Table 3.3. Percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who were high school dropouts, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1990 to 2003
Year
Total
White, non-Hispanic
Black, non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Asian/
Pacific Islander
American Indian/
Alaska Native
1990
12.1
9.0
13.4
32.4
4.9
16.4
!
1992
11.0
7.7
13.7
29.5
5.7
17.5
!
1994
11.4
7.7
12.6
30.0
5.8
10.2
!
1996
11.1
7.3
13.0
29.4
5.3
13.0
!
1998
11.8
7.7
13.8
29.5
4.1
11.8
!
2000
10.9
6.9
13.1
27.8
3.8
14.0
!
2001
10.7
7.3
10.9
27.0
3.6
13.1
!
2002
10.5
6.5
11.3
25.7
3.9
16.8
2003
9.9
6.3
10.9
23.5
3.9
15.0
!
! Interpret data with caution.
NOTE: The data presented here represent status dropout rates, which is the percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who are out of school and who have not earned a high school credential. The status dropout rate includes all dropouts regardless of when they last attended school, as well as individuals who may have never attended school in the U.S. such as immigrants who did not complete a high school diploma in their home country. Another way of calculating dropout rates is the event dropout rate, which is the percentage of 15- to 24-year-olds who dropped out of grades 10 through 12 in the 12 months preceding the fall of each data collection year.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, October Current Population Survey (CPS), 1990 to 2003.
