Percent of high school dropouts (status dropouts) among persons 16 to 24 years old, by sex and race/ethnicity: 1960-2003

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Table 107.

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           |                     Total                 |                     Male                  |                     Female
           |___________________________________________|___________________________________________|___________________________________________
Year       |       All|    White,|    Black,|  Hispanic|       All|    White,|    Black,|  Hispanic|       All|    White,|    Black,|  Hispanic
           |  races\1\|      non-|      non-|    origin|  races\1\|      non-|      non-|    origin|  races\1\|      non-|      non-|    origin
           |          |  Hispanic|  Hispanic|          |          |  Hispanic|  Hispanic|          |          |  Hispanic|  Hispanic|
___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1          |         2|        3 |        4 |        5 |        6 |        7 |        8 |        9 |        10|        11|        12|        13
___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1960\2\ ...|27.2 (---)|---    (†)| ---   (†)|---    (†)|27.8 (---)|---    (†)|---    (†)|---    (†)|26.7 (---)|---    (†)|---    (†)|---    (†)
1967\3\ ...|17.0 (---)|15.4 (---)|28.6 (---)|---    (†)|16.5 (---)|14.7 (---)|30.6 (---)|---    (†)|17.3 (---)|16.1 (---)|26.9 (---)|---    (†)
1968\3\ ...|16.2 (---)|14.7 (---)|27.4 (---)|---    (†)|15.8 (---)|14.4 (---)|27.1 (---)|---    (†)|16.5 (---)|15.0 (---)|27.6 (---)|---    (†)
1969\3\ ...|15.2 (---)|13.6 (---)|26.7 (---)|---    (†)|14.3 (---)|12.6 (---)|26.9 (---)|---    (†)|16.0 (---)|14.6 (---)|26.7 (---)|---    (†)
1970\3\ ...|15.0(0.29)|13.2(0.30)|27.9(1.22)|---    (†)|14.2(0.42)|12.2(0.42)|29.4(1.82)|---    (†)|15.7(0.41)|14.1(0.42)|26.6(1.65)|---    (†)
           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1971\3\ ...|14.7(0.28)|13.4(0.29)|24.0(1.14)|---    (†)|14.2(0.41)|12.6(0.41)|25.5(1.70)|---    (†)|15.2(0.40)|14.2(0.42)|22.6(1.54)|---    (†)
1972 ......|14.6(0.28)|12.3(0.29)|21.3(1.07)|34.3(2.22)|14.1(0.40)|11.6(0.40)|22.3(1.59)|33.7(3.23)|15.1(0.39)|12.8(0.41)|20.5(1.44)|34.8(3.05)
1973 ......|14.1(0.27)|11.6(0.28)|22.2(1.06)|33.5(2.24)|13.7(0.38)|11.5(0.39)|21.5(1.53)|30.4(3.16)|14.5(0.38)|11.8(0.39)|22.8(1.47)|36.4(3.16)
1974 ......|14.3(0.27)|11.9(0.28)|21.2(1.05)|33.0(2.08)|14.2(0.39)|12.0(0.40)|20.1(1.51)|33.8(2.99)|14.3(0.38)|11.8(0.39)|22.1(1.45)|32.2(2.90)
1975 ......|13.9(0.27)|11.4(0.27)|22.9(1.06)|29.2(2.02)|13.3(0.37)|11.0(0.38)|23.0(1.56)|26.7(2.84)|14.5(0.38)|11.8(0.39)|22.9(1.44)|31.6(2.86)
