Labor status of 16- to 24-year-old high school dropouts in the civilian labor force in the year that they dropped out: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

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Table 28.	Labor status of 16- to 24-year-old high school dropouts in the civilian labor force in the year that they dropped out: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

Year	Number of dropouts² (in thousands)	Labor force participation rate³	Dropouts in the civilian labor force¹				Dropouts not in the labor force (in thousands)
			Number (in thousands)			Unemployment rate⁴
			Total	Employed	Unemployed⁴	Unemployment rate⁴
1980	738	63.8	471	323	148	31.4	267
1985	610	67.5	412	265	147	35.6	198
1990	412	67.8	279	190	89	31.8	132
1995	604	67.7	409	288	121	29.6	195
2000	515	68.0	350	252	99	28.1	165
2001	506	64.0	324	207	116	35.9	182
2002	401	67.7	271	191	81	29.8	129
2003	457	59.3	271	187	84	30.8	186
2004	496	53.7	267	160	106	39.9	229
2005	407	57.2	233	156	77	32.9	174
2006	445	52.8	235	180	55	23.6	210
2007	426	56.2	239	175	64	26.9	187
2008	400	48.4	194	117	77	39.5	206
2009	383	48.5	186	83	103	55.1	198

¹The civilian labor force includes all employed persons, plus those seeking employment; it excludes persons in the military.
²Includes persons 16 to 24 years old who dropped out from any grade without completing high school or a General Educational Development (GED) certificate during the previous 12 months (October through October).
³The labor force participation rate is the percent of persons either employed or seeking employment.
⁴The unemployment rate is the proportion of those in the labor force who are not working, but are seeking employment.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, selected years, 1980–2009.