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| Table 104. | Percent of high school dropouts among persons 16 to 34 years old,\1\ by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: October 1970 to October 1996 |
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Year, | | | | | |
race/ethnicity, |16 and 17|18 and 19|20 and 21|22 to 24|25 to 29|30 to 34
and sex | years | years | years | years | years | years
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
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October 1970 | | | | | |
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All races .........| 8.0 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 22.5 | 26.5
Male ............| 7.1 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 21.4 | 26.2
Female ..........| 8.9 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 19.4 | 23.6 | 26.8
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White\2\ ............| 7.3 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 16.3 | 19.9 | 24.6
Male ..............| 6.3 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 19.0 | 24.2
Female ............| 8.4 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 20.7 | 24.9
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Black\2\ ............| 12.8 | 31.2 | 29.6 | 37.8 | 44.4 | 43.5
Male ..............| 13.3 | 36.4 | 29.6 | 39.5 | 43.1 | 45.9
Female ............| 12.4 | 26.6 | 29.6 | 36.4 | 45.6 | 41.5
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October 1980 | | | | | |
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All races .........| 8.9 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 13.9 | 14.6
Male ............| 8.9 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 13.8 | 14.0
Female ..........| 8.8 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.2
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White, non-Hispanic .| 8.6 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 11.0
Male ..............| 8.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 10.6 | 10.7
Female ............| 8.6 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 11.3
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 7.0 | 21.0 | 24.6 | 23.6 | 22.4 | 23.1
Male ..............| 7.2 | 22.2 | 30.8 | 24.6 | 22.2 | 21.9
Female ............| 6.8 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 24.0
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Hispanic origin .....| 16.5 | 39.0 | 41.6 | 40.6 | 40.9 | 45.4
Male ..............| 18.1 | 43.1 | 41.4 | 42.9 | 40.1 | 43.9
Female ............| 15.0 | 34.6 | 41.9 | 38.6 | 41.7 | 47.0
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October 1990 | | | | | |
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All races .........| 6.3 | 14.2 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 12.9
Male ............| 6.6 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 13.3
Female ..........| 6.1 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 12.5
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White, non-Hispanic .| 5.4 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 8.7
Male ..............| 5.9 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.4
Female ............| 5.0 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 8.0
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 6.9 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 19.3 | 16.7
Male ..............| 6.3 | 15.5 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 18.9 | 16.4
Female ............| 7.5 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 13.9 | 19.6 | 16.9
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Hispanic origin .....| 12.9 | 34.2 | 31.6 | 42.8 | 41.7 | 42.4
Male ..............| 13.1 | 39.4 | 37.9 | 41.4 | 42.6 | 41.4
Female ............| 12.5 | 29.4 | 25.0 | 44.4 | 40.7 | 43.5
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October 1995\3\ | | | | | |
| | | | | |
All races .........| 5.4 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.7
Male ............| 4.8 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.0
Female ..........| 6.1 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 11.4
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White, non-Hispanic .| 4.7 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 7.7
Male ..............| 4.2 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 7.9
Female ............| 5.2 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 7.5
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 5.6 | 15.7 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 11.6
Male ..............| 4.1 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 12.1
Female ............| 7.3 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 11.1
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Hispanic origin .....| 10.7 | 30.8 | 34.4 | 37.4 | 39.0 | 36.6
Male ..............| 11.2 | 27.0 | 33.4 | 39.0 | 42.1 | 35.5
Female ............| 10.2 | 35.0 | 35.4 | 35.3 | 35.6 | 37.8
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October 1996\3\ | | | | | |
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All races .........| 6.0 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 12.0
Male ............| 5.7 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 12.9
Female ..........| 6.3 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 11.2
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White, non-Hispanic .| 5.1 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8
Male ..............| 5.3 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.5
Female ............| 4.9 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.2
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Black, non-Hispanic .| 6.2 | 14.4 | 17.6 | 14.4 | 10.7 | 11.6
Male ..............| 5.0 | 15.2 | 19.5 | 16.0 | 8.3 | 12.8
Female ............| 7.4 | 13.6 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 10.7
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Hispanic origin .....| 10.8 | 29.5 | 38.4 | 35.3 | 35.7 | 38.6
Male ..............| 9.0 | 30.5 | 42.3 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 37.9
Female ............| 12.7 | 28.4 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 33.8 | 39.5
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\1\"Status" dropouts.
\2\Includes persons of Hispanic origin. \3\Because of changes in data collection procedures, data may not be comparable with figures for earlier years. NOTE.--"Status" dropouts are persons who are not enrolled in school and who are not high school graduates. People who have received GED credentials are counted as graduates. Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, unpublished data. (This table was prepared September 1997.)
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