           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1976 ......|14.1(0.27)|12.0(0.28)|20.5(1.00)|31.4(2.01)|14.1(0.38)|12.1(0.39)|21.2(1.49)|30.3(2.94)|14.2(0.37)|11.8(0.39)|19.9(1.35)|32.3(2.76)
1977 ......|14.1(0.27)|11.9(0.28)|19.8(0.99)|33.0(2.02)|14.5(0.38)|12.6(0.40)|19.5(1.45)|31.6(2.89)|13.8(0.37)|11.2(0.38)|20.0(1.36)|34.3(2.83)
1978 ......|14.2(0.27)|11.9(0.28)|20.2(1.00)|33.3(2.00)|14.6(0.38)|12.2(0.40)|22.5(1.52)|33.6(2.88)|13.9(0.37)|11.6(0.39)|18.3(1.31)|33.1(2.78)
1979 ......|14.6(0.27)|12.0(0.28)|21.1(1.01)|33.8(1.98)|15.0(0.39)|12.6(0.40)|22.4(1.52)|33.0(2.83)|14.2(0.37)|11.5(0.38)|20.0(1.35)|34.5(2.77)
1980 ......|14.1(0.26)|11.4(0.27)|19.1(0.97)|35.2(1.89)|15.1(0.39)|12.3(0.40)|20.8(1.47)|37.2(2.72)|13.1(0.36)|10.5(0.37)|17.7(1.28)|33.2(2.61)
           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1981 ......|13.9(0.26)|11.3(0.27)|18.4(0.93)|33.2(1.80)|15.1(0.38)|12.5(0.40)|19.9(1.40)|36.0(2.61)|12.8(0.35)|10.2(0.36)|17.1(1.24)|30.4(2.48)
1982 ......|13.9(0.27)|11.4(0.29)|18.4(0.97)|31.7(1.93)|14.5(0.40)|12.0(0.42)|21.2(1.50)|30.5(2.73)|13.3(0.38)|10.8(0.40)|15.9(1.26)|32.8(2.71)
1983 ......|13.7(0.27)|11.1(0.29)|18.0(0.97)|31.6(1.93)|14.9(0.41)|12.2(0.43)|19.9(1.46)|34.3(2.84)|12.5(0.37)|10.1(0.39)|16.2(1.28)|29.1(2.61)
1984 ......|13.1(0.27)|11.0(0.29)|15.5(0.91)|29.8(1.91)|14.0(0.40)|11.9(0.43)|16.8(1.37)|30.6(2.78)|12.3(0.37)|10.1(0.39)|14.3(1.22)|29.0(2.63)
1985 ......|12.6(0.27)|10.4(0.29)|15.2(0.92)|27.6(1.93)|13.4(0.40)|11.1(0.42)|16.1(1.37)|29.9(2.76)|11.8(0.37)| 9.8(0.39)|14.3(1.23)|25.2(2.68)
           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1986 ......|12.2(0.27)| 9.7(0.28)|14.2(0.90)|30.1(1.88)|13.1(0.40)|10.3(0.42)|15.0(1.33)|32.8(2.66)|11.4(0.37)| 9.1(0.39)|13.5(1.21)|27.2(2.63)
1987 ......|12.6(0.28)|10.4(0.30)|14.1(0.90)|28.6(1.84)|13.2(0.40)|10.8(0.43)|15.0(1.35)|29.1(2.57)|12.1(0.38)|10.0(0.41)|13.3(1.21)|28.1(2.64)
1988 ......|12.9(0.30)| 9.6(0.31)|14.5(1.00)|35.8(2.30)|13.5(0.44)|10.3(0.46)|15.0(1.48)|36.0(3.19)|12.2(0.42)| 8.9(0.43)|14.0(1.36)|35.4(3.31)
1989 ......|12.6(0.31)| 9.4(0.32)|13.9(0.98)|33.0(2.19)|13.6(0.45)|10.3(0.47)|14.9(1.46)|34.4(3.08)|11.7(0.42)| 8.5(0.43)|13.0(1.32)|31.6(3.11)
1990 ......|12.1(0.29)| 9.0(0.30)|13.2(0.94)|32.4(1.91)|12.3(0.42)| 9.3(0.44)|11.9(1.30)|34.3(2.71)|11.8(0.41)| 8.7(0.42)|14.4(1.34)|30.3(2.70)
           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1991 ......|12.5(0.30)| 8.9(0.31)|13.6(0.95)|35.3(1.93)|13.0(0.43)| 8.9(0.44)|13.5(1.37)|39.2(2.74)|11.9(0.41)| 8.9(0.43)|13.7(1.31)|31.1(2.70)
1992\4\ ...|11.0(0.28)| 7.7(0.29)|13.7(0.95)|29.4(1.86)|11.3(0.41)| 8.0(0.42)|12.5(1.32)|32.1(2.67)|10.7(0.39)| 7.4(0.40)|14.8(1.36)|26.6(2.56)
