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(17 KB)| Table 378. | Unemployment rate of persons 16 years old and over, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and highest degree attained: 1997, 1998, and 1999 |
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| Percent unemployed, 1997\1\ | Percent unemployed, 1998\1\ | Percent unemployed, 1999\1\
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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 ...............|11.3 | 16.0 | 8.5 | 3.8 |10.4 | 14.6 | 7.9 | 3.4 | 9.9 | 13.9 | 7.5 | 3.1
Less than a high school graduate .|18.4 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 8.1 |14.0 | 13.2 | 16.1 | 7.1 |16.0 | 16.5 | 14.6 | 6.7
High school graduate, no college..|11.0 | 14.0 | 9.6 | 4.3 |10.1 | 12.5 | 9.1 | 4.0 | 9.7 | 12.3 | 8.6 | 3.5
Some college, no degree ..........| 7.1 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 3.0
Associate degree .................| 4.5 | --- | 4.3 | 2.7 | 4.3 | --- | 4.1 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 2.5
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 3.7 | --- | 3.7 | 2.0 | 4.0 | --- | 4.1 | 1.8 | 4.7 | --- | 4.8 | 1.8
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Men | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|11.8 | 16.9 | 8.9 | 3.6 |11.1 | 16.2 | 8.1 | 3.2 |10.3 | 14.7 | 7.7 | 3.0
Less than a high school graduate .|18.3 | 19.7 | 15.1 | 7.2 |17.4 | 18.7 | 14.2 | 6.1 |15.6 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 5.8
High school graduate, no college..|10.8 | 13.9 | 9.6 | 4.2 |10.0 | 13.6 | 8.5 | 3.9 | 9.7 | 12.3 | 8.6 | 3.3
Some college, no degree ..........| 7.5 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 2.8
Associate degree .................| --- | --- | --- | 2.6 | 4.2 | --- | --- | 2.3 | 5.3 | 9.1 | 5.2 | 2.5
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 4.2 | --- | 4.3 | 1.9 | 4.3 | --- | 4.3 | 1.6 | 5.6 | --- | 5.7 | 1.8
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Women | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|10.7 | 15.0 | 8.1 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 12.9 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 9.5 | 13.2 | 7.2 | 3.3
Less than a high school graduate .|18.6 | 17.9 | 21.2 | 9.6 |16.6 | 15.8 | 20.0 | 8.6 |16.6 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 8.2
High school graduate, no college..|11.2 | 14.2 | 9.7 | 4.3 |10.3 | 11.4 | 9.8 | 4.1 | 9.8 | 12.3 | 8.6 | 3.7
Some college, no degree ..........| 6.7 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 3.2
Associate degree .................| 4.8 | --- | 4.5 | 2.8 | 4.5 | --- | 4.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 2.5
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 3.2 | --- | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3.8 | --- | 3.9 | 2.0 | 4.1 | --- | 4.1 | 1.8
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White\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............| 9.4 | 13.6 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 12.6 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 8.5 | 12.0 | 6.3 | 2.8
Less than a high school graduate .|15.5 | 16.2 | 13.5 | 7.2 |14.3 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 6.3 |13.7 | 14.3 | 12.1 | 5.9
High school graduate, no college..| 9.1 | 11.6 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 8.4 | 10.8 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 7.0 | 3.0
Some college, no degree ..........| 5.9 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 2.7
Associate degree .................| 3.6 | --- | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.9 | --- | 3.7 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 2.3
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 3.1 | --- | 3.2 | 1.8 | 3.9 | --- | 3.9 | 1.7 | 4.6 | --- | 4.6 | 1.7
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Black\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|23.2 | 32.4 | 18.3 | 7.3 |20.7 | 27.6 | 16.8 | 6.4 |19.2 | 27.9 | 14.6 | 5.7
Less than a high school graduate .|36.3 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 13.1 |33.1 | 33.1 | 33.2 | 11.6 |31.2 | 32.3 | 28.7 | 11.6
High school graduate, no college..|20.9 | 28.1 | 18.4 | 8.1 |19.5 | 22.8 | 18.2 | 7.4 |18.6 | 24.6 | 16.4 | 6.3
Some college, no degree ..........|15.1 | 21.0 | 14.0 | 6.1 |11.2 | 14.0 | 10.6 | 5.5 |10.8 | 15.4 | 10.0 | 4.7
Associate degree .................| --- | --- | --- | --- | 8.1 | --- | --- | 4.0 | 8.0 | 20.0 | 7.4 | 3.8
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 6.5 | --- | 6.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | --- | 4.6 | 2.9 | 5.7 | --- | 5.7 | 2.7
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Hispanic origin\4\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|13.8 | 21.6 | 10.3 | 6.1 |13.2 | 21.3 | 9.3 | 5.5 |11.8 | 18.7 | 8.3 | 5.0
Less than a high school graduate .|18.8 | 25.7 | 13.0 | 8.5 |17.9 | 24.3 | 11.9 | 7.2 |16.1 | 21.3 | 11.1 | 7.1
High school graduate, no college..|11.4 | 15.7 | 9.9 | 5.7 |11.6 | 17.3 | 9.6 | 5.5 |10.2 | 15.4 | 8.3 | 4.7
Some college, no degree ..........| 8.9 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 7.9 | 12.4 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 11.4 | 6.1 | 3.4
Associate degree .................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3.4 | 4.3 | --- | 4.4 | 3.1
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| --- | --- | --- | 3.5 | --- | --- | --- | 3.2 | 4.1 | --- | 4.1 | 2.5
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---Not Available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, unpublished tabulations of annual averages from the Current Population Survey. (This table was prepared July 2000.)
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