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| Table 102. | Percent of high school dropouts among persons 14 to 34 years old,\1\ by age, sex and race/ethnicity: October 1970 to October 1994 |
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Year, | Total, | | | | | | |
race/ethnicity, |14 to 34|14 and 15|16 and 17|18 and 19|20 and 21|22 to 24|25 to 29|30 to 34
and sex | years | years | years | years | years | years | years | years
_____________________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
_____________________|________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________
October 1970 | | | | | | | |
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All races .........| 17.0 | 1.8 | 8.0 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 22.5 | 26.5
Male ............| 16.2 | 1.7 | 7.1 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 21.4 | 26.2
Female ..........| 17.7 | 1.9 | 8.9 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 19.4 | 23.6 | 26.8
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White\2\ ............| 15.2 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 16.3 | 19.9 | 24.6
Male ..............| 14.4 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 19.0 | 24.2
Female ............| 16.0 | 1.8 | 8.4 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 20.7 | 24.9
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Black\2\ ............| 30.0 | 2.4 | 12.8 | 31.2 | 29.6 | 37.8 | 44.4 | 43.5
Male ..............| 30.4 | 2.0 | 13.3 | 36.4 | 29.6 | 39.5 | 43.1 | 45.9
Female ............| 29.5 | 2.8 | 12.4 | 26.6 | 29.6 | 36.4 | 45.6 | 41.5
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October 1980 | | | | | | | |
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All races .........| 13.0 | 1.7 | 8.9 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 13.9 | 14.6
Male ............| 13.2 | 1.3 | 8.9 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 13.8 | 14.0
Female ..........| 12.8 | 2.2 | 8.8 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.2
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White, non-Hispanic .| 10.2 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 11.0
Male ..............| 10.5 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 10.6 | 10.7
Female ............| 9.9 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 11.3
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 18.6 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 21.0 | 24.6 | 23.6 | 22.4 | 23.1
Male ..............| 18.9 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 22.2 | 30.8 | 24.6 | 22.2 | 21.9
Female ............| 18.4 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 24.0
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Hispanic origin .....| 35.2 | 5.7 | 16.5 | 39.0 | 41.6 | 40.6 | 40.9 | 45.4
Male ..............| 35.6 | 3.3 | 18.1 | 43.1 | 41.4 | 42.9 | 40.1 | 43.9
Female ............| 34.8 | 7.9 | 15.0 | 34.6 | 41.9 | 38.6 | 41.7 | 47.0
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October 1990 | | | | | | | |
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All races .........| 11.9 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 14.2 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 12.9
Male ............| 12.2 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 13.3
Female ..........| 11.6 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 12.5
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White, non-Hispanic .| 8.3 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.7
Male ..............| 8.8 | 0.7 | 5.9 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.4
Female ............| 7.8 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 8.0
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 14.4 | 0.7 | 6.9 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 19.3 | 16.7
Male ..............| 13.4 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 15.5 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 18.9 | 16.4
Female ............| 15.1 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 13.9 | 19.6 | 16.9
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Hispanic origin .....| 34.3 | 1.1 | 12.9 | 34.2 | 31.6 | 42.8 | 41.7 | 42.4
Male ..............| 34.8 | 0.9 | 13.1 | 39.4 | 37.9 | 41.4 | 42.6 | 41.4
Female ............| 33.8 | 1.3 | 12.5 | 29.4 | 25.0 | 44.4 | 40.7 | 43.5
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October 1993\3\ | | | | | | | |
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All races .........| 10.6 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 11.8
Male ............| 11.1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 12.7
Female ..........| 10.1 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 10.8
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White, non-Hispanic .| 7.3 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.5
Male ..............| 7.8 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 8.5
Female ............| 6.8 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 6.6
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 12.5 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 12.8 | 19.0 | 17.0 | 13.3 | 14.8
Male ..............| 12.1 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 22.8 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 13.7
Female ............| 12.9 | 1.4 | 5.5 | 15.2 | 15.8 | 19.1 | 11.9 | 15.7
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Hispanic origin .....| 30.7 | 2.4 | 9.9 | 28.3 | 29.0 | 37.8 | 38.5 | 38.9
Male ..............| 32.0 | 3.1 | 8.4 | 32.2 | 28.9 | 39.8 | 40.8 | 39.3
Female ............| 29.3 | 1.8 | 11.8 | 25.0 | 29.0 | 35.8 | 35.8 | 38.5
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October 1994\3\ | | | | | | | |
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All races .........| 11.2 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.0
Male ............| 10.3 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.8
Female ..........| 12.2 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.3
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White, non-Hispanic .| 7.5 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.6
Male ..............| 8.2 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 9.8
Female ............| 6.8 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.4
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 12.3 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 19.8 | 15.6 | 12.4 | 15.0 | 14.5
Male ..............| 13.5 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 23.6 | 17.4 | 12.8 | 17.0 | 15.9
Female ............| 11.3 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 16.2 | 13.9 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 13.3
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Hispanic origin .....| 31.6 | 3.9 | 11.1 | 25.6 | 36.7 | 38.8 | 37.2 | 39.2
Male ..............| 30.2 | 2.4 | 9.0 | 25.2 | 34.6 | 37.5 | 36.5 | 38.1
Female ............| 32.8 | 5.4 | 13.0 | 26.0 | 38.3 | 39.9 | 37.8 | 40.2
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\1\"Status" dropouts. NOTE.--"Status" dropouts are persons who are not enrolled in school and who are not high school graduates. People who have received GED credentials are counted as graduates. Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |
