Youth Indicators 2011<br />America’s Youth: Transitions to Adulthood

NCES 2012-026
December 2011

Youth Indicators 2011
America’s Youth: Transitions to Adulthood

List of Figures

Figure 1	Youth and young adult population, by age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2010
Figure 2	Population estimates and projections for 14- to 24-year-olds, by race/ethnicity: 2005, 2015, and 2025
Figure 3	Percentage of population born outside of the United States, by age group: Selected years, 1990 through 2009
Figure 4	Living arrangements of 20- to 24-year-olds, by sex: Selected years, 1980 through 2010
Figure 5	Percentage of total population who moved during the year shown, by age group: Selected years, 1981 through 2009
Figure 6	Percentage of 20- to 24-year-olds who have never married, and median age at first marriage, by sex: Selected years, 1980 through 2009
Figure 7	Birth rates for females 15 to 24 years old, by age group of mother and marital status: Selected years, 1980 through 2009
Figure 8	Percentage of the population 18 to 24 years old enrolled in school, by sex and age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2009
Figure 9	Actual and projected numbers for total enrollment in grades 9–12, by control of school: Selected years, fall 1980 through fall 2020
Figure 10a	Percentage of public and private high school graduates taking selected mathematics courses: 1982 and 2009
Figure 10b	Percentage of public and private high school graduates taking selected science courses: 1982 and 2009
Figure 11a	Advanced Placement student participation, by sex: School years 1996–97 through 2009–10
Figure 11b	Percent of Advanced Placement exams scoring a 3 or above, by sex: School years 1996–97 and 2009–10
Figure 12a	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading scores, by age and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980 through 2008
Figure 12b	National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scores, by age and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1982 through 2008
Figure 13	Average scale scores among 15-year-olds on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) reading, mathematics, and science literacy assessments, by race/ethnicity in the United States: 2009
Figure 14	Percentage of public school students in 9th through 12th grade who had ever been suspended, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2007
Figure 15	Percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who were high school status dropouts, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1990 through 2009
Figure 15a	Percentage of institutionalized and noninstitutionalized 16- to 24-year-olds who were high school status dropouts, by race/ethnicity: 2009
Figure 16	Percentage of ACT test-taking population meeting college readiness benchmark scores, by subject: Academic years 1996–97 through 2009–10
Figure 17	Percentage of high school completers who were enrolled in 2- or 4-year colleges in the October immediately following high school completion, by level of institution and sex: Selected years, 1980 through 2009
Figure 17a	Percentage of freshmen who graduated from high school in the previous 12 months attending a degree-granting institution in their home state: Fall 1992 and 2008
Figure 18	Females as a percentage of undergraduate fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity: 1980 and 2009
Figure 19	Average annual total price, loans, grants, and net access price (in constant 2009–10 dollars) for full-time, full-year dependent undergraduates, by institution control and level: Academic years 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08
Figure 20	Average amount of financial aid (in constant 2009–10 dollars) awarded to full-time, full-year undergraduates, by control of institution and type and source of aid: Academic year 2007–08
Figure 21	Percentage of full-time and part-time undergraduates receiving federal aid, by Title IV aid program and control of institution: Academic year 2007–08
Figure 22	Graduation rates of first-time postsecondary students who started as full-time degree-seeking students, by level of institution, time between starting and graduating, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2001 and 2004 starting cohorts
Figure 23	First-time college graduation rates among 24 OECD countries: 2008
Figure 24	Percentage distribution of 18- to 24-year-olds, by sex and educational attainment: Selected years, 1980, 1995, and 2009
Figure 24a	Percentage distribution of 18- to 24-year-olds according to highest level of educational attainment, by sex, nativity, and citizenship status: 2009
Figure 25	Percentage of 16- and 17-year-old students who were employed, by sex and hours worked per week: Selected years, October 1980 through 2009
Figure 25a	Percentage of 16- and 17-year-old students who were employed, by race/ethnicity: 2009
