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Table 501.20. Labor force participation, employment, and unemployment of persons 16 to 24 years old who are not enrolled in school, by age group, sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment: 2018, 2019, and 2021
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Age group, sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment Labor force participation Employment Unemployment
Labor force participation rate1 Number of participants (in thousands) Employment to population ratio2 Number employed
(in thousands)
Unemployment rate3 Number unemployed
(in thousands)
2018 2019 2021 2021 2018 2019 2021 2021 2018 2019 2021 2021
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
16 to 19 years old                                                                        
All persons, all education levels 65.6   (0.40) 67.2   (0.46) 65.5   (0.39) 1,768   (19.3) 52.6   (0.40) 55.6   (0.44) 54.5   (0.41) 1,472   (16.3) 19.8   (0.37) 17.3   (0.44) 16.7   (0.36) 296   (7.6)
Less than high school completion 48.3   (0.78) 49.7   (1.00) 47.2   (0.97) 310   (8.5) 35.2   (0.77) 39.2   (0.94) 36.9   (0.83) 243   (6.9) 27.2   (1.15) 21.1   (0.98) 21.7   (0.89) 67   (3.5)
High school completion4 71.3   (0.49) 72.0   (0.49) 70.7   (0.40) 1,227   (15.6) 57.8   (0.52) 59.6   (0.47) 59.2   (0.47) 1,028   (14.0) 19.0   (0.48) 17.1   (0.45) 16.2   (0.47) 199   (6.4)
At least some college 74.3   (1.15) 78.1   (1.00) 75.2   (1.21) 231   (5.9) 64.3   (1.12) 68.0   (1.26) 65.5   (1.28) 201   (5.4) 13.5   (0.98) 12.9   (1.06) 12.9   (0.99) 30   (2.5)
Male, all education levels 66.9   (0.54) 68.5   (0.59) 66.4   (0.53) 1,016   (14.1) 53.4   (0.62) 55.9   (0.55) 54.6   (0.56) 836   (12.9) 20.1   (0.61) 18.5   (0.56) 17.7   (0.54) 180   (6.0)
Less than high school completion 51.0   (1.11) 51.9   (1.24) 49.8   (1.17) 193   (6.6) 37.4   (1.11) 40.5   (1.11) 38.0   (1.00) 147   (5.3) 26.8   (1.59) 22.0   (1.24) 23.7   (1.31) 46   (3.1)
High school completion4 72.7   (0.67) 73.7   (0.65) 71.6   (0.57) 707   (11.8) 58.9   (0.78) 60.1   (0.65) 59.4   (0.68) 587   (11.0) 19.0   (0.74) 18.4   (0.64) 17.0   (0.65) 120   (5.0)
At least some college 74.7   (1.45) 79.1   (1.48) 74.8   (1.71) 116   (4.6) 63.9   (1.49) 68.6   (1.74) 65.5   (1.91) 102   (4.2) 14.5   (1.29) 13.3   (1.34) 12.4   (1.39) 14   (1.8)
Female, all education levels 63.8   (0.60) 65.3   (0.70) 64.3   (0.60) 752   (10.8) 51.4   (0.58) 55.2   (0.73) 54.4   (0.62) 636   (9.6) 19.4   (0.64) 15.5   (0.68) 15.4   (0.54) 116   (4.5)
Less than high school completion 44.1   (1.23) 46.5   (1.51) 43.4   (1.45) 117   (4.4) 31.9   (1.19) 37.3   (1.36) 35.4   (1.30) 95   (3.9) 27.8   (1.63) 19.7   (1.45) 18.6   (1.59) 22   (2.1)
