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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
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    Characteristic     | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980  |1985\1\|1989\1\|1990\1\|1991\1\|1992\1\|1993\1\|1994\2\| 1995  | 1996  | 1997  | 1998  | 1999
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           1           |  2   |  3   |  4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |  15   |  16   |  17
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                       |                                               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
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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
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                       |                                        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
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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.
\1\Data for 1985 to 1993 are controlled to 1980 census base.
\2\Data are controlled to 1990 census base. Large increase in 1994 is partly due to the change in census base and change in survey form administration procedures.
\3\Data for 1965 and 1970 include persons of Hispanic origin.

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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