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TABLE 8. Enrollment and Educational Attainment - Poverty Status In 1995 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 32399 5871 18.1 25789 3950 15.3 4868 1541 31.7 4541 1432 31.5
16 to 17 Years Old 7556 1318 17.4 5938 794 13.4 1212 424 35.0 950 335 35.2
Enrolled In School 7037 1099 15.6 5515 626 11.4 1133 382 33.7 834 279 33.4
Not Enrolled 519 219 42.2 423 168 39.7 79 42 53.8 116 56 48.5
No High School
Diploma 459 205 44.6 367 156 42.7 76 40 52.7 109 56 51.8
18 to 21 Years Old 14111 2693 19.1 11197 1806 16.1 2169 717 33.1 1990 662 33.3
Enrolled In School 7848 1066 13.6 6217 654 10.5 1128 328 29.1 819 210 25.7
Not Enrolled 6263 1627 26.0 4980 1152 23.1 1040 389 37.4 1171 452 38.5
No High School
Diploma 1946 865 44.4 1496 613 41.0 373 214 57.5 583 281 48.2
22 to 24 Years Old 10733 1860 17.3 8654 1350 15.6 1486 400 26.9 1600 435 27.2
Enrolled In School 2693 491 18.2 2099 368 17.5 328 74 22.4 282 74 26.1
Not Enrolled 8039 1369 17.0 6554 982 15.0 1158 326 28.1 1318 361 27.4
No High School
Diploma 1373 541 39.4 1086 381 35.0 236 141 59.6 554 223 40.3
Male Total 16287 2500 15.4 13091 1692 12.9 2318 621 26.8 2339 669 28.6
16 to 17 Years Old 3885 644 16.6 3055 371 12.1 611 213 34.9 483 175 36.2
Enrolled In School 3621 548 15.1 2842 303 10.6 570 190 33.3 418 144 34.4
Not Enrolled 263 96 36.6 213 68 32.0 41 23 57.4 65 31 47.7
No High School
Diploma 229 90 39.3 182 64 35.2 38 21 55.5 63 31 49.2
18 to 21 Years Old 7019 1110 15.8 5622 733 13.0 1044 298 28.6 1021 296 29.0
Enrolled In School 3787 463 12.2 3041 279 9.2 517 145 28.1 413 97 23.5
Not Enrolled 3232 647 20.0 2581 454 17.6 527 153 29.1 608 200 32.8
No High School
Diploma 1036 362 35.0 807 258 31.9 189 89 47.1 301 123 40.9
22 to 24 Years Old 5384 747 13.9 4413 588 13.3 663 110 16.6 835 197 23.6
Enrolled In School 1369 243 17.8 1089 189 17.4 146 25 17.4 150 52 34.3
Not Enrolled 4015 503 12.5 3324 399 12.0 517 84 16.3 685 146 21.3
No High School
Diploma 689 200 29.1 579 166 28.7 86 28 32.3 269 92 34.0
Female Total 16112 3370 20.9 12698 2258 17.8 2550 920 36.1 2201 763 34.7
16 to 17 Years Old 3671 674 18.4 2883 423 14.7 601 211 35.1 467 160 34.2
Enrolled In School 3415 551 16.1 2673 323 12.1 563 192 34.1 416 135 32.4
Not Enrolled 256 123 47.9 210 100 47.5 38 19 50.0 51 25 49.5
No High School
Diploma 230 115 50.0 184 92 50.0 38 19 50.0 46 25 55.3
18 to 21 Years Old 7092 1583 22.3 5575 1073 19.2 1125 419 37.2 969 365 37.7
Enrolled In School 4061 603 14.9 3176 375 11.8 612 183 29.9 406 113 28.0
Not Enrolled 3031 980 32.3 2399 698 29.1 513 236 45.9 563 252 44.8
No High School
Diploma 910 502 55.2 688 356 51.7 184 125 68.1 282 158 56.1
22 to 24 Years Old 5349 1113 20.8 4240 762 18.0 824 290 35.2 765 238 31.1
Enrolled In School 1325 248 18.7 1010 178 17.6 182 48 26.5 132 22 16.7
Not Enrolled 4024 865 21.5 3230 584 18.1 642 242 37.7 633 216 34.1
No High School
Diploma 684 341 49.9 507 214 42.3 150 113 75.1 285 132 46.2
Related Children In Families Total 20489 2322 11.3 16127 1303 8.1 3254 858 26.4 2488 642 25.8
16 to 17 Years Old 7209 1072 14.9 5660 601 10.6 1161 383 33.0 879 284 32.3
Enrolled In School 6806 933 13.7 5346 508 9.5 1086 344 31.7 802 255 31.7
Not Enrolled 403 139 34.5 314 93 29.8 76 39 51.8 76 29 38.6
No High School
Diploma 361 136 37.8 272 91 33.3 75 39 52.1 69 29 42.7
18 to 21 Years Old 9475 986 10.4 7567 566 7.5 1434 367 25.6 1112 275 24.8
Enrolled In School 6237 434 7.0 5062 230 4.5 816 180 22.1 610 122 19.9
Not Enrolled 3238 551 17.0 2505 336 13.4 619 187 30.3 502 154 30.7
No High School
Diploma 927 327 35.3 675 198 29.4 222 118 53.1 195 85 43.7
22 to 24 Years Old 3806 264 6.9 2901 136 4.7 659 107 16.3 497 83 16.6
Enrolled In School 1313 81 6.2 985 47 4.7 194 25 13.0 143 27 19.1