High school completion4 69.4   (0.76) 69.6   (0.77) 69.5   (0.64) 520   (8.9) 56.3   (0.73) 59.0   (0.84) 58.9   (0.65) 441   (8.0) 18.9   (0.85) 15.3   (0.76) 15.2   (0.69) 79   (3.9)
At least some college 74.0   (1.73) 77.0   (1.61) 75.6   (1.65) 115   (4.5) 64.8   (1.81) 67.4   (1.97) 65.5   (1.60) 99   (3.7) 12.5   (1.45) 12.5   (1.62) 13.4   (1.46) 15   (2.0)
American Indian/Alaska Native, all
   education levels
52.6   (3.77) 52.4   (3.35) 54.3   (3.30) 15   (1.4) 38.6   (3.80) 34.6   (3.43) 40.9   (3.33) 11   (1.2) 26.6   (4.88) 33.9   (4.49) 24.7   (4.16) 4   (0.7)
Less than high school completion 43.6   (5.48) 33.4   (5.38) 32.3   (5.56) 3   (0.5) 28.8   (6.47) 21.5   (5.55) 22.7   (4.91) 2   (0.4) 33.9 ! (10.25) 35.5 ! (11.37) 29.8   (8.92) 1 ! (0.3)
High school completion4 55.8   (5.07) 60.6   (4.24) 62.2   (3.82) 11   (1.2) 40.4   (4.90) 39.1   (4.13) 47.7   (4.16) 9   (1.1) 27.6   (6.34) 35.4   (5.19) 23.3   (4.82) 3   (0.6)
At least some college 59.4   (9.12) 54.2   (9.39) 68.5   (8.85) 1   (0.3) 55.8   (8.80) 44.5   (8.76) 50.5   (10.72) 1   (0.3)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Asian, all education levels 58.6   (2.86) 58.8   (3.05) 51.7   (2.27) 27   (1.9) 47.0   (3.01) 51.7   (3.06) 44.4   (2.12) 23   (1.8) 19.8   (3.33) 12.1   (2.64) 14.1   (2.21) 4   (0.6)
Less than high school completion 46.2   (5.22) 33.6   (5.09) 30.8   (4.22) 5   (0.8) 42.8   (5.32) 28.1   (4.81) 27.8   (4.04) 4   (0.7) 7.3 ! (2.99) 16.5 ! (8.13)   (†)   (†)
High school completion4 63.8   (3.98) 70.3   (3.80) 58.9   (3.37) 18   (1.6) 48.4   (4.02) 65.4   (4.06) 49.0   (3.28) 15   (1.6) 24.1   (4.51) 6.9   (1.93) 16.9   (3.18) 3   (0.6)
At least some college 59.7   (6.82) 65.3   (7.15) 67.6   (6.08) 4   (0.8) 48.2   (7.57) 49.7   (8.03) 63.4   (6.70) 4   (0.7) 19.3 ! (8.22) 23.9 ! (8.80)   (†)   (†)
Black, all education levels 57.7   (1.28) 59.1   (1.13) 60.2   (1.08) 256   (8.0) 41.2   (1.21) 44.7   (1.17) 42.8   (1.14) 182   (6.6) 28.6   (1.18) 24.4   (1.25) 29.0   (1.46) 74   (4.5)
Less than high school completion 37.3   (2.03) 37.7   (2.21) 41.4   (2.70) 42   (3.7) 21.0   (1.58) 25.9   (2.00) 28.1   (2.27) 28   (2.9) 43.6   (3.15) 31.1   (3.12) 32.0   (3.70) 13   (2.0)
High school completion4 64.6   (1.62) 63.6   (1.44) 65.8   (1.21) 182   (6.7) 47.3   (1.65) 47.2   (1.39) 46.8   (1.49) 130   (5.7) 26.8   (1.63) 25.8   (1.55) 28.8   (1.74) 52   (3.7)
At least some college 66.2   (3.16) 74.9   (2.56) 68.0   (3.43) 32   (2.4) 53.2   (2.91) 65.1   (3.17) 50.3   (3.64) 24   (2.0) 19.6   (3.05) 13.1   (2.32) 26.1   (3.71) 8   (1.4)
