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Table 8. Status dropout rates of 16- through 24-year-olds, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1972 through October 2003
Year1	Total (percent)			Race/ethnicity (percent)2
		Sex (percent)		White non- Hispanic	Black non- Hispanic	Hispanic
		Male	Female
1972	14.6	14.1	15.1	12.3	21.3	34.3
1973	14.1	13.7	14.5	11.6	22.2	33.5
1974	14.3	14.2	14.4	11.9	21.2	33.0
1975	13.9	13.3	14.5	11.4	22.9	29.2
1976	14.1	14.1	14.2	12.0	20.5	31.4
1977	14.1	14.5	13.8	11.9	19.8	33.0
1978	14.2	14.6	13.9	11.9	20.2	33.3
1979	14.6	15.0	14.2	12.0	21.1	33.8
1980	14.1	15.1	13.1	11.4	19.1	35.2
1981	13.9	15.1	12.8	11.4	18.4	33.2
1982	13.9	14.5	13.3	11.4	18.4	31.7
1983	13.7	14.9	12.5	11.2	18.0	31.6
1984	13.1	14.0	12.3	11.0	15.5	29.8
1985	12.6	13.4	11.8	10.4	15.2	27.6
1986	12.2	13.1	11.4	9.7	14.2	30.1
1987	12.7	13.3	12.2	10.4	14.1	28.6
1988	12.9	13.5	12.2	9.6	14.5	35.8
1989	12.6	13.6	11.7	9.4	13.9	33.0
1990	12.1	12.3	11.8	9.0	13.2	32.4
1991	12.5	13.0	11.9	8.9	13.6	35.3
1992	11.0	11.3	10.7	7.7	13.7	29.4
1993	11.0	11.2	10.9	7.9	13.6	27.5
1994	11.5	12.3	10.6	7.7	12.6	30.0
1995	12.0	12.2	11.7	8.6	12.1	30.0
1996	11.1	11.4	10.9	7.3	13.0	29.4
1997	11.0	11.9	10.1	7.6	13.4	25.3
1998	11.8	13.3	10.3	7.7	13.8	29.5
1999	11.2	11.9	10.5	7.3	12.6	28.6
2000	10.9	12.0	9.9	6.9	13.1	27.8
2001	10.7	12.2	9.3	7.3	10.9	27.0
2002	10.5	11.8	9.2	6.5	11.3	25.7
2003	9.9	11.3	8.4	6.3	10.9	23.5
1 Estimates beginning in 1987 reflect new editing procedures for cases with missing data on school enrollment items. Estimates beginning in 1992 reflect new wording of the educational attainment item. Estimates beginning in 1994 reflect changes due to newly instituted computer-assisted interviewing. For details about changes in the Current Population Survey (CPS) over time, please see Kaufman, Alt, and Chapman (2004). 2 Beginning in 2003, respondents were able to identify themselves as being "more than one race." The 2003 White, non-Hispanic and Black, non-Hispanic categories consist of individuals who considered themselves to be one race and who did not identify as Hispanic. The Hispanic category consists of Hispanics of all races and racial combinations. Due to small sample sizes for all of the years in the table American Indians/Alaska Natives are included in the totals but are not shown separately. Asian/Pacific Islanders are also included in the totals but not shown separately as that group has only recently been sampled in adequate numbers to be reported separately (see table 1-A). The "more than one race" category in 2003 is also included in the total but not shown separately due to small sample size. NOTE: The status dropout rate indicates the percentage of 16- through 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school and who lack a high school credential relative to all 16- through 24-year-olds. High school credential includes a high school diploma or equivalent credential such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS), October (1972–2003).