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Table 377.College enrollment and labor force status of 1994 and 1995 high school graduates 16 to 24 years old, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1994 and October 1995 [Numbers in thousands]

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                                         | Civilian noninstitutional |          Civilian labor force\1\           |
                                         |          population       |--------------------------------------------|Not in
                                         |---------------------------|      |           |        |   Unemployed   | labor
                  Item                   |       |       |Percent of |      |Labor force|        |----------------| force
                                         |Number |Percent|high school|Number|participa- |Employed|Number|Unemploy-|
                                         |       |       | graduates |      | tion rate |        |      |ment rate|
-----------------------------------------|-------|-------|-----------|------|-----------|--------|------|---------|-------
                    1                    |   2   |   3   |     4     |  5   |     6     |   7    |  8   |    9    |  10
-----------------------------------------|-------|-------|-----------|------|-----------|--------|------|---------|-------
     1994 high school graduates \2\      |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
Total ...................................| 2,517 | 100.0 |     100.0 |1,495 |      59.4 |  1,257 |  238 |    15.9 | 1,022
                                         |-------|-------|-----------|------|-----------|--------|------|---------|-------
  Men ...................................| 1,244 |  49.4 |      49.4 |  792 |      63.6 |    665 |  127 |    16.0 |   452
  Women .................................| 1,273 |  50.6 |      50.6 |  704 |      55.3 |    592 |  111 |    15.8 |   570
                                         |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
  White\3\ ..............................| 2,065 |  82.0 |      82.0 |1,252 |      60.6 |  1,108 |  144 |    11.5 |   813
  Black\3\ ..............................|   318 |  12.6 |      12.6 |  175 |      53.0 |    100 |   75 |    42.8 |   143
  Hispanic origin\4\ ....................|   178 |   7.1 |       7.1 |  114 |      64.0 |     81 |   32 |    28.5 |    64
                                         |================================================================================
  Enrolled in college, October 1994 .....| 1,559 | 100.0 |      61.9 |  723 |      46.4 |    642 |   82 |    11.3 |   836
                                         |-------|-------|-----------|------|-----------|--------|------|---------|-------
    Men .................................|   754 |  48.4 |      30.0 |  359 |      47.7 |    319 |   40 |    11.1 |   394
    Women ...............................|   805 |  51.6 |      32.0 |  364 |      45.2 |    322 |   42 |    11.4 |   441
                                         |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
    2-year ..............................|   530 |  34.0 |      21.1 |  324 |      61.2 |    283 |   42 |    12.8 |   205
    4-year ..............................| 1,029 |  66.0 |      40.9 |  399 |      38.7 |    359 |   40 |    10.1 |   630
                                         |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
    Full-time students ..................| 1,427 |  91.6 |      56.7 |  609 |      42.7 |    537 |   72 |    11.8 |   818
    Part-time students ..................|   131 |   8.4 |       5.2 |  114 |      86.9 |    104 |   10 |     8.6 |    17
                                         |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
    White\3\ ............................| 1,313 |  84.2 |      52.2 |  640 |      48.7 |    379 |   61 |     9.5 |   674
    Black\3\ ............................|   162 |  10.4 |       6.4 |   55 |      33.9 |     41 |   14 |   (\5\) |   107
    Hispanic origin\4\ ..................|    87 |   5.6 |       3.5 |   46 |      55.3 |     40 |    7 |   (\5\) |    41
                                         |================================================================================
  Not enrolled in college, October 1994 .|   959 | 100.0 |      38.1 |  772 |      80.3 |    616 |  156 |    20.3 |   187
                                         |-------|-------|-----------|------|-----------|--------|------|---------|-------
    Men .................................|   491 |  51.2 |      19.5 |  432 |      88.1 |    346 |   87 |    20.1 |    58
    Women ...............................|   468 |  48.8 |      35.6 |  340 |      72.6 |    270 |   70 |    20.5 |   128
                                         |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
    White\3\ ............................|   752 |  78.4 |      29.9 |  612 |      81.4 |    529 |   85 |    13.5 |   140
    Black\3\ ............................|   156 |  16.3 |       6.2 |  120 |      77.4 |     59 |   61 |    50.7 |    36
    Hispanic origin\4\ ..................|    91 |   9.5 |       3.6 |   67 |      74.3 |     42 |   26 |   (\5\) |    23