Hispanic, all education levels 64.4   (0.66) 67.3   (0.75) 65.1   (0.73) 528   (10.1) 52.2   (0.80) 56.1   (0.88) 54.6   (0.78) 443   (9.1) 18.9   (0.78) 16.6   (0.84) 16.1   (0.74) 85   (4.3)
Less than high school completion 48.7   (1.52) 55.1   (1.77) 51.2   (1.71) 109   (5.5) 37.0   (1.55) 45.1   (1.90) 40.4   (1.60) 86   (4.4) 24.0   (2.15) 18.1   (1.75) 21.1   (1.96) 23   (2.6)
High school completion4 70.2   (0.93) 70.9   (0.94) 69.7   (0.81) 357   (8.6) 57.1   (1.02) 59.0   (1.05) 59.4   (0.93) 304   (8.1) 18.6   (0.93) 16.8   (0.97) 14.8   (0.85) 53   (3.2)
At least some college 73.0   (1.96) 76.6   (2.26) 71.9   (2.34) 62   (3.2) 64.6   (2.09) 66.6   (2.38) 61.6   (2.49) 53   (3.1) 11.6   (1.61) 13.1   (2.05) 14.3   (2.15) 9   (1.4)
White, all education levels 69.2   (0.55) 70.4   (0.56) 68.7   (0.57) 833   (12.5) 57.2   (0.55) 59.8   (0.52) 59.8   (0.60) 725   (11.2) 17.3   (0.47) 15.1   (0.49) 13.0   (0.49) 108   (4.6)
Less than high school completion 51.9   (1.07) 51.6   (1.35) 48.5   (1.36) 135   (5.3) 39.0   (1.15) 41.3   (1.24) 39.6   (1.27) 110   (4.6) 24.8   (1.41) 20.0   (1.16) 18.3   (1.24) 25   (2.0)
High school completion4 74.5   (0.62) 75.5   (0.66) 73.9   (0.59) 583   (10.2) 62.4   (0.62) 64.7   (0.62) 64.5   (0.67) 510   (9.5) 16.3   (0.59) 14.3   (0.54) 12.6   (0.62) 74   (3.9)
At least some college 78.5   (1.50) 81.2   (1.39) 79.4   (1.47) 115   (4.2) 69.7   (1.51) 71.0   (1.73) 72.9   (1.51) 105   (4.0) 11.3   (1.15) 12.6   (1.34) 8.2   (1.12) 9   (1.3)
Two or more races, all education
   levels
69.6   (2.01) 69.9   (2.10) 63.8   (1.67) 96   (3.9) 54.0   (2.73) 54.8   (2.31) 50.8   (1.70) 76   (3.4) 22.5   (2.80) 21.6   (1.86) 20.4   (1.87) 20   (2.0)
Less than high school completion 47.9   (4.23) 48.6   (4.23) 39.2   (3.39) 14   (1.5) 32.8   (4.70) 34.4   (4.40) 26.6   (3.37) 9   (1.4) 31.5   (7.50) 29.3   (6.04) 32.1   (5.47) 4   (0.8)
High school completion4 75.4   (2.59) 76.4   (2.16) 70.0   (2.02) 66   (3.3) 60.6   (3.41) 59.5   (2.45) 56.3   (2.22) 53   (2.8) 19.6   (3.49) 22.2   (2.16) 19.6   (2.39) 13   (1.8)
At least some college 81.1   (3.89) 77.9   (5.15) 78.3   (3.62) 15   (1.4) 60.5   (6.07) 70.3   (5.81) 68.0   (3.99) 13   (1.4) 25.4   (6.15) 9.7 ! (3.82) 13.2   (3.53) 2   (0.5)
20 to 24 years old                                                                        
All persons, all education levels 82.5   (0.16) 83.3   (0.17) 81.7   (0.15) 10,361   (36.7) 74.6   (0.17) 75.8   (0.19) 72.8   (0.19) 9,232   (38.5) 9.57   (0.13) 9.0   (0.13) 10.9   (0.16) 1,129   (17.0)
Less than high school completion 63.6   (0.54) 65.5   (0.55) 63.5   (0.58) 863   (12.0) 52.8   (0.59) 55.1   (0.57) 52.8   (0.64) 717   (11.1) 17.0   (0.61) 15.9   (0.53) 16.9   (0.57) 146   (5.3)
