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Students, Graduates, and
Dropouts, October
U.S, Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
December 1983

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Bulletin 2192




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Students, Graduates, and
Dropouts, October 1080-82
U.S. Department of Labor
Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner
December 1983
Bulletin 2192

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402







Preface

This bulletin on school-age youth is part of the
Special Labor Force Reports series. It discusses 1981-82
changes in the labor force activity o f students,
graduates, and dropouts. The article was initially
published in the Monthly Labor Review, August 1983,
and is reprinted with additional tabular material and an
explanatory note.
The data were compiled from supplementary ques­
tions to the October 1981 and 1982 Current Population




Survey (CPS) conducted and tabulated by the Bureau of
the Census for the Bureau o f Labor Statistics. The data
for 1980 were retabulated from the October 1980 CPS
using 1980 census population weights, and may differ
from those previously published.
Material in this publication is in the public domain
and may, with appropriate credit, be reproduced
without permission.




Page
Youth labor force marked turning point in 1982 ..............................................................

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Appendix A. Explanatory n o te ..........................................................................................

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Appendix B. Supplementary tab les:.................................................................................

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Revised 1980 data:
B- 1. Employment status o f the population 16 to 24 years old by
school enrollment, years of school completed, and sex,
October 1980 ...............................................................................................
B- 2. Employment status of the population 16 to 24 years old by school
enrollment, years of school completed, race, Hispanic origin,
and sex, October1980 ..................................................................................

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11

1981-82 data:
B- 3. School enrollment and employment status of 1981 high school
graduates and 1980-81 school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by sex,
race, and Hispanic origin, October 1981.................................................
B- 4. Employment status of the population 16 to 34 years old by school
enrollment, age, sex, and race, October 1981-82 ..................................
B- 5. Employment status of the population 16 to 34 years old enrolled
in school by sex, age, and type of school, October 1981-82.................
B- 6. Employment status of the population 16 to 34 years old enrolled
in school by race, sex, age, and type o f school, October 1981-82 . . . .
B- 7. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school, high school
graduates not enrolled in college, and school dropouts by sex and
occupation, October 1981..........................................................................
B- 8. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school, high school
graduates not enrolled in college, and school dropouts by sex and
occupation, October 1982 ..........................................................................
B- 9. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school, high school
graduates not enrolled in college, and school dropouts by sex,
industry, and class o f worker, October 1981..........................................
B-10. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school, recent high school
graduates not enrolled in college, and school dropouts by sex,
industry, and class o f worker, October 1982..........................................
B -ll. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school by occupation,
industry, class o f worker, sex, age, and race, October 1981-82 .........
B-12. Employment status of the population 16 to 24 year olds not
enrolled in school by educational attainment, sex, and race,
October 1981-82 ...........................................................................................
B-13. Employment status of the Hispanic-origin population 16 to 24
years old by school enrollment status, educational attainment,
and sex, October 1981-82 ........................................................................
B-14. Employment status of high school graduates not enrolled in
college and school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by sex, age, and race,
October 1981-82 ...........................................................................................



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Contents—Continued
B-15. Unemployed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school,
high school graduates not enrolled in college, and school
dropouts by age, sex, race, and duration o f unemployment,
October 1981-82 ............... ....................................................................... ....
B-16. Unemployed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school by
occupation, sex, and age, October 1981-82.............................................
B-17. Employed and unemployed high school graduates not enrolled
in college, and school dropouts 16 to 21 years old by
occupation and sex, October 1981-82 .....................................................
B-18. Unemployed 16- to 21-year-olds enrolled in school, high
school graduates not enrolled in college, and school
dropouts by sex, race, and reason for unemployment,
October 1981-82 ..................................................... ......................................




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Y outh lab or fo re e marksdl
turning point in 1DS2
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school will probably decline through the 1980’s, as smaller
cohorts of youth pass through the conventional school age
groups.2
Labor force participation rates for most student and non­
student groups either drifted down or were not significantly
changed between October of 1981 and 1982. (See table 2.)
An apparent rise in labor force activity among black students

A turning point in the composition of the youth labor force
was reached in 1982, as the last of the post-World War II
baby-boom generation completed high school. Since reach­
ing a peak in October 1979, the l6-to-24-year-old labor
force has dropped by 850,000, with 60 percent of the de­
crease occurring between October 1981 and October 1982.1
(See table 1.) The number of young people completing high

Tab le 1. E m ploym ent status of persons 16 to 24 years old, by school en ro llm en t status, years of school co m p leted , and sex,
O ctober 1 9 8 1 -8 2
[Numbers in thousands]

C h a r a c te r is tic

Total, 16 to 24 y e a rs ..................................................................

C iv ilia n
n o n in s titu tio n a l
p o p u la tio n

C iv ilia n
la b o r fo rc e

P a r tic ip a tio n
ra te

U n e m p lo y e d

U n e m p lo y m e n t
ra te

1981

1982

1981

1982

1981

1982

1981

1982

1981

1982

36,946

36,452

24,583

24,076

66.5

66.0

3,642

4,331

14.8

18.0

15,909
11,208
4,701
8,108
7,800
6,503
1,297
8.150
4,224
3,925
3,324
601
7,759
3,884
3.875
3,179
696

15,624
10,725
4,897
7,701
7,923
6,546
1,377
7,991
4,045
3,945
3,336
609
7,633
3,656
3,978
3,210
768

7,352
4,706
2,646
3,276
4,076
2,901
1,175
3,803
1,805
1,998
1,438
560
3,549
1,471
2,078
1.463
615

7,194
4,398
2,796
2,970
4,222
2,992
1,230
3,628
1,589
2,038
1,481
557
3,566
1,381
2,184
1,511
673

46.2
42.0
56.3
40.4
52.3
44.6
90.6
46.7
42.7
50.9
43.3
93.2
45.7
37.9
53.6
46.0
88.4

46.0
41.0
57.1
38.6
53.3
45.7
89.3
45.4
39.3
51.7
44.9
91.5
46.7
37.8
54.9
47.1
87.6

1,062
855
207
655
406
346
60
543
348
194
167
27
519
307
212
179
33

1,202
916
286
707
496
381
115
674
417
258
186
72
528
290
238
195
43

14.4
18.2
7.8
20.0
10.0
11.9
5.1
14.3
19.3
10.2
11.6
4.8
14.6
20.9
10.5
12.2
5.4

16.7
20.8
10.2
23.8
11.7
12.7
9.3
18.6
26.2
12.7
12.6
12.9
14.8
21.0
10.9
12.9
6.4

21,037
4,887
16,150
10,018
2,746
1,028
1,718
5,360
1,280
632
11,019
2,396
893
1,504
6,091
1,646
885

20,828
4,901
15,926
9,947
2,600
981
1,620
5,313
1,333
701
10,881
2,455
910
1,545
5,903
1,691
833

17,231
3,776
13,455
9,185
2,346
824
1,523
5,002
1,229
608
8,046
1,155
434
723
4,671
1,384
835

16,882
3,709
13,173
9,056
2,193
765
1,428
4,915
1,262
687
7,826
1,159
442
719
4,464
1,428
775

81.9
77.3
83.3
91.7
85.4
80.2
88.6
93.3
96.0
96.2
73.0
48.2
48.6
48.1
76.7
84.1
94.4

81.1
75.7
82.7
91.0
84.3
78.0
88.1
92.5
94.7
98.0
71.9
47.2
48.6
46.5
75.6
84.4
93.0

2,580
850
1,729
1,397
582
236
346
673
100
42
1,183
361
178
183
663
125
34

3,129
1,009
2,120
1,742
684
297
387
851
148
58
1,387
382
172
212
769
160
76

15.0
22.5
12.9
15.2
24.8
28.6
22.7
13.5
8.1
6.9
14.7
31.2
41.0
25.3
14.2
9.0
4.1

JL8.5
27.2
16.1
19.2
31.2
38.8
27.1
17.3
11.7
8.4
17.7
33.0
38.9
29.5
17.2
11.2
9.8

ENRO LLED

Total, 16 to 24 y e a rs ................................................................................
16 to 19 years .....................................................................................
20 to 24 years .....................................................................................
High school . . .■..................................................................................
College ..................................................................................................
Full-time stud ents.............................................................................
Part-time students ..........................................................................
Men, 16 to 24 years ..........................................................................
High school .....................................................................................
College .............................................................................................
Full-time s tu d e n ts .......................................................................
Part-time s tu d e n ts.......................................................................
Women, 16 to 24 years ....................................................................
High school .....................................................................................
College .............................................................................................
Full-time s tu d e n ts .......................................................................
Part-time s tu d e n ts.......................................................................
NO T ENRO LLED

Total, 16 to 24 y e a rs ...............................................................................
16 to 19 years .....................................................................................
20 to 24 years .....................................................................................
Men, 16 to 24 years ..........................................................................
Less than 4 years of high s c h o o l.................................................
16 to 19 years .............................................................................
20 to 24 years .............................................................................
4 years of high school ..................................................................
1 to 3 years of college ..................................................................
4 years of college or m o r e ............................................................
Women, 16 to 24 years ...........• .......................................................
Less than 4 years of high s c h o o l.................................................
16 to 19 years .............................................................................
20 to 24 years .............................................................................
4 years of high school ..................................................................
1 to 3 years of college ..................................................................
4 years of college or m o r e ............................................................

Note: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals.

Anne McDougall Young is an economist in the Division of Employment and Unemployment Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics.




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was not statistically significant, reflecting the relatively large
variance in small sample estimates. Most of the slippage in
the participation rate for students, which began in 1978,

occurred among teenagers, especially those 16 and 17 years
old. Reasons for this decline include discouragement with
the prospects of getting a job in a slack labor market and

T ab le 2. E m ploym ent status of persons 16 to 24 years old, by school en ro llm en t status, years of school com p le te d , race,
H ispanic origin, and sex, O ctober 1 9 8 1 -8 2
[Numbers in thousands]

C h a r a c te r is tic

C iv ilia n
n o n in s titu tio n a l
p o p u la tio n

C iv ilia n
la b o r fo rc e

P a r tic ip a tio n
ra te

U n e m p lo y m e n t
ra te

U n e m p lo y e d

1981

1982

1981

1982

1981

1982

Enrolled, total, 16 to 24 y e a rs ...............................................................
16 to 19 years .....................................................................................
20 to 24 years .....................................................................................
Men ......................... ..........................................................................
Women ...................................................................................................
High school ..........................................................................................
College ...................................................................................................

13,312
9,285
4,027
6,853
6,459
6.572
6.740

13,010
8,873
4,317
6,662
6,348
6,206
6,804

6,577
4,242
2,335
3,432
3,145
2,946
3,632

6,400
3,967
2,431
3,221
3,179
2,668
3,730

49.4
45.7
58.0
50.1
48.7
44.8
53.9

49.2
44.7
58.8
48.3
50.1
43.0
54.8

820
663
160
453
368
501
320

Not enrolled, total, 16 to 24 years .......................................................
Men ........................................................................................................
Women ...................................................................................................

17,797
8,562
9,236

17,481
8,399
9,082

14,898
7,996
6,902

14,457
7,774
6,683

83.7
93.4
74.7

82.7
92.6
73.6

School completed:
High school:
Less than 4 years .............................................................................
4 years .............................................................................................

4,107
9,778

4,001
9,524

2,889
8,417

2,727
8,111

70.4
86.1

College:
1 to 3 years .....................................................................................
4 years .............................................................................................

2,511
1,402

2,533
1,423

2,253
1,339

2,261
1,357

Enrolled, total, 16 to 24 y e a rs ...............................................................
16 to 19 years .............................................................................1. . .
20 to 24 years .....................................................................................
Men ........................................................................................................
W o m e n ...................................................................................................
High school ...........................................................................................
College ...................................................................................................

2,083
1,598
485
1,010
1,072
1,303
780

2,062
1,519
544
996
1,066
1,274
788

598
368
229
278
320
280
317

Not enrolled, total, 16 to 24 years .......................................................
Men ........................................................................................................
W o m e n ...................................................................................................

2,850
1,292
1,558

2,923
1,341
1,581

School completed:
High school:
Less than 4 years .............................................................................
4 years .............................................................................................

913
1,501

College:
1 to 3 years .....................................................................................
4 years or m o re ...............................................................................

1981

1982

1981

1982

942
744
198
523
419
565
380

12.5
15.6
6.8
13.2
11.7
17.0
8.8

14.7
18.7
8.2
16.2
13.2
21.2
10.2

1,854
1,045
809

2,264
1,289
975

12.4
13.1
11.7

15.7
16.6
14.6

68.2
85.2

657
980

758
1,188

22.7
11.6

27.8
14.6

89.7
95.5

89.3
95.4

149
68

201
117

6.6
5.1

8.9
8.6

591
319
271
293
298
237
350

28.7
23.0
47.3
27.5
29.9
21.5
40.6

28.7
21.0
49.8
29.4
28.0
18.6
44.4

207
167
42
72
135
138
71

217
149
68
122
95
125
93

34.6
45.3
18.1
25.9
42.2
49.3
22.4

36.7
46.7
25.3
41.6
31.9
52.7
26.6

2,085
1,065
1,019

2,109
1,105
1,005

73.2
82.4
65.4

72.2
82.4
63.6

680
332
349

814
419
395

32.6
31.2
34.2

38.6
37.9
39.3

917
1,523

551
1,144

544
1,137

60.4
76.2

59.3
74.7

266
338

288
406

48.3
29.6

52.9
35.7

348
88

407
74

306
84

359
71

87.9
95.5

88.2
(D

69
7

102
17

22.5
8.3

28.4
(D

Enrolled, total, 16 to 24 y e a rs ...............................................................
16 to 19 years .....................................................................................
20 to 24 years .....................................................................................
Men ........................................................................................................
W o m e n ...................................................................................................
High school ...........................................................................................
College ...................................................................................................

984
752
232
517
467
627
357

955
746
209
499
456
605
351

374
227
148
207
167
180
194

330
203
124
163
164
142
189

38.1
30.2
63.8
40.0
35.8
28.7
54.4

34.6
27.2
59.3
32.7
36.0
23.5
53.8

60
44
15
37
22
36
23

74
60
15
38
37
52
24

16.0
19.4
10.1
17.9
13.2
20.0
11.9

22.4
29.6
12.1
23.3
22.6
36.6
12.7

Not enrolled, total, 16 to 24 years ......................................................
Men ........................................................................................................
W o m e n ...................................................................................................

