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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	Number	Percent of Total	Total	Number	Percent of Total	Total	Number	Percent of Total	Total	Number	Percent of Total
Women With Children- Spouse Present	Total	1173	220	18.8	1043	196	18.8	81	16	19.6	256	79	30.8
	16 to 17 Years Old	11	3	28.1	8	3	38.5	3	0	.0	5	2	44.2
	Enrolled In School	5	0	.0	2	0	.0	3	0	.0	0	0	(B)
	Not Enrolled	6	3	53.5	6	3	53.5	0	0	(B)	5	2	44.2
	No High School
	Diploma	6	3	53.5	6	3	53.5	0	0	(B)	5	2	44.2
	18 to 21 Years Old	361	101	28.0	306	87	28.4	42	10	24.7	85	33	38.7
	Enrolled In School	45	10	21.9	37	10	26.8	5	0	.0	5	2	41.6
	Not Enrolled	316	91	28.9	269	77	28.6	37	10	28.3	81	31	38.5
	No High School
	Diploma	144	63	44.0	126	53	42.2	11	6	57.6	51	26	50.0
	22 to 24 Years Old	802	116	14.5	730	106	14.6	36	6	15.3	166	44	26.4
	Enrolled In School	52	11	21.6	51	11	22.2	1	0	.0	6	3	51.6
	Not Enrolled	750	105	14.0	679	95	14.0	35	6	16.0	160	41	25.5
	No High School
	Diploma	205	53	25.8	187	47	25.0	5	2	38.7	92	28	30.7
Women With Children- No Spouse Present	Total	1079	697	64.6	603	364	60.5	437	310	70.9	184	129	70.2
	16 to 17 Years Old	28	17	60.0	8	7	78.9	17	8	45.9	8	6	76.9
	Enrolled In School	19	10	53.6	3	3	100.0	13	4	34.1	5	5	100.0
	Not Enrolled	9	7	73.5	5	3	64.4	4	3	85.1	3	1	44.4
	No High School
	Diploma	9	7	73.5	5	3	64.4	4	3	85.1	3	1	44.4
	18 to 21 Years Old	442	293	66.4	232	146	62.7	186	134	72.3	70	53	75.8
	Enrolled In School	128	79	61.4	60	30	50.6	53	41	77.0	14	9	65.2
	Not Enrolled	314	215	68.4	173	116	66.9	133	94	70.4	57	44	78.3
	No High School
	Diploma	105	81	76.8	54	43	79.8	46	36	76.9	25	22	87.6
	22 to 24 Years Old	610	387	63.5	362	212	58.6	234	168	71.7	106	70	66.0
	Enrolled In School	93	54	58.8	49	32	66.3	40	20	48.5	5	5	100.0
	Not Enrolled	518	333	64.4	313	180	57.4	194	148	76.5	101	65	64.4
	No High School
	Diploma	152	134	88.3	88	81	91.1	57	49	85.7	50	40	80.0
Employed Persons	Total	18281	2255	12.3	15506	1734	11.2	2032	431	21.2	2315	476	20.6
	16 to 17 Years Old	2321	220	9.5	2030	159	7.8	217	50	23.3	195	53	27.2
	Enrolled In School	2135	171	8.0	1879	121	6.5	195	43	22.0	158	36	22.5
	Not Enrolled	186	49	26.4	151	38	24.9	22	8	34.8	37	17	47.2
	No High School
	Diploma	138	38	27.9	122	31	25.5	11	3	32.9	31	13	42.1
	18 to 21 Years Old	8389	1140	13.6	7115	895	12.6	941	190	20.2	1074	242	22.5
	Enrolled In School	4041	384	9.5	3464	284	8.2	384	71	18.6	364	44	12.1
	Not Enrolled	4348	756	17.4	3652	611	16.7	558	119	21.4	709	198	27.9
	No High School
	Diploma	1013	288	28.4	877	244	27.8	100	33	32.7	356	131	36.9
	22 to 24 Years Old	7572	895	11.8	6360	680	10.7	874	190	21.7	1046	181	17.3
	Enrolled In School	1550	185	11.9	1296	137	10.6	179	40	22.3	183	23	12.4
	Not Enrolled	6021	711	11.8	5064	543	10.7	695	150	21.6	862	158	18.3
	No High School
	Diploma	767	204	26.6	661	174	26.4	81	27	32.7	352	91	25.8
Unemployed Persons	Total	2304	679	29.5	1530	384	25.1	666	268	40.2	419	187	44.8
	16 to 17 Years Old	582	140	24.0	459	97	21.1	103	38	36.7	99	53	53.2
	Enrolled In School	478	93	19.4	397	74	18.7	67	19	27.7	75	35	46.8
	Not Enrolled	104	47	45.0	62	23	36.4	36	19	53.7	24	18	73.0
	No High School
	Diploma	92	43	47.0	55	23	41.1	32	16	48.6	21	18	83.7
	18 to 21 Years Old	1172	350	29.9	730	183	25.1	384	156	40.6	213	86	40.6
	Enrolled In School	385	93	24.2	275	53	19.1	91	36	39.7	54	16	29.6
	Not Enrolled	787	257	32.6	455	130	28.6	294	120	40.9	159	70	44.3
	No High School
	Diploma	314	145	46.2	189	75	39.5	113	69	60.8	93	49	52.7
	22 to 24 Years Old	549	189	34.4	341	105	30.6	178	74	41.5	106	48	45.3
	Enrolled In School	85	14	16.1	60	9	14.4	25	5	20.1	19	0	.0
	Not Enrolled	464	175	37.8	281	96	34.1	153	69	45.0	87	48	55.3
	No High School
	Diploma	129	72	55.6	84	36	42.7	39	32	82.4	48	29	59.5
Persons Not In The Labor Force	Total	12215	2939	24.1	9161	1878	20.5	2248	864	38.4	1974	799	40.5
	16 to 17 Years Old	4910	1046	21.3	3716	618	16.6	926	379	40.9	787	305	38.8
	Enrolled In School	4664	937	20.1	3536	546	15.4	873	346	39.7	721	276	38.3
	Not Enrolled	246	109	44.3	180	72	40.0	53	33	61.6	66	29	44.4
	No High School
	Diploma	223	103	46.2	158	67	42.4	53	33	61.6	66	29	44.4
	18 to 21 Years Old	5069	1239	24.4	3745	797	21.3	971	364	37.5	781	334	42.7
	Enrolled In School	3652	639	17.5	2713	399	14.7	647	181	28.0	432	147	34.1
	Not Enrolled	1417	600	42.3	1032	397	38.5	324	183	56.4	350	187	53.5
	No High School
	Diploma	670	361	53.9	470	244	52.0	168	103	61.6	221	132	59.8
	22 to 24 Years Old	2236	653	29.2	1700	464	27.3	351	121	34.5	406	160	39.4
	Enrolled In School	951	200	21.0	714	130	18.2	125	34	27.2	106	23	22.0
	Not Enrolled	1285	454	35.3	986	334	33.8	226	87	38.6	300	137	45.5
	No High School
	Diploma	452	234	51.8	336	167	49.8	91	54	58.5	186	104	55.7

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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_002.htm