(467KB)| Table 7. | Percentage of the population 3 to 34 years old enrolled in school, by age group: Selected years, 1940 through 2004 |
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| 3 to 34| 3 and 4| 5 and 6| 7 to 13| 14 to 17| | tary and| In higher| | 20 and | 22 to 24| 25 to 29| 30 to 34
Year | years| years| years| years| years| Total | secondary| education| Total | 21 years| years| years| years
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1940 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |--- (†) |95.0 (---) |79.3 (---) |28.9 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 6.6 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†)
1945 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |--- (†) |98.1 (---) |78.4 (---) |20.7 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 3.9 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†)
1947 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |73.8 (---) |98.5 (---) |79.3 (---) |24.3 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |10.2 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 3.0 (---) |--- (†)
1948 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |74.7 (---) |98.1 (---) |81.8 (---) |26.9 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 9.7 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 2.6 (---) |--- (†)
1949 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |76.2 (---) |98.6 (---) |81.6 (---) |25.3 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 9.2 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 3.8 (---) |--- (†)
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1950 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |74.4 (---) |98.7 (---) |83.7 (---) |29.4 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 9.0 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 3.0 (---) | 0.9 (---)
1951 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |73.6 (---) |99.1 (---) |85.2 (---) |26.2 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 8.6 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 2.5 (---) |--- (†)
1952 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |75.2 (---) |98.8 (---) |85.2 (---) |28.8 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 9.7 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 2.6 (---) | 1.2 (---)
1953 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |78.6 (---) |99.4 (---) |85.9 (---) |31.2 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |11.1 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 2.9 (---) | 1.7 (---)
1954 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |77.3 (---) |99.4 (---) |87.1 (---) |32.4 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |11.2 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 4.1 (---) | 1.5 (---)
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1955 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |78.1 (---) |99.2 (---) |86.9 (---) |31.5 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |11.1 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 4.2 (---) | 1.6 (---)
1956 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |77.6 (---) |99.3 (---) |88.2 (---) |35.4 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |12.8 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 5.1 (---) | 1.9 (---)