1993\4\ ...|11.0(0.28)| 7.9(0.29)|13.6(0.94)|27.5(1.79)|11.2(0.40)| 8.2(0.42)|12.6(1.32)|28.1(2.54)|10.9(0.40)| 7.6(0.41)|14.4(1.34)|26.9(2.52)
1994\4\ ...|11.4(0.26)| 7.7(0.27)|12.6(0.75)|30.0(1.16)|12.3(0.38)| 8.0(0.38)|14.1(1.14)|31.6(1.60)|10.6(0.36)| 7.5(0.37)|11.3(0.99)|28.1(1.66)
1995\4\ ...|12.0(0.27)| 8.6(0.28)|12.1(0.74)|30.0(1.15)|12.2(0.38)| 9.0(0.40)|11.1(1.05)|30.0(1.59)|11.7(0.37)| 8.2(0.39)|12.9(1.05)|30.0(1.66)
           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
1996\4\ ...|11.1(0.27)| 7.3(0.27)|13.0(0.80)|29.4(1.19)|11.4(0.38)| 7.3(0.38)|13.5(1.18)|30.3(1.67)|10.9(0.38)| 7.3(0.39)|12.5(1.08)|28.3(1.69)
1997\4\ ...|11.0(0.27)| 7.6(0.28)|13.4(0.80)|25.3(1.11)|11.9(0.39)| 8.5(0.41)|13.3(1.16)|27.0(1.55)|10.1(0.36)| 6.7(0.37)|13.5(1.11)|23.4(1.59)
1998\4\ ...|11.8(0.27)| 7.7(0.28)|13.8(0.81)|29.5(1.12)|13.3(0.40)| 8.6(0.41)|15.5(1.24)|33.5(1.59)|10.3(0.36)| 6.9(0.37)|12.2(1.05)|25.0(1.56)
1999\4\ ...|11.2(0.26)| 7.3(0.27)|12.6(0.77)|28.6(1.11)|11.9(0.38)| 7.7(0.39)|12.1(1.10)|31.0(1.58)|10.5(0.36)| 6.9(0.37)|13.0(1.08)|26.0(1.54)
2000\4\ ...|10.9(0.26)| 6.9(0.26)|13.1(0.78)|27.8(1.08)|12.0(0.38)| 7.0(0.37)|15.3(1.20)|31.8(1.56)| 9.9(0.35)| 6.9(0.37)|11.1(1.00)|23.5(1.48)
           |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
2001\4\ ...|10.7(0.25)| 7.3(0.26)|10.9(0.71)|27.0(1.06)|12.2(0.38)| 7.9(0.39)|13.0(1.12)|31.6(1.55)| 9.3(0.34)| 6.7(0.36)| 9.0(0.90)|22.1(1.42)
2002\4\ ...|10.5(0.24)| 6.5(0.24)|11.3(0.70)|25.7(0.93)|11.8(0.35)| 6.7(0.35)|12.8(1.07)|29.6(1.32)| 9.2(0.32)| 6.3(0.34)| 9.9(0.91)|21.2(1.27)
2003\4,5\ .| 9.9(0.23)| 6.3(0.24)|10.9(0.69)|23.5(0.90)|11.3(0.34)| 7.1(0.35)|12.5(1.05)|26.7(1.29)| 8.4(0.30)| 5.6(0.32)| 9.5(0.89)|20.1(1.23)
___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

---Not available.
†Not applicable.
\1\Includes other racial/ethnic categories not separately shown.
\2\Based on the April 1960 decennial census.
\3\White and black include persons of Hispanic origin.
\4\Because of changes in data collection procedures, data may not be comparable with figures for years prior to 1992.
\5\White, non-Hispanic and Black, non-Hispanic categories exclude persons identifying themselves as multi-racial.

NOTE: "Status" dropouts are 16- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and who have not completed a high school program regardless of when they left school. People who have received GED credentials are counted as high school completers. All data except for 1960 are based on October counts. Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 1920 through October 2003, unpublished tabulations; and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Dropout Rates in the United States, 2002. (This table was prepared March 2005.)

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