Table 219.80.

Percentage of high school dropouts among persons 16 to 24 years old (status dropout rate) and number of status dropouts, by noninstitutionalized or institutionalized status, birth in or outside of the United States, and selected characteristics: Selected years, 2006 through 2015

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Selected characteristic	Total status dropout rate												2015
	2006			2010			2014			2015			Noninstitutionalized population1															Institutionalized population2
													Number of status dropouts (in thousands)			Percentage distribution of status dropouts			Status dropout rate									Number of status dropouts (in thousands)			Status dropout rate
																			Total for noninstitu- tionalized population			For those born in the United States3			For those born outside of the United States3
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12
Total	9.7		(0.07)	8.3		(0.08)	6.3		(0.05)	6.0		(0.05)	2,246		(20.2)	100.0		(†)	5.7		(0.05)	5.2		(0.05)	11.1		(0.24)	151		(3.6)	34.6		(0.71)
Sex
Male	11.3		(0.11)	10.0		(0.10)	7.2		(0.09)	7.0		(0.08)	1,293		(15.5)	57.6		(0.41)	6.5		(0.08)	5.8		(0.08)	12.8		(0.36)	139		(3.6)	36.0		(0.75)
Female	7.9		(0.08)	6.6		(0.08)	5.2		(0.07)	5.0		(0.06)	953		(12.1)	42.4		(0.41)	4.9		(0.06)	4.5		(0.06)	9.2		(0.30)	12		(1.1)	24.1		(1.84)
Race/ethnicity
White	6.4		(0.07)	5.3		(0.07)	4.4		(0.06)	4.5		(0.07)	939		(14.2)	41.8		(0.49)	4.4		(0.07)	4.4		(0.07)	3.9		(0.39)	31		(1.8)	24.6		(1.22)
Black	11.5		(0.21)	10.3		(0.17)	7.9		(0.17)	7.2		(0.15)	346		(8.6)	15.4		(0.36)	6.2		(0.15)	6.2		(0.16)	6.2		(0.61)	69		(2.4)	39.0		(1.06)
Hispanic	21.0		(0.26)	16.7		(0.26)	10.7		(0.15)	9.9		(0.16)	810		(13.1)	36.0		(0.48)	9.5		(0.15)	7.3		(0.15)	18.7		(0.46)	43		(2.2)	41.0		(1.63)
Cuban	7.2		(0.83)	7.7		(0.85)	6.3		(0.85)	4.1		(0.49)	9		(1.2)	0.4		(0.05)	4.0		(0.48)	3.5		(0.62)	5.1		(1.08)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Dominican	10.0		(0.92)	11.0		(0.81)	8.0		(0.67)	8.7		(0.76)	25		(2.4)	1.1		(0.11)	8.3		(0.73)	6.4		(0.85)	12.0		(1.52)	‡		(†)	50.9		(9.95)
Mexican	23.6		(0.31)	18.1		(0.31)	11.0		(0.16)	10.4		(0.21)	558		(11.2)	24.9		(0.44)	10.0		(0.20)	7.7		(0.20)	20.4		(0.55)	29		(1.6)	45.5		(1.71)
Puerto Rican	15.2		(0.64)	13.3		(0.53)	9.6		(0.51)	8.7		(0.47)	65		(3.7)	2.9		(0.17)	8.2		(0.48)	8.3		(0.48)	‡		(†)	5		(0.8)	30.5		(4.25)
Spaniard	6.9		(1.50)	6.2		(1.06)	4.5		(0.90)	4.3		(0.79)	4		(0.9)	0.2		(0.04)	4.1		(0.78)	4.2		(0.81)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Central American4	29.8		(0.93)	24.9		(0.81)	17.8		(0.73)	15.8		(0.63)	114		(5.3)	5.1		(0.23)	15.4		(0.63)	6.1		(0.54)	29.0		(1.27)	4		(0.7)	44.5		(6.09)
Costa Rican	13.6		(3.84)	7.6		(2.24)	6.1	!	(2.38)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Guatemalan	43.4		(2.17)	37.9		(1.64)	28.7		(1.66)	22.8		(1.34)	45		(3.2)	2.0		(0.14)	22.7		(1.36)	7.5		(1.07)	38.5		(2.44)	‡		(†)	28.6	!	(9.17)
