College enrollment and labor force status of 1995 and 1996 high school graduates 16 to 24 years old, by sex andrace/ethnicity: October 1995 and October 1996

Table 380.

College enrollment and labor force status of 1995 and 1996 high school graduates 16 to 24 years old, by sex andrace/ethnicity: October 1995 and October 1996 [Numbers in thousands]

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                                       | Civilian noninstitutional population |Civilian labor force\1\                          |
                                       |____________ ____________ ____________|_________________________________________________|Not in
                 Item                  |            |            |Percent of  |         |Labor force|         |Unemployed       | labor
                                       |   Number   |  Percent   |high school |Number   |participa- |Employed |Number |Unemploy-| force
                                       |            |            | graduates  |         | tion rate |         |       |ment rate|
_______________________________________|____________|____________|____________|_________|___________|_________|_______|_________|_______
                   1                   |     2      |     3      |     4      |       5 |     6     |    7    |   8   |    9    |  10
_______________________________________|____________|____________|____________|_________|___________|_________|_______|_________|_______
     1995 high school graduates\2\     |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
Total .................................|      2,599 |      100.0 |      100.0 |   1,546 |      59.5 |   1,284 |   262 |    16.9 | 1,053
                                       |____________|____________|____________|_________|___________|_________|_______|_________|_______
  Men .................................|      1,238 |       47.6 |       47.6 |     749 |      60.5 |     602 |   147 |    19.6 |   489
  Women ...............................|      1,361 |       52.4 |       52.4 |     797 |      58.6 |     682 |   115 |    14.4 |   564
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
  White\3\ ............................|      2,088 |       80.3 |       80.3 |   1,278 |      61.2 |   1,096 |   182 |    14.2 |   810
  Black\3\ ............................|        356 |       13.7 |       13.7 |     202 |      56.9 |     144 |    59 |    29.1 |   153
  Hispanic origin\4\ ..................|        288 |       11.1 |       11.1 |     161 |      55.9 |      96 |    65 |    40.5 |   127
                                       |================================================================================================
  Enrolled in college, October 1995....|      1,610 |      100.0 |       61.9 |     756 |      47.0 |     659 |    97 |    12.8 |   853
                                       |____________|____________|____________|_________|___________|_________|_______|_________|_______
    Men ...............................|        755 |       48.1 |       29.8 |     358 |      46.1 |     305 |    52 |    14.7 |   417
    Women .............................|        835 |       51.9 |       32.1 |     398 |      47.7 |     354 |    45 |    11.2 |   436
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
    2-year ............................|        559 |       34.7 |       21.5 |     359 |      64.1 |     299 |    60 |    16.7 |   201
    4-year ............................|      1,050 |       65.2 |       40.4 |     397 |      37.8 |     360 |    37 |     9.4 |   653
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
    Full-time students ................|      1,450 |       90.0 |       55.8 |     626 |      43.2 |     541 |    85 |    13.5 |   824
    Part-time students ................|        159 |        9.9 |        6.1 |     130 |      81.7 |     118 |    12 |     9.6 |    29
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
    White\3\ ..........................|      1,308 |       81.2 |       50.3 |     636 |      48.6 |     569 |    67 |    10.6 |   672
    Black\3\ ..........................|        183 |       11.4 |        7.0 |      77 |      41.9 |      56 |    21 |    27.0 |   106
    Hispanic origin\4\ ................|        155 |        9.6 |        6.0 |      69 |      44.6 |      40 |    29 |    (\5\)|    86
                                       |================================================================================================
  Not enrolled in college, October 1995|        990 |      100.0 |       38.1 |     790 |      79.8 |     625 |   165 |    20.9 |   200
                                       |____________|____________|____________|_________|___________|_________|_______|_________|_______
    Men ...............................|        463 |       46.8 |       17.8 |     391 |      84.5 |     297 |    94 |    24.1 |    72
    Women .............................|        527 |       53.2 |       20.3 |     399 |      75.7 |     328 |    70 |    17.7 |   128
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
    White\3\ ..........................|        780 |       78.8 |       30.0 |     642 |      82.4 |     528 |   115 |    17.9 |   137
