Table 501.30.

Percentage and number of persons 18 to 24 years old who were neither enrolled in school nor working, by age group, high school completion status, sex, and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 2006 through 2021

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Age group, high school completion status, sex, and race/ethnicity	Percent who were neither enrolled in school nor working																																							2021
	2006			2008			2009			2010			2011			2012			2013			2014			2015			2016			2017			2018			2019			Number (in thousands)						Percent who were neither enrolled in school nor working
																																								Total			Neither enrolled in school nor working
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			14			15			16			17
18 to 24 years old,       all persons	15.4		(0.07)	15.2		(0.08)	17.6		(0.09)	17.9		(0.09)	17.7		(0.08)	17.1		(0.08)	16.7		(0.11)	15.9		(0.09)	14.8		(0.09)	14.1		(0.09)	13.9		(0.10)	13.5		(0.09)	12.8		(0.10)	30,207		(36.4)	4,430		(27.7)	14.7		(0.09)
Sex
Male	14.5		(0.10)	14.8		(0.12)	18.1		(0.15)	18.5		(0.12)	18.3		(0.12)	17.6		(0.11)	17.1		(0.14)	16.1		(0.14)	15.2		(0.13)	14.6		(0.12)	14.3		(0.12)	13.9		(0.12)	13.3		(0.12)	15,429		(22.3)	2,361		(19.9)	15.3		(0.12)
Female	16.4		(0.12)	15.6		(0.13)	17.0		(0.12)	17.2		(0.12)	17.1		(0.11)	16.6		(0.13)	16.3		(0.14)	15.7		(0.12)	14.5		(0.13)	13.6		(0.12)	13.4		(0.13)	13.0		(0.11)	12.4		(0.13)	14,777		(22.1)	2,069		(17.8)	14.0		(0.11)
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native	30.2		(1.20)	29.0		(1.31)	34.0		(1.17)	34.3		(1.15)	33.3		(1.29)	32.7		(1.07)	33.3		(1.06)	32.1		(1.15)	31.0		(1.10)	32.0		(1.01)	29.2		(1.15)	28.7		(1.11)	27.0		(1.23)	198		(3.8)	57		(2.7)	29.0		(1.25)
Asian	9.1		(0.35)	7.7		(0.30)	9.9		(0.38)	9.4		(0.30)	9.0		(0.32)	8.6		(0.27)	9.0		(0.31)	8.7		(0.30)	8.2		(0.28)	7.6		(0.26)	7.4		(0.23)	6.9		(0.24)	6.2		(0.25)	1,612		(12.2)	131		(3.9)	8.2		(0.24)
Black	25.3		(0.31)	25.0		(0.30)	27.3		(0.31)	27.9		(0.29)	27.4		(0.28)	27.2		(0.31)	26.2		(0.29)	24.9		(0.30)	22.6		(0.31)	21.0		(0.29)	21.6		(0.32)	21.0		(0.32)	19.9		(0.35)	4,018		(21.7)	920		(15.7)	22.9		(0.35)
Hispanic	20.9		(0.21)	20.4		(0.24)	22.8		(0.22)	22.6		(0.23)	22.0		(0.22)	21.2		(0.22)	19.8		(0.26)	18.4		(0.24)	17.5		(0.21)	16.6		(0.22)	16.1		(0.18)	15.5		(0.19)	14.8		(0.19)	7,063		(16.7)	1,215		(14.6)	17.2		(0.20)
Pacific Islander	19.6		(2.51)	20.3		(2.69)	21.3		(2.01)	23.8		(2.37)	24.2		(2.32)	24.8		(2.35)	21.3		(2.34)	23.7		(2.65)	16.8		(2.04)	15.5		(1.99)	19.8		(2.68)	20.8		(2.48)	18.8		(2.30)	60		(2.4)	11		(1.2)	18.3		(1.84)