1,701
816
885

1,643
764
879

1,278
736
542

1,171
668
506

75.1
90.2
61.3

71.3
87.4
57.6

197
115
82

251
145
106

15.4
15.6
15.2

21.4
21.7
20.9

School completed:
High school:
Less than 4 years .............................................................................
4 years .............................................................................................

891
634

822
616

620
501

534
468

69.6
79.0

65.0
76.0

111
75

132
93

18.0
15.0

24.7
19.9

College:
1 to 3 years .....................................................................................
4 years or m o r e ...............................................................................

141
36

157
46

123
33

125
45

87.2
(D

79.6
(1)

10
1

19
6

8.1
(D

15.2
(D

W H IT E

BLA C K

H IS P A N IC O R IG IN

1Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
Note: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not add to totals because
data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both




the white and black population groups. Because of rounding, sums of individual items
may not e9ual totals,

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greater competition, mostly with adult women, for part-time
work. Among youth not in school, the trend generally has
paralleled that of adults 25 years and over, with the rates
for men moving slowly down, while those for women have
been rising. Between October of 1981 and 1982, even these
women were feeling the effects of the labor market pinch
and their participation rate edged down.
In October 1982, white youth had the highest labor force
participation rates, followed by Hispanics and blacks. These
patterns have persisted historically among both high school
and college students, as well as among youth no longer in
school. Among young men out of school, the participation
rate for Hispanics was midway between those of whites and
blacks. Hispanic women out of school continued to have
the lowest participation rate among all youth 16 to 24.

Tab le 4. S chool en ro llm e n t and labor force status of 1982
high school g raduates and 1 9 8 1 -8 2 school dropo uts 16 to
24 years old by sex, race, and H ispanic origin, O ctober
1982
[Numbers in thousands]

C h a r a c te r is tic

U nem ploym ent rates
Unemployment rates for students and youth not in school
rose sharply over the year ending in October 1982, reaching
16.7 and 18.5 percent, respectively. In past decades, stu­
dents, most of whom seek part-time jobs, had higher un­
employment rates than out-of-school youth. Beginning in
1980, this situation was reversed, partly because of the
“ aging” of the student group. Fewer students are now 16
and 17, ages at which unemployment rates are highest. Also,
youth not in school, most of whom prefer full-time work,
were experiencing difficulties in a slow job market.

[Numbers, in thousands]
E n ro lle d
E m p lo y m e n t s ta tu s a n d o c c u p a tio n

2 0 to
24
ye a rs

1 6 to
19
years

2 0 to
24
ye a rs

Total em ployed.......................................................
Percent .........................................................
Full time ............................................................
Part t im e ............................................................

3,485
100.0
8.4
91.6

2,510
100.0
35.2
64.8

2,703
100.0
64.2
35.8

11,053
100.0
82.6
17.4

Employed full time, percent distribution . . .
Professional and technical workers . . . .
Managers and administrators, except farm
Salesw orkers.................................................
Clerical w o rk e rs ............................................
Craft and kindred workers .........................
Operatives, except tra n s p o rt......................
Transport equipment operatives................
Nonfarm la b o re rs .........................................
Private household w o rk e rs .........................
Other service w o rk e rs .................................
Farm workers ..............................................

100.0
5.5
6.1
9.9
24.6
2.0
6.8
2.0
5.5
2.0
25.6
9.9

100.0
20.5
8.4
6.6
27.0
7.8
6.4
1.1
4.2
.2
16.3
1.5

100.0
1.4
3.6
5.0
19.4
11.9
14.6
3.4
12.6
1.7
19.4
6.8

100.0
11.6
7.5
5.4
22.3
13.2
12.5
3.5
7.8
.5
12.6
3.6

Employed part time, percent distribution . .
Professional and technical workers . . . .
Managers and administrators, except farm
Salesw orkers.................................................
Clerical w o rk e rs ............................................
Craft and kindred workers .........................
Operatives, except tra n s p o rt......................
Transport equipment operatives................
Nonfarm la b o re rs ................ ........................
Private household w o rk e rs ........................
Other service w o rk e rs .................................
Farm workers ..............................................

100.0
3.5
.6
12.3
21.4
1.3
3.3
1.8
14.3
4.7
33.5
3.4

100.0
17.2
2.2
12.1
26.1
3.0
3.0
1.6
7.4
1.7
25.2
.6

100.0
1.3
.6
8.5
18.9
6.8
8.8
1.3
12.6
2.5
33.5
5.2

100.0
6.6
1.8
7.0
19.9
8.4
9.9
2.3
10.3
2.8
29.4
1.6




Num ber

U n e m p lo y e d

P a r tic ip a tio n
ra te

Num ber

P e rc e n t

3.100

1,952

63.0

1.512

440

22.5

Men .................
Women . . . . . .
W h ite ................
B la c k .................
Hispanic origin.

1.508
1.592
2,644
384
174

976
976
1,708
211
99

64.7
61.3
64.5
54.9
57.0

769
743
1.383
99
65

207
233
325
112
34

21.2
23.9
19.0
53.0
34.3

Enrolled in college
Men ................
Women . . . . .
Full-time
students . . .
Part-time
students . . .
W h ite .................
B la c k ................
Hispanic origin.

1,568
739
829

695
316
379

44.3
42.8
45.7

586
270
316

109
46
63

15.7
14.6
16.6

1,419

577

40.6

483

94

16.3

149
1,376
140
75

118
635
42
25

79.2
46.1
30.0
33.3

103
540
28
22

15
95
14
3

12.7
15.0
(2)
(2)

Not enrolled in
college ...........
Men .................
Women ...........
W h ite ................
B la c k ................
Hispanic origin.

1,532
769
763
1,268
244
99

1,257
660
597
1,073
169
74

82.0
85.8
78.2
84.6
69.3
74.7

926
499
427
843
71
43

331
161
170
230
98
31

26.3
24.4
28.5
21.4
58.0
(2)

Total, 1981-82
school dropouts1

668

421

63.0

246

175

41.6

355
313
216

272
149
109

76.6
47.6
50.5

"154
92
67

118
57
42

43.4
38.3
38.5

96
513
135
73

40
344
70
45

41.7
67.1
51.9
(2)

25
220
20
26

15
124
50
19

(2)
36.0
(2)
(2)

1Data refer to persons who dropped out of school between October 1981 and October
1982. In addition. 59,000 persons 14 and 15 years old dropped out of school during
this period.
2Data not shown where base is less than 75.000.
Note: Detail for white, black, and Hispanic-origin groups will not add to totals because
data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both
the white and black population groups. Because of rounding, sums of individual items
may not equal totals.

N o t e n r o lle d

1 6 to
19
ye a rs

C iv ilia n la b o r fo rc e

Total, 1982 high
school graduates

Men .................
Women ...........
S in g le ...........
Other marital
status . . .
W h ite ................
B la c k .................
Hispanic origin

Tab le 3. O ccupation o f em ployed persons 16 to 24 years
old by school enrollm ent status and age, O ctober 1982

C iv ilia n
n o n in s titu tio n a l
p o p u la tio n

Unemployment rates increased sharply for white students
and nonstudents over the year. Rates for black students in
both high school and college showed no significant overthe-year change, but out-of-school black youth experienced
substantial increases. Jobless rates for black youth were
more than twice those of white youth across every educa­
tional attainment category. Among Hispanics, both students
and those not in school experienced increased unemploy­
ment between October 1981 and 1982. Their unemployment
rates remained between those of whites and blacks.
O ccupations
The school enrollment status of youth is, of course, a
major controlling factor in the occupational distribution of
these workers. With worktime limited by class schedules,
most students are employed only part time in jobs which

3

than their teenage counterparts to be in professional-tech­
nical and managerial jobs; relatively few were nonfarm la­
borers or service workers.

Table 5. P ercent of recent high school graduates 16 to 24
years old enrolled in college by year of graduation, and
race
Y e a r of g ra d u a tio n

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982

....................................................................
.....................................................................
.....................................................................
....................................................................
....................................................................
....................................................................
....................................................................
....................................................................
....................................................................
....................................................................
....................................................................
....................................................................
....................................................................

T o ta l

W h ite

B la c k 1

52
53
49
47
48
51
49
51
50
49
49
54
51

52
54
49
48
47
51
49
51
50
50
50
55
52

48
47
48
35
51
46
48
50
46
46
43
43
36

High school graduates and dropouts in 1982
About half (51 percent) of the 3.1 million youth who had
graduated from high school in 1982 were enrolled in college
by October. (See table 4.) This proportion was 3 percentage
points lower than the 1981 peak, with little difference be­
tween men and women. However, after having been rea­
sonably close for most years during the 1970’s, the differences
between college enrollment rates of whites and blacks wid­
ened in the early 1980’s, with a particularly big drop be­
tween October of 1981 and 1982. A sharp decline in black
enrollment was the principal cause of this widening gap.
(See table 5.)
Eighty-two percent of the new high school graduates not
enrolled in college were in the labor force by October 1982.
Poor economic conditions led to a sharply higher unem­
ployment rate— 26.3 versus 21.4 percent— for the yearearlier graduates.
The number of youth who dropped out of school over the
year— 670,000— was lower than in recent years, reflecting
primarily a decline in the population of 16-year-olds. At
41.6 percent, the unemployment rate for recent dropouts
was more than 1.8 times the rate of the year’s new high
school graduates.
□

1Black and other races, 1970-76; black only, 1977-82.

can accommodate varying working hours. In October 1982,
6 of 10 teenage students employed part time were clerical,
private household, or service workers. (See table 3.) Teen­
agers not enrolled in school usually held full-time jobs.
While the largest proportions were also in clerical and ser­
vice jobs, 4 of 10 were operatives, nonfarm laborers, or
craft workers.
Two-thirds of the 20- to 24-year-old students worked part
time, with the largest proportions in clerical and service
occupations. While 17 percent held professional or technical
jobs, perhaps related to their college studies, only 3 percent
of the teenage students held such jobs. The out-of-school
youth 20 to 24 who worked full time were far more likely

■FOOTNOTES1This report is based primarily on supplementary questions in the Oc­
tober 1982 Current Population Survey ( c p s ), conducted and tabulated for
the Bureau o f Labor Statistics by the Bureau of the Census. Most data
relate to persons 16 to 24 years of age in the civilian noninstitutional
population in the week ending Oct. 16, 1982.
Sampling variability may be relatively large in cases where the numbers
are small. Small estimates, or small differences between estimates, should
be interpreted with caution. Standard errors for school age youth data were




published in Special Labor Force Report 241, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For the most recent report in this series, see Anne McDougall Young.
“ Labor force patterns of students, graduates, and dropouts, 1981," Monthly
Labor Review, September 1982, pp. 3 9 -4 2 .
2 See Preliminary Estimates o f the Population o f the United States hv
Age, Sex and Race: 1970 to 1981, Current Population Reports, Series P 25, No. 917 (U .S. Bureau of the Census, 1982). table 3.

4

Appendix h , Explanatory N@f©

school education. Persons who had not graduated, that
is, school dropouts, were asked when they last attended
a regular school. Those who were enrolled in college at
the time o f the survey were also asked when they
graduated from high school.
Educational attainment applies to years o f school
completed in regular schools, which include graded
public, private, and parochial elementary and high
schools, colleges, universities, and professional schools,
whether day schools or night schools. Thus, regular
schooling is that which could be expected to advance a
person to an elementary certificate; a high school
diploma; or a college, university, or professional school
degree.
The civilian labor force comprises all civilians
classified as employed or unemployed in accordance
with the criteria described below.
Employed persons are (a) all civilians who, during the
survey week, did any work at all as paid employees, in
their own business, profession, or on their own farm, or
who worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an
enterprise operated by a member o f the family; and (b)
all those who were not working but who had jobs or
businesses from which they were temporarily absent
because o f illness, bad weather, vacation, labormanagement disputes, or personal reasons, whether
they were paid for the time o ff or were seeking other
jobs. Each employed person is counted only once.
Those who held more than one job are counted in the
job at which they worked the greatest number o f hours
during the survey week.
Unemployed persons are all civilians who had no
employment during the survey week, were available for
work, except for temporary illness, and (a) had made
specific efforts to find employment sometime during the
prior 4 weeks, or (b) were waiting to be recalled to a job
from which they had been laid off, or (c) were waiting to
report to a new job within 30 days.
Duration o f unemployment represents the length of
time (through the current survey week) during which
persons classified as unemployed had been continuously
looking for work. For persons on layoff, duration o f
unemployment represents the number o f full weeks
since the termination o f their most recent employment.
A period o f 2 weeks or more during which a person was
employed or ceased looking for work is considered to
break the continuity o f the present period o f seeking
work. Measurements o f mean and median duration are

Statistics on the labor force, employment, unemploy­
ment, and persons not in the labor force, classified by a
variety o f demographic, social, and economic
characteristics are derived from the Current Population
Survey (CPS), which is conducted by the Bureau o f the
Census for the Bureau o f Labor Statistics. The informa­
tion is collected by trained interviewers from a sample
o f about 60,000 households, representing 629 areas in
1,148 counties and independent cities, with coverage in
50 States and the District o f Columbia.
The estimates in this bulletin are based on supplemen­
tary questions in the October 1980, 1981, and 1982 CPS.
These estimates relate to persons 16 to 34 years o f age in
the civilian noninstitutional population in the calendar
week which included October 12th of each year.

