Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 28
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Highest level of education completed
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Completed high school
Less than ----------------------------------------
Year 4 years 4 years
of high 4 years of high 4 years of
school Total of high school college
school and some or more
only college
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All races
1940 ..... 61.9 38.1 --- --- 5.9
1950 ..... 47.2 52.8 --- --- 7.7
1960 ..... 39.3 60.7 37.5 12.2 11.0
1970 ..... 24.6 75.4 44.1 14.9 16.4
1980 ..... 14.6 85.4 40.7 22.2 22.5
1990 ..... 14.3 85.7 41.2 21.3 23.2
1992 ..... 13.7 86.3 37.4 25.3 23.6
1993 ..... 13.3 86.8 35.7 27.4 23.7
1994 ..... 13.9 86.1 34.0 28.8 23.3
1995 .... 13.2 86.9 32.8 29.4 24.7
White\1\
1940 ..... 58.8 41.2 --- --- 6.4
1950 ..... 43.7 56.3 --- --- 8.2
1960 ..... 36.3 63.7 39.1 12.8 11.8
1970 ..... 22.2 77.8 45.0 15.5 17.3
1980 ..... 13.1 86.9 40.7 22.5 23.7
1990 ..... 13.7 86.3 41.0 21.1 24.2
1992 ..... 12.9 87.1 36.8 25.3 25.0
1993 ..... 12.7 87.2 35.0 27.5 24.7
1994 ..... 13.5 86.5 33.3 29.0 24.2
1995 ..... 12.6 87.4 32.0 29.4 26.0
Black\1\
1940\2\... 87.7 12.3 --- --- 1.6
1950\2\... 76.4 23.6 --- --- 2.8
1960\2\... 61.4 38.6 25.5 7.7 5.4
1970 ..... 43.8 56.2 39.0 9.9 7.3
1980 ..... 23.1 76.9 44.1 21.1 11.7
1990 ..... 18.4 81.6 45.7 22.6 13.4
1992 ..... 19.1 80.9 44.7 24.9 11.3
1993 ..... 17.3 82.7 42.5 27.0 13.2
1994 ..... 15.9 84.1 42.2 28.2 13.7
1995 ..... 13.5 86.5 41.7 29.6 15.3
Hispanic\3\
1980 ..... 42.1 57.9 34.8 15.4 7.7
1990 ..... 41.9 58.1 34.8 15.2 8.2
1992 ..... 39.1 60.9 32.3 19.1 9.5
1993 ..... 39.1 60.9 31.2 21.4 8.3
1994 ..... 39.7 60.3 29.3 23.0 8.0
1995 ..... 42.9 57.1 28.4 19.9 8.9
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-Data not available.
/1/ Includes Hispanics.
/2/ Includes other races.
/3/ Hispanics may be of any race.
NOTE: Because of rounding, percentages may not total 100 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1960 Census of Population, vol. 1, part 1; Current Population Reports, Series P-20, Educational Attainment in the United States, various years; and unpublished data.
[Indicator 27. Race of Students]
[Indicator 29. Dropouts]
