Table 3. Status dropout rates and number and distribution of dropouts of 16- through 24-year-olds, by background characteristics: October 2001

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Characteristic

Status dropout rate (percent)

Number of status dropouts (thousands)

Population (thousands)

Percent of all dropouts

Percent of population


Total

10.7

3,774

35,195

100.0

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sex

 

 

 

 

 

  Male

12.2

2,151

17,645

57.0

50.1

  Female

9.3

1,623

17,549

43.0

49.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Race/ethnicity1

 

 

 

 

 

  White, non-Hispanic

7.3

1,677

22,903

44.4

65.1

  Black, non-Hispanic

10.9

557

5,111

14.7

14.5

  Hispanic

27.0

1,442

5,350

38.2

15.2

  Asian/Pacific Islander

3.6

53

1,487

1.4

4.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Age

 

 

 

 

 

  16

4.2

168

3,984

4.4

11.3

  17

5.6

229

4,060

6.1

11.5

  18

12.9

514

3,975

13.6

11.3

  19

12.5

528

4,227

14.0

12.0

  20–24

12.3

2,336

18,949

61.9

53.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recency of immigration

 

 

 

 

 

  Born outside the 50 states
  and District of Columbia

 

 

 

 

 

   Hispanic
43.4
980
2,261
26.0
6.4

   Non-Hispanic

6.2

125

2,001

3.3

5.7

  First generation2

 

 

 

 

 

   Hispanic

15.4

267

1,735

7.1

4.9

   Non-Hispanic

4.8

92

1,917

2.4

5.4

  Second generation or more2

 

 

 

 

 

   Hispanic

14.4

195

1,353

5.2

3.8

   Non-Hispanic

8.2

2,116

25,927

56.1

73.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Region

 

 

 

 

 

  Northeast

8.8

543

6,133

14.4

17.4

  Midwest

8.6

717

8,288

19.0

23.5

  South

13.1

1,643

12,527

43.5

35.6

  West

10.6

872

8,248

23.1

23.4

 


1Due to small sample sizes, American Indians/Alaska Natives are included in the total but are not shown separately.

2Individuals defined as “first generation” were born in the 50 states or the District of Columbia, and one or both of their parents were born outside the 50 states or the District of Columbia. Individuals defined as “second generation or more” were born in the 50 states or the District of Columbia, as were both of their parents.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, October 2001.

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