C©oe@pts and Definitions
The concepts, definitions, and estimating methods us­
ed in the survey, as well as indicators o f the reliability of
the data are briefly described below. A more detailed
description of the survey appears in Concepts and

Methods Used in Labor Force Statistics Derived From
the Current Population Survey, BLS Report 463, and in
the Explanatory Notes o f the BLS monthly publication,

Employment and Earnings.
School enrollment statistics are based on replies to the
inquiry as to whether the person was enrolled in day or
night school in any type of public, parochial, or other
private school in the regular school system. Such
schools include elementary schools, junior or senior
high schools, and colleges or universities. Persons
enrolled in special schools not in the regular school
system, such as trade schools or business colleges, are
not included. Persons enrolled in classes which do not
require their physical presence such as correspondence
courses or other courses o f independent study, and
training courses given directly on the job, are not
reported as enrolled in school.
Full- and part-time enrollment is defined as follows:
A person is classified as enrolled full time if he or she is
taking 12 or more hours of classes during an average
school week; part time if taking fewer hours.
High school graduation status is based on replies to
the following inquiries. Persons who were not enrolled
in school at the time o f the survey were asked whether
they had graduated from high school. Those who had
graduated were asked when they completed their high



5

whom they are related by blood or marriage.
Hours o f work statistics relate to the actual number
o f hours worked during the survey week. For example,
persons who normally work 40 hours a week but were
off on the Columbus Day holiday would be reported as
working 32 hours even though they were paid for the
holiday. For persons working in more than one job, the
figures relate to the number of hours worked in all jobs
during the week; all the hours are credited to the major
job.
Full-time workers are persons who worked 35 hours
or more during the survey week. Part-time workers are
those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey week.
Age is based on the age o f the respondent at his or her
last birthday.
White, black, and other are terms used to describe the
race of workers. Included in the “ other” group are
American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Asians, and
Pacific Islanders, and any other race except white and
black. All tables in this bulletin which contain racial
data present data for the black population group.
Because of their relatively small sample size, data for
“ other” races are not published. In the enumeration
process, race is determined by the household respon­
dent.
Hispanic origin refers to persons who identified
themselves in the enumeration process as Mexican,
Puerto Rican living on the mainland, Cuban, Central or
South American, or of other Hispanic origin or descent.
Persons of Hispanic origin may be o f any race; thus
they are included in both the white and black population
groups.
Single, never married; married, spouse present; and
other marital status are terms used to define the marital
status o f individuals at the time o f interview. Married ,
spouse present, applies to husband and wife if both were
reported as members o f the same household even
though one may be temporarily absent on business,
vacation, on a visit, in a hospital, etc. Other marital
status applies to persons who are married, spouse ab­
sent; widowed; or divorced. Married, spouse absent, in­
cludes persons who are separated because of marital
discord, as well as persons who are living apart because
either the husband or the wife was employed and living
away from home, serving in the Armed Forces, or had a
different place o f residence for any reason.

computed from a distribution of single weeks of
unemployment.
Unemployment is also categorized according to the
status o f individuals at the time they began to look for
work. The reasons for unemployment are divided into
four major groups. (1) Job losers are persons whose
emloyment ended involuntarily who immediately began
looking for work, and persons on layoff. (2) Job leavers
are persons who quit or otherwise terminated their
employment voluntarily and immediately began looking
for work. (3) Reentrants are persons who previously
worked at a full-time job lasting 2 weeks or longer but
were out o f the labor force prior to beginning to look
for work. (4) New entrants are persons who never work­
ed at a full-time job lasting 2 weeks or longer.

The unemployment rate fo r all civilian workers
represents the number unemployed as a percent of the
civilian labor force. This measure can also be computed
for groups within the labor force classified by sex, age,
race, Hispanic origin, marital status, etc.
Not in the labor force includes all persons who are not
classified as employed or unemployed. These persons
are further classified as engaged in own home
housework, in school, unable to work because of long­
term physical or mental illness, retired, and other. The
“ other” group includes individuals reported as too old
or temporarily unable to work, the voluntarily idle,
seasonal workers for whom the survey week fell in an
o ff season and who were not reported as looking for
work, and persons who did not look for work because
they believed that no jobs were available in the area or
that no jobs were available for which they could qualifydiscouraged workers. Persons doing only incidental,
unpaid family work (less than 15 hours in the specified
week) are also classified as not in labor force.
Occupation, industry, and class o f worker for the
employed apply to the job held in the survey week. Per­
sons with two or more jobs are classified in the job at
which they worked the greatest number of hours during
the survey week. The unemployed are classified accord­
ing to their last full-time job lasting 2 weeks or more.
The classifications o f occupations and industries used in
data derived from the CPS through 1982 are defined as
in the 1970 census. Information on the detailed
categories included in these groups is available upon
request.
The class-of-worker breakdown specifies wage and
salary workers, self-employed workers, and unpaid
family workers. Wage and salary workers receive wages,
salaries, commissions, tips, or pay in kind from a
private employer or from a government unit. Selfemployed persons are those who work for profit or fees
in their own business, profession, or trade, or operate a
farm. Unpaid family workers are persons working
without pay for 15 hours a week or more on a farm or in
a business operated by a member of the household to




E s tim atin g ila th o d s
The estimating procedure used in this survey inflates
weighed sample results to independent estimates o f the
civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, race,
and residence. These independent estimates are based
on data from the 1980 census and other statistics on
births, deaths, immigration, emigration, and the Armed
Forces.
6

R oynding ©f th@ ©animates

The following examples illustrate the use o f these tables.
Table B-4 o f the supplementary tables show that
3.628.000 men 16 to 24 years old enrolled in school were
in the labor force in October 1982. The population of
this sex-age group, both enrolled and not enrolled, was
17,938,000. Table A -l shows the standard error on the
labor force estimate to be approximately 73,600. Thus,
the chances are about 68 out of 100 that the difference
between the sample estimate and a complete census
count would be less than 73,600. The chances are 95 out
o f 100 that the difference would be less than 147,200.
The 3,628,000 men represented 45.4 percent of the
total 16- to 24-year-old male population enrolled in
school. Table A-4 shows the standard error of 45.4 per­
cent with a base of 7,991,000 (population) to be about
0.8 percent. Consequently, the chances are 68 out of 100
that a complete census count would have disclosed the
figure to be between 44.6 and 46.2 percent, and 95 out
of 100 that the figure would have been between 43.8 and
47.0
percent.
The reliability of an estimated percentage, computed
using sample data for both numerator and denominator,
depends upon both the size o f the percentage and the
total upon which the percentage is based. Estimated
percentages are relatively more reliable than the cor­
responding estimates of the numerator of the percent­
ages; this is particularly true for percentages of 50 percent
or more. As a general rule, percentages are not published
when the monthly base of the measure is less than 75,000.
Because of the large standard errors involved, there is little
chance that summary measures would reveal useful infor­
mation when computed on a smaller base. Estimated
numbers are shown, however, even though the relative
standard errors of these numbers are larger than those for
corresponding percentages. These smaller estimates are
provided primarily to permit such combinations of the
categories as serve each user’s needs.

The sums of individual items may not always equal
the totals shown in the same tables because o f indepen­
dent rounding of the totals and components to the
nearest thousand. Similarily, sums o f percent distribu­
tions may not always equal 100 percent because of round­
ing. Differences, however, are insignificant.

R e liab ility ©f

e s tim a te s

Since the estimates are based on a sample, they may
differ somewhat from the figures that would have been
obtained if a complete census had been taken using the
same schedules and procedures. As in any survey, the
results are also subject to errors of response and report­
ing. These may be relatively large in the case of persons
with irregular attachment to the labor force. Particular
care should be exercised in the interpretation of figures
based on relatively small estimates as well as small dif­
ferences between estimates.
The standard error is primarily a measure of sampling
variability, that is, of the variations that might occur by
chance because a sample rather than the entire popula­
tion is surveyed. As calculated for this bulletin, the stand­
ard error also partially measures the effect of response
and the enumeration errors but does not measure any
systematic biases in the data. The chances are about 68
out o f 100 that an estimate differs from a complete cen­
sus by less than the standard error. The chances are
about 95 out of 100 that the difference would be less
than twice the standard error.
Tables A -l through A-4 show approximations of the
standard errors of estimated numbers and percentages
at the 68-percent confidence level, and should be inter­
preted as providing an indication of the order of
magnitude of the standard error rather than a precise
standard error for any specific item. Standard errors for
intermediate values may be obtained by interpolation.




7

Table A -1 . Standard errors for estim ated numbers of total or w hite persons
(In thousands)

Total persons in age group

1 0 .................................................................
2 0 .................................................................
3 0 .................................................................
4 0 .................................................................
5 0 .................................................................
7 5 .................................................................
1 0 0 ...............................................................
200 ...............................................................
300 ...............................................................
400 ...............................................................
500 ...............................................................
750 ...............................................................
1,000.............................................................
2,000.............................................................
3,000. . .........................................................
4,000.............................................................
5,000.............................................................
7,500.............................................................
10,000...........................................................
20,000...........................................................
30,000...........................................................
40,000...........................................................
50,000...........................................................
75,000...........................................................
100,000.........................................................

100

250

500

1,000

2,500

5,000

10,000

4.3
5.7
6.5
7.0
7.1
6.1

4.4
6.1
7.3
8.2
9.0
10.3
11.0
9.0
-

4.4
6.2
7.5
8.6
9.5
11.3
12.7
15.5
15.5
12.7
-

4.5
6.3
7.7
8.8
9.8
11.8
13.5
18.0
20.6
22.0
22.4
19.4

4.5
6.3
7.7
8.9
9.9
12.1
13.9
19.2
23.1
26.0
28.4
32.5
34.8
28.4

4.5
6.3
7.8
9.0
10.0
12.2
14.1
19.9
24.2
27.8
30.9
37.4
42.6
56.8
65.1
69.6
71.0
61.6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.5
6.3
7.7
8.9
10.0
12.2
14.0
19.7
23.8
27.2
30.1
35.8
40.1
49.2
49.1
40.1
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

_

25,000

50,000

100,000

4.5
6.3
7.8
9.0
10.0
12.3
14.2
20.0
24.4
28.2
31.4
38.3
44.0
60.9
72.9
82.2
90.0
102.7
109.7
88.8

4.5
6.3
7.8
9.0
10.0
12.3
14.2
20.0
24.5
28.3
31.6
38.6
44.4
62.2
75.4
86.1
95.2
113.4
127.0
155.8
156.3
128.7

4.5
6.3
7.8
9.0
10.0
12.3
14.2
20.0
24.5
28.3
31.7
38.7
44.7
62.8
76.6
88.0
97.8
118.2
134.7
179.7
206.0
220.4
225.2
196.3
-

_

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Table A -2 . Standard errors for estim ated numbers of black persons
(In thousands)
Total persons in age group

1 0 .............................................................................
2 0 .............................................................................
3 0 .............................................................................
4 0 .............................................................................
50 . . . ....................................................................
7 5 .............................................................................
1 0 0 ...........................................................................
200 ...........................................................................
300 .............. ............................................................
400 ...........................................................................
500 ...........................................................................
750 ...........................................................................
1,000........................................................................
2,000.........................................................................
3,000........................................................................
4,000........................................................................
5,000.........................................................................
7,500.........................................................................
10,000......................................................................




100

250

500

1,000

2,500

5,000

10,000

4.5
5.9
6.6
6.9
6.8
4.5

4.7
6.5
7.7
6.9
9.5
10.9
11.7
9.5

4.7
6.6
8.0
9.1
10.1
12.0
13.5
16.5
16.5
13.5
-

4.7
6.7
8.1
9.3
10.4
12.5
14.3
19.0
21.8
23.3
23.8
20.6
-

4.7
6.7
8.2
9.4
10.5
12.8
14.7
20.4
24.5
27.6
30.1
34.5
36.9
30.1

4.8
6.7
8.2
9.5
10.6
13.0
15.0
21.1
25.7
29.5
32.8
39.6
45.1
60.2
68.9
73.7
75.2
65.0
-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

4.8
6.7
8.2
9.5
10.6
12.9
14.9
20.9
25.3
28.9
31.9
38.0
42.6
52.1
52.1
42.6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

-

_

_

Table A -3 . Standard errors for estim ated numbers of Hispanlc-origln persons
(In thousands)

Size of estimate

Standard

2 5 .................................................................
5 0 .................................................................
1 0 0 ...............................................................
250 ...............................................................
500 ...............................................................
1,000.............................................................

7
10
14
24
30
58

TabS@

Size of estimate

Standard error

2,500
5 000
10 000
25 000
50’000
100,000

119
217
413

Standard errors for estim ated percentages for total or w hite persons

(In thousands)
Estimated percentage
Base of percentage

2 5 ................................................................
5 0 ................................................................
1 0 0 ...............................................................
250 ..............................................................
500 ..............................................................
1,000............................................................
2,500............................................................
5,000............................................................
10,000..........................................................
25,000..........................................................
50,000..........................................................
100,000................................ ........................

1 or 99

2 or 98

5 or 95

10 or 90

25 or 75

50

2.8
2.0
1.4
.9
.6
.4
.3
.2
.14
.09
.06
.04

4.0
2.8
2.0
1.3
.9
.6
.4
.3
.2
.13
.09
.06

6.2
4.4
3.1
2.0
1.4
1.0
.6
.4
.3
. .2
.14
.10

8.5
6.0
4.3
2.7
1.9
1.3
.9
.6
.4
.3
.2
.13

12.3
8.7
6.1
3.9
2.7
1.9
1.2
.9
.6
.4
.3
.2

14.2
10.0
7.1
4.5
3.2
2.2
1.4
1.0
.7
4
.3
.2

note: To estimate standard errors for the black population enrolled in
school, multiply the standard errors by a factor of 1.06; to estimate standard




errors for persons of Hispanic origin, multiply the standard errors by a factor
of 1.3.

9

Appendix B. Supplementary TaEbBos
Table B-1. Employment status of the population 16 to 24 years old by school enrollm ent, years o f school com pleted, and sex,
October 1980
(Numbers In thousands)
Civilian labor force
Enrollment status, years of school completed,
sex, and age

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed
Number

Percent of
labor force

ENROLLED
Total, 16 to 24 years...........................................
16 to 19 years..................................................
20 to 24 years ..................................................

15,713
11,126
4,587

7,454
4,836
2,618

47.4
43.5
57.1

6,438
4,029
2,405

1,021
807
214

13.7
16.7
8.2

High school.......................................................
College...............................................................
Full-time students...........................................
Part-time students..........................................

8,050
7,664
6,396
1,268

3,461
3,996
2,854
1,142

43.0
52.1
44.6
90.1

2,805
3,632
2,554
1,077

656
364
300
65

19.0
9.1
10.5
5.7

Men, 16 to 24 years.........................................
16 to 19 years ...............................................
20 to 24 years ...............................................

7,997
5,612
2,385

3,825
2,403
1,320

47.8
44.6
55.3

3,259
2,045
1,214

566
459
107

14.8
18.3
8.1

High school ....................................................
College............................................................
Full-time students........................................
Part-time students .......................................

4,188
3,808
3,267
541

1,871
1,954
1,448
506

44.7
51.3
44.3
93.5

1,503
1,756
1,286
470

368
198
162
36

19.7
10.1
11.2
7.1

Women, 16 to 24 years....................................
16 to 19 years ................................................
20 to 24 years ...............................................

7,716
5,514
2,202

3,629
2,332
1,297

47.0
42.3
58.9

3,179
1,988
1,191

455
348
107

12.5
14.9
8.2

High school ....................................................
College............................................................
Full-time students........................................
Part-time students .......................................

