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TABLE 8. Enrollment and Educational Attainment - Poverty Status In 1996 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 32800 5872 17.9 26197 3996 15.3 4946 1562 31.6 4708 1462 31.1
16 to 17 Years Old 7813 1406 18.0 6205 873 14.1 1246 467 37.5 1082 411 38.0
Enrolled In School 7276 1201 16.5 5811 741 12.8 1136 408 35.9 955 347 36.3
Not Enrolled 536 205 38.2 393 132 33.6 110 59 53.7 127 64 50.7
No High School
Diploma 454 185 40.8 335 121 36.0 95 52 54.1 117 60 50.8
18 to 21 Years Old 14630 2729 18.7 11590 1874 16.2 2297 710 30.9 2068 662 32.0
Enrolled In School 8078 1117 13.8 6452 735 11.4 1122 288 25.7 850 207 24.4
Not Enrolled 6552 1612 24.6 5138 1139 22.2 1175 422 35.9 1218 455 37.4
No High School
Diploma 1998 794 39.7 1535 563 36.7 381 205 53.8 670 313 46.7
22 to 24 Years Old 10357 1738 16.8 8402 1249 14.9 1404 385 27.4 1558 389 24.9
Enrolled In School 2586 398 15.4 2070 276 13.3 329 79 24.0 308 46 14.9
Not Enrolled 7771 1340 17.2 6331 973 15.4 1074 306 28.5 1250 343 27.4
No High School
Diploma 1348 510 37.8 1080 377 34.9 212 112 53.0 586 223 38.0
Male Total 16562 2484 15.0 13405 1714 12.8 2364 631 26.7 2568 727 28.3
16 to 17 Years Old 4027 683 17.0 3211 425 13.2 627 222 35.4 583 213 36.6
Enrolled In School 3739 600 16.1 3008 377 12.5 562 194 34.5 510 181 35.5
Not Enrolled 288 83 28.6 203 48 23.9 65 28 42.6 73 32 44.0
No High School
Diploma 245 75 30.5 175 45 25.5 57 24 42.5 70 31 43.6
18 to 21 Years Old 7278 1145 15.7 5834 794 13.6 1098 296 27.0 1073 316 29.4
Enrolled In School 3898 466 11.9 3150 311 9.9 522 125 23.9 436 92 21.2
Not Enrolled 3380 679 20.1 2683 482 18.0 576 172 29.8 637 223 35.1
No High School
Diploma 1104 358 32.4 849 240 28.3 215 104 48.3 377 159 42.3
22 to 24 Years Old 5256 656 12.5 4360 495 11.4 640 112 17.6 912 198 21.7
Enrolled In School 1305 147 11.3 1074 104 9.7 135 22 16.2 177 25 14.3
Not Enrolled 3951 509 12.9 3286 390 11.9 505 91 17.9 735 172 23.5
No High School
Diploma 738 216 29.3 624 167 26.7 104 45 42.8 364 119 32.8
Female Total 16238 3388 20.9 12792 2282 17.8 2582 932 36.1 2139 735 34.4
16 to 17 Years Old 3785 723 19.1 2994 448 15.0 619 246 39.7 499 198 39.6
Enrolled In School 3537 600 17.0 2803 364 13.0 574 214 37.3 445 166 37.2
Not Enrolled 248 122 49.4 191 84 43.9 45 31 69.9 54 32 59.7
No High School
Diploma 209 110 52.9 159 76 47.6 38 27 71.2 47 29 61.6
18 to 21 Years Old 7352 1584 21.5 5757 1080 18.8 1199 414 34.5 995 347 34.8
Enrolled In School 4180 651 15.6 3302 424 12.8 600 164 27.3 415 115 27.7
Not Enrolled 3172 933 29.4 2455 656 26.7 599 250 41.7 580 232 39.9
No High School
Diploma 893 436 48.8 686 322 47.0 166 101 60.8 293 153 52.3
22 to 24 Years Old 5100 1081 21.2 4041 754 18.6 764 272 35.7 646 191 29.5
Enrolled In School 1281 251 19.6 996 172 17.2 195 57 29.4 131 21 15.7
Not Enrolled 3819 831 21.7 3045 582 19.1 569 215 37.8 515 170 33.1
No High School
Diploma 610 293 48.1 456 211 46.1 108 68 62.8 222 103 46.6
Related Children In Families Total 20940 2209 10.5 16754 1323 7.9 3153 766 24.3 2683 700 26.1
16 to 17 Years Old 7434 1138 15.3 5912 662 11.2 1183 429 36.2 992 349 35.2
Enrolled In School 6998 1012 14.5 5598 593 10.6 1090 380 34.9 893 304 34.1
Not Enrolled 436 126 29.0 314 69 22.1 94 48 51.7 99 45 45.5
No High School
Diploma 368 115 31.2 266 66 25.0 84 41 48.5 92 42 45.9
18 to 21 Years Old 9860 876 8.9 7975 547 6.9 1411 281 19.9 1205 292 24.2
Enrolled In School 6410 408 6.4 5278 254 4.8 791 126 15.9 684 141 20.6
Not Enrolled 3451 468 13.6 2697 293 10.9 620 155 24.9 521 151 28.9
No High School
Diploma 950 270 28.4 709 175 24.7 197 86 43.8 241 106 44.2
22 to 24 Years Old 3646 195 5.3 2867 115 4.0 558 56 10.1 486 59 12.2
Enrolled In School 1291 41 3.2 1050 25 2.4 146 7 4.5 185 9 5.1
