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Table 383. College enrollment and labor force status of 2000 and 2001 high school graduates, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 2000 and October 2001 [Numbers in thousands]

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                              |  Civilian noninstitu-              |               Civilian labor force\1\                   |
                              |   tional population                |_________________________________________________________|
                              |____________________________________|             | Labor  |   Employed      | Unemployed     | Not in
             Item             |           |              | Percent |             | force  |_________________|________________| labor
                              |           |              | of high |             |partici-|        |Percent |    |   Unem-   | force
                              |Number     |Percent       | school  |Number       | pation |  Num-  |of popu-|Num-| ployment  |
                              |           |              |graduates|             |  rate  |  ber   | lation |ber |   rate    |
______________________________|___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
              1               |   2       |   3          |    4    |    5        |   6    |   7    |   8    | 9  |    10     |   11
______________________________|___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
1999 high school graduates\2\ |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
Total ........................| 2,897     | 100.0        |   100.0 |   1,749     |   60.4 |  1,536 |   53.0 |213 |      12.2 |  1,148
                              |___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
  Men ........................| 1,474     |  50.9        |    50.9 |     928     |   62.9 |    821 |   55.7 |107 |      11.5 |    546
  Women ......................| 1,423     |  49.1        |    49.1 |     821     |   57.7 |    715 |   50.3 |106 |      12.9 |    602
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
  White\3\ ...................| 2,287     |  78.9        |    78.9 |   1,434     |   62.7 |  1,282 |   56.0 |152 |      10.6 |    853
  Black\3\ ...................|   453     |  15.6        |    15.6 |     235     |   51.8 |    185 |   40.8 | 50 |      21.3 |    218
  Hispanic origin\4\ .........|   329     |  11.4        |    11.4 |     217     |   66.2 |    158 |   47.9 | 60 |      27.5 |    111
                              |====================================================================|==================================
  Enrolled in college,        |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
   October 1999...............| 1,822     | 100.0        |    62.9 |     845     |   46.4 |    790 |   43.3 | 55 |       6.5 |    977
                              |___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
    Men ......................|   905     |  49.7        |    31.2 |     427     |   47.1 |    400 |   44.2 | 26 |       6.2 |    479
    Women ....................|   917     |  50.3        |    31.7 |     418     |   45.6 |    389 |   42.5 | 29 |       6.8 |    499
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    2-year ...................|   609     |  33.4        |    21.0 |     387     |   63.5 |    366 |   60.0 | 21 |       5.5 |    222
    4-year ...................| 1,213     |  66.6        |    41.9 |     458     |   37.8 |    424 |   35.0 | 34 |       7.4 |    755
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    Full-time students .......| 1,677     |  92.0        |    57.9 |     715     |   42.7 |    671 |   40.0 | 44 |       6.1 |    962
    Part-time students .......|   145     |   8.0        |     5.0 |     129     |   89.2 |    118 |   81.6 | 11 |       8.5 |     16
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    White\3\ .................| 1,437     |  78.9        |    49.6 |     706     |   49.2 |    668 |   46.5 | 38 |       5.4 |    730
    Black\3\ .................|   268     |  14.7        |     9.3 |      87     |   32.4 |     75 |   27.9 | 12 |      13.9 |    181
    Hispanic origin\4\ .......|   139     |   7.6        |     4.8 |      61     |   43.6 |     45 |   32.5 | 15 |     (\6\) |     78
                              |===========|==============|=========|=============|========|========|========|====|===========|========
  Not enrolled in college,    |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
   October 1999 ..............| 1,075     | 100.0        |    37.1 |     904     |   84.2 |    746 |   69.4 |158 |      17.5 |    170