Figure 26a	Labor force participation rate of 16- to 24-year-olds, by sex and age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2010
Figure 26b	Unemployment rate of 16- to 24-year-olds, by sex and age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2010
Figure 27	Unemployment rate of 16- to 24-year-olds, by race/ethnicity and educational attainment: 2010
Figure 28	Labor force participation rate of 16- to 24-year-old high school dropouts in the civilian labor force in the year that they dropped out: Selected years, 1980 to 2009
Figure 29	Number of 18- to 24-year-olds in the armed forces, by sex and age group: 2000 through 2008
Figure 30	Median annual earnings of full-time, full-year wage and salary workers ages 15 to 24, by sex and age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2009
Figure 30a	Median annual earnings of full-time, full-year wage and salary workers ages 16 to 24, by educational attainment: 1999 and 2009
Figure 31	Percentage of 15- to 24-year-olds in poverty, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1995 through 2009
Figure 31a	Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds in poverty, by sex and educational attainment: 2009
Figure 32	Percentage of 15- to 24-year-olds receiving public assistance, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980 through 2009
Figure 32a	Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds living in households receiving public assistance, by educational attainment and sex: 2009
Figure 33	Percentage of high school seniors who participated in various afterschool activities, by type of activity and sex: 1990 and 2009
Figure 34	Percentage of 9th- through 12th-grade students who played video or computer games or used a computer for something other than schoolwork, by hours per day and sex: 2009
Figure 35	Average hours 9th- through 12th-grade students spent on homework per week for those who did homework outside of school, by race/ethnicity: 2007
Figure 36	Percentage of 16- to 24-year-olds who volunteered, by sex and age group: September 2002 through 2009
Figure 37	Percentage of high school seniors reporting that religion is very important or not important in their life, by sex: Selected years, 1980 through 2009
Figure 38	Percentage of U.S. citizens ages 18 to 24 who reported that they voted, by educational attainment: November 2004 and 2008
Figure 39	Number of arrests per 1,000 persons in the U.S. 14- to 24-year-old population, by age group: Selected years, 1995 through 2009
Figure 40	Number of violent crime victims per 1,000 persons, by age group and sex: Selected years, 1995 through 2008
Figure 41	Percentage of 14- to 24-year-olds not covered by health insurance, by race/ethnicity and age group: 2009
Figure 42	Percentage distribution of health status among persons ages 18 to 24, by educational attainment: 2008
Figure 43	Percentage of persons ages 18 to 24 who were at a healthy weight, by race/ethnicity: 1999 and 2008
Figure 44	Percentage distribution of periods of vigorous physical activity per week among persons ages 18 to 24, by sex: 2008
Figure 45a	Rate per 100,000 population of reported cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), syphilis, tuberculosis, and Lyme disease among persons ages 15 to 24: Selected years, 1995 through 2007
Figure 45b	Rate per 100,000 population of reported cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea among persons ages 15 to 24: Selected years, 1995 through 2007
Figure 46	Percentage of children ages 12 to 17 ever having been diagnosed with a learning disability or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, by poverty status: Selected years, 1999 through 2008
Figure 47	Percentage of 14- to 25-year-olds who experienced a Major Depressive Episode (MDE) in their lifetime, by sex and age group: 2006 and 2009
Figure 48	Percentage of persons ages 12 to 25 reporting substance use in the past month, by age group and type of substance: 1995 and 2009
Figure 49	Percentage of high school students involved in selected behaviors that may endanger their safety: 1991, 1999, and 2009
Figure 50	Percentage of high school students reporting selected sexual behaviors, by sex: Selected years, 1991 through 2009
Figure 51	Number of deaths per 100,000 persons ages 15 to 24, by selected causes of death: Selected years, 1980 through 2009
Figure 51a	Number of deaths per 100,000 persons ages 15 to 24, by selected causes and race/ethnicity: 2007
Figure 52	Percentage of high school seniors expecting to complete a bachelor’s degree or graduate or professional degree, by sex: 1972 and 2004
Figure 53	Percentage of high school seniors reporting various values as very important, by sex: 1972 and 2004
Figure 54	Percentage of spring 2002 high school sophomores who had received a high school diploma, by highest math course taken in school: 2006
Figure 55	Percentage of spring 2002 high school sophomores, by postsecondary enrollment and parental education: 2006

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