White	11.8		(0.08)	11.7		(0.11)	13.8		(0.11)	14.1		(0.10)	14.1		(0.11)	13.5		(0.10)	13.5		(0.12)	12.9		(0.09)	12.1		(0.11)	11.6		(0.12)	11.3		(0.13)	11.0		(0.09)	10.5		(0.10)	15,585		(13.6)	1,837		(16.5)	11.8		(0.11)
Some other race	16.4		(1.79)	15.6		(1.86)	18.5		(1.99)	18.2		(2.22)	20.9		(2.26)	14.5		(1.60)	13.6		(1.73)	14.1		(1.54)	20.1		(2.07)	13.4		(1.82)	15.0		(1.64)	16.0		(1.67)	11.6		(1.61)	164		(5.7)	24		(2.2)	14.9		(1.29)
Two or more races	15.0		(0.55)	16.3		(0.56)	20.1		(0.64)	18.0		(0.63)	18.5		(0.60)	16.6		(0.55)	15.4		(0.48)	16.6		(0.52)	14.7		(0.54)	13.7		(0.49)	14.4		(0.43)	14.0		(0.46)	13.8		(0.49)	1,508		(18.0)	234		(6.8)	15.5		(0.44)
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
American Indian/Alaska Native	29.8		(1.63)	29.0		(1.63)	35.7		(1.89)	36.6		(1.77)	35.2		(1.71)	34.1		(1.50)	34.7		(1.44)	33.0		(1.68)	32.0		(1.46)	34.9		(1.81)	28.1		(1.76)	26.9		(1.24)	28.5		(1.71)	102		(3.0)	31		(1.9)	30.4		(1.61)
Asian	9.0		(0.48)	6.8		(0.42)	9.2		(0.49)	9.3		(0.43)	8.6		(0.40)	8.1		(0.40)	8.3		(0.34)	8.1		(0.40)	8.0		(0.36)	7.7		(0.36)	7.3		(0.38)	7.0		(0.32)	6.1		(0.29)	817		(8.6)	70		(2.8)	8.6		(0.34)
Black	28.9		(0.42)	29.0		(0.43)	31.5		(0.44)	32.5		(0.43)	31.8		(0.37)	31.1		(0.45)	30.3		(0.44)	28.6		(0.51)	26.5		(0.41)	24.5		(0.38)	25.3		(0.52)	24.1		(0.40)	23.4		(0.44)	2,043		(14.2)	533		(9.7)	26.1		(0.44)
Hispanic	15.5		(0.31)	16.3		(0.28)	20.5		(0.32)	20.3		(0.33)	19.9		(0.29)	19.5		(0.31)	18.1		(0.30)	16.9		(0.34)	15.9		(0.27)	15.3		(0.28)	15.1		(0.23)	14.8		(0.27)	13.9		(0.24)	3,611		(10.7)	613		(9.7)	17.0		(0.26)
Pacific Islander	18.0		(3.32)	17.2		(3.43)	17.4		(2.85)	23.0		(2.89)	19.8		(2.67)	23.6		(3.79)	19.8		(2.85)	17.9		(3.23)	10.4		(1.89)	13.5		(2.56)	19.0		(3.20)	21.3		(3.43)	16.4		(3.07)	33		(2.0)	6		(1.0)	17.4		(2.84)
White	11.1		(0.12)	11.3		(0.14)	14.3		(0.17)	14.9		(0.13)	14.7		(0.15)	13.9		(0.14)	13.9		(0.16)	12.9		(0.16)	12.3		(0.15)	11.9		(0.16)	11.5		(0.17)	11.2		(0.12)	10.7		(0.14)	7,980		(9.4)	970		(12.5)	12.2		(0.16)
Some other race	15.0		(2.32)	16.1		(2.47)	19.7		(2.91)	19.0		(2.66)	18.1		(2.72)	14.8		(2.17)	16.0		(2.22)	13.0		(2.34)	21.1		(3.11)	16.6		(2.69)	14.5		(2.10)	18.2		(2.58)	13.5		(2.29)	81		(3.7)	13		(1.7)	16.0		(1.96)
Two or more races	15.4		(0.76)	16.8		(0.85)	21.8		(1.02)	19.4		(0.83)	20.5		(0.83)	18.7		(0.82)	16.1		(0.72)	16.3		(0.74)	15.7		(0.83)	15.2		(0.75)	15.3		(0.63)	15.6		(0.73)	15.3		(0.74)	762		(11.8)	124		(5.1)	16.3		(0.69)
Female
