Table 6.

Percentage of the population 3 to 34 years old enrolled in school, by sex, race/ethnicity, and age: Selected years, 1980 through 2006

Year and age	Total								Male								Female
	Total		White		Black		Hispanic		Total		White		Black		Hispanic		Total		White		Black		Hispanic
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
1980
Total, 3 to 34 years	49.7	(0.21)	48.8	(0.24)	54.0	(0.68)	49.8	(1.07)	50.9	(0.30)	50.0	(0.34)	56.2	(0.98)	49.9	(1.53)	48.5	(0.30)	47.7	(0.34)	52.1	(0.94)	49.8	(1.51)
3 and 4 years	36.7	(0.95)	37.4	(1.12)	38.2	(2.83)	28.5	(3.92)	37.8	(1.33)	39.2	(1.58)	36.4	(3.94)	30.1	(5.37)	35.5	(1.34)	35.5	(1.58)	40.0	(4.04)	26.6	(5.71)
5 and 6 years	95.7	(0.40)	95.9	(0.46)	95.5	(1.22)	94.5	(2.13)	95.0	(0.60)	95.4	(0.68)	94.1	(1.95)	94.0	(3.22)	96.4	(0.53)	96.5	(0.61)	97.0	(1.43)	94.9	(2.83)
7 to 9 years	99.1	(0.15)	99.1	(0.17)	99.4	(0.35)	98.4	(0.91)	99.0	(0.22)	99.0	(0.26)	99.5	(0.45)	97.7	(1.57)	99.2	(0.20)	99.2	(0.24)	99.3	(0.54)	99.0	(0.99)
10 to 13 years	99.4	(0.10)	99.4	(0.12)	99.4	(0.31)	99.7	(0.36)	99.4	(0.14)	99.4	(0.16)	99.4	(0.42)	99.4	(0.66)	99.4	(0.15)	99.3	(0.18)	99.3	(0.46)	99.9	(0.25)
14 and 15 years	98.2	(0.22)	98.7	(0.22)	97.9	(0.72)	94.3	(1.87)	98.7	(0.27)	98.9	(0.28)	98.4	(0.88)	96.7	(2.10)	97.7	(0.36)	98.5	(0.34)	97.3	(1.15)	92.1	(2.99)
16 and 17 years	89.0	(0.51)	89.2	(0.57)	90.7	(1.44)	81.8	(3.25)	89.1	(0.71)	89.4	(0.79)	90.7	(2.04)	81.5	(4.70)	88.8	(0.72)	89.0	(0.82)	90.6	(2.05)	82.2	(4.49)
18 and 19 years	46.4	(0.80)	47.0	(0.91)	45.8	(2.56)	37.8	(3.94)	47.0	(1.14)	48.5	(1.29)	42.9	(3.73)	36.9	(5.44)	45.8	(1.11)	45.7	(1.26)	48.3	(3.51)	38.8	(5.71)
20 and 21 years	31.0	(0.74)	33.0	(0.85)	23.3	(2.21)	19.5	(3.29)	32.6	(1.08)	34.8	(1.23)	22.8	(3.29)	21.4	(4.88)	29.5	(1.02)	31.3	(1.18)	23.7	(2.99)	17.6	(4.43)
22 to 24 years	16.3	(0.49)	16.8	(0.56)	13.6	(1.53)	11.7	(2.26)	17.8	(0.73)	18.7	(0.83)	13.4	(2.29)	10.7	(3.14)	14.9	(0.66)	15.0	(0.75)	13.7	(2.05)	12.6	(3.24)
25 to 29 years	9.3	(0.31)	9.4	(0.35)	8.8	(1.04)	6.9	(1.43)	9.8	(0.45)	9.8	(0.50)	10.6	(1.70)	6.8	(2.06)	8.8	(0.42)	9.1	(0.48)	7.5	(1.29)	6.9	(1.99)