1957 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |78.6 (---) |99.5 (---) |89.5 (---) |34.9 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |14.0 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†)
1958 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |80.4 (---) |99.5 (---) |89.2 (---) |37.6 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |13.4 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†)
1959 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |80.0 (---) |99.4 (---) |90.2 (---) |36.8 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |12.7 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†)
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1960 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |80.7 (---) |99.5 (---) |90.3 (---) |38.4 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |13.1 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 4.9 (---) | 2.4 (---)
1961 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |81.7 (---) |99.3 (---) |91.4 (---) |38.0 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |13.7 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†)
1962 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |82.2 (---) |99.3 (---) |92.0 (---) |41.8 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |15.6 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†)
1963 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |82.7 (---) |99.3 (---) |92.9 (---) |40.9 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |17.3 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†)
1964 ..|--- (†) | --- (†) |83.3 (---) |99.0 (---) |93.1 (---) |41.6 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |16.8 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 5.2 (---) | 2.6 (---)
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1965 ..|55.5 (---) | 10.6 (---) |84.9 (---) |99.4 (---) |93.2 (---) |46.3 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |19.0 (---) |27.6 (---) |13.2 (---) | 6.1 (---) | 3.2 (---)
1966 ..|56.1 (---) | 12.5 (---) |85.8 (---) |99.3 (---) |93.7 (---) |47.2 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |19.9 (---) |29.9 (---) |13.2 (---) | 6.5 (---) | 2.7 (---)
1967 ..|56.6 (---) | 14.2 (---) |87.4 (---) |99.3 (---) |93.7 (---) |47.6 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |22.0 (---) |33.3 (---) |13.6 (---) | 6.6 (---) | 4.0 (---)
1968 ..|56.7 (---) | 15.7 (---) |87.6 (---) |99.1 (---) |94.2 (---) |50.4 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |21.4 (---) |31.2 (---) |13.8 (---) | 7.0 (---) | 3.9 (---)
1969 ..|57.0 (---) | 16.1 (---) |88.4 (---) |99.2 (---) |94.0 (---) |50.2 (---) |--- (†) |--- (†) |23.0 (---) |34.1 (---) |15.4 (---) | 7.9 (---) | 4.8 (---)
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1970 ..|56.4 (0.22)| 20.5 (0.73)|89.5 (0.53)|99.2 (0.08)|94.1 (0.27)|47.7 (0.85)|10.5 (0.52)|37.3 (0.83)|21.5 (0.47)|31.9 (0.85)|14.9 (0.52)| 7.5 (0.33)| 4.2 (0.27)
1971 ..|56.2 (0.21)| 21.2 (0.75)|91.6 (0.49)|99.1 (0.08)|94.5 (0.26)|49.2 (0.84)|11.5 (0.54)|37.7 (0.81)|21.9 (0.46)|32.2 (0.83)|15.4 (0.51)| 8.0 (0.33)| 4.9 (0.29)
1972 ..|54.9 (0.21)| 24.4 (0.80)|91.9 (0.50)|99.2 (0.08)|93.3 (0.28)|46.3 (0.82)|10.4 (0.50)|35.9 (0.79)|21.6 (0.45)|31.4 (0.79)|14.8 (0.50)| 8.6 (0.33)| 4.6 (0.27)
