Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 15-Completion rates and number and distribution of completers, ages 18 through 24 years old, by sex, race-ethnicity, and region: October 1994

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                                   Completion      Number      Percent
                                     rateof      completers    of all
                                   (percent)     (thousands)  completers
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     Total                            85.8         20,538       100.0

Sex
  Male                                84.5          9,949        49.2
  Female                              87.0         10,589        50.8

Race ethnicity/*
  White, non-Hispanic                 90.7         14,889        68.6
  Black, non-Hispanic                 83.3          2,785        14.0
  Hispanic                            61.8          1,985        13.4

Region
  Northeast                           89.6          4,040        18.8
  Midwest                             90.9          5,225        24.0
  South                               83.1          7,031        35.7
  West                                81.2          4,243        21.8
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*/Not shown separately are non-Hispanics who are neither black nor white, but who are included in the total.

NOTE: Percentages may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October 1994, unpublished data.

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