Table 23.3. Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in colleges and universities, by race/ethnicity and sex: Selected years, 1980

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Table 23.3.

Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in colleges and universities, by race/ethnicity and sex: Selected years, 1980–2004

Sex and year	Total ¹	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native
Total
1980	26.1	27.7	19.7	16.3	—	—
1985	27.9	30.1	19.8	17.0	—	—
1990	32.1	35.1	25.2	15.9	56.9	15.8 !
1995	34.3	37.9	27.5	20.7	54.6	27.6 !
2000	35.5	38.7	30.5	21.7	55.9	15.9 !
2003	37.8	41.6	32.3	23.5	60.3	17.7 !
2004	38.0	41.7	31.8	24.7	60.3	24.4

Males
1980	26.9	28.9	17.7	16.3	—	—
1985	28.4	30.8	20.3	15.1	—	—
1990	32.4	35.6	25.8	15.4	59.2	8.4 !
1995	33.1	37.0	26.0	18.7	55.7	27.4 !
2000	32.6	36.2	25.1	18.5	59.0	12.8 !
2003	34.3	38.5	28.2	18.3	61.6	20.3 !
2004	34.7	38.4	26.5	21.7	63.0	20.5 !

Females
1980	25.4	26.7	21.3	16.4	—	—
1985	27.4	29.3	19.3	19.0	—	—
1990	31.8	34.7	24.7	16.4	54.9	21.7 !
1995	35.5	38.8	28.7	23.0	53.7	27.8 !
2000	38.4	41.3	35.2	25.4	52.8	20.5 !
2003	41.3	44.5	36.0	29.4	59.2	15.6 !
2004	41.2	45.0	36.6	28.2	57.7	28.1 !
— Not available. ! Interpret data with caution. ¹ Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 1980 to 2004.