| Table 380. | Unemployment rate of persons 16 years old and over, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment: 1999, 2000, and 2001 |
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| Percent unemployed, 1999\1\ | Percent unemployed, 2000\1\ | Percent unemployed, 2001\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
educational attainment |_______________________| 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
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All persons | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............| 9.9 | 13.9 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 9.3 | 13.1 | 7.1 | 3.0 |10.6 | 14.7 | 8.3 | 3.7
Less than a high school completion|16.0 | 16.5 | 14.6 | 6.7 |15.3 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 6.4 |16.8 | 17.3 | 15.7 | 7.3
High school graduate, no college..| 9.7 | 12.3 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 8.3 | 3.5 |10.7 | 13.2 | 9.5 | 4.2
Some college, no degree ..........| 5.9 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 3.5
Associate degree .................| 4.7 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 2.9
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 4.7 | --- | 4.8 | 1.8 | 4.2 | --- | 4.2 | 1.7 | 5.7 | --- | 5.7 | 2.3
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Men | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|10.3 | 14.7 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 14.0 | 7.3 | 2.8 |11.4 | 15.9 | 8.9 | 3.6
Less than a high school completion|15.6 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 5.8 |15.2 | 16.5 | 12.2 | 5.5 |17.3 | 18.7 | 14.7 | 6.5
High school graduate, no college..| 9.7 | 12.3 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 9.2 | 11.7 | 8.2 | 3.4 |10.7 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 4.3
Some college, no degree ..........| 6.2 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 3.4
Associate degree .................| 5.3 | 9.1 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 3.1
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 5.6 | --- | 5.7 | 1.8 | 4.2 | --- | 4.2 | 1.5 | 6.7 | --- | 6.8 | 2.2
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Women | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............| 9.5 | 13.2 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 8.9 | 12.1 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 7.5 | 3.7
Less than a high school completion|16.6 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 8.2 |15.4 | 14.5 | 18.6 | 7.8 |16.2 | 15.7 | 17.7 | 8.5
High school graduate, no college..| 9.8 | 12.3 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 3.5 |10.6 | 13.5 | 9.2 | 4.0
Some college, no degree ..........| 5.6 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 3.6
Associate degree .................| 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | --- | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 2.7
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 4.1 | --- | 4.1 | 1.8 | 4.2 | --- | 4.3 | 1.8 | 4.9 | --- | 4.9 | 2.3
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White, non-Hispanic | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............| 7.8 | 10.9 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 6.7 | 3.0
Less than a high school completion|13.0 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 5.2 |12.7 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 5.2 |14.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 5.7
High school graduate, no college..| 7.6 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 3.5
Some college, no degree ..........| 4.8 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 3.2
Associate degree .................| 4.4 | 8.7 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 2.4
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 4.6 | --- | 4.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 | --- | 4.0 | 1.5 | 5.4 | --- | 5.4 | 2.1
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Black\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|19.2 | 27.9 | 14.6 | 5.7 |18.2 | 24.7 | 15.0 | 5.4 |20.4 | 29.0 | 16.2 | 6.3
Less than a high school completion|31.2 | 32.3 | 28.7 | 11.6 |29.1 | 28.4 | 30.3 | 10.7 |32.3 | 33.0 | 31.1 | 11.9
High school graduate, no college..|18.6 | 24.6 | 16.4 | 6.3 |18.3 | 23.9 | 16.4 | 6.5 |19.3 | 26.4 | 16.9 | 7.5
Some college, no degree ..........|10.8 | 15.4 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 4.2 |12.2 | 16.7 | 11.4 | 5.1
Associate degree .................| 8.0 | 20.0 | 7.4 | 3.8 | 6.3 | --- | 6.4 | 3.5 | 7.5 | --- | 7.6 | 5.0
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 5.7 | --- | 5.7 | 2.7 | 5.6 | --- | 5.7 | 2.5 | 7.1 | --- | 7.2 | 2.7
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Hispanic origin\4\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
All education levels ...............|11.8 | 18.7 | 8.3 | 5.0 |10.6 | 16.7 | 7.5 | 4.4 |11.4 | 17.7 | 8.2 | 5.3
Less than a high school completion|16.1 | 21.3 | 11.1 | 7.1 |14.4 | 19.9 | 9.6 | 6.3 |15.3 | 20.2 | 10.9 | 7.5
High school graduate, no college..|10.2 | 15.4 | 8.3 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 12.6 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 9.9 | 16.2 | 7.4 | 4.4
Some college, no degree ..........| 7.2 | 11.4 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 10.4 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 3.8
Associate degree .................| 4.3 | --- | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 | --- | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.9 | --- | 2.0 | 3.6
Bachelor's degree or higher ......| 4.1 | --- | 4.1 | 2.5 | 4.6 | --- | 4.7 | 2.2 | 6.3 | --- | 6.3 | 3.6
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| ---Not available. \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. 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 2002.) |
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