                              |___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
    Men ......................|   568     |  52.8        |    19.6 |     501     |   88.1 |    420 |   73.9 | 81 |      16.1 |     67
    Women ....................|   506     |  47.1        |    17.5 |     403     |   79.7 |    326 |   64.4 | 78 |      19.2 |    103
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    White\3\ .................|   851     |  79.2        |    29.4 |     728     |   85.6 |    614 |   72.2 |114 |      15.6 |    123
    Black\3\ .................|   185     |  17.2        |     6.4 |     148     |   80.0 |    110 |   59.5 | 38 |      25.6 |     37
    Hispanic origin\4\ .......|   190     |  17.7        |     6.6 |     157     |   82.7 |    112 |   59.3 | 44 |      28.3 |     33
2000 high school graduates\2\ |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
Total ........................| 2,756 (91)| 100.0     (0,|   100.0 |   1,629 (70)|   59.1 |  1,473 |   53.5 |155 |       9.5 |  1,127
                              |___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
  Men ........................| 1,251 (59)|  45.4   (2.3)|    45.4 |     767 (46)|   61.3 |    703 |   56.2 | 64 |       8.3 |    484
  Women ......................| 1,505 (62)|  54.6   (2.0)|    54.6 |     862 (47)|   57.3 |    770 |   51.2 | 92 |      10.6 |    643
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
  White\3\ ...................| 2,219 (82)|  80.5   (1.5)|    80.5 |   1,366 (64)|   61.5 |  1,260 |   56.8 |105 |       7.7 |    854
  Black\3\ ...................|   404 (36)|  14.7   (3.1)|    14.7 |     193 (25)|   47.7 |    159 |   39.4 | 33 |      17.3 |    212
  Hispanic origin\4\ .........|   300 (34)|  10.9   (3.5)|    10.9 |     208 (29)|   69.2 |    191 |   63.7 | 16 |       7.9 |     93
                              |====================================================================|==================================
  Enrolled in college,        |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
   October 2000...............| 1,745 (73)| 100.0     (0,|    63.3 |     818 (50)|   46.8 |    769 |   44.0 | 49 |       6.0 |    928
                              |___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
    Men ......................|   749 (46)|  42.9   (3.0)|    27.2 |     365 (32)|   48.7 |    353 |   47.1 | 12 |       3.3 |    385
    Women ....................|   996 (50)|  57.1   (2.5)|    36.1 |     453 (34)|   45.5 |    416 |   41.8 | 37 |       8.2 |    543
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    2-year ...................|   589 (42)|  33.8   (3.4)|    21.4 |     380 (34)|   64.5 |    359 |   61.0 | 21 |       5.5 |    209
    4-year ...................| 1,156 (59)|  66.2   (2.4)|    41.9 |     437 (36)|   37.8 |    410 |   35.4 | 28 |       6.4 |    719
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    Full-time students .......| 1,592 (69)|  91.2   (1.2)|    57.8 |     697 (46)|   43.8 |    650 |   40.8 | 48 |       6.8 |    895
    Part-time students .......|   154 (21)|   8.8   (3.9)|     5.6 |     120 (19)|   78.4 |    119 |   77.6 |  1 |       1.1 |     33
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    White\3\ .................| 1,420 (65)|  81.4   (1.8)|    51.5 |     695 (46)|   48.9 |    660 |   46.5 | 35 |       5.1 |    725
    Black\3\ .................|   227 (27)|  13.0   (4.0)|     8.2 |      84 (16)|   36.8 |     78 |   34.2 |  6 |       7.0 |    143
    Hispanic origin\4\ .......|   159 (25)|   9.1   (4.5)|     5.8 |     101 (20)|   63.3 |     94 |   59.2 |  6 |       6.4 |     58
                              |===========|==============|=========|=============|========|========|========|====|===========|========
  Not enrolled in college,    |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
   October 2000 ..............| 1,010 (55)| 100.0     (0,|    36.6 |     811 (49)|   80.3 |    705 |   69.7 |106 |      13.1 |    199
                              |___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
    Men ......................|   501 (37)|  49.6   (3.7)|    18.2 |     402 (33)|   80.1 |    350 |   69.8 | 52 |      12.9 |    100
    Women ....................|   509 (36)|  50.4   (3.5)|    18.5 |     409 (32)|   80.4 |    354 |   69.6 | 55 |      13.4 |    100
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    White\3\ .................|   799 (49)|  79.1   (2.5)|    29.0 |     670 (45)|   83.9 |    601 |   75.1 | 70 |      10.4 |    129
    Black\3\ .................|   177 (24)|  17.5   (5.1)|     6.4 |     109 (19)|   61.5 |     82 |   46.0 | 28 |      25.2 |     68
    Hispanic origin\4\ .......|   141 (24)|  14.0   (5.8)|     5.1 |     107 (20)|   75.8 |     97 |   68.8 | 10 |       9.3 |     34