Honduran	34.2		(2.75)	30.0		(2.25)	19.5		(1.76)	18.9		(1.63)	23		(2.1)	1.0		(0.10)	18.4		(1.61)	6.6		(1.76)	27.4		(2.38)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Nicaraguan	13.6		(2.41)	10.2		(2.01)	7.3		(1.24)	7.8		(1.94)	‡		(†)	0.2		(0.05)	7.7		(1.94)	4.4		(1.31)	20.1	!	(6.24)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Panamanian	7.4	!	(2.95)	4.4	!	(1.72)	1.8	!	(0.81)	2.5	!	(1.12)	‡		(†)	#		(†)	2.5	!	(1.12)	2.5	!	(1.20)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Salvadoran	23.9		(1.46)	20.5		(1.17)	14.9		(0.92)	13.8		(0.91)	41		(3.2)	1.8		(0.14)	13.3		(0.91)	6.2		(0.83)	26.0		(2.09)	2		(0.5)	49.7		(7.80)
South American	8.1		(0.71)	6.0		(0.58)	4.1		(0.45)	3.4		(0.35)	14		(1.5)	0.6		(0.07)	3.3		(0.35)	2.6		(0.40)	4.2		(0.63)	‡		(†)	22.7	!	(10.35)
Chilean	4.9	!	(2.19)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Colombian	5.6		(0.89)	3.4		(0.75)	3.4		(0.79)	3.3		(0.58)	5		(0.8)	0.2		(0.04)	3.3		(0.59)	3.5		(0.81)	3.1		(0.75)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Ecuadorian	14.1		(2.31)	14.9		(2.25)	7.3		(1.38)	7.2		(1.16)	6		(1.1)	0.3		(0.05)	6.9		(1.16)	3.1	!	(0.99)	12.6		(2.56)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Peruvian	6.2	!	(1.88)	3.1		(0.74)	3.1		(0.88)	2.2	!	(0.66)	‡		(†)	0.1	!	(0.02)	2.2	!	(0.66)	1.6	!	(0.66)	2.9	!	(1.32)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Venezuelan	5.1	!	(1.69)	3.5	!	(1.10)	4.1	!	(1.26)	2.0	!	(0.74)	‡		(†)	#		(†)	1.6	!	(0.71)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other South American	9.5		(2.38)	5.4		(1.14)	2.7		(0.79)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other Hispanic	13.4		(0.70)	10.2		(0.66)	10.0		(0.77)	7.8		(0.57)	19		(1.7)	0.9		(0.08)	6.8		(0.55)	6.5		(0.56)	10.4	!	(3.18)	4		(0.7)	34.3		(5.41)
Asian	3.1		(0.20)	2.8		(0.16)	2.5		(0.14)	2.4		(0.15)	49		(3.0)	2.2		(0.14)	2.4		(0.14)	1.5		(0.13)	3.5		(0.25)	1	!	(0.4)	26.1	!	(7.98)
Chinese5	3.1		(0.45)	2.0		(0.28)	1.2		(0.18)	1.5		(0.21)	8		(1.1)	0.4		(0.05)	1.5		(0.20)	1.3		(0.29)	1.7		(0.32)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Filipino	2.6		(0.37)	2.0		(0.27)	1.9		(0.35)	1.9		(0.31)	6		(0.9)	0.2		(0.04)	1.9		(0.31)	1.2		(0.27)	2.9		(0.64)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Japanese	1.0	!	(0.39)	0.7	!	(0.36)	1.3	!	(0.51)	1.6	!	(0.56)	‡		(†)	#		(†)	1.3	!	(0.55)	1.1	!	(0.48)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Korean	0.9		(0.21)	0.9		(0.22)	0.9	!	(0.28)	1.4		(0.42)	‡		(†)	0.1	!	(0.03)	1.3	!	(0.40)	1.0	!	(0.45)	1.5	!	(0.57)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