American Indian/Alaska Native	30.6		(1.56)	29.0		(1.76)	32.3		(1.65)	31.9		(1.51)	31.3		(1.65)	31.2		(1.59)	31.9		(1.46)	31.2		(1.53)	30.0		(1.61)	28.9		(1.46)	30.3		(1.33)	30.4		(1.65)	25.4		(1.72)	96		(3.1)	26		(1.8)	27.4		(1.83)
Asian	9.2		(0.47)	8.7		(0.42)	10.6		(0.51)	9.6		(0.41)	9.4		(0.45)	9.2		(0.41)	9.7		(0.45)	9.3		(0.43)	8.3		(0.40)	7.5		(0.38)	7.6		(0.30)	6.8		(0.35)	6.4		(0.40)	795		(7.4)	61		(2.9)	7.7		(0.35)
Black	21.6		(0.43)	20.9		(0.41)	22.9		(0.42)	23.4		(0.39)	23.0		(0.36)	23.3		(0.40)	22.1		(0.39)	21.1		(0.38)	18.6		(0.37)	17.2		(0.37)	17.8		(0.36)	17.9		(0.45)	16.3		(0.46)	1,975		(13.0)	387		(9.8)	19.6		(0.47)
Hispanic	27.3		(0.33)	24.9		(0.37)	25.4		(0.33)	25.2		(0.30)	24.2		(0.34)	23.1		(0.31)	21.8		(0.40)	20.1		(0.35)	19.2		(0.31)	18.1		(0.30)	17.1		(0.29)	16.2		(0.26)	15.7		(0.26)	3,452		(11.4)	602		(9.8)	17.4		(0.28)
Pacific Islander	21.5		(3.59)	23.5		(3.68)	25.8		(3.18)	24.7		(3.17)	28.6		(3.76)	26.2		(3.11)	23.0		(3.17)	30.6		(4.17)	22.6		(3.27)	17.6		(2.77)	20.8		(3.29)	20.3		(3.35)	21.5		(2.90)	26		(1.7)	5		(0.8)	19.5		(2.60)
White	12.5		(0.12)	12.0		(0.15)	13.2		(0.15)	13.4		(0.15)	13.6		(0.15)	13.0		(0.15)	13.2		(0.17)	13.0		(0.13)	11.9		(0.14)	11.3		(0.14)	11.0		(0.16)	10.8		(0.12)	10.3		(0.14)	7,605		(9.2)	867		(10.7)	11.4		(0.14)
Some other race	18.1		(2.45)	15.1		(2.84)	17.1		(2.82)	17.5		(3.21)	23.5		(3.24)	14.1		(2.42)	11.4		(2.20)	15.3		(2.36)	19.1		(2.85)	10.2		(2.36)	15.6		(2.58)	13.9		(2.06)	9.8		(2.19)	83		(3.8)	11		(1.3)	13.8		(1.48)
Two or more races	14.6		(0.84)	15.9		(0.79)	18.3		(0.92)	16.5		(0.88)	16.7		(0.84)	14.5		(0.68)	14.7		(0.61)	16.9		(0.61)	13.8		(0.68)	12.1		(0.63)	13.5		(0.67)	12.3		(0.60)	12.4		(0.71)	746		(10.2)	109		(4.5)	14.6		(0.55)
18 and 19 years old, all persons	11.8		(0.15)	12.1		(0.14)	13.8		(0.15)	13.9		(0.16)	13.5		(0.16)	13.0		(0.15)	12.5		(0.18)	11.6		(0.15)	11.1		(0.13)	10.5		(0.16)	10.8		(0.15)	10.8		(0.14)	10.1		(0.15)	8,804		(24.6)	977		(15.6)	11.1		(0.17)
20 to 24 years old, all persons	16.9		(0.09)	16.5		(0.10)	19.1		(0.10)	19.6		(0.11)	19.4		(0.10)	18.7		(0.11)	18.3		(0.12)	17.6		(0.11)	16.3		(0.12)	15.5		(0.11)	15.1		(0.12)	14.5		(0.10)	14.0		(0.12)	21,403		(33.0)	3,453		(24.4)	16.1		(0.11)
Sex
Male	15.5		(0.13)	15.7		(0.13)	19.4		(0.17)	20.0		(0.15)	19.6		(0.16)	18.9		(0.14)	18.5		(0.16)	17.4		(0.17)	16.3		(0.17)	15.7		(0.15)	15.2		(0.15)	14.7		(0.14)	14.1		(0.15)	10,937		(21.0)	1,805		(17.1)	16.5		(0.15)
