Table 1. - Event dropout rates and number and distribution of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10-12, by background characteristics: October 2000
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Characteristic
| Event dropout rate
(percent) | Number
of event
dropouts
(thousands) | Population
enrolled
(thousands) | Percent of all
dropouts | Percent of
population enrolled |
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| Total |
4.8 |
488 |
10,126 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male |
5.5 |
280 |
5,087 |
57.4 |
50.2 |
| Female |
4.1 |
208 |
5,039 |
42.6 |
49.8 |
| Race/ethnicity1 | |||||
| White, non-Hispanic |
4.1 |
276 |
6,786 |
56.6 |
67.0 |
| Black, non-Hispanic |
6.1 |
91 |
1,510 |
18.6 |
14.9 |
| Hispanic |
7.4 |
100 |
1,351 |
20.5 |
13.3 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
3.5 |
13 |
379 |
2.7 |
3.7 |
| Family income2 | |||||
| Low income |
10.0 |
141 |
1,408 |
28.9 |
13.9 |
| Middle income |
5.2 |
298 |
5,728 |
61.1 |
56.6 |
| High income |
1.6 |
48 |
2,990 |
9.9 |
29.5 |
| Age3 | |||||
| 15 - 16 |
2.9 |
84 |
2,924 |
17.2 |
28.9 |
| 17 |
3.5 |
121 |
3,452 |
24.8 |
34.1 |
| 18 |
6.1 |
165 |
2,721 |
33.8 |
26.9 |
| 19 |
9.6 |
70 |
724 |
14.3 |
7.1 |
| 20 through 24 |
16.1 |
49 |
305 |
10.0 |
3.0 |
| Region | |||||
| Northeast |
3.9 |
73 |
1,849 |
15.0 |
18.3 |
| Midwest |
4.4 |
109 |
2,481 |
22.3 |
24.5 |
| South |
6.2 |
220 |
3,543 |
45.1 |
35.0 |
| West |
3.8 |
86 |
2,253 |
17.6 |
22.2 |
1. Due to small sample sizes, American Indians/Alaska Natives are included in the total but are not shown separately.
2. Low income is defined as the bottom 20 percent of all family incomes for 2000; middle income is between 20 and 80 percent of all family incomes; and high income is the top 20 percent of all family incomes. See appendix D of this report for a full definition of family income.
3. Age when a person dropped out may be 1 year younger, because the dropout event could occur at any time over a 12-month period.
NOTE: Because of rounding, detail may not add to totals.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October 2000
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