3,862
3,856
3,129
727

1,590
2,042
1,406
636

41.2
53.0
44.9
87.5

1,302
1,876
1,268
607

288
166
138
29

18.1
8.1
9.8
4.6

Total, 16 to 24 years...........................................
16 to 19 years ..........................................................
20 to 24 ye a rs..................................................

21,390
5,322
16,068

17,464
4,124
13,340

81.6
77.5
83.0

15,021
3,314
11,707

2,443
809
1,634

14.0
19.6
12.2

Less than 4 years of high school....................
16 to 19 years ...............................................
20 to 24 years ...............................................
4 years of high school......................................
1 to 3 years of college.....................................
4 years of college or m ore ..............................

5,230
2,019
3,211
11,654
3,038
1,467

3,530
1,297
2,233
9,809
2,716
1,408

67.5
64.2
69.5
84.2
89.4
96.0

2,638
920
1,721
8,580
2,477
1,326

892
378
513
1,229
239
82

25.3
29.1
23.0
12.5
8.8
5.8

Men, 16 to 24 ye a rs.........................................
16 to 19 years ...............................................
20 to 24 years ...............................................

10,245
2,596
7,649

9,405
2,230
7,175

91.8
85.9
93.8

7,996
1,781
6,215

1,406
447
959

14.9
20.0
13.4

Less than 4 years of high school .................
16 to 19 years.......... ;..................................
20 to 24 years.............................................
4 years of high school...................................
1 to 3 years of college..................................
4 years of college or more ............................

2,756
1,051
1,705
5,502
1,311
676

2,310
816
1,494
5,167
1,259
666

83.8
77.6
87.6
93.9
96.0
98.5

1,767
600
1,168
4,470
1,135
624

543
216
326
697
124
42

23.5
26.5
21.8
13.5
9.8
6.3

Women, 16 to 24 years....................................
16 to 19 years ...............................................
20 to 24 years ...............................................

11,145
2,726
8,419

8,059
1,894
6,165

72.3
69.5
73.2

7,025
1,533
5,492

1,037
362
675

12.9
19.1
10.9

Less than 4 years of high school .................
16 to 19 years..............................................
20 to 24 years..............................................
4 years of high school...................................
1 to 3 years of college..................................
4 years of college or more ............................

2,474
968
1,506
6,152
1,727
791

1,220
482
740
4,642
1,457
742

49.3
49.8
49.1
75.5
84.4
93.8

871
320
553
4,110
1,342
702

349
162
187
532
115
40

28.6
33.7
25.3
11.5
7.9
5.4

NOT ENROLLED




10

J

Tab!© 8-2. Employment status ©f the population 16 to 24 years old by school enrollm ent, years olf school com pleted, race,
Hispanic origin, and s ®k , O ctober 1®SQ
{Numbers In thousands)
Civilian labor force
Enrollment status, years of school completed,
race, Hispanic origin, and sex

WHITE
Total, 16 to 24 years................................

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed
Number

Percent of
labor force

31,345

21,811

69.6

19,210

2,601

11.9

Total, 16 to 24 years...........................................
16 to 19 years......... ........................................
20 to 24 ye a rs..................................................

13,242
9,270
3,972

6,690
4,368
2,322

50.5
47.1
58.5

5,892
3,722
2,170

798
646
152

11.9
14.8
6.5

M e n ...................................................................
Women .............................................................

6,821
6,421

3,439
3,251

50.4
50.6

2,997
2,895

442
356

12.9
11.0

High school......... .............................................
College..............................................................
Full-time students...........................................
Part-time students..........................................

6,566
6,678
5,567
1,109

3,096
3,592
2,579
1,012

47.2
53.8
46.3
91.3

2,579
3,310
2,349
960

517
282
230
52

16.7
7.9
8.9
5.1

Total, 16 to 24 years...........................................
16 to 19 years..................................................
20 to 24 ye a rs..................................................

18,103
4,511
13,592

15,121
3,628
11,493

83.5
80.4
84.6

13,318
3,028
10,290

1,803
600
1,203

11.9
16.5
10.5

M e n ...................................................................
Women .............................................................

8,714
9,389

8,145
6,976

93.5
74.3

7,075
6,243

1,070
733

13.1
10.5

Less than 4 years of high school....................
16 to 19 years ...............................................
20 to 24 ye a rs...............................................
4 years of high school......................................
1 to 3 years of college.....................................
4 years of college or m ore..............................

4,166
1,665
2,501
10,025
2,588
1,324

2,931
1,121
1,810
8,597
2,340
1,255

70.4
67.2
72.3
85.8
90.4
94.8

2,298
826
1,472
7,669
2,172
1,183

633
295
338
928
168
72

21.6
26.3
18.7
10.8
7.2
5.7

BLACK
Total, 16 to 24 years................................

4,892

2,650

54.2

1,857

793

29.9

Total, 16 to 24 years...........................................
16 to 19 ye a rs..................................................
20 to 24 ye a rs..................................................

2,028
1,566
462

595
374
221

29.3
23.9
47.8

406
236
170

189
138
51

31.8
36.9
23.1

M e n ....................................................................
W om en..............................................................

952
1,076

305
290

32.0
27.0

197
209

108
81

35.4
27.9

High school.......................................................
College...............................................................
Full-time students...........................................
Part-time students..........................................

1,282
747
641
106

294
300
216
84

22.9
40.2
33.7
79.2

174
230
151
78

120
70
65
6

40.8
23.5
29.9
7.1

Total, 16 to 24 years...........................................
16 to 19 ye a rs..................................................
20 to 24 ye a rs..................................................

2,864
723
2,141

2,055
440
1,615

71.8
60.9
75.4

1,451
239
1,212

604
201
403

29.4
45.7
25.0

M e n ...................................................................
Women ..............................................................

1,322
1,542

1,089
966

82.4
62.6

774
677

315
289

28.9
29.9

Less than 4 years of high school....................
16 to 19 ye a rs ................................................
20 to 24 years ................................................
4 years of high school......................................
1 to 3 years of college.....................................
4 years of college or m o re ..............................

955
318
635
1,431
372
106

543
157
384
1,106
305
103

56.9
49.4
60.5
77.3
82.0
97.2

305
80
223
816
237
97

238
77
161
290
68
6

44.0
49.0
41.9
26.2
22.3
5.8

Enrolled!

Mott ©molted

Enrolled

M@6 snrolted

See footnotes at end of table.




11

Table B-2. Employment status o f the population 16 to 24 years old by school enrollm ent, years of school com pleted, race,
Hispanic origin, and sex, October 1980— Continued
(lu m b e rs In thousands)

___________________________ __
Civilian labor force

Enrollment status, years of school completed,
race, Hispanic origin, and sex

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Percent of
population

Total

Employed
Number

Percent of
labor force

HISPANIC ORIGIN
2,624

1,638

62.4

1,396

242

14.8

Total, 16 to 24 years...........................................
16 to 19 ye a rs..................................................
20 to 24 ye a rs..................................................

920
705
215

382
242
140

41.5
34.3
65.1

312
188
124

66
53
13

17.3
21.9
9.3

M e n ...................................................................
Women ..............................................................

455
465

208
174

45.7
37.4

171
141

37
29

17.8
16.7

High school.......................................................
College...............................................................
Full-time students...........................................
Part-time students..........................................

579
341
255
86

186
196
120
78

32.1
57.5
47.1
90.7

143
173
108
67

43
23
12
11

23.1
11.7
10.0
14.1

Total, 16 to 24 years...........................................
16 to 19 ye a rs..................................................
20 to 24 ye a rs..................................................

1,704
487
1,217

1,256
343
913

73.7
70.4
75.0

1,084
269
815

172
74
98

13.7
21.6
10.7

M e n ...................................................................
Women .............................................................

840
864

753
503

89.6
58.2

644
440

106
60

14.1
11.9

Less than 4 years of high school....................
16 to 19 years ...............................................
20 to 24 years ...............................................
4 years of high school......................................
1 to 3 years of college.....................................
4 years of college or m ore..............................

922
335
586
589
155
38

622
209
411
473
127
34

67.5
62.4
70.1
80.3
81.9
0

517
160
355
421
123
30

105
49
56
52
4
4

16.9
23.4
13.6
11.0
3.1
O

Total, 16 to 24 years................................

Enrolled

Not enrolled

1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not




sum to totals because data for the “ other races” group are not presented
and Hispanics are included in both white and black population groups.

12

Table B-3. School enrollm ent and employment status o f 1981 high school graduates and 1980-81 school dropouts 16 to 24
years old by sex, race, and Hispanic © rifin, October 1©i1
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Characteristic

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed
Number

Percent of
labor force

Total, 1981 high school g rad u ates ...................

3,053

1,899

62.2

1,524

375

19.7

M e n ...................................................................
Women .............................................................

1,490
1,563

927
972

62.2
62.2

772
752

155
220

16.7
22.6

W hite.................................................................
B lack.................................................................
Hispanic origin..................................................

2,624
358
146

1,674
189
77

63.8
52.8
52.7

1,406
93
61

268
96
16

16.0
50.8
20.8

Enrolled in college...........................................

1,646

719

43.7

597

122

17.0

Men ................................................................
Women...........................................................

816
830

341
378

41.8
45.5

300
297

41
81

12.0
21.4

Full-time students...........................................
Part-time students..........................................

1,520
126

612
107

40.3
84.9

499
98

113
9

18.5
8.4

W hite..............................................................
Black ..............................................................
Hispanic origin ...............................................

1,434
154
76

644
47
27

44.9
30.5
35.5

552
27
25

92
20
2

14.3
O
0

Not enrolled in college.....................................

1,407

1,180

83.9

927

253

21.4

Men ................................................................
Women...........................................................

674
733

586
594

86.9
81.0

472
455

114
139

19.5
23.4

W hite..............................................................
B la ck..............................................................
Hispanic origin ...............................................

1,190
204
70

1,030
142
50

86.6
69.6
O

854
66
36

176
76
14

17.1
53.5
(')

Total, 1980-81 high school dropouts2 ..............

714

450

63.2

286

164

36.4

M e n ...................................................................
Women .............................................................
S ingle.............................................................
Other marital status .......................................

366
348
275
73

271
179
146
35

74.0
51.7
53.1
O

192
94
78
18

79
85
68
17

29.2
47.5
46.6
O

W hite.................................................................
B lack.................................................................
Hispanic origin ..................................................

532
165
91

363
77
63

68.2
46.7
69.2

257
22
41

106
55
22

29.2
71.4
(’)

1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
2 Persons who dropped out of school between October 1980 and
October 1981. In addition, 78,000 persons 14 and 15 years old dropped
out of school.




NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not
sum to totals because data for the “ other races” group are not presented
and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.

13

Table B-4. Employment status of the population 16 to 34 years old by school enrollment, age, sex, and race,
October 1981-82
(Numbers in thousands)
Enrolled in school

Not enrolled in school

Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Civilian labor force
Unemployed

Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

1981
TOTAL
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years .........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 ye a rs........
30 to 34 years .........

18,937
15,908
11,208
7,232
3,976
4,700
2,643
2,057
3,028
1,774
1,254

9,635
7,352
4,706
2,892
1,814
2,646
1,375
1,271
2,283
1,296
987

50.9
46.2
42.0
40.0
45.6
56.3
52.0
61.8
75.4
73.0
78.7

8,433
6,292
3,853
2,351
1,501
2,439
1,260
1,179
2,141
1,209
932

1,203
1,060
854
541
312
207
115
92
142
87
55

12.5
14.4
18.1
18.7
17.2
7.8
8.3
7.2
6.2
6.7
5.6

56,054
21,037
4,887
748
4,139
16,150
5,722
10,428
35,018
18,006
17,012

45,876
17,231
3,776
442
3,334
13,455
4,816
8,639
28,645
14,743
13,902

81.8
81.9
77.3
59.0
80.6
83.3
84.2
82.8
81.8
81.9
81.7

41,177
14,651
2,925
302
2,624
11,726
4,066
7,660
26,526
13,538
12,988

4,698
2,580
850
140
711
1,729
750
979
2,119
1,205
914

10.2
15.0
22.5
31.7
21.3
12.9
15.6
11.3
7.4
8.2
6.6

9,628
8,149
5,683
3,665
2,018
2,467
1,301
1,166
1,479
926
553

4,974
3,803
2,448
1,548
900
1,355
659
696
1,170
705
465

51.7
46.7
43.1
42.2
44.6
54.9
50.7
59.7
79.1
76.2
84.1

4,359
3,261
2,024
1,265
759
1,237
593
644
1,098
653
445

615
542
424
284
141
118
66
52
72
53
20

12.4
14.3
17.3
18.3
15.6
8.7
10.0
7.4
6.2
7.4
4.3

27,099
10,018
2,353
375
1,978
7,664
2,755
4,909
17,081
8,734
8,347

25,638
9,185
2,019
265
1,754
7,166
2,577
4,589
16,454
8,388
8,066

94.6
91.7
85.8
70.5
88.7
93.5
93.5
93.5
96.3
96.0
96.6

23,149
7,788
1,585
190
1,395
6,203
2,175
4,028
15,361
7,719
7,642

2,489
1,397
434
74
359
963
402
561
1,093
668
424

9.7
15.2
21.5
28.1
20.5
13.4
15.6
12.2
6.6
8.0
5.3

9,308
7,759
5,526
3,567
1,958
2,233
1,343
891
1,549
848
702

4,661
3,549
2,258
1,344
914
1,291
716
575
1,113
591
522

50.1
45.7
40.9
37.7
46.7
57.8
53.3
64.6
71.8
69.7
74.4

4,074
3,031
1,829
1,087
742
1,202
667
535
1,043
556
487

588
518
429
258
172
89
49
40
70
35
35

12.6
14.6
19.0
19.2
18.8
6.9
6.8
7.0
6.3
5.8
6.7

28,956
11,019
2,533
373
2,161
8,486
2,966
5,519
17,937
9,272
8,664

20,238
8,046
1,757
177
1,580
6,289
2,239
4,050
12,191
6,355
5,836

69.9
73.0
69.4
47.5
73.1
74.1
75.5
73.4
68.0
68.5
67.4

18,028
6,863
1,340
111
1,229
5,523
1,891
3,632
11,165
5,819
5,346

2,209
1,183
417
65
351
766
348
418
1,026
536
490

10.9
14.7
23.7
37.0
22.2
12.2
15.6
10.3
8.4
8.4
8.4

Men
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 ye a rs.........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years .........
30 to 34 ye a rs.........

