|           228|    14.2|        1,193
                                 |______________|__________|_________|______________|________|______________|________|______________|________|_____________
  Men ...........................|  1,412 (33.0)| 50.5(1.5)|     50.5|    829 (34.4)|    58.7|           730|    51.7|           100|    12.0|          582
  Women .........................|  1,384 (30.6)| 49.5(1.5)|     49.5|    774 (33.2)|    55.9|           645|    46.6|           129|    16.6|          610
                                 |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
  White\3\ ......................|  2,231 (24.2)| 79.8(1.2)|     79.8|  1,300 (38.5)|    58.3|         1,150|    51.5|           150|    11.6|          931
  Black\3\ ......................|    387 (20.4)| 13.8(1.1)|     13.8|    205 (19.4)|    53.0|           143|    36.9|            62|    30.3|          182
  Hispanic origin\4\ ............|    344 (22.8)| 12.3(1.1)|     12.3|    215 (21.2)|    62.6|           167|    48.7|            48|    22.2|          129
                                 |==========================================================================|==============================================
  Enrolled in college,           |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
   October 2002..................|  1,824 (48.6)|100.0(0.0)|     65.2|    829 (39.5)|    45.4|           731|    40.1|            98|    11.8|          996
                                 |______________|__________|_________|______________|________|______________|________|______________|________|_____________
    Men .........................|    877 (34.7)| 48.1(1.8)|     31.4|    385 (27.3)|    43.9|           347|    39.5|            38|     9.9|          492
    Women .......................|    947 (33.9)| 51.9(1.8)|     33.9|    444 (28.5)|    46.9|           384|    40.6|            60|    13.4|          503
                                 |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
    2-year ......................|    605 (34.9)| 33.2(1.7)|     21.6|    351 (27.6)|    58.0|           306|    50.6|            45|    12.8|          254
    4-year ......................|  1,220 (44.9)| 66.9(1.7)|     43.6|    478 (31.6)|    39.2|           425|    34.8|            53|    11.1|          742
                                 |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
    Full-time students ..........|  1,668 (48.1)| 91.4(1.0)|     59.7|    711 (37.2)|    42.6|           632|    37.9|            79|    11.1|          958
    Part-time students ..........|    156 (18.8)|  8.6(1.0)|      5.6|    118 (16.5)|    75.7|            99|    63.4|            19|    16.3|           38
                                 |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
    White\3\ ....................|  1,488 (37.9)| 81.6(1.4)|     53.2|    693 (34.5)|    46.6|           622|    41.8|            71|    10.2|          795
    Black\3\ ....................|    227 (19.9)| 12.4(1.3)|      8.1|     86 (14.1)|    37.9|            64|    28.3|            22|    25.4|          141
    Hispanic origin\4\ ..........|    184 (20.2)| 10.1(1.2)|      6.6|     91 (15.5)|    49.4|            81|    44.1|            10|    10.7|           93
                                 |==============|==========|=========|==============|========|==============|========|==============|========|=============
  Not enrolled in college,       |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
   October 2002 .................|    972 (41.8)|100.0(0.0)|     34.8|    775 (38.5)|    79.7|           644|    66.3|           131|    16.9|          197
                                 |______________|__________|_________|______________|________|______________|________|______________|________|_____________
    Men .........................|    535 (30.7)| 55.0(2.5)|     19.1|    444 (28.8)|    83.1|           383|    71.7|            61|    13.8|           90
    Women .......................|    437 (28.3)| 45.0(2.5)|     15.6|    330 (25.5)|    75.6|           261|    59.7|            69|    21.0|          107
                                 |              |          |         |              |        |              |        |              |        |
    White\3\ ....................|    743 (35.2)| 76.4(2.1)|     26.6|    607 (33.0)|    81.7|           528|    71.0|            80|    13.1|          136
    Black\3\ ....................|    160 (18.0)| 16.5(1.9)|      5.7|    119 (16.1)|    74.5|            79|    49.3|            40|    33.9|           41
    Hispanic origin\4\ ..........|    160 (19.3)| 16.5(2.1)|      5.7|    124 (17.6)|    77.7|            86|    54.0|            38|    30.6|           36
_________________________________|______________|__________|_________|______________|________|______________|________|______________|________|_____________

\1\The labor force includes all employed persons plus those seeking employment. The labor force participation rate is the percentage of persons either employed or seeking employment.
\2\Includes 16- to 24-year-olds who completed high school between January and October 2001.
\3\Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
\4\Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. \5\Includes 16- to 24-year-olds who completed high school between January and October 2002.

NOTE: Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. Percents are only shown when the base is 75,000 or greater. Even though the standard errors are large, smaller estimates are shown to permit users to combine categories in various ways. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" groups are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the White and Black population groups. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "College Enrollment and Work Activity of High School Graduates," 2001 and 2002. (This table was prepared March 2004.)


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