    Black\3\ ..........................|        173 |       17.5 |        6.7 |     126 |      72.9 |      88 |    38 |    30.3 |    47
    Hispanic origin\4\ ................|        133 |       13.4 |        5.1 |      92 |      68.9 |      56 |    36 |    39.0 |    41
                                       |================================================================================================
      1996 high school graduates       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
Total .................................|      2,660 |      100.0 |      100.0 |   1,528 |      57.4 |   1,225 |   303 |    19.8 | 1,132
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
  Men .................................|      1,297 |       48.8 |       48.8 |     771 |      59.5 |     605 |   167 |    21.6 |   526
  Women ...............................|      1,363 |       51.2 |       51.2 |     756 |      55.5 |     620 |   136 |    18.0 |   606
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
  White\3\ ............................|      2,092 |       78.6 |       78.6 |   1,253 |      59.9 |   1,047 |   206 |    16.5 |   839
  Black\3\ ............................|        416 |       15.6 |       15.6 |     231 |      55.6 |     150 |    82 |    35.4 |   185
  Hispanic origin\4\ ..................|        227 |        8.5 |        8.5 |     138 |      60.6 |     100 |    37 |    27.1 |    89
                                       |================================================================================================
  Enrolled in college, October 1996....|      1,729 |      100.0 |       65.0 |     801 |      46.3 |     676 |   126 |    15.7 |   928
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
    Men ...............................|        779 |       45.1 |       29.3 |     348 |      44.7 |     286 |    63 |    18.0 |   431
    Women .............................|        950 |       54.9 |       35.7 |     453 |      47.7 |     390 |    63 |    14.0 |   497
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
    2-year ............................|        615 |       35.6 |       23.1 |     379 |      61.7 |     310 |    69 |    18.3 |   235
    4-year ............................|       1115 |       64.5 |       41.9 |     422 |      37.9 |     366 |    57 |    13.4 |   692
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
    Full-time students ................|       1589 |       91.9 |       59.7 |     681 |      42.8 |     562 |   119 |    17.5 |   908
    Part-time students ................|        140 |        8.1 |        5.3 |     120 |      86.1 |     113 |     7 |     5.8 |    19
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
    White\3\ ..........................|       1377 |       79.6 |       51.8 |     679 |      49.4 |     584 |    96 |    14.1 |   697
    Black\3\ ..........................|        230 |       13.3 |        8.6 |      94 |      40.9 |      74 |    21 |    21.8 |   136
    Hispanic origin\4\ ................|        115 |        6.7 |        4.3 |      66 |      57.4 |      55 |    12 |    (\5\)|    49
                                       |================================================================================================
  Not enrolled in college, October 1996|        931 |      100.0 |       35.0 |     726 |      78.1 |     549 |   177 |    24.4 |   204
                                       |____________|____________|____________|_________|___________|_________|_______|_________|_______
    Men ...............................|        518 |       55.6 |       19.5 |     423 |      81.7 |     319 |   104 |    24.6 |    95
    Women .............................|        413 |       44.4 |       15.5 |     303 |      73.5 |     231 |    73 |    23.9 |   109
                                       |            |            |            |         |           |         |       |         |
    White\3\ ..........................|        716 |       76.9 |       26.9 |     574 |      80.2 |     463 |   111 |    19.3 |   142
    Black\3\ ..........................|        186 |       20.0 |        7.0 |     137 |      73.8 |      76 |    61 |    44.8 |    49
    Hispanic origin\4\ ................|        112 |       12.0 |        4.2 |      71 |      63.9 |      46 |    26 |    (\5\)|    40
_______________________________________|____________|____________|____________|_________|___________|_________|_______|_________|_______

\1\The labor force includes all employed persons plus those seeking employment. The labor force participation rate is the percentage of persons either employed or seeking employment.

\2\Includes persons who graduated from high school between January and October 1995

\3\Includes persons of Hispanic origin.

\4\Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

\5\Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

NOTE.--Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. Percents are only shown when the base is 75,000 or greater. Even though the standard errors are large, smaller estimates are shown to permit users to combine categories in various ways. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "College Enrollment and Work Activity of 1995 High School Graduates." (This table was prepared May 1997.)

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