Women
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years.........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years........
30 to 34 years ........
See footnote at end of table.




14

Table 1=4. Employment status of the population 16 to 34 years old by school enrollm ent, age, sex, and race,
October 1981=82— Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Not enrolled in school

Enrolled in school

Civilian labor force

Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

1981
WHITE
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years ........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years ........
30 to 34 ye a rs........

15,800
13,312
9,285
5,990
3,295
4,027
2,306
1,720
2,488
1,432
1,056

8,510
6,577
4,242
2,656
1,586
2,335
1,251
1,085
1,933
1,097
836

53.9
49.4
45.7
44.3
48.1
58.0
54.2
63.1
77.7
76.6
79.2

7,575
5,755
3,579
2,213
1,366
2,176
1,156
1,019
1,821
1,024
797

935
823
663
443
220
160
94
66
112
73
40

11.0
12.5
15.6
16.7
13.9
6.8
7.5
6.0
5.8
6.6
4.8

47,880
17,797
4,132
633
3,499
13,665
4,771
8,895
30,083
15,390
14,693

39,627
14,898
3,309
400
2,909
11,589
4,120
7,468
24,729
12,700
12,029

82.8
83.7
80.1
63.2
83.1
84.8
86.4
84.0
82.2
82.5
81.9

36,210
13,043
2,682
280
2,402
10,361
3,605
6,757
23,166
11,827
11,339

3,417
1,854
627
120
507
1,227
516
711
1,563
873
689

8.6
12.4
18.9
30.0
17.4
10.6
12.5
9.5
6.3
6.9
5.7

8,080
6,853
4,706
3,053
1,653
2,147
1,152
995
1,227
762
465

4,441
3,432
2,228
1,439
789
1,204
600
604
1,010
607
403

55.0
50.1
47.3
47.1
47.8
56.1
52.0
60.8
82.3
79.6
86.6

3,928
2,979
1,879
1,196
684
1,100
538
562
949
562
387

513
453
348
243
105
104
61
43
61
45
16

11.6
1$.2
15.6
16.9
13.4
8.6
10.2
7.1
6.0
7.4
3.9

23,463
8,562
2,025
322
1,703
6,537
2,312
4,225
14,901
7,592
7,309

22,458
7,996
1,786
238
1,548
6,210
2,199
4,011
14,461
7,362
7,099

95.7
93.4
88.2
74.1
90.9
95.0
95.1
94.9
97.1
97.0
97.1

20,600
6,951
1,457
174
1,282
5,494
1,921
3,573
13,649
6,876
6,773

1,858
1,045
330
64
266
716
279
437
812
486
326

8.3
13.1
18.5
26.8
17.2
11.5
12.7
10.9
5.6
6.6
4.6

7,720
6,459
4,579
2,937
1,642
1,879
1,154
725
1,261
670
591

4,069
3,145
2,014
1,218
796
1,131
651
480
923
490
434

52.7
48.7
44.0
41.5
48.5
60.2
56.4
66.2
73.2
73.1
73.4

3,647
2,775
1,699
1,018
682
1,076
618
458
872
462
410

422
370
315
200
114
56
33
23
52
27
24

10.4
11.8
15.6
16.4
14.4
4.9
5.0
4.8
5.6
5.6
5.6

24,417
9,235
2,107
311
1,796
7,129
2,459
4,670
15,182
7,798
7,384

17,169
6,902
1,523
161
1,362
5,379
1,921
3,458
10,268
5,338
4,929

70.3
74.7
72.3
51.9
75.8
75.5
78.1
74.0
67.6
68.5
66.8

15,610
6,093
1,226
105
1,120
4,867
1,684
3,183
9,517
4,951
4,566

1,559
809
297
56
242
511
237
274
750
388
363

9.1
11.7
19.5
34.6
17.7
9.5
12.4
7.9
7.3
7.3
7.4

Men
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years ........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years.........
30 to 34 years.........
Women
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 years........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years ........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 ye a rs.........
30 to 34 years .........
See footnote at end of table.




15

Table B-4. Employment status of the population 16 to 34 years old by school enrollment, age, sex, and race,
October 1981=82— Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Enrolled in school

Not enrolled in school

Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Civilian labor force
Unemployed

Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

1981
BLACK
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 years .........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years .........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years .........
30 to 34 years .........

2,460
2,082
1,598
1,054
544
485
257
228
377
235
143

859
597
368
198
170
229
95
134
262
143
119

34.9
28.7
23.0
18.8
31.3
47.3
37.1
58.7
69.5
60.9
83.6

626
389
201
111
91
188
75
112
237
130
107

233
208
167
87
80
42
20
22
25
13
12

27.1
34.9
45.3
44.0
46.9
18.1
21.0
16.1
9.5
8.8
10.2

6,839
2,850
684
100
584
2,166
840
1,325
3,989
2,139
1,850

5,287
2,085
425
33
392
1,659
624
1,036
3,203
1,691
1,512

77.3
73.1
62.1
33.1
67.1
76.6
74.2
78.1
80.3
79.1
81.7

4,109
1,405
213
13
199
1,192
405
787
2,705
1,396
1,308

1,178
680
212
20
193
467
219
249
498
295
204

22.3
32.6
50.0
0
49.2
28.2
35.0
24.0
15.6
17.4
13.5

1,183
1,011
807
527
279
204
102
103
172
115
57

402
278
175
95
80
103
41
62
124
78
46

34.0
27.5
21.7
18.0
28.6
50.4
40.6
60.1
72.2
67.9

82
74
64
33
31
10
4
5
8
6
2

20.3
26.6
36.4
34.9
38.3
9.9

3,071
1,292
304
45
259
987
392
595
1,780
946
834

2,682
1,066
215
20
194
851
343
508
1,617
847
769

87.3
82.5
70.5
75.1
86.2
87.4
85.4
90.8
89.6
92.3

2,094
733
113
10
103
620
228
392
1,361
683
677

588
332
101
10
91
231
115
116
256
164
92

21.9
31.2
47.2

0

320
204
111
62
49
93
37
56
116
72
45

1,277
1,072
791
526
265
281
155
126
205
120
85

457
319
193
103
91
126
54
72
138
65
73

35.8
29.8
24.4
19.5
34.3
45.0
34.8
57.5
67.2
54.1
85.6

306
185
90
49
41
95
38
56
121
58
63

151
134
103
54
49
31
15
16
17
7
16

33.1
42.1
53.4
52.4
54.4
24.8
(’)

3,768
1,558
380
55
325
1,178
448
730
2,209
1,193
1,017

2,605
1,019
211
13
197
808
281
527
1,586
844
742

69.1
65.4
55.4
(1)
60.8
68.6
62.7
72.2
71.8
70.8
73.0

2,015
671
99
3
96
572
177
395
1,344
713
631

590
348
111
10
102
236
104
132
242
131
112

22.6
34.1
52.8

Men
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 ye a rs.........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years .........
30 to 34 years .........

0
0

6.3
7.8
0

O

O

46.8
27.2
33.5
22.9
15.8
19.4
12.0

Women
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 years .........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years .........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years .........
30 to 34 ye a rs.........
See footnote at end of table.




16

O

12.3

O
0

0
51.5
29.2
36.9
25.1
15.3
15.5
15.1

Talbl® B-4. Employment status of the population 18 to 34 years old by sehool enrollment, age, s ©h, and race,
Oetober 1981 "82—Continued
(Mumbers in thousands)
Not enrolled in school

Enrolled in school

Civilian labor force

Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

1982
TOTAL
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 ye a rs.........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 ye a rs.........
30 to 34 ye a rs.........

18,721
15,624
10,728
6,891
3,837
4,897
2,777
2,120
3,097
1,935
1,162

9,498
7,195
4,399
2,653
1,745
2,796
1,448
1,349
2,303
1,408
895

50.7
46.0
41.0
38.5
45.5
57.1
52.1
63.6
74.4
72.8
77.0

8,147
5,994
3,483
2,053
1,430
2,511
1,300
1,210
2,153
1,295
858

T,351
1,201
915
600
315
286
147
138
150
112
38

14.2
16.7
20.8
22.6
18.1
10.2
10.2
10.3
6.5
8.0
4.2

56,415
20,828
4,901
715
4,186
15,926
5,393
10,533
35,587
18,301
17,286

46,160
16,882
3,709
433
3,277
13,173
4,455
8,717
29,278
15,169
14,109

81.8
81.1
75.7
60.6
78.3
82.7
82.6
82.8
82.3
82.9
81.6

39,984
13,753
2,701
265
2,436
11,052
3,617
7,436
26,231
13,414
12,817

6,176
3,129
1,009
168
841
2,120
839
1,282
3,047
1,756
1,291

13.4
18.5
27.2
38.8
25.7
16.1
18.8
14.7
10.4
11.6
9.2

9,499
7,991
5,457
3,520
1,937
2,534
1,392
1,142
1,508
1,002
506

4,804
3,628
2,211
1,364
847
1,417
708
709
1,175
765
410

50.6
45.4
40.5
38.8
43.7
55.9
50.9
62.1
77.9
76.4
81.0

4,045
2,956
1,719
1,028
691
1,237
623
614
1,089
698
391

759
673
493
336
157
180
85
96
86
67
19

15.8
18.5
22.3
24.6
18.5
12.7
12.0
13.5
7.3
8.7
4.7

27,320
9,947
2,359
335
2,024
7,588
2,564
5,024
17,373
8,879
8,494

25,735
9,057
1,971
250
1,721
7,086
2,347
4,739
16,679
8,510
8,169

94.2
91.0
83.6
74.6
85.0
93.4
91.5
94.3
96.0
95.8
96.2

22,283
7,314
1,428
137
1,291
5,886
1,896
3,990
14,969
7,492
7,477

3,452
1,742
542
113
429
1,200
451
748
1,710
1,018
692

13.4
19.2
27.5
45.2
24.9
16.9
19.2
15.8
10.3
12.0
8.5

9,222
7,633
5,270
3,371
1,899
2,363
1,385
978
1,589
933
656

4,694
3,566
2,187
1,289
898
1,379
740
639
1,128
643
485

50.9
46.7
41.5
38.2
47.3
58.4
53.4
65.4
71.0
68.9
74.0

4,102
3,038
1,765
1,025
740
1,274
677
597
1,064
597
467

592
528
423
264
159
105
63
43
64
46
18

12.6
14.8
19.3
20.5
17.7
7.6
8.5
6.7
5.6
7.1
3.7

29,095
10,881
2,543
380
2,163
8,338
2,829
5,509
18,214
9,422
8,792

20,425
7,826
1,739
183
1,556
6,087
2,108
3,979
12,599
6,659
5,940

70.2
71.9
68.4
48.2
71.9
73.0
74.5
72.2
69.2
70.7
67.6

17,701
6,439
1,272
128
1,144
5,166
1,721
3,445
11,262
5,922
5,340

2,724
1,387
466
55
411
921
387
533
1,337
737
600

13.3
17.7
26.8
30.0
26.4
15.1
18.4
13.4
10.6
11.1
10.1

Men
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 ye a rs.........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 ye a rs........
30 to 34 ye a rs.........
Women
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 years.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 ye a rs........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 ye a rs.........
30 to 34 years .........
See footnote at end of table.




17

Table IB-4. Employment status of the population 16 to 34 years old by school enrollment, age, sex, and race,
October 1981-82-—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Not enrolled in school

Enrolled in school

Civilian labor force

Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Percent
of
labor
force

Num­
ber

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

1982
WHITE
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 ye a rs.........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years .........
30 to 34 ye a rs.........

15,624
13,011
8,873
5,677
3,196
4,137
2,404
1,733
2,613
1,646
967

8,376
6,398
3,967
2,421
1,547
2,431
1,296
1,135
1,978
1,220
758

53.6
49.2
44.7
42.6
48.4
58.8
53.9
65.5
75.7
74.1
78.4

7,329
5,456
3,223
1,923
1,301
2,233
1,189
1,044
1,873
1,148
725

1,048
942
744
498
246
198
108
91
105
72
33

12.5
14.7
18.7
20.6
15.9
8.2
8.3
8.0
5.3
5.9
4.4

47,820
17,480
4,078
608
3,470
13,403
4,451
8,952
30,340
15,511
14,829

39,583
14,457
3,199
380
2,818
11,258
3,751
7,507
25,126
12,962
12,164

82.8
82.7
78.4
62.6
81.2
84.0
84.3
83.9
82.8
83.6
82.0

35,035
12,193
2,442
239
2,202
9,751
3,167
6,584
22,842
11,656
11,186

4,547
2,264
757
141
616
1,507
583
923
2,284
1,306
978

11.5
15.7
23.7
37.1
21.9
13.4
15.6
12.3
9.1
10.1
8.0

7,955
6,662
4,502
2,901
1,601
2,160
1,215
945
1,293
865
429

4,251
3,221
1,976
1,238
738
1,244
639
606
1,030
677
353

53.4
48.3
43.9
42.7
46.1
57.6
52.5
64.1
79.7
78.3
82.4

3,664
2,698
1,584
963
621
1,114
576
538
967
630
337

587
523
393
276
117
131
63
68
64
48
16

13.8
16.2
19.9
22.3
15.8
10.5
9.8
11.2
6.2
7.0
4.6

23,424
8,399
1,986
286
1,700
6,413
2,110
4,303
15,025
7,649
7,375

22,341
7,774
1,709
219
1,490
6,066
1,948
4,117
14,567
7,407
7,160

95.4
92.6
86.0
76.4
87.7
94.6
92.4
95.7
97.0
96.8
97.1

19,728
6,485
1,289
121
1,168
5,196
1,637
3,559
13,242
6,612
6,630

2,613
1,289
419
97
322
869
311
558
1,324
794
530

11.7
16.6
24.5
44.5
21.6
14.3
16.0
13.6
9.1
10.7
7.4

7,668
6,348
4,371
2,777
1,594
1,977
1,189
788
1,320
781
539

4,125
3,178
1,991
1,183
809
1,187
658
529
948
542
405

53.8
50.1
45.6
42.6
50.7
60.0
55.3
67.1
71.8
69.5
75.2

3,665
2,758
1,640
960
679
1,119
613
506
906
518
388

461
419
351
222
129
68
45
23
42
24
17

11.2
13.2
17.6
18.8
16.0
5.7
6.8
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.3

24,397
9,082
2,092
321
1,771
6,990
2,341
4,649
15,315
7,862
7,453

17,242
6,682
1,490
161
1,328
5,192
1,802
3,390
10,559
5,556
5,004

70.7
73.6
71.2
50.3
75.0
74.3
77.0
72.9
68.9
70.7
67.1

15,307
5,708
1,152
118
1,035
4,555
1,530
3,025
9,600
5,044
4,556

1,934
975
338
44
294
637
272
365
959
512
448

11.2
14.6
22.7
27.1
22.1
12.3
15.1
10.8
9.1
9.2
8.9

Men
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years .........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 ye a rs.........
30 to 34 years .........

