Table B-5. Standard errors for table 6: Status dropout rates and number and distribution of dropouts of 16- through 24-year-olds, by selected background characteristics: October 2004
Characteristic	Status dropout rate	Number of status dropouts (thousands)	Percent of all dropouts	Percent of population
Total	0.23	85	†	†
Sex
Male	0.34	63	1.18	0.38
Female	0.31	56	1.18	0.38
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	0.24	55	1.17	0.37
Black, non-Hispanic	0.70	36	0.92	0.28
Hispanic	0.89	56	1.32	0.33
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	0.72	11	0.31	0.17
More than one race	1.47	9	0.26	0.11
Age
16	0.42	19	0.49	0.25
17	0.51	21	0.55	0.24
18	0.73	28	0.73	0.23
19	0.74	29	0.76	0.24
20–24	0.34	69	1.11	0.38
Recency of immigration
Born outside the 50 states and District of Columbia
Hispanic	1.61	40	1.17	0.22
Non-Hispanic	0.81	16	0.43	0.17
First generation
Hispanic	1.27	27	0.75	0.20
Non-Hispanic	0.51	11	0.28	0.18
Second generation or more
Hispanic	1.39	23	0.65	0.18
Non-Hispanic	0.24	64	1.18	0.34
Region
Northeast	0.47	33	0.83	0.28
Midwest	0.42	35	0.88	0.31
South	0.44	56	1.24	0.39
West	0.56	46	1.13	0.34
NOTE: Standard errors for population estimates in table 6 cannot be calculated. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 2004.