                                         |================================================================================
      1995 high school graduates\6\      |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
Total ...................................| 2,599 | 100.0 |     100.0 |1,546 |      59.5 |  1,284 |  262 |    16.9 | 1,053
                                         |-------|-------|-----------|------|-----------|--------|------|---------|-------
  Men ...................................| 1,238 |  47.6 |      47.6 |  749 |      60.5 |    602 |  147 |    19.6 |   489
  Women .................................| 1,361 |  52.4 |      52.4 |  797 |      58.6 |    682 |  115 |    14.4 |   564
                                         |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
  White\3\ ..............................| 2,088 |  80.3 |      80.3 |1,278 |      61.2 |  1,096 |  182 |    14.2 |   810
  Black\3\ ..............................|   356 |  13.7 |      13.7 |  202 |      56.9 |    144 |   59 |    29.1 |   153
  Hispanic origin\4\ ....................|   288 |  11.1 |      11.1 |  161 |      55.9 |     96 |   65 |    40.5 |   127
                                         |================================================================================
  Enrolled in college, October 1995 .....| 1,610 | 100.0 |      61.9 |  756 |      47.0 |    659 |   97 |    12.8 |   853
                                         |-------|-------|-----------|------|-----------|--------|------|---------|-------
    Men .................................|   775 |  48.1 |      29.8 |  358 |      46.1 |    305 |   52 |    14.7 |   417
    Women ...............................|   835 |  51.9 |      32.1 |  398 |      47.7 |    354 |   45 |    11.2 |   436
                                         |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
    2-year ..............................|   559 |  34.7 |      21.5 |  359 |      64.1 |    299 |   60 |    16.7 |   201
    4-year ..............................| 1,050 |  65.2 |      40.4 |  397 |      37.8 |    360 |   37 |     9.4 |   653
                                         |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
    Full-time students ..................| 1,450 |  90.0 |      55.8 |  626 |      43.2 |    541 |   85 |    13.5 |   824
    Part-time students ..................|   159 |   9.9 |       6.1 |  130 |      81.7 |    118 |   12 |     9.6 |    29
                                         |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
    White\3\ ............................| 1,308 |  81.2 |      50.3 |  636 |      48.6 |    569 |   67 |    10.6 |   672
    Black\3\ ............................|   183 |  11.4 |       7.0 |   77 |      41.9 |     56 |   21 |    27.0 |   106
    Hispanic origin\4\ ..................|   155 |   9.6 |       6.0 |   69 |      44.6 |     40 |   29 |   (\5\) |    86
                                         |================================================================================
  Not enrolled in college, October 1995 .|   990 | 100.0 |      38.1 |  790 |      79.8 |    625 |  165 |    20.9 |   200
                                         |-------|-------|-----------|------|-----------|--------|------|---------|-------
    Men .................................|   463 |  46.8 |      17.8 |  391 |      84.5 |    297 |   94 |    24.1 |    72
    Women ...............................|   527 |  53.2 |      20.3 |  399 |      75.7 |    328 |   70 |    17.7 |   128
                                         |       |       |           |      |           |        |      |         |
    White\3\ ............................|   780 |  78.8 |      30.0 |  642 |      82.4 |    528 |  115 |    17.9 |   137
    Black\3\ ............................|   173 |  17.5 |       6.7 |  126 |      72.9 |     88 |   38 |    30.3 |    47
    Hispanic origin\4\ ..................|   133 |  13.4 |       5.1 |   92 |      68.9 |     56 |   36 |    39.0 |    41
-----------------------------------------|-------|-------|-----------|------|-----------|--------|------|---------|-------

1 The labor force includes all employed persons plus those seeking employment. The labor force participation rate is the percentage of persons either employed or seeking employment.

2 Includes persons who graduated from high school between January and October 1994.

3 Includes persons of Hispanic origin.

4 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

5 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

6 Includes persons who graduated from high school between January and October 1995.

NOTE.--Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. Percents are only shown when the base is 75,000 or greater. Even though the standard errors are large, smaller estimates are shown to permit users to combine categories in various ways. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE.--U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "College Enrollment and Work Activity of 1995 High School Graduates." (This table was prepared May 1996.)


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