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| Table 379. - | Unemployment rate of persons 16 years old and over, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and highest degree attained: 1995, 1996, and 1997 |
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| Percent unemployed, 1995\1\ | Percent unemployed, 1996\1\ | Percent unemployed, 1997\1\
|_______________________________|_______________________________|_______________________________
Sex, race/ethnicity, and |16- to 24-year-olds\2\ | 25 |16- to 24-year-olds\2\ | 25 |16- to 24-year-olds\2\ | 25
highest degree attained |_______________________| years |_______________________| years |_______________________| years
|Total|16 to 19|20 to 24|old and|Total|16 to 19|20 to 24|old and|Total|16 to 19|20 to 24|old and
| | years | years | over | | years | years | over | | years | years | over
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
____________________________________|_____|________|________|_______|_____|________|________|_______|_____|________|________|_______
All persons | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|12.1 | 17.3 | 9.1 | 4.3 |12.0 | 16.7 | 9.3 | 4.2 |11.3 | 16.0 | 8.5 | 3.8
Less than a high school graduate .|20.2 | 20.8 | 18.6 | 9.0 |19.7 | 19.7 | 19.4 | 8.7 |18.4 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 8.1
High school graduate, no college..|12.0 | 14.7 | 10.8 | 4.8 |12.0 | 14.9 | 10.8 | 4.7 |11.0 | 14.0 | 9.6 | 4.3
Some college, no degree ..........| 6.7 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 3.5
Associate degree .................| 5.3 | --- | 5.1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | --- | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.5 | --- | 4.3 | 2.7
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 5.5 | --- | 5.5 | 2.4 | 5.3 | --- | 5.3 | 2.2 | 3.7 | --- | 3.7 | 2.0
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Men | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|12.5 | 18.4 | 9.2 | 4.3 |12.6 | 18.1 | 9.5 | 4.1 |11.8 | 16.9 | 8.9 | 3.6
Less than a high school graduate .|19.9 | 21.6 | 15.9 | 8.8 |19.8 | 21.2 | 16.4 | 7.8 |18.3 | 19.7 | 15.1 | 7.2
High school graduate, no college..|11.7 | 15.3 | 10.4 | 4.8 |11.9 | 15.1 | 10.6 | 4.7 |10.8 | 13.9 | 9.6 | 4.2
Some college, no degree ..........| 6.8 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 3.3
Associate degree .................| 4.9 | --- | 4.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | --- | 4.2 | 3.2 | --- | --- | --- | 2.6
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 6.3 | --- | 6.3 | 2.3 | 6.1 | --- | 6.1 | 2.1 | 4.2 | --- | 4.3 | 1.9
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Women | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|11.7 | 16.1 | 9.0 | 4.4 |11.3 | 15.2 | 9.0 | 4.3 |10.7 | 15.0 | 8.1 | 3.9
Less than a high school graduate .|20.8 | 19.9 | 24.4 | 9.2 |19.5 | 18.1 | 25.3 | 10.1 |18.6 | 17.9 | 21.2 | 9.6
High school graduate, no college..|12.3 | 14.2 | 11.4 | 4.7 |12.2 | 14.7 | 10.9 | 4.6 |11.2 | 14.2 | 9.7 | 4.3
Some college, no degree ..........| 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 3.7
Associate degree .................| 5.5 | --- | 5.5 | 3.3 | 5.2 | --- | 4.8 | 3.3 | 4.8 | --- | 4.5 | 2.8
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 5.0 | --- | 4.9 | 2.7 | 4.8 | --- | 4.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | --- | 3.3 | 2.2
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White\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|10.2 | 14.5 | 7.7 | 3.9 |10.2 | 14.2 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 6.9 | 3.3
Less than a high school graduate .|17.2 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 8.3 |16.7 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 |15.5 | 16.2 | 13.5 | 7.2
High school graduate, no college..|10.0 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 4.2 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 7.9 | 3.6
Some college, no degree ..........| 5.8 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 3.0
Associate degree .................| 4.8 | --- | 4.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | --- | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | --- | 3.4 | 2.5
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 5.1 | --- | 5.1 | 2.3 | 5.1 | --- | 5.1 | 2.1 | 3.1 | --- | 3.2 | 1.8
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Black\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|23.9 | 35.7 | 17.7 | 7.4 |23.9 | 33.6 | 18.8 | 7.7 |23.2 | 32.4 | 18.3 | 7.3
Less than a high school graduate .|39.1 | 40.4 | 35.8 | 12.4 |37.8 | 37.6 | 38.2 | 12.6 |36.3 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 13.1
High school graduate, no college..|22.5 | 31.8 | 19.3 | 8.2 |23.0 | 31.5 | 20.0 | 9.1 |20.9 | 28.1 | 18.4 | 8.1
Some college, no degree ..........|13.0 | 18.7 | 12.2 | 7.5 |13.7 | 17.1 | 13.1 | 6.7 |15.1 | 21.0 | 14.0 | 6.1
Associate degree .................|10.7 | --- | 8.5 | 4.6 | 9.7 | --- | 10.0 | 5.5 | --- | --- | --- | ---
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 8.7 | --- | 8.6 | 3.2 | 6.1 | --- | 6.0 | 3.1 | 6.5 | --- | 6.4 | 3.6
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Hispanic origin\4\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|15.5 | 24.1 | 11.5 | 7.6 |15.5 | 23.6 | 11.8 | 7.1 |13.8 | 21.6 | 10.3 | 6.1
Less than a high school graduate .|20.2 | 28.2 | 13.7 | 10.4 |20.1 | 26.1 | 14.6 | 9.7 |18.8 | 25.7 | 13.0 | 8.5
High school graduate, no college..|14.1 | 18.7 | 12.3 | 6.8 |13.6 | 20.7 | 11.5 | 6.6 |11.4 | 15.7 | 9.9 | 5.7
Some college, no degree ..........|10.4 | 14.1 | 9.4 | 6.1 |10.5 | 13.2 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 4.1
Associate degree .................| --- | --- | --- | 5.5 | --- | --- | --- | 4.9 | --- | --- | --- | ---
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| --- | --- | --- | 3.5 | --- | --- | --- | 3.8 | --- | --- | --- | 3.5
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\1\The unemployment rate is the percent of individuals in the labor force who are not working and who
made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the prior 4 weeks. The labor force includes
both employed and unemployed persons.
\2\Excludes persons enrolled in school. \3\Includes persons of Hispanic origin. \4\Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. ---Data not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, unpublished tabulations of annual everages from the Current Population Survey. (This table was prepared September 1998.) |
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