High school completion4 79.8   (0.27) 80.4   (0.25) 78.8   (0.25) 4,390   (26.1) 70.5   (0.29) 71.7   (0.29) 68.9   (0.29) 3,836   (26.4) 11.7   (0.22) 10.8   (0.21) 12.6   (0.23) 554   (10.4)
Some college, no degree 86.6   (0.28) 87.0   (0.29) 84.9   (0.35) 2,321   (22.8) 79.8   (0.31) 80.3   (0.36) 76.4   (0.37) 2,087   (22.4) 7.9   (0.22) 7.7   (0.27) 10.1   (0.28) 234   (6.6)
Associate's degree 90.3   (0.49) 91.1   (0.59) 89.7   (0.52) 613   (11.8) 85.7   (0.59) 86.7   (0.70) 84.1   (0.63) 575   (11.0) 5.1   (0.42) 4.8   (0.42) 6.3   (0.45) 38   (3.0)
Bachelor's or higher degree 93.9   (0.21) 94.4   (0.19) 92.9   (0.22) 2,174   (23.7) 89.0   (0.27) 89.5   (0.27) 86.2   (0.31) 2,017   (22.3) 5.2   (0.20) 5.1   (0.21) 7.2   (0.28) 156   (6.4)
Male, all education levels 84.0   (0.22) 84.8   (0.20) 83.2   (0.19) 5,679   (23.9) 75.4   (0.22) 76.8   (0.24) 73.6   (0.24) 5,024   (25.4) 10.2   (0.16) 9.4   (0.19) 11.5   (0.21) 654   (12.1)
Less than high school completion 68.3   (0.64) 69.3   (0.67) 67.2   (0.59) 557   (9.5) 57.1   (0.74) 58.6   (0.68) 55.8   (0.70) 462   (8.5) 16.4   (0.72) 15.3   (0.66) 17.0   (0.74) 95   (4.6)
High school completion4 82.1   (0.32) 83.0   (0.29) 81.6   (0.27) 2,654   (20.1) 72.6   (0.35) 74.2   (0.35) 71.1   (0.33) 2,315   (19.4) 11.6   (0.25) 10.7   (0.27) 12.8   (0.31) 339   (8.6)
Some college, no degree 88.8   (0.38) 89.1   (0.36) 86.9   (0.39) 1,235   (14.9) 81.6   (0.46) 82.1   (0.45) 78.3   (0.46) 1,112   (13.8) 8.2   (0.33) 7.9   (0.35) 9.9   (0.39) 123   (5.2)
Associate's degree 92.6   (0.59) 92.6   (0.68) 92.1   (0.61) 304   (7.5) 87.2   (0.75) 87.8   (0.83) 86.5   (0.76) 286   (7.3) 5.8   (0.64) 5.2   (0.65) 6.1   (0.57) 19   (1.8)
Bachelor's or higher degree 94.3   (0.35) 94.8   (0.31) 93.3   (0.34) 928   (14.7) 88.3   (0.40) 89.4   (0.43) 85.4   (0.48) 849   (14.3) 6.4   (0.33) 5.7   (0.34) 8.5   (0.42) 79   (4.0)
Female, all education levels 80.7   (0.22) 81.6   (0.26) 80.0   (0.23) 4,682   (25.1) 73.6   (0.25) 74.7   (0.26) 71.9   (0.25) 4,208   (24.8) 8.8   (0.17) 8.5   (0.15) 10.1   (0.21) 475   (9.9)
Less than high school completion 56.4   (1.03) 59.8   (1.00) 57.8   (1.03) 306   (7.5) 46.2   (0.99) 49.7   (1.02) 48.1   (1.02) 255   (6.6) 18.0   (0.96) 16.9   (0.96) 16.7   (0.93) 51   (3.2)
High school completion4 76.6   (0.43) 76.6   (0.42) 74.9   (0.46) 1,736   (19.0) 67.6   (0.48) 68.3   (0.45) 65.6   (0.49) 1,521   (18.1) 11.7   (0.35) 10.9   (0.28) 12.4   (0.36) 215   (6.5)
Some college, no degree 84.3   (0.37) 84.8   (0.51) 82.8   (0.50) 1,087   (15.8) 77.9   (0.41) 78.4   (0.53) 74.3   (0.51) 975   (14.9) 7.5   (0.34) 7.5   (0.37) 10.3   (0.43) 111   (4.9)
