Table S4. Number and percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds in the United States who were high school status dropouts, by sex, race/ethnicity, and subgroup: 2009

	U.S. population		Number of status dropouts			Status dropout rate (percent)
Race/ethnicity and subgroup						Total			Male			Female
1	2		3			4			5			6
Total1	39,021,500	(34,540.1)	3,372,400		(30,212.1)	8.6		(0.08)	10.1		(0.10)	7.1	(0.09)
White	23,288,400	(18,524.3)	1,311,800		(16,383.8)	5.6		(0.07)	6.3		(0.10)	4.9	(0.08)
Black	5,682,900	(21,870.5)	608,000		(10,386.3)	10.7		(0.18)	13.1		(0.27)	8.2	(0.21)
Hispanic	7,134,400	(15,402.1)	1,278,700		(15,582.0)	17.9		(0.22)	21.2		(0.30)	14.3	(0.26)
Mexican	4,810,800	(17,730.5)	930,400		(13,215.6)	19.3		(0.26)	22.7		(0.35)	15.6	(0.33)
Puerto Rican	644,300	(9,102.3)	90,800		(4,047.0)	14.1		(0.58)	14.9		(0.77)	13.3	(0.73)
Cuban	183,900	(4,892.6)	12,900		(1,639.5)	7.0		(0.86)	9.0		(1.46)	4.9	(0.88)
Dominican	221,300	(6,630.2)	24,000		(2,251.6)	10.8		(0.94)	14.1		(1.44)	7.4	(1.00)
Salvadoran	248,700	(7,268.7)	57,500		(3,923.5)	23.1		(1.36)	25.5		(1.73)	20.3	(1.44)
Other Central American	347,800	(9,620.6)	103,800		(4,733.5)	29.8		(1.13)	37.4		(1.54)	19.0	(1.51)
South American	351,300	(7,999.4)	24,000		(2,276.1)	6.8		(0.62)	9.0		(0.86)	4.7	(0.66)
Other Hispanic or Latino	326,200	(7,543.3)	35,300		(2,689.2)	10.8		(0.75)	12.4		(1.10)	9.4	(0.95)
Asian	1,566,200	(10,338.3)	52,200		(2,751.0)	3.3		(0.17)	3.7		(0.26)	2.9	(0.28)
Asian Indian	267,200	(6,292.4)	5,600		(944.5)	2.1		(0.34)	2.3		(0.47)	1.9	(0.46)
Chinese2	368,000	(6,439.7)	7,800		(1,294.5)	2.1		(0.34)	2.4		(0.51)	1.8	(0.35)
Filipino	254,800	(6,137.5)	8,100		(1,085.6)	3.2		(0.42)	3.7		(0.61)	2.7	(0.50)
Japanese	56,500	(2,824.1)	1,400	!	(485.2)	2.5	!	(0.82)	4.9	!	(1.68)	‡	(†)
Korean	182,700	(5,686.9)	4,500		(1,033.3)	2.4		(0.55)	2.5		(0.63)	2.4	(0.75)
Vietnamese	157,000	(4,962.5)	7,300		(1,200.4)	4.6		(0.73)	5.0		(0.98)	4.2	(0.98)
Other Asian	280,100	(6,181.2)	18,000		(1,558.3)	6.3		(0.56)	6.9		(0.86)	5.6	(0.92)
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	62,800	(3,383.7)	6,000		(945.4)	9.5		(1.44)	9.4		(2.05)	9.7	(1.99)
American Indian/Alaska Native	314,300	(6,636.2)	50,000		(2,984.9)	15.9		(0.82)	17.6		(1.20)	14.2	(1.17)
Two or more races	94,900	(4,501.8)	9,000		(1,416.7)	9.1		(1.47)	12.0		(2.41)	6.4	(1.59)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown.

2 Excludes Taiwanese. Taiwanese is included in the "Other Asian" category.

NOTE: The status dropout rate is defined for this table as the percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not in high school and who have not earned a high school credential (either a diploma or equivalency credential such as a GED). It includes all dropouts, regardless of when they last attended school, as well as individuals who may have never attended school in the United States, such as immigrants who did not complete a high school diploma in their home country. This table includes institutionalized persons and noninstitutionalized persons. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2009. (This table was prepared November 2011.)