1973 ..|53.5 (0.21)| 24.2 (0.78)|92.5 (0.49)|99.2 (0.08)|92.9 (0.28)|42.9 (0.81)|10.0 (0.49)|32.9 (0.77)|20.8 (0.44)|30.1 (0.78)|14.5 (0.49)| 8.5 (0.32)| 4.5 (0.26)
1974 ..|53.6 (0.21)| 28.8 (0.83)|94.2 (0.43)|99.3 (0.08)|92.9 (0.28)|43.1 (0.80)| 9.9 (0.48)|33.2 (0.76)|21.4 (0.44)|30.2 (0.76)|15.1 (0.50)| 9.6 (0.33)| 5.7 (0.29)
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1975 ..|53.7 (0.21)| 31.5 (0.87)|94.7 (0.41)|99.3 (0.08)|93.6 (0.27)|46.9 (0.80)|10.2 (0.48)|36.7 (0.77)|22.4 (0.44)|31.2 (0.76)|16.2 (0.51)|10.1 (0.33)| 6.6 (0.30)
1976 ..|53.1 (0.21)| 31.3 (0.90)|95.5 (0.38)|99.2 (0.09)|93.7 (0.27)|46.2 (0.79)|10.2 (0.48)|36.0 (0.76)|23.3 (0.44)|32.0 (0.75)|17.1 (0.51)|10.0 (0.33)| 6.0 (0.28)
1977 ..|52.5 (0.21)| 32.0 (0.93)|95.8 (0.38)|99.4 (0.07)|93.7 (0.27)|46.2 (0.80)|10.4 (0.49)|35.7 (0.77)|22.9 (0.44)|31.8 (0.75)|16.5 (0.51)|10.8 (0.34)| 6.9 (0.30)
1978 ..|51.2 (0.21)| 34.2 (0.94)|95.3 (0.41)|99.1 (0.09)|93.7 (0.27)|45.4 (0.80)| 9.8 (0.48)|35.6 (0.77)|21.8 (0.43)|29.5 (0.73)|16.3 (0.50)| 9.4 (0.31)| 6.4 (0.28)
1979 ..|50.3 (0.21)| 35.1 (0.95)|95.8 (0.40)|99.2 (0.09)|93.6 (0.28)|45.0 (0.79)|10.3 (0.48)|34.6 (0.76)|21.7 (0.42)|30.2 (0.74)|15.8 (0.49)| 9.6 (0.31)| 6.4 (0.28)
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1980 ..|49.7 (0.21)| 36.7 (0.95)|95.7 (0.40)|99.3 (0.09)|93.4 (0.29)|46.4 (0.80)|10.5 (0.49)|35.9 (0.77)|22.3 (0.43)|31.0 (0.74)|16.3 (0.49)| 9.3 (0.30)| 6.4 (0.27)
1981 ..|48.9 (0.21)| 36.0 (0.92)|94.0 (0.46)|99.2 (0.09)|94.1 (0.27)|49.0 (0.80)|11.5 (0.51)|37.5 (0.78)|22.5 (0.42)|31.6 (0.73)|16.5 (0.48)| 9.0 (0.29)| 6.9 (0.27)
1982 ..|48.6 (0.22)| 36.4 (0.96)|95.0 (0.44)|99.2 (0.10)|94.4 (0.29)|47.8 (0.85)|11.3 (0.54)|36.5 (0.81)|23.5 (0.45)|34.0 (0.79)|16.8 (0.50)| 9.6 (0.31)| 6.3 (0.27)
1983 ..|48.4 (0.22)| 37.5 (0.94)|95.4 (0.42)|99.2 (0.09)|95.0 (0.27)|50.4 (0.86)|12.8 (0.57)|37.6 (0.83)|22.7 (0.44)|32.5 (0.79)|16.6 (0.50)| 9.6 (0.31)| 6.4 (0.27)
1984 ..|47.9 (0.22)| 36.3 (0.92)|94.5 (0.45)|99.2 (0.09)|94.7 (0.28)|50.1 (0.88)|11.5 (0.56)|38.6 (0.86)|23.7 (0.45)|33.9 (0.80)|17.3 (0.51)| 9.1 (0.30)| 6.3 (0.27)
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1985 ..|48.3 (0.22)| 38.9 (0.94)|96.1 (0.38)|99.2 (0.09)|94.9 (0.27)|51.6 (0.89)|11.2 (0.56)|40.4 (0.88)|24.0 (0.46)|35.3 (0.83)|16.9 (0.51)| 9.2 (0.30)| 6.1 (0.26)
1986 ..|48.2 (0.22)| 38.9 (0.93)|95.3 (0.40)|99.2 (0.10)|94.9 (0.28)|54.6 (0.90)|13.1 (0.61)|41.5 (0.89)|23.6 (0.46)|33.0 (0.83)|17.9 (0.53)| 8.8 (0.29)| 6.0 (0.25)
1987 ..|48.6 (0.22)| 38.3 (0.93)|95.1 (0.41)|99.5 (0.07)|95.0 (0.28)|55.6 (0.89)|13.1 (0.60)|42.5 (0.89)|25.5 (0.48)|38.7 (0.88)|17.5 (0.53)| 9.0 (0.30)| 5.8 (0.25)
1988 ..|48.7 (0.24)| 38.2 (1.01)|96.0 (0.41)|99.7 (0.07)|95.1 (0.30)|55.6 (0.96)|13.9 (0.67)|41.8 (0.95)|26.1 (0.53)|39.1 (0.96)|18.2 (0.60)| 8.3 (0.31)| 5.9 (0.27)
1989 ..|49.0 (0.22)| 39.1 (1.00)|95.2 (0.44)|99.3 (0.09)|95.7 (0.29)|56.0 (0.95)|14.4 (0.68)|41.6 (0.95)|27.0 (0.55)|38.5 (0.97)|19.9 (0.63)| 9.3 (0.33)| 5.7 (0.26)
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1990 ..|50.2 (0.23)| 44.4 (0.99)|96.5 (0.37)|99.6 (0.06)|95.8 (0.28)|57.2 (0.94)|14.5 (0.67)|42.7 (0.94)|28.6 (0.54)|39.7 (0.92)|21.0 (0.63)| 9.7 (0.33)| 5.8 (0.25)
1991 ..|50.7 (0.22)| 40.5 (0.96)|95.4 (0.41)|99.6 (0.06)|96.0 (0.27)|59.6 (0.96)|15.6 (0.71)|44.0 (0.97)|30.2 (0.55)|42.0 (0.92)|22.2 (0.64)|10.2 (0.34)| 6.2 (0.26)