Not Enrolled 2355 154 6.5 1817 90 5.0 412 50 12.1 301 50 16.6
No High School
Diploma 309 65 21.0 224 36 16.1 72 21 30.0 82 24 29.7
Related Children In Married Couple Families Total 15056 817 5.4 12945 618 4.8 1339 139 10.4 1791 307 17.2
16 to 17 Years Old 5154 395 7.7 4462 293 6.6 442 77 17.5 639 146 22.9
Enrolled In School 4906 348 7.1 4259 262 6.2 413 69 16.7 583 129 22.2
Not Enrolled 248 47 18.9 202 31 15.3 29 9 30.0 55 17 30.9
No High School
Diploma 213 46 21.7 171 31 18.2 27 9 32.2 53 17 32.5
18 to 21 Years Old 7241 335 4.6 6240 254 4.1 646 53 8.3 808 128 15.9
Enrolled In School 5001 172 3.4 4299 125 2.9 427 27 6.2 489 69 14.0
Not Enrolled 2240 163 7.3 1941 129 6.7 219 27 12.2 319 60 18.8
No High School
Diploma 511 86 16.8 419 67 16.0 68 17 24.6 121 40 33.2
22 to 24 Years Old 2660 87 3.3 2243 71 3.2 252 8 3.3 344 33 9.4
Enrolled In School 975 25 2.6 818 23 2.8 86 0 .0 141 7 5.2
Not Enrolled 1685 62 3.7 1426 49 3.4 166 8 5.1 203 25 12.4
No High School
Diploma 197 27 13.5 149 19 12.4 38 6 15.2 47 14 29.8
Related Children In Families With Female Householder- No Spouse Present Total 4822 1305 27.1 2932 647 22.1 1673 600 35.9 759 366 48.2
16 to 17 Years Old 1901 711 37.4 1131 346 30.6 701 344 49.1 307 192 62.4
Enrolled In School 1754 635 36.2 1048 311 29.6 642 304 47.4 272 165 60.8
Not Enrolled 147 76 51.9 83 35 42.7 59 40 67.6 35 26 74.7
No High School
Diploma 122 66 53.8 68 32 47.3 51 32 62.8 31 23 76.4
18 to 21 Years Old 2116 495 23.4 1328 266 20.0 684 209 30.5 341 152 44.7
Enrolled In School 1156 219 18.9 775 121 15.6 320 91 28.5 180 70 39.1
Not Enrolled 960 276 28.8 554 145 26.3 363 117 32.3 161 82 50.9
No High School
Diploma 349 162 46.5 227 96 42.0 108 60 55.8 95 58 61.2
22 to 24 Years Old 806 99 12.2 473 35 7.4 289 48 16.6 112 22 19.8
Enrolled In School 253 16 6.4 175 2 1.2 58 7 11.4 41 2 5.3
Not Enrolled 553 82 14.9 297 33 11.0 231 41 17.8 71 20 28.1
No High School
Diploma 89 36 40.4 50 15 30.1 33 16 46.9 24 10 44.2
Husband In Married Couple Family Total 1139 166 14.6 1012 136 13.4 109 29 26.3 226 60 26.6
16 to 17 Years Old 7 0 .0 7 0 .0 0 0 (B) 2 0 .0
Enrolled In School 5 0 .0 5 0 .0 0 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
Not Enrolled 2 0 .0 2 0 .0 0 0 (B) 2 0 .0
No High School
Diploma 2 0 .0 2 0 .0 0 0 (B) 2 0 .0
18 to 21 Years Old 233 62 26.6 206 48 23.1 26 13 51.1 53 20 37.9
Enrolled In School 29 10 34.7 22 7 32.0 7 3 43.1 2 1 71.2
Not Enrolled 204 52 25.4 184 41 22.0 19 10 54.1 52 19 36.9
No High School
Diploma 87 33 37.9 75 22 28.6 10 10 100.0 35 14 38.6
22 to 24 Years Old 899 104 11.6 799 88 11.1 84 16 18.7 170 40 23.4
Enrolled In School 87 23 26.1 75 16 20.9 12 7 58.7 12 3 27.6
Not Enrolled 812 82 10.1 724 73 10.0 72 9 12.0 159 37 23.1
No High School
Diploma 144 41 28.5 130 36 27.2 13 5 38.6 68 24 34.9
Wives In Married Couple Family Total 2132 284 13.3 1908 244 12.8 137 23 17.0 350 96 27.3
16 to 17 Years Old 17 6 34.3 12 4 34.5 4 1 33.5 7 5 64.7
Enrolled In School 7 1 18.6 4 1 32.3 3 0 .0 1 1 100.0
Not Enrolled 10 4 45.0 8 3 35.5 1 1 100.0 6 4 57.4
No High School
Diploma 10 4 45.0 8 3 35.5 1 1 100.0 6 4 57.4
18 to 21 Years Old 636 136 21.4 560 120 21.4 54 12 23.3 125 46 36.5
Enrolled In School 99 19 19.1 90 19 21.1 5 0 .0 10 5 50.3
Not Enrolled 537 117 21.8 470 101 21.5 48 12 25.9 115 40 35.2
No High School
Diploma 172 73 42.4 152 61 40.0 13 9 64.3 70 31 45.0
22 to 24 Years Old 1480 142 9.6 1336 120 8.9 79 9 11.8 217 45 20.8
Enrolled In School 205 18 8.7 190 12 6.2 7 4 50.3 20 3 15.7
Not Enrolled 1275 124 9.7 1147 108 9.4 72 6 7.8 197 42 21.4
No High School
Diploma 231 57 24.8 207 51 24.7 11 2 17.8 99 29 29.6
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 28, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031997/pov/8_001.htm