| Characteristic |
1986 |
1988 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
| Total |
9.8 |
9.5 |
9.1 |
10.0 |
9.3 |
9.3 |
7.3 |
7.5 |
8.4 |
8.8 |
7.2 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
8.7 |
7.8 |
7.6 |
8.3 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
7.3 |
6.4 |
8.3 |
9.1 |
6.9 |
7.7 |
7.1 |
| Female |
11.0 |
11.3 |
10.5 |
11.7 |
10.6 |
10.5 |
7.3 |
8.7 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
7.4 |
8.3 |
8.1 |
| |
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16–17 |
4.9 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
3.8 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
| 18–19 |
14.8 |
14.9 |
13.2 |
15.0 |
14.1 |
14.2 |
11.5 |
11.2 |
13.4 |
14.5 |
11.5 |
13.1 |
12.5 |
| |
| Education and age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than high school diploma or equivalent |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16–17 |
4.6 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
| 18–19 |
19.9 |
20.1 |
17.9 |
19.0 |
17.8 |
17.1 |
14.9 |
12.3 |
15.2 |
15.8 |
13.3 |
14.7 |
13.0 |
| High school diploma or equivalent |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16–17 |
18.7! |
17.7! |
16.8! |
25.2 |
17.2! |
17.9! |
10.2! |
20.1 |
13.7! |
26.3 |
17.4 |
12.3! |
16.8 |
| 18–19 |
12.0 |
11.5 |
10.0 |
12.3 |
11.5 |
11.8 |
8.9 |
10.4 |
12.0 |
13.4 |
10.1 |
11.9 |
12.1 |
| |
| Race/ethnicity1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
8.1 |
7.4 |
7.5 |
7.6 |
7.3 |
7.3 |
5.5 |
5.2 |
6.7 |
6.6 |
5.7 |
6.1 |
5.9 |
| Black |
14.4 |
15.0 |
12.1 |
16.9 |
13.7 |
13.7 |
9.5 |
12.2 |
12.9 |
14.2 |
9.3 |
11.3 |
11.5 |
| Hispanic |
15.9 |
17.7 |
17.1 |
15.7 |
15.7 |
15.2 |
13.7 |
13.4 |
12.2 |
13.1 |
11.5 |
12.7 |
10.6 |
| Asian |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
3.6! |
4.0! |
4.7! |
5.7 |
| |
| Citizenship |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| U.S.-born |
— |
— |
— |
— |
8.8 |
9.0 |
6.8 |
7.1 |
8.1 |
8.4 |
6.8 |
7.7 |
7.2 |
| Naturalized U.S. citizen |
— |
— |
— |
— |
14.4! |
2.2! |
9.6! |
5.0! |
4.5! |
11.8! |
5.4! |
4.3! |
8.3! |
| Non-U.S. citizen |
— |
— |
— |
— |
15.6 |
14.2 |
14.5 |
12.5 |
13.0 |
14.0 |
12.0 |
12.7 |
13.5 |
| |
| Poverty2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Poor |
22.6 |
24.1 |
20.9 |
25.5 |
22.1 |
21.5 |
15.3 |
16.2 |
19.6 |
18.8 |
15.8 |
18.0 |
17.0 |
| Near-poor |
12.6 |
12.9 |
13.5 |
12.2 |
12.2 |
10.7 |
11.8 |
11.4 |
11.7 |
12.8 |
9.8 |
10.9 |
10.0 |
| Nonpoor |
5.2 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
4.8 |
4.2 |
5.3 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
5.1 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
|
— Not available.
|
! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
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1Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Other race/ethnicities are included in the total but are not shown separately. Prior to 2003, estimates for Asian only were not available.
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2Poor is defined to include families below the poverty threshold, near-poor is defined to include families at 100–199 percent of the poverty threshold, and nonpoor is defined to include families at 200 percent or more than the poverty threshold. See supplemental note 1 for more information on poverty.
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NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) questions used to obtain educational attainment data were changed in 1992. In 1994, the survey instrument for the CPS was changed and weights were adjusted. Estimates are revised from previous editions. The data presented here represent the percentage of civilian, noninstitutionalized 16- to 19-year-olds who are neither enrolled in school nor working. See supplemental note 2 for more information on the CPS and for an explanation of the “neither enrolled nor working” variable.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), March and Annual Social and Economic Supplement, selected years, 1986–2006.
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