1992 ..|51.4 (0.22)| 39.7 (0.95)|95.5 (0.41)|99.4 (0.08)|96.7 (0.25)|61.4 (0.96)|17.1 (0.74)|44.3 (0.98)|31.6 (0.56)|44.0 (0.95)|23.7 (0.65)| 9.8 (0.34)| 6.1 (0.26)
1993 ..|51.8 (0.22)| 40.4 (0.93)|95.4 (0.41)|99.5 (0.07)|96.5 (0.25)|61.6 (0.95)|17.2 (0.74)|44.4 (0.97)|30.8 (0.56)|42.7 (0.97)|23.6 (0.65)|10.2 (0.35)| 5.9 (0.25)
1994 ..|53.3 (0.21)|\1\47.3 (0.87)|96.7 (0.32)|99.4 (0.08)|96.6 (0.22)|60.2 (0.87)|16.2 (0.65)|43.9 (0.88)|32.0 (0.51)|44.9 (0.88)|24.0 (0.59)|10.8 (0.33)| 6.7 (0.25)
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1995 ..|53.7 (0.21)|\1\48.7 (0.87)|96.0 (0.34)|98.9 (0.10)|96.3 (0.23)|59.4 (0.85)|16.3 (0.64)|43.1 (0.86)|31.5 (0.52)|44.9 (0.89)|23.2 (0.60)|11.6 (0.34)| 5.9 (0.24)
1996 ..|54.1 (0.22)|\1\48.3 (0.91)|94.0 (0.43)|97.7 (0.15)|95.4 (0.26)|61.5 (0.87)|16.7 (0.67)|44.9 (0.89)|32.5 (0.55)|44.4 (0.93)|24.8 (0.65)|11.9 (0.36)| 6.1 (0.25)
1997 ..|55.6 (0.22)|\1\52.6 (0.92)|96.5 (0.33)|99.1 (0.09)|96.6 (0.22)|61.5 (0.86)|16.7 (0.66)|44.7 (0.88)|34.3 (0.55)|45.9 (0.91)|26.4 (0.66)|11.8 (0.36)| 5.7 (0.25)
1998 ..|55.8 (0.22)|\1\52.1 (0.92)|95.6 (0.37)|98.9 (0.10)|96.1 (0.24)|62.2 (0.84)|15.7 (0.63)|46.4 (0.86)|33.0 (0.55)|44.8 (0.91)|24.9 (0.65)|11.9 (0.37)| 6.6 (0.27)
1999 ..|56.0 (0.22)|\1\54.2 (0.93)|96.0 (0.36)|98.7 (0.11)|95.8 (0.24)|60.6 (0.84)|16.5 (0.64)|44.1 (0.85)|32.8 (0.54)|45.3 (0.90)|24.5 (0.64)|11.1 (0.36)| 6.2 (0.27)
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2000 ..|55.9 (0.22)|\1\52.1 (0.93)|95.6 (0.38)|98.2 (0.13)|95.7 (0.25)|61.2 (0.84)|16.5 (0.64)|44.7 (0.85)|32.5 (0.53)|44.1 (0.88)|24.6 (0.63)|11.4 (0.37)| 6.7 (0.28)
2001 ..|56.4 (0.22)|\1\52.4 (0.88)|95.3 (0.37)|98.3 (0.12)|95.8 (0.24)|61.1 (0.83)|17.1 (0.64)|44.0 (0.84)|34.1 (0.53)|46.1 (0.87)|25.5 (0.64)|11.8 (0.38)| 6.9 (0.28)
2002 ..|56.2 (0.21)|\1\56.3 (0.89)|95.5 (0.37)|98.3 (0.12)|96.4 (0.22)|63.3 (0.83)|18.0 (0.67)|45.3 (0.86)|34.4 (0.52)|47.8 (0.87)|25.6 (0.62)|12.1 (0.37)| 6.6 (0.27)
2003 ..|56.2 (0.20)|\1\55.1 (0.85)|94.5 (0.40)|98.3 (0.12)|96.2 (0.21)|64.5 (0.80)|17.9 (0.64)|46.6 (0.84)|35.6 (0.50)|48.3 (0.83)|27.8 (0.59)|11.8 (0.34)| 6.8 (0.26)
2004 ..|56.2 (0.20)|\1\54.0 (0.85)|95.4 (0.37)|98.4 (0.12)|96.5 (0.21)|64.4 (0.80)|16.6 (0.62)|47.8 (0.83)|35.2 (0.49)|48.9 (0.82)|26.3 (0.58)|13.0 (0.35)| 6.6 (0.26)
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---Not available. †Not applicable. \1\Preprimary enrollment collected using new procedures. Data may not be comparable to figures for earlier years. NOTE: Data for 1940 are for April. Data for all other years are as of October. Includes enrollment in any type of graded public, parochial, or other private schools. Includes nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary schools, high schools, colleges, universities, and professional schools. Attendance may be on either a full-time or part-time basis and during the day or night. Enrollments in "special" schools, such as trade schools, business colleges, or correspondence schools, are not included. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970; Current Population Reports, Series P-20, various years; and Current Population Survey, October, 1940 through 2004, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 2005.)
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