Female	18.4		(0.13)	17.4		(0.16)	18.9		(0.15)	19.2		(0.16)	19.3		(0.14)	18.5		(0.17)	18.2		(0.16)	17.7		(0.16)	16.2		(0.17)	15.3		(0.14)	15.0		(0.16)	14.4		(0.15)	13.9		(0.16)	10,466		(20.7)	1,648		(16.1)	15.7		(0.15)
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native	32.9		(1.54)	31.9		(1.45)	36.9		(1.32)	37.2		(1.45)	36.4		(1.49)	34.3		(1.25)	37.5		(1.37)	36.5		(1.37)	33.3		(1.41)	35.2		(1.31)	31.6		(1.52)	31.9		(1.43)	30.1		(1.45)	136		(3.2)	43		(2.4)	31.9		(1.68)
Asian	10.4		(0.43)	9.1		(0.38)	11.4		(0.47)	10.8		(0.38)	10.3		(0.42)	10.2		(0.32)	10.4		(0.39)	10.1		(0.40)	9.5		(0.36)	9.0		(0.35)	8.3		(0.31)	8.0		(0.27)	7.4		(0.32)	1,143		(10.5)	111		(3.5)	9.7		(0.32)
Black	28.0		(0.37)	27.6		(0.35)	30.1		(0.34)	31.2		(0.37)	30.5		(0.33)	30.1		(0.41)	28.6		(0.37)	27.8		(0.36)	24.9		(0.38)	23.2		(0.32)	23.7		(0.39)	23.0		(0.36)	22.2		(0.47)	2,842		(19.8)	723		(12.6)	25.4		(0.40)
Hispanic	22.4		(0.25)	21.6		(0.26)	24.3		(0.26)	24.5		(0.25)	23.8		(0.25)	22.8		(0.26)	21.4		(0.31)	19.8		(0.28)	18.8		(0.26)	18.1		(0.27)	17.1		(0.22)	16.4		(0.23)	15.8		(0.20)	4,964		(14.9)	918		(12.1)	18.5		(0.23)
Pacific Islander	22.2		(2.95)	22.2		(2.99)	24.5		(2.60)	26.2		(2.88)	27.8		(2.88)	26.5		(2.81)	19.9		(2.59)	22.3		(3.23)	19.8		(2.44)	16.6		(2.52)	20.2		(3.23)	21.5		(3.07)	16.6		(2.50)	44		(2.2)	8		(1.1)	18.0		(2.35)
White	13.0		(0.10)	12.8		(0.13)	15.2		(0.14)	15.5		(0.14)	15.6		(0.14)	14.9		(0.13)	15.0		(0.15)	14.3		(0.12)	13.4		(0.12)	12.9		(0.14)	12.5		(0.15)	11.9		(0.11)	11.5		(0.13)	11,127		(18.7)	1,456		(15.4)	13.1		(0.13)
Some other race	18.0		(2.26)	16.8		(2.45)	20.5		(2.71)	18.1		(2.74)	24.7		(2.73)	13.6		(1.85)	13.9		(2.01)	15.5		(1.84)	19.6		(2.39)	14.6		(2.23)	15.0		(1.63)	16.7		(2.15)	14.2		(2.01)	113		(5.0)	20		(2.1)	17.4		(1.61)
Two or more races	16.0		(0.70)	17.8		(0.71)	23.0		(0.78)	20.9		(0.90)	21.1		(0.80)	18.2		(0.68)	17.6		(0.71)	19.1		(0.72)	16.2		(0.71)	15.0		(0.58)	16.2		(0.62)	15.6		(0.55)	15.4		(0.64)	1,035		(15.2)	173		(5.2)	16.8		(0.51)
Has completed high school,1      all persons	13.1		(0.09)	12.8		(0.11)	15.3		(0.11)	15.8		(0.12)	15.9		(0.09)	15.4		(0.12)	15.2		(0.13)	14.8		(0.11)	13.7		(0.11)	13.1		(0.11)	12.9		(0.11)	12.4		(0.10)	12.0		(0.12)	19,857		(34.1)	2,812		(23.5)	14.2		(0.11)
Sex
Male	12.0		(0.14)	12.1		(0.15)	15.6		(0.17)	16.1		(0.16)	16.2		(0.15)	15.6		(0.15)	15.4		(0.16)	14.7		(0.16)	13.7		(0.15)	13.2		(0.15)	12.9		(0.13)	12.5		(0.13)	12.1		(0.16)	9,998		(21.5)	1,438		(15.2)	14.4		(0.15)
Female	14.2		(0.14)	13.5		(0.16)	14.9		(0.15)	15.4		(0.16)	15.6		(0.14)	15.2		(0.17)	15.0		(0.16)	14.9		(0.15)	13.8		(0.15)	13.0		(0.15)	12.9		(0.16)	12.3		(0.14)	12.0		(0.16)	9,859		(21.0)	1,374		(16.4)	13.9		(0.16)