Associate's degree 88.3   (0.81) 89.6   (0.83) 87.5   (0.75) 309   (8.5) 84.4   (0.96) 85.6   (1.01) 81.9   (0.88) 289   (7.6) 4.4   (0.56) 4.4   (0.51) 6.4   (0.59) 20   (2.1)
Bachelor's or higher degree 93.5   (0.26) 94.1   (0.26) 92.6   (0.27) 1,245   (15.4) 89.6   (0.34) 89.6   (0.36) 86.8   (0.41) 1,168   (14.8) 4.2   (0.24) 4.7   (0.27) 6.2   (0.33) 77   (4.3)
American Indian/Alaska Native, all
   education levels
66.6   (1.63) 69.4   (1.74) 67.7   (1.79) 66   (2.7) 54.4   (1.74) 58.5   (1.85) 55.6   (2.14) 54   (2.8) 18.3   (1.98) 15.7   (1.48) 17.9   (2.20) 12   (1.5)
Less than high school completion 45.9   (4.69) 57.4   (5.04) 50.3   (4.02) 9   (1.1) 31.4   (4.61) 43.9   (5.00) 30.2   (3.99) 6   (0.8) 31.6   (5.87) 23.6   (4.90) 39.9   (7.02) 4   (0.8)
High school completion4 66.3   (2.36) 64.8   (2.47) 65.6   (2.46) 34   (2.4) 53.6   (2.42) 54.6   (2.61) 53.7   (2.64) 28   (2.1) 19.0   (2.69) 15.8   (2.23) 18.1   (2.87) 6   (1.1)
Some college, no degree 76.9   (2.83) 78.1   (2.87) 80.9   (3.61) 15   (1.4) 65.4   (3.85) 66.9   (3.83) 72.6   (4.19) 13   (1.4) 14.9   (4.09) 14.4 ! (4.41) 10.2   (2.94) 2   (0.4)
Associate's degree 81.6   (8.38) 92.7   (3.82) 83.6   (6.06) 4   (0.7) 69.3   (8.88) 84.6   (6.33) 76.9   (6.54) 4   (0.7) 15.0 ! (6.39)   (†) 7.9 ! (3.59) #   (†)
Bachelor's or higher degree 84.4   (6.83) 100.0   (†) 94.1   (4.92) 4   (0.9) 83.5   (6.91) 92.0   (5.39) 90.4   (5.48) 4   (0.9)   (†)   (†)   (†) #   (†)
Asian, all education levels 82.6   (0.65) 84.4   (0.84) 81.3   (0.63) 335   (6.4) 76.5   (0.76) 78.4   (0.80) 73.0   (0.78) 301   (6.4) 7.4   (0.58) 7.1   (0.54) 10.2   (0.61) 34   (2.1)
Less than high school completion 68.2   (3.41) 56.0   (4.46) 60.0   (3.86) 16   (1.8) 60.9   (3.30) 51.3   (4.61) 49.7   (3.98) 14   (1.5) 10.7   (2.46) 8.4 ! (2.62) 17.2   (4.37) 3   (0.8)
High school completion4 76.5   (1.75) 81.1   (1.71) 76.4   (1.58) 76   (3.7) 69.4   (1.91) 75.0   (1.73) 66.9   (1.88) 67   (3.6) 9.2   (1.49) 7.5   (1.10) 12.4   (1.54) 9   (1.2)
Some college, no degree 80.1   (1.77) 79.7   (2.21) 76.4   (2.01) 50   (3.0) 74.5   (1.78) 72.7   (2.16) 68.8   (1.99) 45   (2.9) 7.0   (1.06) 8.7   (1.56) 10.0   (1.49) 5   (0.8)
Associate's degree 80.5   (3.76) 88.1   (3.39) 84.7   (2.88) 20   (1.6) 77.0   (4.25) 84.6   (3.44) 76.6   (3.43) 18   (1.6)   (†) 3.9 ! (1.58) 9.5   (2.15) 2   (0.4)
Bachelor's or higher degree 88.8   (1.01) 90.6   (0.75) 88.1   (0.79) 172   (3.9) 82.9   (1.23) 84.6   (0.97) 80.5   (0.96) 157   (3.9) 6.7   (0.77) 6.7   (0.82) 8.6   (0.77) 15   (1.4)
