Table E-15-1.  Percentage of high school students ages 16 and older who were employed and the percentage distribution of hours worked per week, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2010

Sex and race/ethnicity	Percent employed		Percent distribution of hours worked per week
			Less than 10 hours		10–20 hours		More than 20 hours
Total	17.2		29.0		54.6		16.4
Sex
Male	16.4		28.8		53.7		17.5
Female	18.1		29.2		55.5		15.3
Race/ethnicity
White	21.5		31.7		54.0		14.2
Black	11.2		20.6		53.4		26.0
Hispanic	11.7		18.5		61.0		20.5
Asian	8.4		39.7		39.6		20.8
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	4.7		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	17.0		28.1		59.2		12.7
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	20.0		31.8		53.1		15.1
Black	10.7		18.3		48.3		33.4
Hispanic	11.5		18.4		60.3		21.3
Asian	9.6		‡		‡		‡
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.7		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	20.7		‡		‡		‡
Female
White	23.2		31.6		55.0		13.4
Black	11.7		22.8		58.2		19.0
Hispanic	11.9		18.6		61.6		19.7
Asian	7.2		‡		‡		‡
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	‡		‡		‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	8.6		‡		‡		‡
Two or more races	11.7		‡		‡		‡

‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

NOTE: High school students include those in grades 9 through 12. Employment status refers to the full calendar week prior to the week when the respondent answered the questions. Estimates include those who worked zero hours in the previous week. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2010.