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native	25.7		(1.67)	26.0		(1.45)	29.2		(1.45)	29.6		(1.43)	30.9		(1.71)	29.6		(1.26)	32.9		(1.52)	32.0		(1.40)	27.9		(1.56)	30.8		(1.35)	28.0		(1.47)	27.4		(1.37)	26.7		(1.57)	116		(3.2)	31		(1.9)	26.5		(1.53)
Asian	9.1		(0.39)	8.3		(0.40)	10.0		(0.44)	9.4		(0.37)	9.1		(0.41)	8.9		(0.32)	9.5		(0.37)	8.9		(0.37)	8.5		(0.33)	8.2		(0.35)	7.5		(0.28)	7.3		(0.27)	6.6		(0.30)	1,107		(10.5)	97		(3.3)	8.8		(0.31)
Black	21.8		(0.41)	21.6		(0.34)	24.1		(0.35)	25.1		(0.40)	24.8		(0.32)	24.9		(0.41)	23.5		(0.38)	23.4		(0.39)	21.1		(0.40)	19.5		(0.37)	20.4		(0.38)	19.7		(0.35)	19.6		(0.46)	2,604		(19.6)	589		(12.1)	22.6		(0.42)
Hispanic	17.4		(0.26)	16.4		(0.27)	19.0		(0.27)	19.5		(0.29)	19.8		(0.25)	18.5		(0.27)	17.7		(0.32)	16.4		(0.28)	15.8		(0.25)	15.2		(0.29)	14.7		(0.23)	14.1		(0.22)	13.6		(0.21)	4,404		(16.1)	724		(11.3)	16.4		(0.24)
Pacific Islander	17.6		(3.08)	20.4		(3.31)	19.4		(2.61)	24.8		(3.04)	25.0		(2.82)	22.4		(2.72)	18.8		(2.67)	17.6		(3.34)	17.7		(2.36)	15.8		(2.68)	19.2		(3.40)	17.2		(2.70)	12.0		(1.84)	39		(2.2)	6		(0.9)	14.7		(2.28)
White	10.5		(0.10)	10.3		(0.13)	12.6		(0.14)	12.9		(0.13)	13.0		(0.13)	12.6		(0.13)	12.8		(0.15)	12.4		(0.11)	11.5		(0.12)	11.0		(0.13)	10.7		(0.14)	10.2		(0.10)	9.9		(0.12)	10,524		(19.8)	1,206		(14.9)	11.5		(0.14)
Some other race	13.7		(2.10)	14.6		(2.53)	17.8		(2.61)	14.2		(2.62)	19.6		(2.59)	12.8		(1.89)	12.2		(1.94)	11.4		(1.80)	17.9		(2.47)	11.9		(1.89)	12.4		(1.55)	15.2		(2.25)	13.5		(2.10)	101		(4.5)	14		(1.9)	13.9		(1.72)
Two or more races	12.7		(0.72)	14.0		(0.64)	19.6		(0.81)	17.7		(0.93)	17.6		(0.76)	15.6		(0.70)	14.8		(0.69)	16.7		(0.73)	13.6		(0.65)	12.9		(0.57)	14.2		(0.64)	13.4		(0.57)	12.8		(0.58)	962		(15.3)	145		(4.6)	15.1		(0.50)
Has not completed high school,      all persons	41.1		(0.37)	42.8		(0.36)	47.5		(0.35)	47.8		(0.35)	47.9		(0.45)	48.2		(0.39)	46.0		(0.47)	44.8		(0.49)	42.7		(0.48)	42.6		(0.49)	41.6		(0.56)	40.8		(0.53)	39.1		(0.52)	1,546		(17.3)	641		(12.3)	41.5		(0.58)
Sex
Male	34.0		(0.48)	37.0		(0.52)	42.4		(0.47)	43.3		(0.45)	42.3		(0.51)	43.9		(0.58)	41.5		(0.60)	40.3		(0.64)	39.7		(0.55)	39.4		(0.62)	39.0		(0.64)	37.2		(0.66)	36.5		(0.64)	939		(12.6)	367		(8.3)	39.1		(0.67)
Female	52.1		(0.65)	51.5		(0.61)	55.3		(0.56)	55.0		(0.69)	56.3		(0.74)	54.5		(0.71)	52.9		(0.68)	51.4		(0.63)	47.1		(0.87)	47.6		(0.92)	45.6		(0.87)	46.3		(0.91)	43.0		(0.93)	607		(10.0)	274		(7.6)	45.2		(0.95)
