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Table 219.67. High school completion rate of 18- to 24-year-olds not enrolled in high school (status completion rate), number of 18- to 24-year-olds not in high school, and number who are high school completers (status completers), by selected characteristics: Selected years, 2010 through 2021
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Selected characteristic Status completion rate1 2021
Number of 18- to 24-year-olds not enrolled in high school (in thousands) Percentage distribution of 18- to 24-year-olds not enrolled in high school
2010 2015 2020 2021 Total population2 Status completers only3 Total population2 Status completers only3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Total 90.4   (0.35) 93.0   (0.33) 94.3   (0.35) 94.2   (0.33) 27,145   (378.8) 25,563   (364.1) 100.0   (†) 100.0   (†)
Sex                                                
Male 89.2   (0.53) 92.5   (0.44) 93.1   (0.50) 93.6   (0.46) 13,518   (224.4) 12,654   (212.2) 49.8   (0.23) 49.5   (0.28)
Female 91.6   (0.38) 93.4   (0.45) 95.4   (0.39) 94.7   (0.45) 13,627   (170.6) 12,908   (177.0) 50.2   (0.23) 50.5   (0.28)

Race/ethnicity
                                               
White 93.7   (0.38) 94.7   (0.36) 95.0   (0.48) 95.2   (0.04) 14,264   (206.2) 13,581   (203.7) 52.5   (0.27) 53.1   (0.33)
Black 89.2   (1.08) 91.9   (0.91) 95.4   (0.75) 95.5   (0.75) 3,674   (85.8) 3,509   (85.5) 13.5   (0.20) 13.7   (0.23)
Hispanic 79.4   (1.21) 88.4   (0.93) 91.3   (0.81) 90.3   (0.82) 6,486   (99.7) 5,854   (105.9) 23.9   (0.23) 22.9   (0.28)
Asian 95.3   (1.26) 97.3   (0.75) 97.1   (0.81) 98.1   (0.63) 1,602   (49.0) 1,572   (48.8) 5.9   (0.19) 6.1   (0.20)
Pacific Islander 92.9   (4.17) 94.2   (4.80) 95.2   (2.76) 94.7   (2.91) 106   (22.5) 100   (21.6) 0.4   (0.08) 0.4   (0.08)
American Indian/Alaska Native 84.3   (4.61) 81.8   (5.03) 89.1   (3.66) 91.3   (3.27) 263   (36.8) 240   (33.1) 1.0   (0.13) 0.9   (0.13)
Two or more races 92.1   (2.06) 94.1   (1.71) 95.1   (1.79) 94.2   (2.11) 751   (58.6) 707   (56.3) 2.8   (0.20) 2.8   (0.21)

Race/ethnicity by sex
                                               
Male                                                
White 93.1   (0.53) 94.2   (0.50) 94.2   (0.63) 95.1   (0.58) 7,202   (97.1) 6,846   (98.6) 53.3   (0.48) 54.1   (0.54)
Black 87.3   (1.60) 92.2   (1.34) 93.6   (1.23) 95.0   (1.04) 1,733   (59.6) 1,647   (59.1) 12.8   (0.29) 13.0   (0.34)
Hispanic 76.4   (1.75) 87.9   (1.16) 89.3   (1.27) 88.9   (1.16) 3,217   (91.6) 2,859   (92.4) 23.8   (0.37) 22.6   (0.46)
Asian 96.0   (1.62) 96.4   (1.19) 96.3   (1.16) 97.6   (1.00) 798   (31.7) 778   (32.3) 5.9   (0.27) 6.2   (0.29)
Pacific Islander 88.6   (6.30) 94.2   (4.56)   (†)   (†) 74   (19.8) 71   (19.7) 0.5   (0.14) 0.6   (0.15)
American Indian/Alaska Native 86.8   (5.61) 79.7   (8.34) 84.5   (5.86) 83.3   (6.66) 100   (23.0) 84   (19.0) 0.7   (0.17) 0.7   (0.15)
Two or more races 97.7   (1.93) 91.7   (2.83) 97.3   (1.24) 93.8   (3.22) 394   (35.3) 370   (34.8) 2.9   (0.24) 2.9   (0.26)
Female                                                
White 94.4   (0.45) 95.2   (0.46) 95.8   (0.51) 95.4   (0.59) 7,062   (127.2) 6,735   (128.1) 51.8   (0.48) 52.2   (0.52)
Black 91.0   (1.18) 91.7   (1.29) 97.0   (0.75) 95.9   (0.99) 1,942   (42.4) 1,862   (44.5) 14.2   (0.26) 14.4   (0.30)
Hispanic 82.4   (1.34) 89.0   (1.32) 93.4   (0.94) 91.6   (1.04) 3,269   (54.9) 2,995   (60.1) 24.0   (0.47) 23.2   (0.49)
Asian 94.7   (1.71) 98.2   (0.99) 97.8   (1.04) 98.7   (0.83) 804   (37.4) 794   (37.3) 5.9   (0.26) 6.1 ! (0.27)
Pacific Islander   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 32 ! (10.8) 29 ! (10.7) 0.2 ! (0.08) 0.2   (0.08)
American Indian/Alaska Native 81.2   (7.58) 83.9   (5.72) 92.4   (4.63) 96.2   (2.74) 162   (25.1) 156   (24.0) 1.2   (0.18) 1.2   (0.18)
Two or more races 87.3   (3.58) 96.2   (2.03) 92.8   (3.54) 94.6   (2.78) 357   (38.5) 337   (37.7) 2.6   (0.28) 2.6   (0.29)

