Employment Status of High School Graduates School Dropouts statistics


		GRADUATES ¹					GRADUATES ¹					GRADUATES ¹						DROPOUTS ³					DROPOUTS ³					DROPOUTS ³

EMPLOYMENT STATUS,
SEX, AND RACE	1980	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994 ²	1995 ²	1996 ²	1997 ²	1998 ²	1999 ²	1980	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994 ²	1995 ²	1996 ²	1997 ²	1998 ²	1999 ²


Civilian population	11,622	10,381	9,993	9,339	8,999	8,645	8,370	7,804	6,887	6,819	6,839	6,627	6,657	6,662	6,659	6,999	5,254	4,323	4,142	4,252	4,231	4,042	3,800	3,884	3,420	3,390	3,727	3,876	3,611	3,624	3,942	3,829
In labor force	9,795	8,825	8,471	7,976	7,638	7,266	7,107	6,444	5,653	5,652	5,682	5,530	5,574	5,633	5,668	5,933	3,549	2,920	2,795	2,804	2,763	2,703	2,506	2,464	2,154	2,084	2,329	2,443	2,251	2,411	2,579	2,511
Percent of population	84.3	85.0	84.8	85.4	84.9	84.1	84.9	82.6	82.1	82.9	83.1	83.4	83.7	84.6	85.1	84.8	67.5	67.5	67.5	66.0	65.3	66.9	66.0	63.4	63.0	61.5	62.5	63.0	62.3	66.5	65.4	65.6
Employed	8,567	7,707	7,495	7,163	6,932	6,552	6,279	5,641	4,889	4,969	5,035	4,863	4,877	5,010	5,147	5,331	2,651	2,165	2,116	2,230	2,235	2,147	1,993	1,849	1,631	1,658	1,845	1,894	1,709	1,933	2,174	2,129
Percent of labor force	87.5	87.3	88.5	89.8	90.8	90.2	88.3	87.5	86.5	87.9	88.6	87.9	87.5	88.9	90.8	89.9	74.7	74.1	75.7	79.5	80.9	79.4	79.5	75.0	75.7	79.6	79.2	77.5	75.9	80.2	84.3	84.8

Unemployed	1,228	1,118	976	813	706	714	828	803	763	683	647	667	698	623	520	603	898	755	679	574	528	555	513	614	522	426	485	549	541	478	405	382
Unemployment rate, total ⁴	12.5	12.7	11.5	10.2	9.2	9.8	11.7	12.5	13.5	12.1	11.4	12.1	12.5	11.1	9.2	10.2	25.3	25.9	24.3	20.5	19.1	20.6	20.5	24.9	24.3	20.4	20.8	22.5	24.0	19.8	15.7	15.2
Male	13.5	12.5	10.2	9.5	9.3	9.3	11.1	12.4	13.7	12.2	10.7	11.7	11.7	10.8	8.6	9.8	23.5	23.9	21.0	18.4	18.3	18.7	18.8	21.9	18.8	17.5	17.3	19.2	21.7	17.8	13.9	12.8
Female	11.5	12.9	13.0	10.9	9.1	10.4	12.3	12.6	13.3	11.9	12.3	12.5	13.5	11.4	9.9	10.6	28.7	29.8	30.5	24.1	20.7	24.5	23.5	31.1	34.6	26.8	29.0	28.8	28.7	23.5	19.3	19.8
White	10.8	9.8	8.9	8.2	7.6	7.9	9.0	9.7	10.5	10.6	9.2	10.5	10.0	9.1	7.2	11.3	21.6	23.6	20.6	17.7	17.0	17.6	17.0	21.5	20.7	18.3	18.3	19.1	19.1	17.4	14.1	11.3
Black	26.1	29.4	27.8	22.1	18.7	20.8	26.0	26.3	26.8	21.1	22.9	20.3	23.3	22.2	18.8	21.7	43.9	41.5	45.9	36.2	34.8	39.9	43.3	47.8	46.7	34.4	33.7	48.0	51.6	35.2	24.5	35.8
Not in labor force	1,827	1,556	1,522	1,363	1,361	1,379	1,262	1,360	1,234	1,167	1,156	1,097	1,083	1,029	992	1,066	1,705	1,403	1,347	1,448	1,468	1,339	1,294	1,420	1,266	1,305	1,397	1,433	1,360	1,214	1,363	1,318
Percent of population	15.7	15.0	15.2	14.6	15.1	16.0	15.1	17.4	17.9	17.1	16.9	16.6	16.3	15.4	14.9	15.2	32.5	32.5	32.5	34.1	34.7	33.1	34.1	36.6	37.0	38.5	37.5	37.0	37.7	33.5	34.6	34.4

1 For persons not enrolled in college who have completed4 years of high school only.
2 See footnote 2, Table 643.
3 For persons not in regular schooland who have not completed the 12th grade nor received a generalequivalency degree.
4 Includes other races not shown separately.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 2307, and News, USDL93-226, June 22, 1993; 94-252, May 20, 1994; 96-152, April 25, 1996;97-240, July 23, 1997; 98-171, May 1, 1998; 99-175, June 25, 1999; 00-136, May 17, 2000; and unpublished data.

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293. Employment Status of High School Graduates School Dropouts