South Asian6	2.7		(0.41)	2.2		(0.31)	3.2		(0.38)	2.2		(0.28)	10		(1.3)	0.4		(0.06)	2.2		(0.28)	0.8		(0.20)	3.4		(0.52)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Asian Indian	2.6		(0.47)	2.0		(0.33)	2.0		(0.31)	1.7		(0.25)	6		(0.9)	0.3		(0.04)	1.7		(0.25)	0.8		(0.24)	2.6		(0.51)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Bangladeshi	‡		(†)	2.6	!	(1.13)	6.1	!	(2.34)	4.9	!	(2.02)	‡		(†)	#		(†)	4.9	!	(2.02)	‡		(†)	6.9	!	(2.82)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Bhutanese	—		(†)	—		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Nepalese	—		(†)	—		(†)	19.6		(5.67)	7.8		(2.24)	‡		(†)	0.1	!	(0.02)	7.8		(2.24)	‡		(†)	8.6		(2.43)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Pakistani	3.5	!	(1.22)	2.4	!	(0.79)	2.6		(0.76)	1.9	!	(0.64)	‡		(†)	0.1	!	(0.02)	1.9	!	(0.64)	‡		(†)	3.0	!	(1.11)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Southeast Asian	5.7		(0.55)	5.1		(0.52)	5.3		(0.50)	5.0		(0.48)	20		(2.1)	0.9		(0.09)	5.0		(0.48)	2.6		(0.42)	9.2		(1.01)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Burmese	—		(†)	—		(†)	27.5		(5.70)	23.8		(4.46)	‡		(†)	0.2		(0.06)	23.8		(4.46)	‡		(†)	25.2		(4.56)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Cambodian	6.5		(1.59)	10.4		(2.37)	8.4		(1.71)	9.4	!	(3.08)	‡		(†)	0.1	!	(0.05)	9.4	!	(3.08)	7.7	!	(2.45)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Hmong	6.7		(1.56)	8.5		(1.71)	5.8		(1.20)	4.5		(1.10)	‡		(†)	0.1		(0.03)	4.5		(1.11)	3.7	!	(1.21)	7.7	!	(3.70)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Laotian	8.0		(1.93)	5.4	!	(1.75)	8.9		(2.51)	6.9	!	(2.68)	‡		(†)	0.1	!	(0.03)	6.9	!	(2.70)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Thai	2.5	!	(1.24)	7.5	!	(2.79)	6.3	!	(2.02)	4.6	!	(1.97)	‡		(†)	#		(†)	4.6	!	(1.97)	‡		(†)	9.3	!	(4.11)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Vietnamese	5.4		(0.76)	2.9		(0.46)	2.4		(0.45)	2.8		(0.39)	6		(0.9)	0.3		(0.04)	2.8		(0.39)	1.3		(0.33)	5.3		(0.88)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other Southeast Asian7	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other Asian	3.0		(0.69)	8.6		(1.24)	2.2		(0.64)	2.8		(0.63)	‡		(†)	0.1		(0.02)	2.3		(0.54)	1.9	!	(0.63)	3.5	!	(1.37)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	7.4		(1.13)	4.8		(0.95)	10.6		(1.66)	5.4		(1.58)	4	!	(1.3)	0.2	!	(0.06)	5.3		(1.59)	5.1	!	(1.72)	7.5	!	(2.95)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native8	15.1		(0.63)	15.4		(0.80)	11.5		(0.77)	13.2		(0.78)	36		(2.3)	1.6		(0.10)	12.6		(0.79)	12.5		(0.80)	‡		(†)	3		(0.6)	37.9		(6.08)
American Indian	15.0		(0.79)	16.0		(0.92)	11.5		(0.83)	13.6		(0.87)	31		(2.2)	1.4		(0.10)	12.9		(0.89)	12.9		(0.89)	‡		(†)	2		(0.5)	42.0		(7.23)
Alaska Native	17.2		(3.93)	13.9		(2.51)	10.6		(1.73)	13.9		(3.56)	3		(0.8)	0.1		(0.03)	14.0		(3.60)	13.1		(3.70)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Some other race9	10.2		(1.23)	9.2		(1.42)	5.6		(1.03)	7.5		(1.15)	7		(1.2)	0.3		(0.06)	7.3		(1.15)	6.4		(1.24)	9.9		(2.86)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	7.8		(0.39)	6.1		(0.30)	5.0		(0.26)	4.7		(0.22)	55		(2.7)	2.4		(0.12)	4.4		(0.21)	4.4		(0.22)	5.0		(1.09)	4		(0.7)	24.5		(3.76)
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	7.2		(0.10)	6.1		(0.09)	5.0		(0.08)	5.1		(0.10)	537		(11.2)	41.6		(0.61)	4.9		(0.10)	4.9		(0.10)	3.9		(0.52)	26		(1.7)	25.0		(1.42)
