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Number of
Status Status Percent Percent
dropout dropouts of all of
Characteristics rate (in thousands) dropouts population
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Total 1.23 42
Ever enrolled in U.S. 1.08 27 2.36 1.22
Never enrolled in U.S. 2.35 23 2.36 1.22
Hispanic 2.73 53 2.41 2.03
Ever enrolled in U.S. 3.07 34 3.33 1.91
Never enrolled in U.S. 3.56 29 3.68 1.74
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-/ Not applicable.SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October 1995, unpublished data.