Table 213. | Enrollment of persons 14 to 34 years of age in 2- and 4-year colleges, by race/ethnicity, sex, and year of college: October 1965 to October 1999 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Characteristic | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 |1985\1\|1989\1\|1990\1\|1991\1\|1992\1\|1993\1\|1994\2\| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 _______________________|______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 _______________________|______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ | Numbers in thousands |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All students .......|5,675 |7,413 |9,697 |10,181 |10,863 |11,066 |11,303 |11,589 |11,671 |11,409 |12,298 |12,046 |12,448 |12,640 |12,860 |12,506 |______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ White, non-Hispanic\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............|5,317 |6,759 |8,141 | 8,453 | 8,781 | 8,786 | 8,892 | 8,916 | 8,883 | 8,592 | 9,076 | 8,973 | 8,943 | 9,087 | 9,089 | 8,853 Men ...............|3,326 |4,066 |4,566 | 4,225 | 4,361 | 4,220 | 4,298 | 4,323 | 4,207 | 4,168 | 4,313 | 4,319 | 4,222 | 4,353 | 4,346 | 4,310 Women .............|1,991 |2,693 |3,576 | 4,228 | 4,420 | 4,565 | 4,594 | 4,594 | 4,676 | 4,424 | 4,764 | 4,654 | 4,721 | 4,734 | 4,743 | 4,543 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Black, non-Hispanic\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 274 | 522 | 927 | 996 | 1,036 | 1,116 | 1,167 | 1,190 | 1,205 | 1,227 | 1,469 | 1,415 | 1,513 | 1,500 | 1,640 | 1,609 Men ...............| 126 | 253 | 433 | 431 | 458 | 425 | 508 | 523 | 467 | 515 | 641 | 579 | 633 | 595 | 649 | 686 Women .............| 148 | 269 | 494 | 565 | 578 | 690 | 659 | 667 | 738 | 713 | 828 | 837 | 879 | 904 | 991 | 924 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| --- | --- | 411 | 443 | 579 | 640 | 617 | 721 | 816 | 867 | 982 | 1,014 | 1,039 | 1,109 | 1,166 | 1,081 Men ...............| --- | --- | 219 | 222 | 280 | 311 | 297 | 310 | 349 | 391 | 443 | 495 | 440 | 495 | 485 | 472 Women .............| --- | --- | 192 | 221 | 299 | 330 | 321 | 411 | 468 | 475 | 539 | 519 | 599 | 614 | 680 | 609 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Year of college | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | First ...............|1,861 |2,212 |2,886 | 2,958 | 2,956 | 2,983 | 3,109 | 2,995 | 3,274 | 3,139 | 3,357 | 3,236 | 3,295 | 3,637 | 3,521 | 3,292 Second ..............|1,256 |1,739 |2,376 | 2,411 | 2,585 | 2,680 | 2,798 | 2,959 | 3,002 | 2,964 | 3,075 | 3,068 | 3,060 | 2,764 | 3,148 | 2,992 Third ...............| 896 |1,248 |1,491 | 1,716 | 1,931 | 2,017 | 1,958 | 2,009 | 2,136 | 2,080 | 2,244 | 2,239 | 2,235 | 2,280 | 2,362 | 2,389 Fourth ..............| 803 |1,074 |1,354 | 1,403 | 1,642 | 1,676 | 1,817 | 1,877 | 1,681 | 1,692 | 1,902 | 1,772 | 2,033 | 2,010 | 1,863 | 1,880 Fifth or higher .....| 859 |1,140 |1,590 | 1,692 | 1,749 | 1,711 | 1,620 | 1,749 | 1,578 | 1,535 | 1,719 | 1,731 | 1,823 | 1,948 | 1,966 | 1,953 |______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ | Percentage distribution |____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______ _______ _______ All students .......|100.0 |100.0 |100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ White, non-Hispanic\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 93.7 | 91.2 | 84.0 | 83.0 | 80.8 | 79.4 | 78.7 | 76.9 | 76.1 | 75.3 | 73.8 | 74.5 | 71.8 | 71.9 | 70.7 | 70.8 Men ...............| 58.6 | 54.8 | 47.1 | 41.5 | 40.1 | 38.1 | 38.0 | 37.3 | 36.0 | 36.5 | 35.1 | 35.9 | 33.9 | 34.4 | 33.8 | 34.5 Women .............| 35.1 | 36.3 | 36.9 | 41.5 | 40.7 | 41.3 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 40.1 | 38.8 | 38.7 | 38.6 | 37.9 | 37.5 | 36.9 | 36.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Black, non-Hispanic\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| 4.8 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 12.9 Men ...............| 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 Women .............| 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total ...............| --- | --- | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.6 Men ...............| --- | --- | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 Women .............| --- | --- | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Year of college | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | First ...............| 32.8 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.1 | 27.2 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 25.8 | 28.1 | 27.5 | 27.3 | 26.9 | 26.5 | 28.8 | 27.4 | 26.3 Second ..............| 22.1 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 24.8 | 25.5 | 25.7 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 24.6 | 21.9 | 24.5 | 23.9 Third ...............| 15.8 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 18.2 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 18.3 | 18.2 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18.4 | 19.1 Fourth ..............| 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 15.0 Fifth or higher .....| 15.1 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 14.3 | 15.1 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.6 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---Not Available. NOTE: Totals differ from those shown in other tables. This table presents data collected in sample surveys of households rather than surveys of institutions. Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, No. 403, and unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 2000.)
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