Table 2. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2008
Table 2. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex,
race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, October 2008
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian Not in
Characteristic noninsti- Employed Unemployed labor
tutional Percent of force
population Total population
Total Percent of Number Rate
population
Total, 16 to 24 years.......... 37,569 21,931 58.4 19,020 50.6 2,911 13.3 15,637
Enrolled in school................. 21,348 8,974 42.0 7,907 37.0 1,067 11.9 12,374
Enrolled in high school (1)...... 9,677 2,661 27.5 2,099 21.7 562 21.1 7,016
Men............................ 4,991 1,272 25.5 960 19.2 311 24.5 3,720
Women.......................... 4,686 1,389 29.6 1,139 24.3 251 18.0 3,297
White.......................... 7,274 2,153 29.6 1,729 23.8 424 19.7 5,120
Black or African American...... 1,604 339 21.2 236 14.7 104 30.5 1,264
Asian.......................... 349 66 18.9 57 16.4 9 (2) 283
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity... 1,804 365 20.2 238 13.2 127 34.8 1,439
Enrolled in college.............. 11,671 6,313 54.1 5,809 49.8 505 8.0 5,358
Enrolled in 2-year college..... 3,521 2,229 63.3 2,035 57.8 194 8.7 1,292
Enrolled in 4-year college..... 8,150 4,084 50.1 3,773 46.3 311 7.6 4,065
Full-time students............. 10,148 5,010 49.4 4,599 45.3 412 8.2 5,137
Part-time students............. 1,523 1,303 85.5 1,210 79.4 93 7.1 220
Men............................ 5,492 2,814 51.2 2,522 45.9 293 10.4 2,678
Women.......................... 6,179 3,499 56.6 3,287 53.2 212 6.1 2,680
White.......................... 9,283 5,289 57.0 4,900 52.8 389 7.4 3,994
Black or African American...... 1,381 630 45.6 540 39.1 90 14.3 751
Asian.......................... 680 238 35.1 223 32.7 16 6.6 441
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity... 1,385 775 55.9 682 49.2 93 12.0 610
Not enrolled in school............. 16,220 12,957 79.9 11,113 68.5 1,845 14.2 3,263
16 to 19 years................... 3,301 2,253 68.3 1,719 52.1 534 23.7 1,048
20 to 24 years................... 12,920 10,704 82.9 9,394 72.7 1,310 12.2 2,216
Men.............................. 8,465 7,229 85.4 6,028 71.2 1,201 16.6 1,236
Less than a high school diploma 1,606 1,204 74.9 887 55.2 317 26.3 403
High school graduates, no
college (3)................... 4,121 3,487 84.6 2,874 69.7 613 17.6 634
Some college or associate
degree........................ 1,859 1,696 91.3 1,498 80.6 198 11.7 162
Bachelor's degree and higher (4) 879 842 95.8 769 87.5 73 8.7 37
Women............................ 7,756 5,728 73.9 5,084 65.6 644 11.2 2,028
Less than a high school diploma 1,403 697 49.6 523 37.2 174 25.0 707
High school graduates, no
college (3)................... 3,200 2,274 71.1 1,982 61.9 292 12.8 926
Some college or associate
degree........................ 1,953 1,629 83.4 1,525 78.1 104 6.4 324
Bachelor's degree and higher (4) 1,200 1,128 94.1 1,054 87.9 74 6.6 71
White............................ 12,485 10,244 82.0 8,971 71.8 1,273 12.4 2,242
Black or African American........ 2,630 1,878 71.4 1,433 54.5 446 23.7 752
Asian............................ 435 320 73.7 297 68.3 23 7.3 114
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity..... 3,531 2,684 76.0 2,279 64.5 405 15.1 848
1 Includes a small number of persons enrolled in grades below high school.
2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Detail 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. Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Updated population controls
are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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