Black, all education levels 75.4   (0.44) 77.4   (0.56) 75.1   (0.44) 1,358   (17.4) 62.4   (0.52) 64.7   (0.70) 60.0   (0.57) 1,086   (16.6) 17.2   (0.51) 16.4   (0.53) 20.1   (0.51) 273   (7.3)
Less than high school completion 50.3   (1.68) 55.2   (1.50) 48.7   (1.75) 97   (5.0) 33.6   (1.52) 38.4   (1.72) 32.8   (1.59) 65   (3.7) 33.3   (2.10) 30.4   (2.17) 32.7   (2.29) 32   (2.9)
High school completion4 72.8   (0.80) 74.8   (0.91) 73.3   (0.74) 680   (12.9) 58.7   (0.86) 61.0   (1.03) 57.2   (0.85) 530   (11.8) 19.3   (0.79) 18.5   (0.69) 22.0   (0.72) 149   (5.2)
Some college, no degree 85.5   (0.86) 84.7   (0.81) 82.9   (0.83) 357   (10.7) 74.3   (1.03) 73.2   (0.98) 68.1   (1.00) 293   (10.1) 13.1   (0.74) 13.6   (0.86) 17.9   (0.93) 64   (3.4)
Associate's degree 87.7   (1.58) 86.0   (2.38) 85.3   (2.04) 56   (4.0) 75.4   (2.57) 78.9   (2.73) 76.0   (2.51) 50   (3.7) 14.1   (2.45) 8.2   (1.61) 10.9   (1.81) 6   (1.1)
Bachelor's or higher degree 90.5   (0.99) 91.3   (1.22) 90.4   (1.00) 168   (6.1) 84.0   (1.23) 83.6   (1.58) 78.7   (1.37) 146   (5.7) 7.2   (1.04) 8.4   (1.20) 12.9   (1.28) 22   (2.3)
Hispanic, all education levels 81.3   (0.29) 82.0   (0.34) 80.0   (0.34) 2,566   (19.6) 73.7   (0.33) 74.9   (0.31) 71.4   (0.36) 2,289   (19.1) 9.3   (0.24) 8.6   (0.26) 10.8   (0.26) 278   (7.0)
Less than high school completion 69.7   (0.93) 71.9   (0.86) 70.1   (0.91) 352   (7.9) 61.4   (1.05) 63.1   (0.93) 61.3   (0.97) 308   (7.6) 11.9   (0.72) 12.2   (0.78) 12.5   (0.80) 44   (3.0)
High school completion4 80.7   (0.51) 81.1   (0.49) 78.8   (0.44) 1,208   (13.7) 72.2   (0.56) 73.9   (0.44) 69.7   (0.46) 1,069   (13.4) 10.5   (0.44) 8.8   (0.36) 11.5   (0.40) 138   (5.0)
Some college, no degree 85.7   (0.57) 85.7   (0.61) 84.1   (0.75) 604   (11.5) 79.4   (0.66) 79.6   (0.72) 75.1   (0.88) 540   (11.4) 7.4   (0.46) 7.0   (0.53) 10.7   (0.60) 65   (3.7)
Associate's degree 90.1   (1.12) 88.0   (1.84) 85.9   (1.35) 120   (5.6) 85.6   (1.28) 81.6   (1.87) 79.7   (1.55) 111   (5.2) 5.0   (0.80) 7.2   (1.23) 7.2   (1.12) 9   (1.4)
Bachelor's or higher degree 90.9   (0.84) 92.1   (0.69) 90.1   (0.76) 283   (8.1) 85.2   (1.08) 86.0   (0.96) 83.2   (0.96) 261   (7.7) 6.3   (0.81) 6.6   (0.68) 7.7   (0.64) 22   (1.9)
White, all education levels 85.4   (0.20) 85.9   (0.18) 84.6   (0.18) 5,462   (26.3) 78.9   (0.20) 79.8   (0.21) 77.4   (0.23) 5,001   (26.4) 7.6   (0.15) 7.1   (0.16) 8.4   (0.19) 461   (10.8)
Less than high school completion 64.1   (0.74) 64.6   (0.90) 63.3   (0.91) 337   (6.8) 53.6   (0.77) 55.5   (0.82) 53.1   (0.93) 282   (5.7) 16.3   (0.89) 14.0   (0.84) 16.1   (0.85) 54   (3.3)