Black	14.0		(0.31)	12.7		(0.26)	9.5		(0.22)	8.7		(0.22)	187		(6.2)	14.4		(0.44)	6.8		(0.23)	6.8		(0.23)	6.5		(0.94)	66		(2.3)	40.3		(1.07)
Hispanic	24.8		(0.36)	20.2		(0.34)	12.7		(0.23)	11.8		(0.21)	483		(8.9)	37.3		(0.58)	11.1		(0.20)	8.3		(0.21)	21.8		(0.70)	40		(2.0)	42.4		(1.78)
Asian	3.5		(0.28)	3.4		(0.25)	2.5		(0.19)	2.9		(0.22)	30		(2.2)	2.3		(0.17)	2.8		(0.21)	1.9		(0.20)	4.0		(0.37)	‡		(†)	25.4	!	(8.18)
Pacific Islander	7.7		(1.54)	4.9		(1.05)	12.6		(2.45)	4.0	!	(1.27)	‡		(†)	0.1	!	(0.04)	3.9	!	(1.31)	4.2	!	(1.44)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	17.3		(1.08)	17.6		(1.34)	13.1		(1.13)	14.4		(1.03)	19		(1.6)	1.5		(0.13)	13.2		(1.07)	13.2		(1.07)	‡		(†)	2		(0.6)	43.4		(6.79)
Some other race9	11.4		(1.78)	11.3		(2.16)	5.5		(1.36)	8.6		(1.73)	‡		(†)	0.3		(0.07)	8.4		(1.76)	9.0		(1.91)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	8.8		(0.59)	7.3		(0.49)	5.0		(0.34)	5.4		(0.36)	31		(2.2)	2.4		(0.17)	5.0		(0.34)	5.2		(0.34)	2.8	!	(0.99)	3		(0.6)	24.5		(4.16)
Female
White	5.5		(0.08)	4.5		(0.09)	3.9		(0.09)	3.9		(0.08)	402		(8.6)	42.2		(0.73)	3.8		(0.08)	3.8		(0.08)	4.0		(0.53)	5		(0.7)	22.7		(2.54)
Black	9.0		(0.23)	7.8		(0.23)	6.3		(0.21)	5.7		(0.20)	159		(5.5)	16.7		(0.53)	5.6		(0.19)	5.6		(0.19)	5.9		(0.81)	3		(0.5)	21.9		(3.49)
Hispanic	16.7		(0.29)	12.8		(0.27)	8.5		(0.20)	8.0		(0.20)	327		(8.3)	34.3		(0.78)	7.9		(0.20)	6.2		(0.19)	15.2		(0.48)	4		(0.6)	30.0		(3.66)
Asian	2.7		(0.22)	2.3		(0.20)	2.6		(0.21)	1.9		(0.19)	19		(1.9)	2.0		(0.20)	1.9		(0.19)	1.0		(0.16)	3.0		(0.34)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	7.2		(1.49)	4.8	!	(1.60)	8.3		(1.64)	6.6	!	(2.46)	‡		(†)	0.3	!	(0.12)	6.5	!	(2.47)	5.8	!	(2.72)	11.3	!	(4.52)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	12.9		(0.98)	13.2		(1.15)	9.9		(0.93)	11.9		(1.15)	17		(1.7)	1.8		(0.17)	11.9		(1.15)	11.8		(1.15)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Some other race9	8.9		(1.72)	7.1		(1.69)	5.6		(1.48)	6.2		(1.73)	‡		(†)	0.3		(0.09)	6.3		(1.74)	3.8	!	(1.27)	13.7	!	(5.26)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	6.8		(0.51)	4.9		(0.41)	5.0		(0.39)	3.9		(0.31)	23		(1.9)	2.4		(0.20)	3.8		(0.31)	3.6		(0.31)	7.6		(2.15)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Age
16	3.3		(0.10)	2.5		(0.09)	2.2		(0.10)	2.3		(0.09)	95		(4.0)	4.2		(0.17)	2.3		(0.09)	2.2		(0.09)	3.7		(0.51)	2		(0.5)	6.3		(1.37)
17	5.5		(0.14)	4.0		(0.12)	3.0		(0.12)	3.2		(0.10)	127		(4.1)	5.7		(0.18)	3.1		(0.10)	3.0		(0.10)	3.8		(0.47)	5		(0.6)	13.3		(1.69)
18	8.0		(0.18)	6.7		(0.14)	4.8		(0.15)	4.6		(0.13)	200		(5.8)	8.9		(0.25)	4.4		(0.13)	4.2		(0.13)	7.3		(0.62)	9		(1.0)	31.0		(2.57)
19	10.0		(0.18)	8.9		(0.19)	6.0		(0.18)	5.9		(0.15)	230		(5.8)	10.3		(0.25)	5.6		(0.14)	5.3		(0.13)	8.7		(0.62)	15		(1.4)	43.1		(2.87)