Women
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 years .........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years .........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years ........
30 to 34 years .........
See footnote at end of table.




18

Table B-4. Employment status of the population 16 to 34 years old by school enrollment, age, sex, and race,
October 1981-82— Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Enrolled in school

Not enrolled in school
Civilian labor force

Civilian labor force
Age, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

1982
BLACK
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs.........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 ye a rs.........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years ........
30 to 34 years........

27.4
38.6
52.2

2,408
2,062
1,519
1,018
500
544
269
275
346
204
142

846
590
319
177
143
271
112
159
256
146
110

35.1
28.6
21.0
17.3
28.5
49.8
41.7
57.7
74.0
71.4
77.6

596
372
170
90
80
202
80
122
223
115
108

250
218
149
86
63
68
32
37
33
30
2

29.6
36.9
46.7
48.9
44.1
25.3
28.4
23.0
12.8
20.9
2.2

7,039
2,922
740
94
646
2,183
837
1,345
4,116
2,222
1,894

5,379
2,109
456
46
410
1,654
626
1,028
3,270
1,760
1,510

76.4
72.2
61.6
49.0
63.4
75.8
74.7
76.4
79.4
79.2
79.7

3,907
1,296
218
20
197
1,078
387
691
2,611
1,367
1,244

1,472
813
238
26
212
576
239
337
659
393
266

1,138
996
763
507
255
234
107
127
141
91
51

403
293
168
94
75
124
47
77
110
67
43

35.4
29.4
22.1
18.5
29.3
53.3
44.4
60.7
77.6
73.4

139
123
85
49
36
37
16
21
16
14
2

34.4
41.9
50.6
52.8
48.0
30.0

3,194
1,341
337
43
294
1,004
403
601
1,853
995
858

2,741
1,105
237
28
210
867
354
514
1,637
881
756

85.8
82.4
70.5
71.4
86.4
87.8
85.4
88.3
88.6
88.1

1,997
686
120
13
108
566
226
339
1,311
689
622

745
419
117
15
102
302
128
174
326
192
134

27.2
37.9
49.3

0

264
170
83
44
39
87
31
56
94
53
41

1,271
1,066
756
511
245
310
162
148
205
113
92

443
297
151
83
68
146
65
82
146
79
67

34.9
27.9
19.9
16.2
27.8
47.2
39.9
55.2
71.4
69.8
73.5

332
202
87
46
41
115
49
66
129
63
67

112
95
64
37
27
31
16
15
17
16

25.2
31.9
42.4
44.4

3,845
1,581
403
51
352
1,178
435
744
2,264
1,228
1,036

2,637
1,004
218
18
200
786
272
514
1,633
879
754

68.6
63.5
54.2
0
56.8
66.7
62.6
69.2
72.1
71.6
72.8

1,910
610
98
8
90
512
161
352
1,300
678
623

727
395
121
11
110
274
111
163
333
201
132

27.6
39.3
55.3

O

51.8
34.8
38.1
32.8
20.1
22.3
17.6

Men
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years.........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 years .........
30 to 34 years ........

O

27.5
14.5

0
0

O

O

48.7
34.8
36.0
33.9
19.9
21.8
17.7

Women
16 to 34 years..............
16 to 24 years...........
16 to 19 ye a rs........
16 to 17 years ......
18 to 19 years ......
20 to 24 years ........
20 to 21 years ......
22 to 24 years ......
25 to 34 years...........
25 to 29 ye a rs.........
30 to 34 years ........

18.9
11.6
20.8

O

1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.




O
O
0

19

O

55.1
34.8
40.9
31.7
20.4
22.9
17.5

Table 3-5. Employment status of the population 16 to 34 years old enrolled in school by sex, age, and type of school,
October 1081=82
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Total

Sex, age, and type of school

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Employed

Number

Percent of
population

Percent distribution
of nonagricultural
employment by fullor part-time status

Unemployed

Total

Full
time1

Part
time1

Percent
of
Number
labor
force

Percent distribution
by type of industry
Number
Total

Agri­
culture

Nonagricultural
industries

1081
MEN
Enrolled in school ............................

9,628

4,974

51.7

4,974

100.0

4.6

95.4

100.0

36.4

63.6

615

12.4

Elementary or high school............
16 to 17 years.............................
18 to 19 years.............................
20 to 34 years.............................

4,261
3,573
568
120

1,836
1,498
249
88

43.1
41.9
43.9
73.6

1,836
1,498
249
88

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

9.5
10.5
4.0
7.7

90.5
89.5
96.0
92.3

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

10.4
6.5
11.9
75.7

89.6
93.5
88.1
24.3

354
276
59
19

19.3
18.4
23.8
21.6

College, full time2 ...........................
16 to 19 years.............................
20 to 24 years.............................
20 to 21 years...........................
22 to 24 years...........................
25 to 34 years.............................

3,907
1,398
1,926
1,082
844
583

1,769
575
863
473
391
330

45.3
41.1
44.8
43.7
46.3
56.7

1,769
575
863
473
391
330

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

3.1
2.9
2.8
2.7
2.9
4.2

96.9
97.1
97.2
97.3
97.1
95.8

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

19.6
11.7
15.7
13.6
18.3
43.8

80.4
88.3
84.3
86.4
81.7
56.2

209
79
88
51
37
43

11.8
13.7
10.2
10.7
9.5
12.9

College, part tim e ...........................
16 to 19 years.............................
20 to 24 years.............................
20 to 21 years..........................
22 to 24 years...........................
25 to 34 years.............................

1,460
144
457
157
300
860

1,369
126
434
147
287
810

93.8
87.8
94.8
93.3
95.6
94.2

1,369
126
434
147
287
810

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

.9
1.7
1.2
1.3
1.2
.6

99.1
98.3
98.8
98.7
98.8
99.4

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

85.6
48.5
79.0
75.9
80.6
94.5

14.4
51.5
21.0
24.1
19.4
5.5

51
10
18
7
10
23

3.7
8.1
4.1
5.1
3.5
2.8

Enrolled in school ............................

9,308

4,661

50.1

4,661

100.0

1.1

98.9

100.0

33.8

66.2

588

12.6

Elementary or high school ............
16 to 17 years.............................
18 to 19 years.............................
20 to 34 years.............................

3,948
3,433
365
150

1,497
1,291
149
57

37.9
37.6
41.0
38.2

1,497
1,291
149
57

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

1.8
1.9
1.7
0

98.2
98.1
98.3
(3)

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

5.8
3.1
12.5
(3)

94.2
96.9
87.5
(3)

315
245
49
21

21.0
19.0
32.5
(3)

College, full time2 ...........................
16 to 19 years.............................
20 to 24 years.............................
20 to 21 years...........................
22 to 24 years...........................
25 to 34 years.............................

3,656
1,579
1,600
1,103
497
477

1,696
688
775
531
244
233

46.4
43.6
48.4
48.1
49.0
48.8

1,696
688
775
531
244
233

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

.9
.5
.7
.7
.8
2.5

99.1
99.5
99.3
99.3
99.2
97.5

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

15.0
9.0
15.0
11.9
21.8
31.9

85.0
91.0
85.0
88.1
78.2
68.1

211
121
57
40
18
33

12.4
17.5
7.4
7.5
7.2
14.1

College, part tim e ..........................
16 to 19 years.............................
20 to 24 years.............................
20 to 21 years...........................
22 to 24 years...........................
25 to 34 years.............................

1,705
149
547
202
345
1,009

1,468
129
485
178
307
854

86.1
86.8
88.6
87.8
89.0
84.7

1,468
129
485
178
307
854

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

.6
2.2
.1

99.4
97.8
99.9
100.0
99.9
99.3

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

77.3
47.9
75.1
64.2
81.5
82.6

22.7
52.1
24.9
35.8
18.5
17.4

62
15
19
5
14
28

4.2
11.2
4.0
2.9
4.6
3.3

WOMEN

-

.1
.7
1982

MEN
Enrolled in school ............................

9,499

4,804

50.6

4,804

100.0

4.5

95.5

100.0

34.8

65.2

759

15.8

Elementary or high school ............
16 to 17 years.............................
18 to 19 years.............................
20 to 34 years.............................

4,092
3,410
562
121

1,631
1,310
234
87

39.9
38.4
41.6
72.0

1,631
1,310
234
87

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

10.9
11.3
11.1
4.4

89.1
88.7
88.9
95.6

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

11.0
5.8
13.9
83.0

89.0
94.2
86.1
17.0

422
325
74
23

25.9
24.8
31.8
26.3

See footnotes at end of table.




20

Table B-5. Employment status o f the population 16 to 34 years old enrolled in school by sex, age, and type of school,
October 1881-82—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Total

Sex, age, and type of school

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Percent distribution
of nonagricultural
employment by fullor part-time status

Employed

Number

Percent of
population

Unemployed

Percent distribution
by type of industry
Number
Total

Agri­
culture

Nonagricultural
industries

Total

Full
time1

Part
time1

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

1982
ftHEN— C o n tin u e d
College, full time2 ...........................
16 to 19 years.............................
20 to 24 years.............................
20 to 21 years..........................
22 to 24 years..........................
25 to 34 years.............................

4,016
1,369
1,967
1,183
784
680

1,853
578
903
534
369
371

46.1
42.2
45.9
45.1
47.1
54.6

1,853
578
903
534
369
371

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

2.2
3.2
2.4
2.4
2.3
.2

97.8
96.8
97.6
97.6
97.7
99.8

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

16.5
7.4
13.9
9.9
19.7
36.9

83.5
92.6
86.1
90.1
80.3
63.1

233
79
106
65
42
48

12.6
13.7
11.7
12.1
11.2
13.0

College, part tim e ..........................
16 to 19 years.............................
20 to 24 years.............................
20 to 21 years..........................
22 to 24 years..........................
25 to 34 years.............................

1,391
117
494
162
331
780

1,320
89
469
149
319
762

94.9
76.4
94.9
92.0
96.4
97.7

1,320
89
469
149
319
762

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

1.3
5.4
1.5
2.6
.9
.8

98.7
94.6
98.5
97.4
99.1
99.2

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

83.0
46.4
74.3
70.5
76.2
91.6

17.0
53.6
25.7
29.5
23.8
8.4

104
15
57
14
43
33

7.9
16.5
12.1
9.0
13.5
4.3

Enrolled in school............................

9,222

4,694

50.9

4,694

100.0

1.2

98.8

100.0

32.2

67.8

592

12.6

Elementary or high school............
16 to 17 years.............................
18 to 19 years.............................
20 to 34 years.............................

3,717
3,235
346
136

1,405
1,214
134
57

37.8
37.5
38.8
41.6

1,405
1,214
134
57

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

2.7
2.3
7.6
(3)

97.3
97.7
92.4
(3)

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

5.1
3.3
10.4
(3)

94.9
96.7
89.6
(3)

299
245
39
15

21.3
20.2
28.8
(3)

College, full time2 .............. ............
16 to 19 years.............................
20 to 24 years.............................
20 to 21 years...........................
22 to 24 years...........................
25 fo 34 years.............................

3,713
1,504
1,706
1,130
576
503

1,744
676
836
546
290
232

47.0
44.9
49.0
48.3
50.3
46.1

1,744
676
836
546
290
232

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

.8
1.1
.7
.6
.8
-

99.2
98.9
99.3
99.4
99.2
100.0

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

12.2
5.6
10.8
8.4
15.2
34.9

87.8
94.4
89.2
91.6
84.8
65.1

220
124
71
48
23
25

12.6
18.3
8.5
8.8
8.0
11.0

College, part tim e ...........................
16 to 19 years..............................
20 to 24 years..............................
20 to 21 years...........................
22 to 24 years...........................
25 to 34 years..............................

1,791
185
581
213
369
1,025

1,545
163
510
176
333
872

86.3
88.2
87.7
82.9
90.4
85.1

1,545
163
510
176
333
872

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

.6

99.4
100.0
99.6
98.9
100.0
99.1

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

73.3
44.1
74.2
65.3
78.7
78.0

26.7
55.9
25.8
34.7
21.3
22.0

73
15
28
13
15
30

4.7
9.2
5.5
7.3
4.6
3.4

WOMEN

1 Full-time workers are persons who, during the survey week, worked
35 hours or more and those who usually work full time but worked 1 to 34
hours because of economic reasons. Part-time workers are persons who
usually work 1 to 34 hours. Persons with a job but not at work during the
survey week are classified according to whether they usually work full or




-

.4
1.1
-

.9

part time.
2 Students attending 12 hours or more of college classes during the
average school week were classified as full-time students.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

21

Table B-6. Employment status of the population 16 to 34 years old enrolled in school by race, sex, age, and type o f school,
October 1981-82
(Numbers in thousands)
Black

White

Civilian labor force

Civilian labor force
Race, sex, age, and type of
school

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Em­
ployed

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Em­
ployed

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

1981
MEN
Enrolled in school ..........................

8,080

4,441

55.0

3,928

513

11.6

1,183

402

34.0

320

82

20.3

Elementary or high school.........
16 to 17 years...........................
18 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
25 to 34 years...........................

3,465
2,971
394
66
34

1,670
1,390
203
49
28

48.2
46.8
51.5

290
235
40
10
4

17.4
16.9
19.7

139
94
40
5
-

85
61
22
3
-

53
33
18
2
-

38.4
35.4

O
O

678
521
146
12
-

20.4
18.0
27.4

(1)

1,380
1,154
163
39
24

College, full time2 ........................
16 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
20 to 21 years........................
22 to 24 years........................
25 to 34 years...........................

3,357
1,215
1,688
963
725
454

1,576
520
781
434
347
274

47.0
42.8
46.3
45.1
47.9
60.5

1,401
458
703
386
317
241

175
63
79
48
30
34

11.1
12.1
10.1
11.1
8.7
12.2

362
128
150
80
70
84

137
35
57
26
31
45

37.9
27.3
38.2
32.3

109
22
50
24
26
37

28
13
7
2
5
8

20.5

College, part tim e ........................
16 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
20 to 21 years........................
22 to 24 years........................
25 to 34 years...........................

