Table S5. Percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds in the United States who were high school status dropouts, by nativity, race/ethnicity, and subgroup: 2009

Race/ethnicity and subgroup	Status dropout rate (percent)
	Total			Born within the United States1			Born outside the United States1
1	2			3			4
Total2	8.6		(0.08)	7.2		(0.06)	21.8	(0.31)
White	5.6		(0.07)	5.6		(0.07)	5.8	(0.51)
Black	10.7		(0.18)	10.9		(0.18)	7.6	(0.69)
Hispanic	17.9		(0.22)	10.9		(0.16)	34.5	(0.49)
Mexican	19.3		(0.26)	11.4		(0.21)	37.7	(0.61)
Puerto Rican	14.1		(0.58)	14.0		(0.57)	24.5	(10.33)
Cuban	7.0		(0.86)	5.5		(0.81)	10.3	(2.03)
Dominican	10.8		(0.94)	6.9		(0.98)	16.8	(1.59)
Salvadoran	23.1		(1.36)	9.3		(1.07)	39.6	(2.39)
Other Central American	29.8		(1.13)	8.1		(1.08)	45.3	(1.48)
South American	6.8		(0.62)	4.3		(0.62)	9.4	(1.13)
Other Hispanic or Latino	10.8		(0.75)	9.9		(0.70)	23.1	(3.72)
Asian	3.3		(0.17)	2.5		(0.21)	4.3	(0.35)
Asian Indian	2.1		(0.34)	0.6	!	(0.25)	3.2	(0.57)
Chinese3	2.1		(0.34)	0.7	!	(0.26)	3.6	(0.55)
Filipino	3.2		(0.42)	2.5		(0.39)	4.2	(1.02)
Japanese	2.5	!	(0.82)	2.7	!	(1.13)	‡	(†)
Korean	2.4		(0.55)	1.3	!	(0.57)	3.5	(0.85)
Vietnamese	4.6		(0.73)	3.7		(0.79)	5.8	(1.22)
Other Asian	6.3		(0.56)	5.7		(0.71)	7.2	(1.12)
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	9.5		(1.44)	8.6		(1.59)	14.8	(4.13)
American Indian/Alaska Native	15.9		(0.82)	15.9		(0.84)	‡	(†)
Two or more races	9.1		(1.47)	8.6		(1.68)	10.8	(2.98)

†Not applicable.

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

‡Reporting standards not met. There are too few cases.

1 United States refers to the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

2 Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.

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

NOTE: The status dropout rate is defined for this table as the percentage of civilian, noninstitutionalized 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. 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.)