20–24	12.2		(0.11)	10.6		(0.10)	7.9		(0.07)	7.6		(0.08)	1,593		(17.9)	70.9		(0.44)	7.1		(0.08)	6.4		(0.08)	13.7		(0.32)	120		(3.1)	39.7		(0.93)
English speaking ability
Spoke English at home or       spoke English very well	7.9		(0.06)	6.9		(0.07)	5.5		(0.05)	5.3		(0.05)	1,886		(18.4)	84.0		(0.36)	5.0		(0.05)	5.0		(0.05)	4.8		(0.18)	139		(3.4)	33.5		(0.70)
Spoke a language other than English       at home and spoke English less       than very well	34.7		(0.47)	31.0		(0.42)	21.8		(0.47)	20.5		(0.41)	359		(8.7)	16.0		(0.36)	20.0		(0.41)	12.4		(0.57)	24.0		(0.53)	13		(1.4)	55.3		(3.20)
Region
Northeast	7.4		(0.14)	6.3		(0.13)	5.2		(0.11)	4.8		(0.13)	308		(8.6)	13.7		(0.36)	4.5		(0.13)	4.0		(0.12)	9.2		(0.55)	20		(1.5)	29.9		(1.79)
Midwest	8.1		(0.13)	7.2		(0.12)	5.7		(0.10)	5.6		(0.11)	448		(9.2)	20.0		(0.37)	5.4		(0.11)	5.1		(0.11)	10.0		(0.66)	27		(1.3)	29.4		(1.32)
South	11.0		(0.13)	9.6		(0.13)	6.9		(0.10)	6.6		(0.10)	910		(14.1)	40.5		(0.46)	6.2		(0.10)	5.6		(0.10)	12.3		(0.42)	75		(2.4)	39.7		(1.15)
West	10.7		(0.13)	8.9		(0.14)	6.6		(0.10)	6.4		(0.10)	580		(9.5)	25.8		(0.38)	6.2		(0.10)	5.5		(0.11)	11.4		(0.46)	30		(1.8)	32.8		(1.64)

—Not available.

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

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

1 Persons living in households as well as persons living in noninstitutionalized group quarters. Noninstitutionalized group quarters include college and university housing, military quarters, facilities for workers and religious groups, and temporary shelters for the homeless.

2 Persons living in institutionalized group quarters, including adult and juvenile correctional facilities, nursing facilities, and other health care facilities.

3 United States refers to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Marianas.

4 Includes other Central American subgroups not shown separately.

5 Includes Taiwanese.

6 In addition to the subgroups shown, also includes Sri Lankan.

7 Consists of Indonesian and Malaysian.

8 Includes persons reporting American Indian alone, persons reporting Alaska Native alone, and persons from American Indian and/or Alaska Native tribes specified or not specified.

9 Respondents who wrote in some other race that was not included as an option on the questionnaire.

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 and whether they ever attended school in the United States. People who have received GED credentials are counted as high school completers. Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population of 16- to 24-year-olds residing within the United States. Estimates may differ from those in tables based on the Current Population Survey (CPS) because of differences in survey design and target populations. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and the suppression of data that do not meet reporting standards. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2015. (This table was prepared February 2017.)