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Table 109  Percent of high school dropouts (status dropouts) among persons 6 to 34 years old, by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: October 1970 to October 1998

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        Year,        |         |         |         |        |        |
   race/ethnicity,   |16 and 17|18 and 19|20 and 21|22 to 24|25 to 29|30 to 34
       and sex       |  years  |  years  |  years  | years  | years  | years
_____________________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________
          1          |    2    |    3    |    4    |   5    |   6    |   7
_____________________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________
    October 1970     |         |         |         |        |        |
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
  All races .........|     8.0 |    16.2 |    16.6 |   18.7 |   22.5 |   26.5
    Male ............|     7.1 |    16.0 |    16.1 |   17.9 |   21.4 |   26.2
    Female ..........|     8.9 |    16.3 |    16.9 |   19.4 |   23.6 |   26.8
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
White\1\ ............|     7.3 |    14.1 |    14.6 |   16.3 |   19.9 |   24.6
  Male ..............|     6.3 |    13.3 |    14.1 |   15.3 |   19.0 |   24.2
  Female ............|     8.4 |    14.8 |    15.1 |   17.2 |   20.7 |   24.9
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
Black\1\ ............|    12.8 |    31.2 |    29.6 |   37.8 |   44.4 |   43.5
  Male ..............|    13.3 |    36.4 |    29.6 |   39.5 |   43.1 |   45.9
  Female ............|    12.4 |    26.6 |    29.6 |   36.4 |   45.6 |   41.5
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
    October 1980     |         |         |         |        |        |
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
  All races .........|     8.9 |    15.7 |    16.0 |   15.2 |   13.9 |   14.6
    Male ............|     8.9 |    16.9 |    17.8 |   16.4 |   13.8 |   14.0
    Female ..........|     8.8 |    14.7 |    14.3 |   14.0 |   14.0 |   15.2
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
White, non-Hispanic .|     8.6 |    12.7 |    12.1 |   11.8 |   10.4 |   11.0
  Male ..............|     8.5 |    13.6 |    13.5 |   13.2 |   10.6 |   10.7
  Female ............|     8.6 |    11.9 |    10.9 |   10.4 |   10.3 |   11.3
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
Black, non-Hispanic .|     7.0 |    21.0 |    24.6 |   23.6 |   22.4 |   23.1
  Male ..............|     7.2 |    22.2 |    30.8 |   24.6 |   22.2 |   21.9
  Female ............|     6.8 |    19.8 |    19.6 |   22.8 |   22.6 |   24.0
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
Hispanic origin .....|    16.5 |    39.0 |    41.6 |   40.6 |   40.9 |   45.4
  Male ..............|    18.1 |    43.1 |    41.4 |   42.9 |   40.1 |   43.9
  Female ............|    15.0 |    34.6 |    41.9 |   38.6 |   41.7 |   47.0
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
    October 1990     |         |         |         |        |        |
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
  All races .........|     6.3 |    14.2 |    12.8 |   13.8 |   13.9 |   12.9
    Male ............|     6.6 |    14.6 |    13.2 |   14.0 |   14.5 |   13.3
    Female ..........|     6.1 |    13.8 |    12.4 |   13.6 |   13.4 |   12.5
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
White, non-Hispanic .|     5.4 |    11.1 |     9.4 |    9.5 |    9.2 |    8.7
  Male ..............|     5.9 |    11.4 |     9.6 |    9.8 |    9.8 |    9.4
  Female ............|     5.0 |    10.8 |     9.1 |    9.1 |    8.5 |    8.0
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
Black, non-Hispanic .|     6.9 |    16.6 |    15.6 |   13.6 |   19.3 |   16.7
  Male ..............|     6.3 |    15.5 |    12.4 |   13.2 |   18.9 |   16.4
  Female ............|     7.5 |    17.6 |    18.6 |   13.9 |   19.6 |   16.9
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
Hispanic origin .....|    12.9 |    34.2 |    31.6 |   42.8 |   41.7 |   42.4
  Male ..............|    13.1 |    39.4 |    37.9 |   41.4 |   42.6 |   41.4
  Female ............|    12.5 |    29.4 |    25.0 |   44.4 |   40.7 |   43.5
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
   October 1995\2\   |         |         |         |        |        |
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
  All races .........|     5.4 |    14.6 |    13.8 |   13.6 |   12.4 |   11.7
    Male ............|     4.8 |    14.7 |    13.6 |   14.9 |   13.9 |   12.0
    Female ..........|     6.1 |    14.5 |    13.9 |   12.3 |   10.9 |   11.4
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
White, non-Hispanic .|     4.7 |    11.4 |     9.4 |    8.9 |    7.8 |    7.7
  Male ..............|     4.2 |    11.7 |     9.3 |   10.4 |    9.0 |    7.9
  Female ............|     5.2 |    11.0 |     9.5 |    7.4 |    6.7 |    7.5
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
Black, non-Hispanic .|     5.6 |    15.7 |    15.1 |   12.6 |   11.6 |   11.6
  Male ..............|     4.1 |    18.1 |    16.2 |    9.4 |   11.3 |   12.1
  Female ............|     7.3 |    13.7 |    14.2 |   15.4 |   11.8 |   11.1
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
Hispanic origin .....|    10.7 |    30.8 |    34.4 |   37.4 |   39.0 |   36.6
  Male ..............|    11.2 |    27.0 |    33.4 |   39.0 |   42.1 |   35.5
  Female ............|    10.2 |    35.0 |    35.4 |   35.3 |   35.6 |   37.8
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
   October 1998\2\   |         |         |         |        |        |
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
  All races .........|     5.0 |    14.0 |    14.6 |   13.3 |   11.2 |   12.1
    Male ............|     5.5 |    15.3 |    17.4 |   15.0 |   13.0 |   13.3
    Female ..........|     4.6 |    12.6 |    11.6 |   11.8 |    9.5 |   10.9
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
White, non-Hispanic .|     3.9 |     9.3 |     9.0 |    8.6 |    6.1 |    6.5
  Male ..............|     4.6 |     9.8 |    10.8 |    9.2 |    7.0 |    7.7
  Female ............|     3.2 |     8.8 |     7.1 |    8.1 |    5.3 |    5.4
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
Black, non-Hispanic .|     5.5 |    16.8 |    19.6 |   14.4 |   11.2 |   11.4
  Male ..............|     4.6 |    19.0 |    23.0 |   17.7 |   12.0 |   11.1
  Female ............|     6.4 |    14.7 |    16.4 |   12.1 |   10.6 |   11.7
                     |         |         |         |        |        |
Hispanic origin .....|    10.2 |    33.3 |    36.0 |   34.2 |   36.7 |   40.4
  Male ..............|    10.8 |    39.1 |    41.3 |   39.1 |   41.8 |   41.2
  Female ............|     9.5 |    27.6 |    29.2 |   29.0 |   31.0 |   39.5
_____________________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________

\1\Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
\2\Data may not be comparable with figures for earlier years because of changes in data collection procedures. NOTE.
--"Status" dropouts are 16- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and who have not completed a high school program, regardless of when they left school. People who have received GED credentials are counted as high school completers. Data are based on sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current (This table was prepared September 1999.)


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