30 to 34 years	6.4	(0.27)	6.4	(0.30)	6.9	(1.00)	5.1	(1.35)	5.9	(0.37)	5.6	(0.40)	7.2	(1.55)	6.2	(2.07)	7.0	(0.39)	7.2	(0.45)	6.6	(1.32)	4.1	(1.71)
1990
Total, 3 to 34 years	50.2	(0.23)	49.8	(0.27)	52.2	(0.71)	47.2	(1.06)	50.9	(0.32)	50.4	(0.38)	54.3	(1.02)	46.8	(1.48)	49.5	(0.32)	49.2	(0.38)	50.3	(0.99)	47.7	(1.52)
3 and 4 years	44.4	(0.99)	47.2	(1.19)	41.8	(2.98)	30.7	(4.08)	43.9	(1.38)	47.9	(1.66)	38.1	(4.14)	28.0	(5.57)	44.9	(1.41)	46.6	(1.70)	45.5	(4.25)	33.6	(5.95)
5 and 6 years	96.5	(0.37)	96.7	(0.43)	96.5	(1.05)	94.9	(1.96)	96.5	(0.51)	96.8	(0.59)	96.2	(1.53)	95.8	(2.48)	96.4	(0.53)	96.7	(0.62)	96.9	(1.43)	93.9	(3.05)
7 to 9 years	99.7	(0.09)	99.7	(0.11)	99.8	(0.19)	99.5	(0.52)	99.7	(0.13)	99.7	(0.16)	99.9	(0.24)	99.5	(0.70)	99.6	(0.14)	99.7	(0.15)	99.8	(0.31)	99.4	(0.79)
10 to 13 years	99.6	(0.09)	99.7	(0.10)	99.9	(0.15)	99.1	(0.64)	99.6	(0.13)	99.6	(0.14)	99.9	(0.19)	99.0	(0.93)	99.7	(0.12)	99.7	(0.13)	99.8	(0.25)	99.1	(0.87)
14 and 15 years	99.0	(0.19)	99.0	(0.23)	99.4	(0.46)	99.0	(0.90)	99.1	(0.25)	99.2	(0.30)	99.7	(0.48)	99.1	(1.11)	98.9	(0.29)	98.9	(0.35)	99.1	(0.79)	98.8	(1.47)
16 and 17 years	92.5	(0.52)	93.5	(0.58)	91.7	(1.59)	85.4	(3.22)	92.6	(0.72)	93.4	(0.82)	93.0	(2.09)	85.5	(4.40)	92.4	(0.74)	93.7	(0.81)	90.5	(2.41)	85.3	(4.74)
18 and 19 years	57.2	(0.94)	59.1	(1.10)	55.0	(2.83)	44.0	(4.36)	58.2	(1.33)	59.7	(1.56)	60.4	(3.99)	40.7	(6.23)	56.3	(1.32)	58.5	(1.57)	49.8	(3.96)	47.2	(6.08)
20 and 21 years	39.7	(0.92)	43.1	(1.10)	28.3	(2.57)	27.2	(3.83)	40.3	(1.32)	44.2	(1.59)	31.0	(3.81)	21.7	(4.95)	39.2	(1.28)	42.0	(1.53)	25.8	(3.45)	33.1	(5.79)
22 to 24 years	21.0	(0.63)	21.9	(0.75)	19.7	(2.01)	9.9	(2.05)	22.3	(0.92)	23.7	(1.11)	19.3	(3.03)	11.2	(2.98)	19.9	(0.86)	20.3	(1.02)	20.0	(2.68)	8.4	(2.77)
25 to 29 years	9.7	(0.33)	10.4	(0.39)	6.1	(0.87)	6.3	(1.29)	9.2	(0.46)	10.0	(0.55)	4.7	(1.14)	4.6	(1.55)	10.2	(0.47)	10.7	(0.56)	7.3	(1.27)	8.1	(2.06)
30 to 34 years	5.8	(0.25)	6.2	(0.30)	4.5	(0.75)	3.6	(0.99)	4.8	(0.33)	5.0	(0.38)	2.3	(0.80)	4.0	(1.45)	6.9	(0.38)	7.4	(0.46)	6.3	(1.19)	3.1	(1.32)
1995
