College enrollment and labor force status of 1999 and 2000 high school graduates, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1999 and October 2000

Table 384.

College enrollment and labor force status of 1999 and 2000 high school graduates, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1999 and October 2000 [Numbers in thousands]

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                              |  Civilian noninstitu-  |               Civilian labor force\1\       |
                              |   tional population    |_____________________________________________|
                              |________________________|      | Labor  |   Employed    | Unemployed  |Not in
             Item             |      |       | Percent |      | force  |_______________|_____________|labor
                              |      |       | of high |      |partici-|      |Percent |    | Unem-  |force
                              |Number|Percent| school  |Number| pation | Num- |of popu-|Num-|ployment|
                              |      |       |graduates|      |  rate  | ber  | lation |ber |  rate  |
______________________________|______|_______|_________|______|________|______|________|____|________|______
              1               |  2   |   3   |    4    |  5   |   6    |  7   |   8    | 9  |   10   |  11
______________________________|______|_______|_________|______|________|______|________|____|________|______
1999 high school graduates\2\ |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
Total ........................|2,897 | 100.0 |   100.0 |1,749 |   60.4 |1,536 |   53.0 |213 |   12.2 |1,148
                              |______|_______|_________|______|________|______|________|____|________|______
  Men ........................|1,474 |  50.9 |    50.9 |  928 |   62.9 |  821 |   55.7 |107 |   11.5 |  546
  Women ......................|1,423 |  49.1 |    49.1 |  821 |   57.7 |  715 |   50.3 |106 |   12.9 |  602
                              |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
  White\3\ ...................|2,287 |  78.9 |    78.9 |1,434 |   62.7 |1,282 |   56.0 |152 |   10.6 |  853
  Black\3\ ...................|  453 |  15.6 |    15.6 |  235 |   51.8 |  185 |   40.8 | 50 |   21.3 |  218
  Hispanic origin\4\ .........|  329 |  11.4 |    11.4 |  217 |   66.2 |  158 |   47.9 | 60 |   27.5 |  111
                              |===============================================|=============================
  Enrolled in college,        |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
   October 1999...............|1,822 | 100.0 |    62.9 |  845 |   46.4 |  790 |   43.3 | 55 |    6.5 |  977
                              |______|_______|_________|______|________|______|________|____|________|______
    Men ......................|  905 |  49.7 |    31.2 |  427 |   47.1 |  400 |   44.2 | 26 |    6.2 |  479
    Women ....................|  917 |  50.3 |    31.7 |  418 |   45.6 |  389 |   42.5 | 29 |    6.8 |  499
                              |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
    2-year ...................|  609 |  33.4 |    21.0 |  387 |   63.5 |  366 |   60.0 | 21 |    5.5 |  222
    4-year ...................|1,213 |  66.6 |    41.9 |  458 |   37.8 |  424 |   35.0 | 34 |    7.4 |  755
                              |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
    Full-time students .......|1,677 |  92.0 |    57.9 |  715 |   42.7 |  671 |   40.0 | 44 |    6.1 |  962
    Part-time students .......|  145 |   8.0 |     5.0 |  129 |   89.2 |  118 |   81.6 | 11 |    8.5 |   16
                              |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
    White\3\ .................|1,437 |  78.9 |    49.6 |  706 |   49.2 |  668 |   46.5 | 38 |    5.4 |  730
    Black\3\ .................|  268 |  14.7 |     9.3 |   87 |   32.4 |   75 |   27.9 | 12 |   13.9 |  181
    Hispanic origin\4\ .......|  139 |   7.6 |     4.8 |   61 |   43.6 |   45 |   32.5 | 15 |  (\6\) |   78
                              |======|=======|=========|======|========|======|========|====|========|======
  Not enrolled in college,    |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
   October 1999 ..............|1,075 | 100.0 |    37.1 |  904 |   84.2 |  746 |   69.4 |158 |   17.5 |  170
                              |______|_______|_________|______|________|______|________|____|________|______
    Men ......................|  568 |  52.8 |    19.6 |  501 |   88.1 |  420 |   73.9 | 81 |   16.1 |   67
    Women ....................|  506 |  47.1 |    17.5 |  403 |   79.7 |  326 |   64.4 | 78 |   19.2 |  103
                              |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
    White\3\ .................|  851 |  79.2 |    29.4 |  728 |   85.6 |  614 |   72.2 |114 |   15.6 |  123