                              |===========|==============|=========|=============|========|========|========|====|===========|========
2001 high school graduates\5\ |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
Total ........................| 2,545 (88)| 100.0     (0,|   100.0 |   1,522 (68)|   59.8 |  1,252 |   49.2 |270 |      17.7 |  1,024
                              |___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
  Men ........................| 1,275 (60)|  50.1   (2.3)|    50.1 |     746 (46)|   58.5 |    619 |   48.6 |127 |      17.0 |    529
  Women ......................| 1,270 (57)|  49.9   (2.2)|    49.9 |     775 (44)|   61.0 |    633 |   49.8 |143 |      18.4 |    495
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
  White\3\ ...................| 2,048 (79)|  80.5   (1.5)|    80.5 |   1,256 (61)|   61.3 |  1,061 |   51.8 |195 |      15.5 |    792
  Black\3\ ...................|   392 (35)|  15.4   (3.2)|    15.4 |     207 (26)|   52.8 |    151 |   38.4 | 57 |      27.3 |    185
  Hispanic origin\4\ .........|   241 (31)|   9.5   (3.7)|     9.5 |     172 (26)|   71.4 |    125 |   51.8 | 47 |      27.4 |     69
                              |====================================================================|==================================
  Enrolled in college,        |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
   October 2001...............| 1,569 (69)| 100.0     (0,|    61.7 |     735 (47)|   46.8 |    630 |   40.1 |105 |      14.3 |    834
                              |___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
    Men ......................|   762 (46)|  48.6   (3.0)|    29.9 |     323 (30)|   42.4 |    283 |   37.1 | 40 |      12.5 |    439
    Women ....................|   808 (45)|  51.5   (2.8)|    31.7 |     412 (32)|   51.0 |    347 |   43.0 | 65 |      15.8 |    395
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    2-year ...................|   500 (39)|  31.9   (3.6)|    19.6 |     358 (33)|   71.6 |    314 |   62.7 | 44 |      12.4 |    142
    4-year ...................| 1,069 (57)|  68.1   (2.5)|    42.0 |     377 (34)|   35.3 |    316 |   29.6 | 61 |      16.2 |    692
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    Full-time students .......| 1,430 (66)|  91.1   (1.3)|    56.2 |     613 (43)|   42.9 |    516 |   36.1 | 98 |      15.9 |    817
    Part-time students .......|   139 (20)|   8.9   (4.2)|     5.5 |     122 (19)|   87.5 |    114 |   82.0 |  8 |       6.3 |     17
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    White\3\ .................| 1,292 (62)|  82.3   (1.8)|    50.8 |     625 (43)|   48.4 |    538 |   41.7 | 87 |      13.9 |    667
    Black\3\ .................|   215 (26)|  13.7   (4.2)|     8.4 |      86 (16)|   40.1 |     70 |   32.5 | 16 |      19.0 |    129
    Hispanic origin\4\ .......|   124 (22)|   7.9   (4.8)|     4.9 |      79 (18)|   63.7 |     61 |   49.3 | 18 |      22.6 |     45
                              |===========|==============|=========|=============|========|========|========|====|===========|========
  Not enrolled in college,    |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
   October 2001 ..............|   976 (54)| 100.0     (0,|    38.3 |     787 (49)|   80.6 |    622 |   63.8 |164 |      20.9 |    190
                              |___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________
    Men ......................|   513 (38)|  52.6   (3.7)|    20.2 |     423 (34)|   82.5 |    337 |   65.6 | 87 |      20.5 |     90
    Women ....................|   463 (34)|  47.4   (3.7)|    18.2 |     363 (30)|   78.5 |    286 |   61.7 | 77 |      21.3 |    100
                              |           |              |         |             |        |        |        |    |           |
    White\3\ .................|   756 (48)|  77.5   (2.6)|    29.7 |     631 (43)|   83.5 |    523 |   69.2 |108 |      17.1 |    125
    Black\3\ .................|   177 (24)|  18.1   (5.1)|     7.0 |     121 (20)|   68.3 |     81 |   45.5 | 40 |      33.3 |     56
    Hispanic origin\4\ .......|   116 (21)|  11.9   (5.9)|     4.6 |      93 (19)|   79.6 |     63 |   54.5 | 29 |      31.5 |     24
______________________________|___________|______________|_________|_____________|________|________|________|____|___________|________

\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 2000.
\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 2001.

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 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 2001 High School Graduates." (This table was prepared July 2002.)


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