Total, 3 to 34 years	53.7	(0.21)	53.8	(0.25)	56.3	(0.58)	49.7	(0.65)	54.3	(0.29)	54.2	(0.35)	58.6	(0.83)	49.1	(0.90)	53.2	(0.30)	53.4	(0.36)	54.1	(0.80)	50.3	(0.93)
3 and 4 years	48.7	(0.87)	52.2	(1.09)	47.8	(2.28)	36.9	(2.35)	49.4	(1.22)	51.1	(1.52)	52.4	(3.26)	40.8	(3.33)	48.1	(1.24)	53.5	(1.56)	43.4	(3.17)	32.7	(3.28)
5 and 6 years	96.0	(0.34)	96.6	(0.39)	95.4	(0.96)	93.9	(1.22)	95.3	(0.51)	95.9	(0.60)	94.6	(1.48)	93.6	(1.74)	96.8	(0.44)	97.4	(0.49)	96.3	(1.23)	94.3	(1.71)
7 to 9 years	98.7	(0.17)	98.9	(0.18)	97.7	(0.59)	98.5	(0.55)	98.9	(0.22)	99.0	(0.24)	98.1	(0.74)	98.8	(0.72)	98.5	(0.25)	98.9	(0.27)	97.2	(0.91)	98.2	(0.82)
10 to 13 years	99.1	(0.12)	99.0	(0.15)	99.2	(0.30)	99.2	(0.36)	99.1	(0.17)	99.0	(0.21)	99.5	(0.34)	98.8	(0.58)	99.0	(0.18)	98.9	(0.22)	98.9	(0.50)	99.5	(0.39)
14 and 15 years	98.9	(0.18)	98.8	(0.22)	99.0	(0.46)	98.9	(0.56)	99.0	(0.24)	98.9	(0.30)	99.6	(0.40)	98.4	(0.92)	98.8	(0.27)	98.7	(0.33)	98.3	(0.83)	99.4	(0.58)
16 and 17 years	93.6	(0.42)	94.4	(0.47)	93.0	(1.16)	88.2	(1.82)	94.5	(0.54)	95.0	(0.62)	95.6	(1.30)	88.4	(2.58)	92.6	(0.64)	93.8	(0.72)	90.3	(1.93)	88.0	(2.57)
18 and 19 years	59.4	(0.85)	61.8	(1.03)	57.5	(2.38)	46.1	(2.63)	59.5	(1.21)	61.9	(1.45)	59.2	(3.47)	47.4	(3.62)	59.2	(1.21)	61.8	(1.46)	56.1	(3.26)	44.8	(3.81)
20 and 21 years	44.9	(0.89)	49.7	(1.10)	37.8	(2.47)	27.1	(2.37)	44.7	(1.28)	50.0	(1.56)	36.7	(3.66)	24.8	(3.29)	45.1	(1.25)	49.3	(1.54)	38.7	(3.34)	29.2	(3.39)
22 to 24 years	23.2	(0.60)	24.4	(0.73)	20.0	(1.61)	15.6	(1.52)	22.8	(0.84)	24.1	(1.04)	20.6	(2.41)	14.8	(2.00)	23.6	(0.84)	24.8	(1.04)	19.5	(2.17)	16.6	(2.33)
25 to 29 years	11.6	(0.34)	12.3	(0.42)	10.0	(0.94)	7.1	(0.87)	11.0	(0.48)	12.2	(0.59)	6.3	(1.15)	5.6	(1.09)	12.2	(0.49)	12.3	(0.59)	13.0	(1.41)	8.7	(1.38)
30 to 34 years	5.9	(0.24)	5.7	(0.27)	7.7	(0.80)	4.7	(0.70)	5.4	(0.32)	5.0	(0.37)	6.9	(1.13)	4.5	(0.95)	6.5	(0.35)	6.3	(0.41)	8.3	(1.13)	4.9	(1.02)
2000
Total, 3 to 34 years	55.9	(0.22)	56.0	(0.27)	59.3	(0.60)	51.3	(0.63)	55.8	(0.31)	55.8	(0.38)	59.7	(0.85)	50.5	(0.88)	56.0	(0.31)	56.1	(0.38)	59.0	(0.83)	52.2	(0.89)
