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TABLE 8. Enrollment and Educational Attainment - Poverty Status In 1994 of Persons 16 to 24 Years Old (Numbers in thousands)
All Races White Black Hispanic Origin
Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level
Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total
All Persons 16 to 24 Years Old Total 32515 5875 18.1 25961 3949 15.2 4861 1512 31.1 4343 1364 31.4
16 to 17 Years Old 7358 1338 18.2 5800 791 13.6 1176 444 37.7 894 322 36.0
Enrolled In School 6885 1125 16.3 5450 662 12.1 1074 375 34.9 766 251 32.8
Not Enrolled 473 213 45.0 350 129 36.9 102 69 68.2 128 71 55.6
No High School
Diploma 432 204 47.1 319 125 39.1 97 67 69.2 115 67 58.1
18 to 21 Years Old 13758 2600 18.9 11000 1799 16.4 2101 638 30.4 1921 630 32.8
Enrolled In School 7309 1050 14.4 5859 697 11.9 1036 260 25.0 737 207 28.2
Not Enrolled 6450 1550 24.0 5141 1102 21.4 1065 379 35.6 1184 422 35.6
No High School
Diploma 1873 790 42.2 1410 537 38.1 349 204 58.5 631 287 45.6
22 to 24 Years Old 11399 1937 17.0 9161 1358 14.8 1584 430 27.1 1527 412 27.0
Enrolled In School 2726 378 13.9 2198 261 11.9 298 63 21.0 271 64 23.4
Not Enrolled 8673 1559 18.0 6963 1096 15.7 1286 367 28.6 1256 348 27.7
No High School
Diploma 1504 586 38.9 1152 416 36.1 239 127 53.3 569 223 39.3
Male Total 16304 2332 14.3 13153 1582 12.0 2313 564 24.4 2297 625 27.2
16 to 17 Years Old 3759 628 16.7 2984 360 12.1 593 218 36.8 478 169 35.4
Enrolled In School 3516 530 15.1 2799 299 10.7 547 191 34.9 390 122 31.3
Not Enrolled 244 98 40.1 185 61 32.9 46 27 59.4 87 47 53.6
No High School
Diploma 228 96 42.1 174 61 34.9 43 27 63.2 79 46 58.2
18 to 21 Years Old 6948 1019 14.7 5611 706 12.6 1008 240 23.8 1005 279 27.7
Enrolled In School 3628 466 12.8 2957 326 11.0 463 98 21.1 385 105 27.3
Not Enrolled 3320 553 16.6 2653 381 14.3 545 142 26.0 620 174 28.0
No High School
Diploma 995 300 30.1 758 198 26.1 177 79 44.7 341 121 35.3
22 to 24 Years Old 5598 686 12.3 4558 516 11.3 712 106 15.0 814 177 21.7
Enrolled In School 1312 168 12.8 1069 123 11.5 118 21 17.7 134 32 24.1
Not Enrolled 4286 518 12.1 3489 392 11.2 594 86 14.4 680 145 21.2
No High School
Diploma 817 201 24.6 644 161 25.0 113 25 22.4 333 98 29.4
Female Total 16211 3543 21.9 12808 2367 18.5 2548 948 37.2 2046 739 36.1
16 to 17 Years Old 3598 710 19.7 2816 431 15.3 584 226 38.7 417 153 36.8
Enrolled In School 3369 595 17.7 2651 363 13.7 528 183 34.8 376 129 34.3
Not Enrolled 229 115 50.1 165 68 41.4 56 42 75.3 41 24 59.7
No High School
Diploma 205 108 52.6 145 64 44.2 54 40 74.1 37 21 57.8
18 to 21 Years Old 6811 1581 23.2 5390 1093 20.3 1093 399 36.5 916 351 38.3
Enrolled In School 3681 584 15.9 2902 371 12.8 573 162 28.2 352 102 29.1
Not Enrolled 3130 997 31.9 2488 722 29.0 519 237 45.6 564 248 44.0
No High School
Diploma 878 490 55.8 652 339 52.0 172 125 72.7 289 167 57.7
22 to 24 Years Old 5802 1252 21.6 4603 842 18.3 872 324 37.1 713 235 33.0
Enrolled In School 1415 210 14.9 1129 138 12.2 180 42 23.2 138 31 22.8
Not Enrolled 4387 1041 23.7 3474 704 20.3 692 282 40.7 576 204 35.4
No High School
Diploma 687 385 56.0 508 255 50.2 126 102 80.8 237 126 53.1
Related Children In Families Total 20265 2336 11.5 16002 1305 8.2 3262 852 26.1 2297 608 26.5
16 to 17 Years Old 7041 1141 16.2 5565 651 11.7 1123 407 36.2 830 284 34.2
Enrolled In School 6659 986 14.8 5291 568 10.7 1031 344 33.3 739 234 31.7
Not Enrolled 382 155 40.5 275 83 30.3 92 63 68.6 91 50 54.8
No High School
Diploma 352 150 42.6 252 81 32.2 87 61 69.8 85 48 56.5
18 to 21 Years Old 9266 965 10.4 7386 550 7.4 1465 340 23.2 1036 265 25.6
Enrolled In School 5958 500 8.4 4817 278 5.8 835 168 20.2 562 135 24.0
Not Enrolled 3309 466 14.1 2569 272 10.6 630 172 27.3 475 131 27.6
No High School
Diploma 822 241 29.3 597 136 22.8 193 95 49.4 198 73 37.1
22 to 24 Years Old 3958 230 5.8 3051 105 3.4 674 105 15.5 431 58 13.5
Enrolled In School 1371 52 3.8 1120 25 2.2 142 16 11.1 145 20 13.5