1,259
126
394
141
252
739

1,195
115
373
132
241
707

95.0
91.0
94.9
93.7
95.6
95.7

1,147
104
358
125
233
684

49
10
15
7
8
23

4.1
8.9
4.1
5.6
3.3
3.3

143
13
42
12
30
88

126
6
41
10
30
79

88.6

Enrolled in school..........................

7,720

4,069

52.7

3,647

422

10.4

1,277

Elementary or high school..........
16 to 17 years...........................
18 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
25 to 34 years...........................

3,178
2,827
262
52
37

1,315
1,169
116
19
12

41.4
41.4
44.2

219
189
23
3
3

16.7
16.2
20.0

0
0

1,096
980
93
15
9

College, full time2 ........................
16 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years..........................
20 to 21 years........................
22 to 24 years........................
25 to 34 years...........................

3,091
1,356
1,354
951
404
381

1,491
612
687
482
205
192

48.2
45.1
50.7
50.7
50.8
50.3

1,338
520
649
455
194
168

College, part tim e ........................
16 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
20 to 21 years........................
22 to 24 years........................
25 to 34 years...........................

1,451
135
473
183
290
843

1,263
117
426
165
260
720

87.0
87.3
89.9
90.1
89.8
85.4

1,214
107
412
160
252
695

0

O
-

0

53.2

O
O
-

0
0
0
0
0

_

-

(1)
90.4

126
6
40
10
30
79

-

0
0
0
0

457

35.8

306

151

33.1

153
98
30
13
12

23.6
19.4
32.9

63
45
7
4
7

90
52
24
9
5

58.6
53.6

0
0

650
504
92
28
25

153
91
38
27
11
24

10.3
14.9
5.6
5.7
5.3
12.4

452
183
201
127
74
68

160
55
74
44
30
30

35.5
30.4
37.0
34.6

109
31
56
32
24
22

52
25
19
12
7
8

32.3

49
11
14
5
9
24

3.9
9.0
3.2
3.2
3.3
3.4

175
12
51
13
39
111

144
10
39
6
33
95

82.0

134
7
35
6
29
91

10
2
4
4
4

0
0
0

-

WOMEN

See footnotes at end of table.




22

0
0

O
(1)

O
0
0
(’)

85.2

O
0
O
0
O
0
0
0
6.8

0
(1)
(’)
0

3.9

Table B-6. Employment status o f the population 16 to 34 years old enrolled in school by race, sex, age, and type of school,
October 1981-82— Continued
(Numbers In thousands)
Black

White

Civilian labor force

Civilian labor force
Race, sex, age, and type of
school

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Em­
ployed

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Em­
ployed

Number

Percent
of
labor
force

1982
MEM
Enrolled in school..........................

7,955

4,251

53.4

3,664

587

13.8

1,138

403

35.4

264

139

34.4

Elementary or high school.........
16 to 17 years...........................
18 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
25 to 34 years...........................

3,308
2,807
412
41
47

1,447
1,188
188
29
41

43.7
42.3
45.7

324
267
46
6
5

22.4
22.4
24.5

O
O

655
498
131
27
-

141
90
36
15
-

21.6
18.2
27.7

0
O

1,123
922
142
23
36

-

58
43
12
3
-

84
48
25
11
-

59.2
52.8
67.6
(’)
-

College, full time2 ........................
16 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
20 to 21 years........................
22 to 24 years........................
25 to 34 years...........................

3,432
1,191
1,685
1,046
639
555

1,635
523
801
490
311
312

47.6
43.9
47.5
46.8
48.6
56.1

1,448
457
713
435
278
277

188
66
87
55
32
34

11.5
127
10.9
11.2
10.4
11.0

357
119
163
79
85
75

144
31
69
26
42
44

40.2
25.7
42.0
33.6
49.8
59.3

112
19
58
22
36
35

31
12
10
4
6
9

21.9

College, part tim e ........................
16 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
20 to 21 years........................
22 to 24 years........................
25 to 34 years...........................

1,215
91
433
142
292
691

1,169
76
415
133
282
678

96.2
83.4
95.8
94.1
96.6
98.1

1,094
63
378
128
250
653

75
13
37
6
32
24

6.4
17.6
9.0
4.2
11.2
3.6

125
15
43
14
30
67

118
11
41
14
28
65

94.2

23
1
16
8
8
6

19.9

O

94
10
26
6
20
59

Enrolled in school..........................

7,668

4,125

53.8

3,665

461

11.2

1,271

443

34.9

332

11.2

25.2

Elementary or high school..........
16 to 17 years...........................
18 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
25 to 34 years...........................

2,993
2,661
234
51
47

1,282
1,122
116
26
19

42.8
42.2
49.5
0

250
212
32
2
4

19.5
18.9
27.9
0

O

627
500
95
24
8

102
75
15
7
4

16.3
15.1
15.5

0

1,033
910
84
24
15

46
31
6
4
4

44.8
40.9
41.1
0

0

56
45
9
3
-

College, full time2 ........................
16 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
20 to 21 years........................
22 to 24 years........................
25 to 34 years...........................

3,140
1,310
1,438
974
464
393

1,522
604
731
490
241
187

48.5
46.1
50.8
50.2
52.1
47.6

1,364
509
682
452
230
174

157
95
49
38
12
13

10.3
15.7
6.7
7.7
4.8
7.1

442
150
217
130
87
75

166
54
81
47
34
31

37.5
36.1
37.2
36.1
38.8
41.1

115
30
64
37
27
22

51
25
17
10
7
9

30.5

College, part tim e ........................
16 to 19 years...........................
20 to 24 years...........................
20 to 21 years........................
22 to 24 years........................
25 to 34 years...........................

1,534
167
488
185
303
880

1,321
150
430
154
276
742

86.1
89.8
88.1
83.4
91.0
84.3

1,267
137
413
149
264
718

54
13
17
6
11
24

4.1
8.5
3.9
3.6
4.1
3.3

202
11
69
20
49
122

176
6
58
15
43
111

87.1
0

160
4
48
9
39
108

16
2
10
6
4
3

8.9
(1)

0

0
O
O
(’)

O
O
0
0
0

O
O
0
0
0

WOMEN

1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
2 Students attending 12 hours or more of college classes during the




0

O
O

0
91.4

average school week were classified as full-time students.

23

O
0

20.9

O
0
(’)

O
0
0

3.0

Table 0-7. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school, high school graduates not enrolled in college, and school
dropouts by sex and occupation, October 1981
(Percent distribution!

Sex and occupation

Total,
16 to 24
years

Enrolled in school

High school
graduates o f-

16 to 17 18 to 19 20 to 24
years
years
years

19801

19812

Dropouts who last attended
school in 1980 or 1981

Total

1980’

19812

MEN
Total (thousands)..................................................................... > 3,261
Percent...................................................................................
100.0

1,265
100.0

759
100.0

1,237
100.0

606
100.0

472
100.0

297
100.0

193
100.0

104
100.0

White-collar workers.......................................................................
Professional and technical workers............................................
Managers and administrators, except fa rm ................................
Sales workers...............................................................................
Clerical workers............................................................................

32.3
9.5
2.7
8.4
11.6

15.1
.6
.7
8.3
5.5

29.9
4.9
2.4
7.6
14.9

51.3
21.6
4.8
9.0
15.9

11.6
2.7
2.1
1.3
5.5

17.6
2.6
2.2
5.1
7.7

6.2
.4
.8
.2
4.9

7.2
.7
1.2
.2
5.1

Blue-collar workers.........................................................................
Craft and kindred workers ...........................................................
Operatives, except transport.......................................................
Transport equipment operatives .................................................
Nonfarm laborers.........................................................................

34.3
6.0
7.7
2.9
17.6

40.0
4.0
9.7
1.8
24.6

38.0
7.4
7.9
4.1
18.5

26.3
7.3
5.6
3.3
10.0

68.8
18.2
24.5
6.6
19.4

60.2
14.7
16.4
4.7
24.5

69.8
18.2
21.8
3.6
26.2

73.2
20.6
22.6
3.1
26.9

63.6
13.8
20.4
4.6
24.9

Service workers...............................................................................

28.7

35.8

30.2

20.5

12.7

14.7

18.7

14.7

26.0

Farm workers ..................................................................................

4.7

9.0

2.0

1.9

6.9

7.5

5.3

4.9

6.0

Total (thousands).....................................................................
Percent...................................................................................

3,031
100.0

1,087
100.0

742
100.0

1,202
100.0

587
100.0

455
100.0

143
100.0

94
100.0

49
(3)

White-collar workers.......................................................................
Professional and technical workers.............................................
Managers and administrators, except fa rm ................................
Sales workers...............................................................................
Clerical workers............................................................................

59.3
8.9
1.8
11.9
36.7

43.4
1.1
.5
14.6
27.1

61.5
4.6
1.7
10.7
44.5

72.3
18.7
3.0
10.1
40.5

57.8
2.6
3.2
9.2
42.7

50.0
1.4
3.7
9.3
35.7

26.1
1.5
1.2
5.6
17.9

23.7
1.8
6.5
15.4

(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)

Blue-collar workers.........................................................................
Craft and kindred workers ...........................................................
Operatives, except transport.......................................................
Transport equipment operatives .................................................
Nonfarm laborers .........................................................................

5.1
.8
1.8
.6
2.0

4.8
.3
1.3
.3
2.8

5.4
.6
2.3
.4
2.1

5.3
1.3
1.9
1.0
1.1

13.6
1.8
9.1
.2
2.5

13.5
1.7
8.7
.2
2.9

19.6
.2
17.9
1.5

19.6
.3
18.6
.6

(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)

Service workers...............................................................................

34.8

50.2

32.6

22.2

27.9

34.6

50.9

53.0

(3)

Farm workers ..................................................................................

.8

1.6

.5

.2

.7

1.9'

3.4

3.7

(3)

4.5
-

4.5

WOMEN

1 Persons who graduated or dropped out of school between January
1, 1980, and December 31, 1980.
2 Persons who graduated or dropped out of school between January




1, 1981, and October 13, 1981.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

24

-

Table B-8. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school, high school graduates not enrolled in college, and school
dropouts by sex and occupation, October 1982
(Percent distribution)

Sex and occupation

Total,
16 to 24
years

Enrolled in school

High school
graduates of—

16 to 17 18 to 19 20 to 24
years
years
years

19811

19822

Dropouts who last attended
school in 1981 or 1982
Total

19811

19822

Men
Total: (thousands)....................................................................
Percent..................................................................................

2,956
100.0

1,028
100.0

691
100.0

1,237
100.0

465
100.0

499
100.0

240
100.0

158
100.0

83
100.0

White-collar workers.......................................................................
Professional and technical workers.............................................
Managers and administrators, except fa rm ................................
Sales workers..............................................................................
Clerical workers...........................................................................

32.6
9.3
2.6
9.2
11.5

18.0
.8
.4
11.2
5.6

27.0
5.6
2.0
6.2
13.2

47.9
18.4
4.8
9.3
15.4

16.0
1.6
5.4
3.8
5.3

11.0
.4
2.9
4.5
3.2

12.8
.5
1.6
3.0
7.7

10.4
1.1
2.3
7.0

17.4
1.5
2.5
4.3
9.1

Blue-collar workers.........................................................................
Craft and kindred workers ...........................................................
Operatives, except transport.......................................................
Transport equipment operatives.................................................
Nonfarm laborers.........................................................................

33.1
4.9
6.0
2.8
19.4

37.6
1.9
5.7
2.1
27.9

33.6
3.3
4.5
4.3
21.5

29.0
8.4
7.0
2.5
11.1

58.6
16.8
17.1
3.8
20.8

55.2
15.6
13.3
4.4
21.8

59.5
17.9
18.4
1.7
21.6

66.6
19.9
19.1
.4
27.2

46.0
13.9
17.0
4.1
11.0

Service workers..............................................................................

29.8

35.6

35.7

21.7

19.3

22.3

23.0

21.0

26.8

Farm workers .................................................................................

4.5

8.8

3.7

1.4

6.1

11.5

4.7

2.1

9.8

Total: (thousands)....................................................................
Percent..................................................................................

3,038
100.0

1,025
100.0

740
100.0

1,274
100.0

512
100.0

427
100.0

147
100.0

90
100.0

White-collar workers.......................................................................
Professional and technical workers............................................
Managers and administrators, except fa rm ................................
Sales workers...............................................................................
Clerical workers............................................................................

61.4
10.3
2.3
13.3
35.5

46.5
2.8
.5
16.1
27.2

66.6
6.9
1.9
13.5
44.2

70.4
18.3
4.0
11.0
37.2

52.0
3.6
2.1
9.0
37.2

48.3
1.0
.7
9.8
36.8

38.2
1.5
3.5
6.8
26.4

36.6
3.8
5.9
26.8

(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)

Blue-collar workers.........................................................................
Craft and kindred workers ...........................................................
Operatives, except transport.......................................................
Transport equipment operatives .................................................
Nonfarm laborers.........................................................................

4.7
.7
1.8
.5
1.8

6.1
.4
2.2
.6
2.9

3.2
.2
1.7
.7
.6

4.5
1.2
1.4
.4
1.5

13.8
1.0
10.4
.3
2.2

14.7
2.1
7.7
.6
4.2

16.8
.4
13.1
3.3

19.4
.6
13.3
5.4

(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)

Service workers...............................................................................

33.1

46.1

29.2

24.8

33.9

35.2

42.2

39.6

(3)

Farm workers .................................................................................

.8

1.2

.9

.3

.3

1.9

2.7

4.5

(3)

Women

1 Persons who graduated or dropped out of school between January
1, 1981, and December 31, 1981.
2 Persons who graduated or dropped out of school between January




-

1, 1982, and October 16, 1982.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

25

-

57
(3)

Table B-9. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school, high school graduates not enrolled in college, and school
dropouts by sex, industry, and class of worker, October 1981
(Percent distribution)

16 to 17 18 to 19 20 to 24
years
years
years

19801

19812

Dropouts who last attended
school in 1980 or 1981

Total

19801

00

Total,
16 to 24
years

High school
graduates of —

CD

Sex, industry, and class of worker

Enrolled in school

MEN
Total (thousands).....................................................................
Percent..................................................................................

3,261
100.0

1,265
100.0

759
100.0

1,237
100.0

606
100.0

472
100.0

297
100.0

193
100.0

104
100.0

Agriculture.......................................................................................
Wage and salary workers ............................................................
Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................................