3 and 4 years	52.1	(0.93)	54.6	(1.19)	59.8	(2.51)	35.9	(2.37)	50.8	(1.30)	54.1	(1.66)	58.0	(3.53)	31.9	(3.23)	53.4	(1.33)	55.2	(1.71)	61.8	(3.56)	40.0	(3.44)
5 and 6 years	95.6	(0.38)	95.5	(0.49)	96.7	(0.89)	94.3	(1.13)	95.1	(0.56)	94.5	(0.76)	96.0	(1.38)	95.4	(1.41)	96.1	(0.51)	96.4	(0.63)	97.5	(1.12)	93.1	(1.79)
7 to 9 years	98.1	(0.20)	98.4	(0.24)	97.5	(0.62)	97.5	(0.65)	98.0	(0.29)	98.1	(0.36)	98.2	(0.72)	96.6	(1.09)	98.2	(0.28)	98.6	(0.32)	96.7	(1.01)	98.4	(0.74)
10 to 13 years	98.3	(0.17)	98.5	(0.19)	98.5	(0.42)	97.4	(0.59)	98.3	(0.23)	98.2	(0.30)	98.8	(0.52)	98.4	(0.65)	98.3	(0.24)	98.8	(0.25)	98.1	(0.66)	96.4	(1.01)
14 and 15 years	98.7	(0.20)	98.9	(0.22)	99.6	(0.30)	96.2	(0.99)	98.7	(0.27)	98.8	(0.33)	99.6	(0.42)	96.9	(1.26)	98.6	(0.29)	99.0	(0.31)	99.6	(0.42)	95.4	(1.54)
16 and 17 years	92.8	(0.45)	94.0	(0.50)	91.7	(1.32)	87.0	(1.77)	92.7	(0.63)	94.7	(0.66)	88.9	(2.10)	85.7	(2.60)	92.9	(0.64)	93.3	(0.76)	94.6	(1.54)	88.3	(2.40)
18 and 19 years	61.2	(0.84)	63.9	(1.02)	57.2	(2.34)	49.5	(2.47)	58.3	(1.19)	61.2	(1.46)	51.5	(3.46)	48.0	(3.41)	64.2	(1.17)	66.7	(1.42)	62.2	(3.15)	51.1	(3.59)
20 and 21 years	44.1	(0.88)	49.2	(1.10)	37.4	(2.38)	26.1	(2.22)	41.0	(1.23)	45.8	(1.54)	31.3	(3.42)	24.2	(3.02)	47.3	(1.26)	52.7	(1.58)	42.3	(3.26)	28.1	(3.26)
22 to 24 years	24.6	(0.63)	24.9	(0.78)	24.0	(1.76)	18.2	(1.64)	23.9	(0.88)	25.0	(1.12)	22.0	(2.46)	15.2	(2.09)	25.3	(0.90)	24.8	(1.09)	25.8	(2.51)	21.6	(2.55)
25 to 29 years	11.4	(0.37)	11.1	(0.45)	14.5	(1.18)	7.4	(0.88)	10.0	(0.50)	10.5	(0.62)	11.6	(1.63)	5.1	(1.06)	12.7	(0.53)	11.8	(0.65)	16.7	(1.66)	9.5	(1.38)
30 to 34 years	6.7	(0.28)	6.1	(0.32)	9.9	(0.97)	5.6	(0.75)	5.6	(0.36)	4.7	(0.41)	8.5	(1.34)	5.7	(1.06)	7.7	(0.41)	7.4	(0.50)	11.2	(1.39)	5.5	(1.05)
2005
Total, 3 to 34 years	56.5	(0.20)	57.6	(0.26)	58.5	(0.57)	50.9	(0.53)	55.8	(0.28)	57.1	(0.37)	58.8	(0.82)	48.4	(0.73)	57.2	(0.29)	58.0	(0.37)	58.1	(0.80)	53.7	(0.76)
3 and 4 years	53.6	(0.86)	58.5	(1.14)	52.4	(2.39)	43.0	(2.07)	52.8	(1.21)	56.8	(1.61)	54.8	(3.42)	43.0	(2.91)	54.4	(1.23)	60.3	(1.63)	50.1	(3.32)	43.0	(2.96)