    Black\3\ .................|  185 |  17.2 |     6.4 |  148 |   80.0 |  110 |   59.5 | 38 |   25.6 |   37
    Hispanic origin\4\ .......|  190 |  17.7 |     6.6 |  157 |   82.7 |  112 |   59.3 | 44 |   28.3 |   33
                              |======|=======|=========|======|========|======|========|====|========|======
2000 high school graduates\5\ |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
Total ........................|2,756 | 100.0 |   100.0 |1,629 |   59.1 |1,473 |   53.5 |155 |    9.5 |1,127
                              |______|_______|_________|______|________|______|________|____|________|______
  Men ........................|1,251 |  45.4 |    45.4 |  767 |   61.3 |  703 |   56.2 | 64 |    8.3 |  484
  Women ......................|1,505 |  54.6 |    54.6 |  862 |   57.3 |  770 |   51.2 | 92 |   10.6 |  643
                              |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
  White\3\ ...................|2,219 |  80.5 |    80.5 |1,366 |   61.5 |1,260 |   56.8 |105 |    7.7 |  854
  Black\3\ ...................|  404 |  14.7 |    14.7 |  193 |   47.7 |  159 |   39.4 | 33 |   17.3 |  212
  Hispanic origin\4\ .........|  300 |  10.9 |    10.9 |  208 |   69.2 |  191 |   63.7 | 16 |    7.9 |   93
                              |===============================================|=============================
  Enrolled in college,        |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
   October 2000...............|1,745 | 100.0 |    63.3 |  818 |   46.8 |  769 |   44.0 | 49 |    6.0 |  928
                              |______|_______|_________|______|________|______|________|____|________|______
    Men ......................|  749 |  42.9 |    27.2 |  365 |   48.7 |  353 |   47.1 | 12 |    3.3 |  385
    Women ....................|  996 |  57.1 |    36.1 |  453 |   45.5 |  416 |   41.8 | 37 |    8.2 |  543
                              |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
    2-year ...................|  589 |  33.8 |    21.4 |  380 |   64.5 |  359 |   61.0 | 21 |    5.5 |  209
    4-year ...................|1,156 |  66.2 |    41.9 |  437 |   37.8 |  410 |   35.4 | 28 |    6.4 |  719
                              |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
    Full-time students .......|1,592 |  91.2 |    57.8 |  697 |   43.8 |  650 |   40.8 | 48 |    6.8 |  895
    Part-time students .......|  154 |   8.8 |     5.6 |  120 |   78.4 |  119 |   77.6 |  1 |    1.1 |   33
                              |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
    White\3\ .................|1,420 |  81.4 |    51.5 |  695 |   48.9 |  660 |   46.5 | 35 |    5.1 |  725
    Black\3\ .................|  227 |  13.0 |     8.2 |   84 |   36.8 |   78 |   34.2 |  6 |    7.0 |  143
    Hispanic origin\4\ .......|  159 |   9.1 |     5.8 |  101 |   63.3 |   94 |   59.2 |  6 |    6.4 |   58
                              |======|=======|=========|======|========|======|========|====|========|======
  Not enrolled in college,    |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
   October 2000 ..............|1,010 | 100.0 |    36.6 |  811 |   80.3 |  705 |   69.7 |106 |   13.1 |  199
                              |______|_______|_________|______|________|______|________|____|________|______
    Men ......................|  501 |  49.6 |    18.2 |  402 |   80.1 |  350 |   69.8 | 52 |   12.9 |  100
    Women ....................|  509 |  50.4 |    18.5 |  409 |   80.4 |  354 |   69.6 | 55 |   13.4 |  100
                              |      |       |         |      |        |      |        |    |        |
    White\3\ .................|  799 |  79.1 |    29.0 |  670 |   83.9 |  601 |   75.1 | 70 |   10.4 |  129
    Black\3\ .................|  177 |  17.5 |     6.4 |  109 |   61.5 |   82 |   46.0 | 28 |   25.2 |   68
    Hispanic origin\4\ .......|  141 |  14.0 |     5.1 |  107 |   75.8 |   97 |   68.8 | 10 |    9.3 |   34
______________________________|______|_______|_________|______|________|______|________|____|________|______

\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 16- to 24-year-olds who graduated from high school between January and October 1999.
\3\Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
\4\Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
\5\Includes 16- to 24-year-olds who graduated from high school between January and October 2000.
\6\Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

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. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" groups are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "College Enrollment and Work Activity of 2000 High School Graduates." (This table was prepared April 2001.)

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