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Table 1-B. Event dropout rates and number and distribution of 15- through 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10-12, by selected background characteristics: October 2002
Characteristic	Event dropout rate (percent)	Number of event dropouts (thousands)	Population enrolled1 (thousands)	Percent of all dropouts	Percent of population enrolled
Total	3.6	367	10,254	100.0	100.0
Sex
Male	3.7	193	5,160	52.6	50.3
Female	3.4	174	5,093	47.4	49.7
Race/ethnicity2
White, non-Hispanic	2.6	173	6,685	47.1	65.2
Black, non-Hispanic	4.9	73	1,493	20.0	14.6
Hispanic	5.8	86	1,479	23.3	14.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.5	12	466	3.2	4.5
Family income3
Low income	7.7	105	1,373	28.6	13.4
Middle income	3.6	209	5,816	57.0	56.7
High income	1.7	53	3,065	14.4	29.9
Age4
15–16	2.6	76	2,978	20.8	29.0
17	2.6	91	3,503	24.9	34.2
18	3.6	97	2,700	26.4	26.3
19	7.5	58	765	15.7	7.5
20–24	14.8	45	307	12.3	3.0
Region
Northeast	3.6	68	1,883	18.6	18.4
Midwest	2.6	65	2,545	17.7	24.8
South	4.4	146	3,337	39.7	32.5
West	3.5	88	2,489	24.1	24.3
1 This is an estimate of the population of 15- through 24-year-olds enrolled during the previous year in high school based on the number of students still enrolled in the current year and the number of students who either graduated or dropped out the previous year. 2 Due to small sample sizes, American Indians/Alaska Natives are included in the total but are not shown separately. 3 Low income is defined as the bottom 20 percent of all family incomes for 2002; middle income is between 20 and 80 percent of all family incomes; and high income is the top 20 percent of all family incomes. 4 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: The event dropout rate indicates percentage of youth ages 15 through 24 who dropped out of grades 10–12 between one October and the next (e.g., October 2001 to October 2002). Dropping out is defined as leaving school without a high school diploma or equivalent credential such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2002.