Table 2. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or
Latino ethnicity, October 2010
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian Not in
Characteristic noninsti- Employed Unemployed labor
tutional Percent of force
population Total population
Total Percent of Number Rate
population
Total, 16 to 24 years................... 37,949 21,144 55.7 17,347 45.7 3,797 18.0 16,805
Enrolled in school..................... 22,021 8,491 38.6 7,065 32.1 1,426 16.8 13,530
Enrolled in high school (1)........... 9,598 2,120 22.1 1,509 15.7 611 28.8 7,478
Men.................................. 4,976 1,003 20.1 687 13.8 315 31.4 3,973
Women................................ 4,622 1,117 24.2 822 17.8 296 26.5 3,505
White................................ 7,311 1,759 24.1 1,322 18.1 436 24.8 5,552
Black or African American............ 1,553 250 16.1 127 8.2 123 49.3 1,304
Asian................................ 289 22 7.7 17 5.9 5 (2) 267
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......... 1,909 266 13.9 179 9.4 87 32.7 1,643
Enrolled in college................... 12,423 6,372 51.3 5,556 44.7 815 12.8 6,052
Enrolled in 2-year college........... 3,938 2,303 58.5 1,933 49.1 370 16.1 1,635
Enrolled in 4-year college........... 8,485 4,068 47.9 3,623 42.7 445 10.9 4,417
Full-time students................... 10,590 4,855 45.8 4,210 39.8 645 13.3 5,735
Part-time students................... 1,834 1,517 82.7 1,346 73.4 171 11.3 317
Men.................................. 5,788 2,823 48.8 2,436 42.1 388 13.7 2,965
Women................................ 6,635 3,548 53.5 3,121 47.0 428 12.1 3,087
White................................ 9,466 5,055 53.4 4,453 47.0 602 11.9 4,410
Black or African American............ 1,721 830 48.2 667 38.7 164 19.7 891
Asian................................ 843 305 36.2 281 33.3 24 7.9 538
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......... 1,850 953 51.5 817 44.2 136 14.3 897
Not enrolled in school................. 15,928 12,653 79.4 10,281 64.5 2,371 18.7 3,275
16 to 19 years........................ 2,952 2,039 69.1 1,411 47.8 628 30.8 913
20 to 24 years........................ 12,975 10,614 81.8 8,870 68.4 1,744 16.4 2,362
Men................................... 8,362 6,996 83.7 5,612 67.1 1,384 19.8 1,367
Less than a high school diploma...... 1,625 1,164 71.6 842 51.8 322 27.7 461
High school graduates, no college (3) 3,963 3,293 83.1 2,579 65.1 714 21.7 670
Some college or associate degree..... 1,926 1,745 90.6 1,475 76.6 269 15.4 181
Bachelor's degree and higher (4)..... 849 794 93.6 715 84.3 79 9.9 55
Women................................. 7,565 5,657 74.8 4,670 61.7 987 17.5 1,908
Less than a high school diploma...... 1,192 653 54.8 448 37.6 205 31.4 538
High school graduates, no college (3) 3,036 2,114 69.6 1,622 53.4 492 23.3 922
Some college or associate degree..... 2,005 1,633 81.4 1,461 72.8 172 10.6 372
Bachelor's degree and higher (4)..... 1,333 1,256 94.3 1,139 85.5 117 9.3 76
White................................. 12,375 10,043 81.2 8,416 68.0 1,627 16.2 2,332
Black or African American............. 2,486 1,834 73.7 1,283 51.6 551 30.0 653
Asian................................. 460 340 74.0 269 58.6 71 20.8 120
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.......... 3,433 2,599 75.7 2,057 59.9 542 20.8 834
1 Includes a small number of persons enrolled in grades below high school.
2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Detail for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not
presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Because of rounding, sums of
individual items may not equal totals. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
United States Department of Labor