High school completion4 82.2   (0.33) 82.1   (0.28) 81.1   (0.31) 2,139   (18.5) 74.3   (0.36) 74.5   (0.32) 73.0   (0.39) 1,925   (19.0) 9.6   (0.26) 9.2   (0.27) 10.0   (0.32) 214   (6.8)
Some college, no degree 88.0   (0.32) 89.2   (0.39) 86.6   (0.41) 1,162   (13.8) 82.5   (0.35) 84.1   (0.42) 80.2   (0.51) 1,076   (14.2) 6.2   (0.30) 5.8   (0.24) 7.4   (0.36) 86   (4.1)
Associate's degree 91.6   (0.52) 93.3   (0.51) 91.9   (0.66) 385   (9.0) 88.2   (0.64) 90.0   (0.69) 87.3   (0.67) 366   (8.6) 3.6   (0.42) 3.6   (0.41) 5.0   (0.47) 19   (1.9)
Bachelor's or higher degree 95.5   (0.20) 95.7   (0.23) 94.4   (0.21) 1,439   (17.2) 91.2   (0.31) 91.6   (0.35) 88.6   (0.36) 1,351   (16.5) 4.5   (0.24) 4.2   (0.24) 6.1   (0.32) 88   (4.8)
Two or more races, all education
   levels
81.7   (0.77) 83.6   (0.84) 82.1   (0.68) 503   (10.7) 72.6   (0.87) 73.2   (1.00) 71.7   (0.86) 439   (10.5) 11.1   (0.68) 12.5   (0.89) 12.7   (0.63) 64   (3.2)
Less than high school completion 63.7   (3.34) 63.2   (3.45) 67.0   (2.66) 43   (3.0) 52.5   (2.83) 45.4   (2.97) 55.2   (2.96) 35   (2.8) 17.6   (3.06) 28.2   (3.63) 17.7   (2.74) 8   (1.2)
High school completion4 78.4   (1.36) 82.6   (1.12) 79.1   (1.18) 220   (7.2) 66.8   (1.69) 70.0   (1.61) 67.0   (1.44) 187   (6.9) 14.8   (1.53) 15.2   (1.62) 15.3   (1.12) 34   (2.6)
Some college, no degree 86.3   (1.49) 86.0   (1.32) 85.0   (1.32) 119   (5.8) 78.8   (1.57) 77.4   (1.71) 76.3   (1.50) 107   (5.3) 8.7   (1.13) 10.0   (1.49) 10.2   (1.08) 12   (1.4)
Associate's degree 86.9   (3.52) 89.2   (3.43) 91.3   (2.09) 23   (2.2) 83.9   (3.50) 86.4   (3.46) 82.9   (3.16) 21   (2.1) 3.5 ! (1.48) 3.1 ! (1.50) 9.2   (2.49) 2   (0.6)
Bachelor's or higher degree 94.6   (1.06) 95.0   (1.17) 93.3   (1.02) 98   (4.2) 89.4   (1.36) 90.2   (1.50) 85.3   (1.56) 90   (3.9) 5.5   (0.99) 5.0   (0.94) 8.6   (1.19) 8   (1.2)
†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.
1Percentage of the civilian population who are employed or seeking employment.
2Number of persons employed as a percentage of the civilian population.
3Percentage of persons in the civilian labor force who are not working and who made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the prior 4 weeks.
4Includes equivalency credentials, such as the GED credential.
NOTE: Table excludes persons enrolled in school. Data are for all nonenrolled civilians in the given age range residing within the United States, including persons living in households and persons living in group quarters (e.g., residential treatment centers or correctional facilities). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2018, 2019, and 2021. (This table was prepared March 2023.)

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