Not Enrolled 2493 183 7.3 1916 90 4.7 465 82 17.6 354 55 15.7
No High School
Diploma 318 75 23.7 211 33 15.4 89 36 40.6 73 22 29.4
Related Children In Married Couple Families Total 14673 844 5.8 12459 625 5.0 1348 110 8.2 1661 295 17.8
16 to 17 Years Old 4997 397 7.9 4235 278 6.6 470 54 11.4 572 118 20.6
Enrolled In School 4785 345 7.2 4059 241 5.9 446 46 10.3 535 109 20.5
Not Enrolled 212 51 24.2 176 37 21.2 24 8 32.2 37 9 23.1
No High School
Diploma 184 51 27.9 148 37 25.2 24 8 32.2 33 9 25.6
18 to 21 Years Old 6905 350 5.1 5930 272 4.6 607 50 8.3 738 136 18.4
Enrolled In School 4832 156 3.2 4138 116 2.8 396 25 6.2 433 73 16.9
Not Enrolled 2073 194 9.4 1793 156 8.7 212 26 12.2 306 63 20.5
No High School
Diploma 488 117 24.0 419 92 21.9 51 21 41.4 107 35 33.0
22 to 24 Years Old 2771 97 3.5 2295 75 3.3 271 6 2.4 351 41 11.8
Enrolled In School 1035 33 3.2 807 22 2.7 117 3 2.7 110 12 11.0
Not Enrolled 1736 64 3.7 1488 53 3.6 154 3 2.1 242 29 12.2
No High School
Diploma 172 20 11.4 132 17 12.6 27 0 .0 44 10 23.5
Related Children In Families With Female Householder- No Spouse Present Total 4848 1349 27.8 2892 604 20.9 1741 698 40.1 701 312 44.5
16 to 17 Years Old 1852 622 33.6 1133 289 25.5 635 313 49.3 270 153 56.7
Enrolled In School 1690 538 31.8 1018 237 23.3 589 281 47.8 236 133 56.5
Not Enrolled 163 84 51.7 115 52 45.6 46 31 67.8 34 20 57.6
No High School
Diploma 154 81 52.8 107 50 46.5 46 31 68.5 32 20 60.8
18 to 21 Years Old 2104 575 27.3 1267 265 20.9 742 288 38.8 318 125 39.4
Enrolled In School 1153 254 22.1 714 102 14.3 384 143 37.3 155 43 27.7
Not Enrolled 951 320 33.7 554 163 29.4 358 145 40.4 162 82 50.7
No High School
Diploma 362 185 50.9 206 93 45.2 146 87 59.3 70 45 64.8
22 to 24 Years Old 892 152 17.0 492 50 10.1 364 98 26.8 114 34 30.0
Enrolled In School 229 44 19.3 142 21 14.7 67 22 32.9 27 11 41.2
Not Enrolled 663 108 16.3 350 29 8.3 297 76 25.4 87 23 26.5
No High School
Diploma 128 50 39.1 68 14 20.5 55 33 59.1 25 11 44.4
Husband In Married Couple Family Total 1324 216 16.3 1184 195 16.4 104 16 15.3 261 88 33.8
16 to 17 Years Old 6 2 30.7 5 1 18.2 1 1 100.0 0 0 (B)
Enrolled In School 1 1 100.0 1 1 100.0 0 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
Not Enrolled 5 1 19.5 4 0 .0 1 1 100.0 0 0 (B)
No High School
Diploma 5 1 19.5 4 0 .0 1 1 100.0 0 0 (B)
18 to 21 Years Old 232 62 26.8 213 59 27.5 17 2 10.1 56 28 49.3
Enrolled In School 22 9 41.0 22 9 41.0 0 0 (B) 4 3 70.1
Not Enrolled 210 53 25.3 191 50 25.9 17 2 10.1 52 25 47.5
No High School
Diploma 77 33 42.7 73 31 42.8 4 2 40.5 32 18 56.2
22 to 24 Years Old 1086 152 14.0 966 135 14.0 86 13 15.3 205 60 29.5
Enrolled In School 133 6 4.4 115 6 5.1 13 0 .0 21 4 21.0
Not Enrolled 953 146 15.3 851 129 15.2 72 13 18.1 183 56 30.5
No High School
Diploma 192 80 41.8 182 75 41.1 4 3 68.6 82 42 50.7
Wives In Married Couple Family Total 2218 333 15.0 1998 296 14.8 144 18 12.2 444 129 29.0
16 to 17 Years Old 26 17 66.2 26 17 66.2 0 0 (B) 9 3 33.3
Enrolled In School 4 3 75.9 4 3 75.9 0 0 (B) 3 2 62.0
Not Enrolled 22 14 64.4 22 14 64.4 0 0 (B) 6 1 20.5
No High School
Diploma 22 14 64.4 22 14 64.4 0 0 (B) 6 1 20.5
18 to 21 Years Old 700 164 23.4 623 147 23.6 53 7 12.9 159 59 37.3
Enrolled In School 121 13 10.4 108 8 7.4 13 5 35.4 15 1 10.0
Not Enrolled 579 151 26.1 515 139 27.0 40 2 5.4 144 58 40.0
No High School
Diploma 198 94 47.7 172 89 51.6 15 0 .0 78 45 57.4
22 to 24 Years Old 1492 152 10.2 1349 132 9.8 91 11 11.9 277 67 24.1
Enrolled In School 177 6 3.3 162 6 3.6 10 0 .0 20 1 4.2
Not Enrolled 1316 146 11.1 1187 126 10.6 81 11 13.4 256 66 25.7
No High School
Diploma 253 60 23.9 231 53 23.0 11 4 37.9 139 44 31.8
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/031996/pov/8_001.htm