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native	58.5		(2.96)	53.6		(3.82)	66.9		(3.65)	67.1		(3.02)	58.1		(3.66)	57.6		(3.46)	58.0		(3.15)	58.2		(2.89)	56.1		(3.29)	57.5		(3.56)	56.3		(4.03)	60.4		(4.55)	49.7		(4.35)	20		(1.6)	13		(1.4)	63.3		(4.13)
Asian	36.2		(2.49)	26.6		(2.48)	38.3		(2.89)	37.8		(2.66)	32.0		(2.27)	37.7		(3.09)	36.4		(3.26)	38.3		(2.73)	31.7		(2.93)	30.4		(2.63)	30.7		(2.82)	27.9		(2.53)	34.9		(3.39)	36		(2.5)	14		(1.6)	38.4		(3.27)
Black	58.0		(1.10)	58.8		(1.02)	62.1		(0.76)	64.6		(0.67)	63.1		(1.00)	63.3		(0.95)	60.0		(1.02)	58.7		(0.93)	55.9		(1.13)	54.2		(1.35)	54.1		(1.41)	54.0		(1.45)	50.2		(1.60)	237		(7.4)	134		(5.5)	56.5		(1.58)
Hispanic	34.3		(0.58)	35.5		(0.59)	39.3		(0.54)	39.3		(0.56)	38.1		(0.70)	40.5		(0.79)	38.0		(0.78)	37.1		(0.82)	35.6		(0.83)	36.4		(0.83)	34.5		(0.88)	33.9		(0.96)	32.7		(0.82)	559		(10.4)	194		(6.3)	34.7		(0.91)
Pacific Islander	49.6		(9.53)	36.5		(8.89)	58.9		(7.61)	‡		(†)	48.4		(9.11)	49.2		(10.64)	‡		(†)	56.4		(8.67)	‡		(†)	23.6	!	(7.13)	34.4	!	(12.22)	56.0		(11.05)	54.0		(12.14)	4		(1.0)	‡		(†)	47.3		(10.81)
White	40.0		(0.50)	42.6		(0.61)	48.1		(0.67)	49.2		(0.62)	51.0		(0.68)	48.9		(0.66)	46.4		(0.70)	44.5		(0.79)	42.7		(0.69)	43.0		(0.88)	42.4		(0.79)	41.1		(0.73)	39.5		(0.72)	604		(9.8)	250		(7.6)	41.4		(0.90)
Some other race	43.2		(9.41)	29.6		(7.61)	41.1		(8.85)	39.8		(7.57)	61.6		(9.79)	23.5	!	(7.85)	29.2		(8.04)	‡		(†)	39.6		(11.25)	37.7		(10.56)	45.6		(7.32)	42.8		(10.79)	22.4	!	(8.91)	12		(1.8)	6		(1.1)	46.9		(6.83)
Two or more races	48.1		(3.32)	53.0		(3.29)	56.5		(3.05)	49.4		(3.46)	56.4		(3.09)	47.1		(2.76)	49.7		(3.22)	50.8		(2.55)	55.2		(3.20)	43.1		(3.19)	43.5		(3.17)	40.2		(2.70)	46.5		(2.82)	73		(3.5)	29		(2.2)	39.0		(2.50)

†Not applicable.

!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.

1Includes completing high school through equivalency programs, such as a GED program.

NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States, including both noninstitutionalized persons (e.g., those living in households, college housing, or military housing located within the United States) and institutionalized persons (e.g., those living in prisons, nursing facilities, or other healthcare facilities). Institutionalized persons made up 1 percent of all 18- to 24-year-olds in 2021. Data for 2020 are not presented in this table due to collection issues associated with the coronavirus pandemic. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2006 through 2021. (This table was prepared January 2023.)