5 and 6 years	95.4	(0.37)	95.9	(0.47)	95.9	(0.97)	93.8	(1.06)	94.8	(0.54)	95.4	(0.68)	94.8	(1.50)	92.4	(1.62)	96.1	(0.50)	96.3	(0.63)	97.1	(1.18)	95.3	(1.34)
7 to 9 years	98.6	(0.17)	99.0	(0.19)	98.7	(0.45)	97.4	(0.58)	98.2	(0.27)	98.9	(0.27)	98.0	(0.81)	96.0	(1.00)	99.0	(0.20)	99.0	(0.27)	99.5	(0.41)	98.8	(0.57)
10 to 13 years	98.6	(0.14)	99.0	(0.16)	98.5	(0.40)	97.9	(0.46)	98.4	(0.22)	99.1	(0.21)	97.6	(0.70)	97.2	(0.72)	98.9	(0.18)	98.8	(0.24)	99.5	(0.33)	98.6	(0.54)
14 and 15 years	98.0	(0.22)	98.6	(0.24)	96.1	(0.83)	97.3	(0.70)	97.5	(0.34)	98.4	(0.35)	93.3	(1.52)	97.8	(0.90)	98.4	(0.28)	98.7	(0.33)	98.8	(0.66)	96.7	(1.09)
16 and 17 years	95.1	(0.33)	96.1	(0.38)	93.6	(1.05)	92.6	(1.14)	95.1	(0.47)	95.9	(0.55)	93.6	(1.51)	92.5	(1.61)	95.1	(0.47)	96.3	(0.53)	93.6	(1.47)	92.6	(1.60)
18 and 19 years	67.6	(0.79)	71.6	(0.95)	62.0	(2.30)	54.3	(2.33)	66.5	(1.11)	69.8	(1.35)	66.9	(3.20)	51.8	(3.22)	68.8	(1.12)	73.5	(1.34)	57.4	(3.27)	57.2	(3.37)
20 and 21 years	48.7	(0.80)	54.4	(1.01)	37.9	(2.25)	30.0	(1.96)	45.3	(1.11)	50.5	(1.42)	35.5	(3.12)	25.2	(2.56)	52.3	(1.15)	58.5	(1.43)	40.4	(3.23)	35.3	(2.99)
22 to 24 years	27.3	(0.59)	27.8	(0.76)	28.6	(1.75)	19.5	(1.41)	25.2	(0.83)	26.4	(1.07)	24.0	(2.45)	17.5	(1.85)	29.2	(0.85)	29.1	(1.09)	32.5	(2.45)	21.8	(2.17)
25 to 29 years	11.9	(0.34)	12.5	(0.45)	11.9	(1.00)	7.8	(0.70)	9.6	(0.43)	10.2	(0.58)	9.1	(1.32)	5.6	(0.82)	14.2	(0.51)	14.7	(0.67)	14.2	(1.47)	10.4	(1.19)
30 to 34 years	6.9	(0.27)	6.9	(0.34)	9.8	(0.94)	4.2	(0.54)	5.9	(0.35)	6.5	(0.47)	6.3	(1.15)	2.6	(0.58)	7.9	(0.40)	7.4	(0.50)	12.7	(1.42)	6.1	(0.94)
2006
Total, 3 to 34 years	56.0	(0.20)	56.8	(0.26)	58.3	(0.57)	51.3	(0.52)	55.5	(0.28)	56.4	(0.37)	58.9	(0.82)	49.0	(0.72)	56.6	(0.29)	57.1	(0.37)	57.7	(0.80)	53.9	(0.76)
3 and 4 years	55.7	(0.86)	58.2	(1.15)	59.6	(2.37)	48.8	(2.07)	56.0	(1.21)	58.3	(1.60)	58.0	(3.45)	49.1	(2.95)	55.4	(1.23)	58.1	(1.66)	61.0	(3.27)	48.5	(2.90)
5 and 6 years	94.6	(0.39)	95.6	(0.48)	92.4	(1.28)	93.4	(1.06)	94.4	(0.56)	95.9	(0.65)	93.3	(1.67)	91.7	(1.64)	94.8	(0.56)	95.3	(0.70)	91.4	(1.97)	95.3	(1.30)
7 to 9 years	98.2	(0.19)	98.5	(0.23)	97.1	(0.69)	98.1	(0.50)	98.1	(0.28)	98.5	(0.32)	97.4	(0.93)	97.7	(0.77)	98.3	(0.27)	98.6	(0.33)	96.8	(1.01)	98.5	(0.64)
