Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 64
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[Numbers in thousands]
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Year of | High school graduates | Graduates in the civilian labor force1/
enrollment |--------------------------|---------------------------------------------
and | |Percent | Percent | | Labor force | |
graduation |Number| of | employed | Number |participation| Percent |Unemployment
| |total2/ | | | rate1/ |employed | rate3/
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Not enrolled in college
1965 ...... 1,305 49 72 1,071 82 88 12
1970 ...... 1,330 48 63 1,027 77 82 18
1975 ...... 1,571 49 65 1,276 81 80 20
1980 ...... 1,565 51 69 1,330 85 81 19
1981 ...... 1,407 46 66 1,180 84 79 21
1982 ...... 1,532 49 60 1,257 82 74 26
1983 ...... 1,402 47 63 1,184 84 74 26
1984 ...... 1,350 45 64 1,120 83 77 23
1985 ...... 1,127 42 62 927 82 75 25
1986 ...... 1,287 46 65 1,047 81 80 20
1987 ...... 1,144 43 69 959 84 82 18
1988 ...... 1,098 41 72 930 85 85 15
1989 ...... 991 40 72 836 84 85 15
1990 ...... 945 40 68 788 84 81 19
1991 ...... 857 38 60 685 80 75 25
1992 ...... 919 37 63 714 78 81 19
1993 ...... 873 37 64 736 84 76 24
1994 ...... 959 38 64 772 81 80 20
Enrolled in college
1965 ...... 1,354 51 25 380 28 89 11
1970 ...... 1,427 52 30 509 36 84 16
1975 ...... 1,615 51 35 641 40 88 12
1980 ...... 1,524 49 38 662 43 87 13
1981 ...... 1,646 54 36 719 44 83 17
1982 ...... 1,568 51 37 695 44 84 16
1983 ...... 1,562 53 37 702 45 83 17
1984 ...... 1,662 55 37 719 43 86 14
1985 ...... 1,539 58 39 683 44 87 13
1986 ...... 1,499 54 42 717 48 87 13
1987 ...... 1,503 57 41 698 47 88 12
1988 ...... 1,575 59 42 747 47 88 12
1989 ...... 1,463 60 41 659 45 91 9
1990 ...... 1,410 60 37 587 42 89 11
1991 ...... 1,420 62 42 675 48 88 12
1992 ...... 1,542 63 42 761 49 85 15
1993 ...... 1,464 63 40 677 46 86 14
1994 ...... 1,559 62 41 723 46 89 11
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/1/ The civilian labor force includes all employed persons, plus those seeking employment; it excludes persons in the military. The labor force participation rate is the percent of persons either employed or seeking employment.
/2/ Percent not enrolled in college plus percent enrolled in college equals 100.
/3/ The unemployment rate is the proportion of those in the labor force who are not employed and are seeking employment.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment of School-Age Youth, Graduates, and Dropouts, various years; and unpublished tabulations.
[Indicator 63. Unemployment of Young Adults]
[Indicator 65. Earnings After High School]