Not Enrolled 2587 177 6.9 1931 80 4.1 531 89 16.7 286 39 13.5
No High School
Diploma 322 65 20.3 209 31 14.6 100 32 32.4 72 20 28.3
Related Children In Married Couple Families Total 14692 860 5.9 12517 656 5.2 1417 94 6.6 1545 297 19.2
16 to 17 Years Old 4893 403 8.2 4234 320 7.6 406 35 8.7 552 133 24.1
Enrolled In School 4736 359 7.6 4096 283 6.9 392 30 7.6 503 114 22.6
Not Enrolled 157 44 27.7 139 37 26.5 14 5 38.6 49 20 40.2
No High School
Diploma 146 41 28.1 130 37 28.3 12 3 24.8 46 20 42.4
18 to 21 Years Old 6919 382 5.5 5919 279 4.7 688 55 7.9 722 133 18.5
Enrolled In School 4732 219 4.6 4054 156 3.8 443 27 6.1 410 75 18.3
Not Enrolled 2187 163 7.5 1865 123 6.6 245 28 11.3 312 58 18.7
No High School
Diploma 460 73 15.9 386 57 14.8 56 12 21.4 126 28 22.3
22 to 24 Years Old 2879 75 2.6 2363 57 2.4 323 4 1.3 271 30 11.1
Enrolled In School 1116 28 2.5 932 17 1.8 93 2 2.2 107 14 13.1
Not Enrolled 1763 47 2.7 1431 40 2.8 231 2 .9 164 16 9.9
No High School
Diploma 159 13 8.4 132 12 8.9 21 0 .0 39 8 19.5
Related Children In Families With Female Householder- No Spouse Present Total 4710 1351 28.7 2779 574 20.7 1720 723 42.0 637 281 44.1
16 to 17 Years Old 1797 677 37.7 1052 300 28.5 658 348 52.8 235 137 58.4
Enrolled In School 1602 580 36.2 940 261 27.8 585 295 50.4 201 112 55.9
Not Enrolled 194 97 50.0 113 39 34.9 73 53 72.3 34 25 73.0
No High School
Diploma 181 97 53.8 103 39 38.3 70 53 75.1 33 25 77.1
18 to 21 Years Old 1988 530 26.7 1179 236 20.0 719 275 38.2 274 125 45.5
Enrolled In School 1046 251 24.0 625 107 17.2 361 132 36.5 133 55 41.7
Not Enrolled 943 279 29.7 555 128 23.2 357 143 39.9 141 69 49.1
No High School
Diploma 318 158 49.5 175 69 39.2 130 83 64.3 68 45 66.8
22 to 24 Years Old 925 143 15.5 547 38 6.9 343 101 29.3 128 19 14.6
Enrolled In School 226 24 10.5 163 8 5.1 50 14 27.6 32 5 14.2
Not Enrolled 699 120 17.1 384 30 7.7 294 87 29.6 95 14 14.7
No High School
Diploma 140 45 31.8 61 12 20.1 72 32 45.1 25 8 30.8
Husband In Married Couple Family Total 1399 209 14.9 1252 182 14.5 80 12 15.2 258 75 29.0
16 to 17 Years Old 7 4 60.5 7 4 60.5 0 0 (B) 4 4 100.0
Enrolled In School 3 0 .0 3 0 .0 0 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
Not Enrolled 4 4 100.0 4 4 100.0 0 0 (B) 4 4 100.0
No High School
Diploma 4 4 100.0 4 4 100.0 0 0 (B) 4 4 100.0
18 to 21 Years Old 306 57 18.7 279 45 16.0 10 5 49.3 56 27 47.5
Enrolled In School 29 6 19.1 22 3 12.0 3 3 100.0 2 0 .0
Not Enrolled 277 52 18.7 257 42 16.4 8 2 31.6 55 27 48.9
No High School
Diploma 71 29 41.5 64 24 38.1 0 0 (B) 38 20 54.3
22 to 24 Years Old 1086 147 13.6 967 133 13.7 70 7 10.2 197 44 22.2
Enrolled In School 118 8 6.4 105 5 4.4 5 1 29.6 18 2 11.8
Not Enrolled 968 140 14.4 862 128 14.9 65 6 8.9 180 42 23.2
No High School
Diploma 206 60 29.3 179 54 30.3 6 3 48.1 83 23 27.7
Wives In Married Couple Family Total 2501 386 15.4 2212 326 14.7 151 24 16.0 431 138 32.1
16 to 17 Years Old 18 10 54.5 13 7 55.5 1 1 100.0 3 3 100.0
Enrolled In School 7 1 19.1 4 0 8.1 0 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
Not Enrolled 11 8 78.7 9 7 75.6 1 1 100.0 3 3 100.0
No High School
Diploma 9 8 91.6 8 7 90.2 1 1 100.0 3 3 100.0
18 to 21 Years Old 715 132 18.5 647 117 18.0 29 7 25.1 165 56 33.9
Enrolled In School 82 11 13.2 67 6 8.7 6 3 45.2 8 1 10.3
Not Enrolled 634 122 19.2 580 111 19.1 24 5 20.2 156 55 35.1
No High School
Diploma 202 86 42.5 178 75 42.1 6 5 82.2 100 47 46.6
22 to 24 Years Old 1768 244 13.8 1551 202 13.0 120 15 12.8 264 80 30.3
Enrolled In School 251 23 9.0 204 16 7.6 37 5 13.9 24 6 25.2
Not Enrolled 1517 221 14.6 1347 186 13.8 83 10 12.4 240 74 30.8
No High School
Diploma 282 119 42.4 250 105 42.1 3 0 .0 112 54 48.2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: (hhes-info@census.gov) Income, Poverty, and Labor Force Information Staff
Last revised: November 18, 1996
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031995/pov/8_001.htm