10 to 13 years	98.3	(0.16)	98.6	(0.19)	97.1	(0.57)	98.2	(0.41)	98.2	(0.23)	98.6	(0.26)	96.7	(0.85)	97.9	(0.63)	98.4	(0.22)	98.5	(0.28)	97.5	(0.75)	98.6	(0.53)
14 and 15 years	98.3	(0.21)	98.4	(0.25)	97.4	(0.67)	98.4	(0.54)	98.2	(0.30)	97.9	(0.41)	97.6	(0.91)	99.0	(0.59)	98.4	(0.29)	99.0	(0.30)	97.2	(1.00)	97.7	(0.92)
16 and 17 years	94.6	(0.36)	95.9	(0.40)	93.6	(1.05)	91.1	(1.25)	94.1	(0.52)	95.5	(0.58)	91.6	(1.66)	91.7	(1.68)	95.0	(0.48)	96.2	(0.54)	95.7	(1.24)	90.4	(1.85)
18 and 19 years	65.5	(0.77)	67.9	(0.96)	65.4	(2.14)	53.4	(2.20)	63.6	(1.10)	65.4	(1.37)	65.4	(3.07)	51.5	(3.11)	67.4	(1.08)	70.5	(1.34)	65.3	(2.99)	55.4	(3.12)
20 and 21 years	47.5	(0.81)	52.9	(1.03)	39.0	(2.21)	30.6	(2.04)	44.0	(1.14)	49.2	(1.46)	38.4	(3.13)	24.1	(2.64)	51.1	(1.15)	56.5	(1.44)	39.6	(3.11)	37.5	(3.06)
22 to 24 years	26.7	(0.58)	27.4	(0.75)	28.1	(1.75)	17.9	(1.36)	25.0	(0.81)	26.2	(1.04)	24.9	(2.46)	16.0	(1.76)	28.5	(0.85)	28.7	(1.08)	31.0	(2.47)	20.1	(2.10)
25 to 29 years	11.7	(0.33)	12.5	(0.44)	11.7	(0.98)	7.3	(0.68)	10.4	(0.44)	11.9	(0.61)	9.4	(1.31)	5.4	(0.79)	13.0	(0.49)	13.2	(0.63)	13.7	(1.43)	9.7	(1.15)
30 to 34 years	7.2	(0.27)	7.4	(0.36)	8.1	(0.88)	5.3	(0.60)	5.9	(0.35)	6.3	(0.47)	6.5	(1.19)	3.5	(0.67)	8.5	(0.42)	8.5	(0.54)	9.4	(1.26)	7.3	(1.02)

NOTE: Includes enrollment in any type of graded public, parochial, or other private schools. Includes nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary schools, high schools, colleges, universities, and professional schools. Attendance may be on either a full-time or part-time basis and during the day or night. Enrollments in "special" schools, such as trade schools, business col­leges, or correspondence schools, are not included. Beginning in 1994, preprimary enrollment was collected using new procedures and may not be comparable to figures for earlier years. Total includes persons from other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October, selected years, 1980 through 2006. (This table was prepared August 2007.)