Age
                                               
18 and 19 90.6   (0.67) 90.1   (0.79) 92.9   (0.61) 91.4   (0.70) 6,610   (121.0) 6,042   (121.4) 24.3   (0.25) 23.6   (0.30)
20 and 21 90.0   (0.64) 93.7   (0.51) 94.5   (0.55) 95.0   (0.54) 8,182   (189.9) 7,770   (188.9) 30.1   (0.65) 30.4   (0.69)
22 to 24 90.6   (0.48) 93.9   (0.41) 94.9   (0.48) 95.1   (0.46) 12,354   (268.7) 11,750   (261.1) 45.5   (0.65) 46.0   (0.67)

Recency of immigration4
                                               
Born outside the United States 78.1   (1.59) 87.4   (1.22) 88.3   (1.47) 89.2   (1.43) 2,693   (120.7) 2,403   (112.2) 9.9   (0.45) 9.4   (0.44)
Hispanic 66.3   (2.46) 78.9   (2.34) 81.7   (2.55) 80.4   (2.57) 1,332   (80.8) 1,071   (70.8) 4.9   (0.29) 4.2   (0.27)
Non-Hispanic 92.5   (1.44) 94.6   (1.25) 95.4   (1.17) 97.8   (0.79) 1,362   (93.6) 1,332   (93.7) 5.0   (0.35) 5.2   (0.37)
First generation 90.9   (0.77) 94.4   (0.71) 95.2   (0.63) 95.4   (0.57) 5,424   (162.2) 5,176   (157.0) 20.0   (0.56) 20.2   (0.56)
Hispanic 86.7   (1.28) 91.8   (1.14) 93.3   (1.02) 93.7   (0.91) 3,140   (101.6) 2,943   (100.9) 11.6   (0.36) 11.5   (0.37)
Non-Hispanic 95.5   (0.85) 97.8   (0.54) 97.5   (0.65) 97.8   (0.59) 2,284   (118.9) 2,233   (116.8) 8.4   (0.42) 8.7   (0.44)
Second generation or higher 92.0   (0.38) 93.4   (0.36) 94.8   (0.41) 94.5   (0.35) 19,028   (345.8) 17,984   (327.7) 70.1   (0.61) 70.4   (0.61)
Hispanic 83.7   (1.82) 90.0   (1.53) 94.4   (1.18) 91.3   (1.32) 2,015   (103.0) 1,840   (97.9) 7.4   (0.36) 7.2   (0.36)
Non-Hispanic 92.7   (0.37) 93.8   (0.36) 94.9   (0.43) 94.9   (0.40) 17,013   (308.1) 16,143   (294.6) 62.7   (0.52) 63.2   (0.54)

Disability5
                                               
With a disability 75.8   (2.41) 83.5   (1.90) 88.9   (1.96) 88.3   (1.91) 1,234   (81.5) 1,089   (76.1) 4.5   (0.28) 4.3   (0.28)
Without a disability 90.9   (0.35) 93.4   (0.33) 94.5   (0.36) 94.4   (0.33) 25,912   (359.4) 24,473   (348.3) 95.5   (0.28) 95.7   (0.28)

Region
                                               
Northeast 92.7   (0.74) 95.2   (0.67) 93.5   (0.85) 95.0   (0.87) 4,535   (147.1) 4,310   (147.3) 16.7   (0.51) 16.9   (0.55)
Midwest 91.5   (0.71) 93.9   (0.71) 93.6   (0.93) 94.0   (0.74) 5,433   (162.9) 5,109   (162.2) 20.0   (0.55) 20.0   (0.59)
South 89.7   (0.65) 91.3   (0.55) 94.8   (0.51) 93.8   (0.52) 10,407   (244.6) 9,764   (243.7) 38.3   (0.67) 38.2   (0.70)
West 88.6   (0.74) 93.2   (0.60) 94.5   (0.59) 94.2   (0.67) 6,770   (193.5) 6,380   (181.5) 24.9   (0.60) 25.0   (0.61)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate).
1The status completion rate is the number of 18- to 24-year-olds who are high school completers as a percentage of the total number of 18- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school or a lower level of education. High school completers include those with a high school diploma, as well as those with an alternative credential, such as a GED.
2Includes all 18- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school or a lower level of education.
3Status completers are 18- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in high school or a lower level of education and who also are high school completers--that is, those who have either a high school diploma or an alternative credential, such as a GED.
4United States refers to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Marianas. Children born abroad to U.S.-citizen parents are counted as born in the United States. Individuals defined as "first generation" were born in the United States, but one or both of their parents were born outside the United States. Individuals defined as "second generation or higher" were born in the United States, as were both of their parents.
5Individuals identified as having a disability reported difficulty in at least one of the following: hearing, seeing even when wearing glasses, walking or climbing stairs, dressing or bathing, doing errands alone, concentrating, remembering, or making decisions.
NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutionalized population, which excludes persons in the military and persons living in institutions (e.g., prisons or nursing facilities). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and the suppression of cells that do not meet National Center for Education Statistics reporting standards.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October, 2010 through 2021. (This table was prepared September 2022.)

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