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Digest of Education Statistics: 2018
Digest of Education Statistics: 2018

NCES 2020-009
December 2019


Figure 24. Percentage distribution of 2016–17 high school dropouts and high school completers not enrolled in college, by labor force status: October 2017

Figure 24. Percentage distribution of 2016–17 high school dropouts and high school completers not enrolled in college, by labor force status: October 2017

NOTE: Estimates are for 16- to 24-year-olds only. Dropouts are those who left school in the 12-month period ending in October 2017 without completing a high school credential. Completers are those who received either a high school diploma or an equivalency credential between January and October 2017. Excludes persons in the military and persons living in institutions (e.g., prisons or nursing facilities). Graphic display was generated using unrounded data. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2017.