5.6
4.0
1.6

10.1
6.6
3.5

3.2
2.6
.6

2.5
2.2
.3

8.0
6.5
1.5

8.9
7.6
1.3

7.9
7.4
.5

7.5
7.5

8.6
7.2
1.3

Nonagricultural industries...............................................................
Wage and salary workers............................................................
Mining.........................................................................................
Construction...............................................................................
Manufacturing ............................................................................
Durable goods.........................................................................
Nondurable goods..................................................................
Transportation and public utilities............................................
Wholesale and retail trad e ........................................................
Services and finance................................................................
Private households.................................................................
Educatibnal services..............................................................
Finance and other services....................................................
Public administration.................................................................

94.4
92.4
.4
2.7
9.9
4.9
5.1
3.9
45.8
28.2
1.7
9.9
16.6
1.5

89.9
87.9
.2
2.0
6.8
2.5
4.3
1.6
57.8
19.4
3.1
3.4
12.8
.2

96.8
95.1
.8
3.3
7.6
4.3
3.4
3.8
48.9
29.2
.8
11.7
16.7
1.5

97.5
95.4
.4
3.0
14.5
7.7
6.8
6.4
31.6
36.6
.7
15.5
20.5
2.9

92.0
90.5
2.7
10.1
25.6
13.3
12.3
5.4
28.8
16.8
.8
.5
15.4
1.2

91.1
89.6
.6
11.2
18.2
10.5
7.7
4.3
39.2
15.5
1.2
2.1
12.1
.7

92.1
89.9
2.5
17.3
23.2
12.8
10.3
2.3
26.3
17.9
.8
.8
16.3
.5

92.5
90.2
2.0
18.0
29.6
16.7
12.9
3.3
24.1
13.2
.3
12.9
-

91.4
89.5
3.5
15.9
11.2
5.6
5.6
.4
30.4
26.7
1.9
2.2
22.6
1.3

Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................................

2.0

2.0

1.7

2.1

1.5

1.5

2.2

2.4

1.9

Total (thousands).....................................................................
Percent..................................................................................

3,031
100.0

1,087
100.0

742
100.0

1,202
100.0

587
100.0

455
100.0

143
100.0

94
100.0

49
(3)

Agriculture.......................................................................................
Wage and salary workers ............................................................
Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................................

1.1
.8
.2

1.8
1.1
.7

1.0
1.0
-

.5
.5

1.2
1.0
.2

2.2
1.4
.8

3.4
2.4
1.0

3.7
2.1
1.5

(3)
(3)

98.8
97.0
.7
2.0
11.9
4.8
7.1
1.5
42.3
36.9
1.4
1.4
34.1
1.7

97.8
96.1

96.6
95.1
.2
13.8
7.4
6.4
.3
47.6
33.3
10.5
2.3
20.5

96.3
96.3
-

(3)

-

-

(3)
(3)

1.7

1.8

-

f)

-

-

WOMEN

Nonagricultural industries...............................................................
Wage and salary workers............................................................
Mining.........................................................................................
Construction..............................................................................
Manufacturing ............................................................................
Durable goods.........................................................................
Nondurable goods..................................................................
Transportation and public utilities ............................................
Wholesale and retail trade........................................................
Services and finance ................................................................
Private households.................................................................
Educational services ...............................................................
Finance and other services....................................................
Public administration.................................................................

98.9
98.0
.2
.5
4.9
2.6
2.3
1,4
46.0
43.4
5.2
15.4

Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................................

98.2
97.3

1.5

.6
1.9
.5
1.3
.7
61.1
32.7
12.7
2.9
17.1
.4

.2
3.0
1.5
1.5
.5
48.9
44.9
1.8
21.5
21.5
.9

99.5
98.3
.5
.5
8.8
5.0
3.8
2.7
30.7
52.2
.7
22.9
28.6
2.9

1.0

.8

.7

1.2

-

2 2.8

1 Persons who graduated or dropped out of school between January
1, 1980, and December 31, 1980.
2 Persons who graduated or dropped out of school between January




99.0
98.3

-

-

-

.8
11.2
4.8
6.4
1.6
51.5
30.1
5.2
1.6
23.4
.9

1.5

1, 1981, and October 13, 1981.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

26

-

19.4
9.6
9.8
-

44.7
32.3
12.6
3.5
16.2

(3)

(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
O

(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)

O

Table 13°10. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school, recent high school graduates not enrolled in college, and
school dropouts by sex, industry, and class of worker, October 1982
(Percent distribution)

Sex, industry, and class of worker

Total,
16 to 24
years

Enrolled in school

High school
graduates of—

16 to 17 18 to 19 20 to 24
years
years
years

19811

19822

Dropouts who last attended
school in 1981 or 1982
Total

19811

19822

MEN
Total (thousands).....................................................................
Percent...................................................................................

2,956
100.0

1,028
100.0

691
100.0

1,237
100.0

465
100.0

499
100.0

240
100.0

158
100.0

83
100.0

Agriculture.......................................................................................
Wage and salary workers ............................................................
Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................................

6.0
3.9
2.1

11.0
6.1
4.9

5.2
4.3
1.0

2.2
1.8
.5

8.5
6.2
2.3

12.7
10.8
1.9

6.2
5.1
1.1

4.1
4.1

10.0
6.8
3.3

Nonagricultural industries................................................................
Wage and salary workers............................................................
Mining.........................................................................................
Construction...............................................................................
Manufacturing ............................................................................
Durable goods.........................................................................
Nondurable goods...................................................................
Transportation and public utilities.............................................
Wholesale and retail trad e ........................................................
Services and finance ................................................................
Private households..................................................................
Educational services ...............................................................
Finance and other services....................................................
Public administration..................................................................

94.0
91.8
.2
3.0
7.9
3.1
4.8
2.7
46.4
29.9
2.2
12.2
15.5
1.8

89.0
85.9
.2
2.0
7.3
1.3
5.9
1.4
54.1
20.4
5.3
2.5
12.6
.5

94.8
93.4
2.5
2.9
.5
2.4
1.5
54.5
30.0
.8
15.0
14.1
2.1

97.8
96.0
.3
4.2
11.1
6.1
5.1
4.4
35.6
37.6
.4
18.7
18.6
2.8

91.5
89.8
1.2
11.7
13.3
8.2
5.1
3.7
40.3
18.5
.3
1.3
16.9
1.0

87.3
85.2
.6
9.8
12.0
7.0
4.9
4.8
41.1
16.8
.8
.3
15.8
.1

93.8
92.8
.7
17.2
20.9
14.9
6.0
1.6
32.5
20.0
2.0
2.5
15.4
-

95.9
94.4
1.0
18.9
24.3
18.4
5.9
2.5
26.4
21.3
3.1
1.2
17.0
-

90.0
90.0
14.0
14.4
8.4
6.0
44.2
17.4

Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................................

2.2

3.2

1.4

1.8

1.7

2.0

1.0

1.5

Total (thousands)......................................................................
Percent...................................................................................

3,038
100.0

1,025
100.0

740
100.0

1,274
100.0

512
100.0

427
100.0

147
100.0

90
100.0

Agriculture........................................................................................
Wage and salary workers ............................................................
Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................................

1.4
1.3
.1

2.2
1.8
.4

1.8
1.8
-

.6
.6

1.3
1.2
.1

2.4
2.2
.3

2.7
2.7

4.5
4.5

f)
(3)

-

-

Nonagricultural industries................................................................
Wage and salary w orkers............................................................
Mining.........................................................................................
Construction...............................................................................
Manufacturing ............................................................................
Durable- goods.........................................................................
Nondurable goods...................................................................
Transportation and public utilities.............................................
Wholesale and retail trad e ........................................................
Services and finance .................................................................
Private households..................................................................
Educational services...............................................................
Finance and other services....................................................
Public administration..................................................................

98.6
97.1
.3
.3
4.7
2.3
2.4
1.4
43.8
44.9
5.8
14.4
24.8
1.7

97.8
95.4
.2
.2
3.3
1.4
1.9
.5
55.9
33.8
12.2
4.0
17.6
1.5

98.2
97.9

98.7
96.8
.2
1.3
15.0
4.6
10.3
2.5
42.5
35.1
3.3
1.0
30.8
.3

97.6
96.3

97.3
95.2

-

-

.5
3.3
1.7
1.6
2.6
47.1
43.0
3.0
19.5
20.6
1.5

99.4
98.0
.5
.4
6.8
3.5
3.2
1.3
32.1
55.0
2.2
19.9
33.0
1.9

.8
12.0
4.1
8.0
1.4
49.3
31.1
4.7
1.6
24.8
1.7

1.6
8.7
3.3
5.4
2.5
49.3
33.1
7.8
1.5
23.9
-

95.5
93.8
2.7
11.8
5.4
6.3
2.2
41.1
36.0
6.9
29.2
-

0
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
0
(3)
(3)
O
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)

Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................................

1.5

2.4

.2

1.4

1.8

1.2

2.0

1.7

(3)

-

-

5.0
12.4
-

WOMEN

1 Persons who graduated or dropped out of school between January
1, 1981, and December 31, 1981.
2 Persons who graduated or dropped out of school between January




-

-

1, 1982, and October 16, 1982.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

27

57
100.0

Table B-11. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school by occupation, industry, class of worker, sex, age, and race,
October 1981-82
(Percent distribution)
Men
Occupation, industry, and class of worker

Total
White

Black

Women

16 to 19 years

20 to 24 years

White

White

Black

Black

16 to 19 years

20 to 24 years

Black

White

Black

White

Black

Total
White

1981
OCCUPATION
Total (thousands)..................................................
Percent...............................................................

2,979
100.0

204
100.0

1,879
100.0

111
100.0

1,100
100.0

93
100.0

2,775
100.0

185
100.0

1,699
100.0

90
100.0

1,076
100.0

95
100.0

White-collar workers..................................................
Professional and technical workers.......................
Managers and administrators, except fa rm ...........
Sales workers.........................................................
Clerical workers......................................................

31.9
9.9
2.9
8.3
10.8

35.2
2.9
.1
9.0
23.2

20.3
2.2
1.4
8.1
8.6

23.4
.1
6.6
16.6

51.8
23.1
5.4
8.8
14.6

49.4
6.4
11.9
31.1

58.4
9.0
1.5
12.0
36.0

70.3
8.0
3.7
12.5
46.0

49.9
2.5
.9
13.0
33.5

62.2
1.9
4.4
14.3
41.6

71.8
19.1
2.5
10.3
39.9

78.0
13.9
3.1
10.8
50.2

Blue-collar workers....................................................
Craft and kindred workers......................................
Operatives...............................................................
Nonfarm laborers ...................................................

17.0
6.1
10.9
17.9

10.8
4.4
6.4
19.2

17.2
5.1
12.1
22.6

10.5
4.7
5.9
22.3

16.6
7.6
8.9
10.0

11.0
4.0
7.0
15.4

3.1
.8
2.2
2.0

2.1
2.1
1.3

2.5
.4
2.0
2.5

1.8

2.4

1.8
2.7

4.1
1.4
2.6
1.2

2.4
-

Service workers.........................................................
Private household workers.....................................
Service workers, except private household...........

28.1
.2
27.9

34.9
34.9

33.0
.3
32.7

43.7
43.7

19.7
.2
19.5

24.2
24.2

35.7
5.5
30.2

26.3
.9
25.4

43.9
8.5
35.4

33.3
1.8
31.5

22.7
.7
22.0

19.6
19.6

Farm workers.............................................................

5.1

-

6.9

-

2.0

-

-

-

.8

-

1.3

-

-

.2

-

-

INDUSTRY AND CLASS OF WORKER
Percent...............................................................

100.0

Agriculture..................................................................

6.1

Nonagricultural industries..........................................

93.9

100.0

91.9

100.0

97.3

100.0

98.8

100.0

98.4

100.0

99.5

Wage and salary workers ......................................
Mining....................................................................
Construction .........................................................
Manufacturing ......................................................
Durable goods...................................................
Nondurable g oods.............................................
Transportation and public utilities .......................
Wholesale and retail tra d e ..................................
Service industries .................................................
Private households............................................
Educational services .........................................
Other services and finance..............................
Public administration ............................................
Self-employed and unpaid family workers............

91.8
.5
2.9
10.2
4.9
5.3
3.8
45.7
27.4
1.7
9.6
16.1
1.4
2.1

99.1
.5
6.9
3.6
3.4
6.2
45.9
36.0
1.6
16.4
18.0
3.6
.9

90.0
.5
2.5
7.4
3.2
4.3
2.4
54.4
22.0
2.3
5.9
13.9
.7
1.9

98.4
1.0
2.2
2.2
3.6
55.0
36.7
2.9
17.3
16.4

95.0
.5
3.4
14.9
7.9
7.1
6.2
30.8
36.5
.7
15.9
19.9
2.6
2.4

100.0

97.8
.2
.5
4.5
2.4
2.1
1.4
46.2
43.7
5.7
15.5
22.6
1.3
1.0

99.2

97.6
.5
2.4
1.0
1.4
.6
55.5
38.1
8.8
10.5
18.8
.5
.8

100.0

98.2
.5
.6
7.9
4.6
3.3
2.6
31.4
52.7
.7
23.3
28.7
2.5
1.2




100.0

100.0

100.0

8.1

100.0

100.0

2.7

-

1.6

28

100.0

100.0

1.2

-

12.6
5.2
7.4
9.4
35.0
35.1
-

15.3
19.8
7.9
-

100.0

100.0

6.1
3.0
3.2
1.2
45.4
41.3
.9
13.5
27.0
5.2
.8

100.0

.5

1.6

-

100.0

-

63.9
33.8
1.8
7.1
24.8
2.3
-

100.0
98.5
12.0
5.8
6.2
2.3
27.8
48.4
- ■
19.5
29.0
8.0
1.5

Table B-11. Employed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school by occupation, industry, class of worker, sex, age, and race,
October 1981-32— Continued
(Percent distribution)
Men
Occupation, industry, and class of worker

Total
White

Black

Women

16 to 19 years

20 to 24 years

White

White

Black

Black

16 to 19 years

Total
White

20 to 24 years

Black

White

Black

White

Black

1982
OCCUPATION
Total (thousands).................................................
Percent...............................................................

2,698
100.0

White-collar workers.................................................
Professional and technical workers.......................
Managers and administrators, except fa rm ...........
Sales workers.........................................................
Clerical workers......................................................

31.8
9.3
2.6
9.3
10.5

41.3
3.4
3.4
7.4
27.1

Blue-collar workers...................................................
Craft and kindred workers......................................
Operatives...............................................................
Nonfarm laborers ...................................................

14.0
5.1
8.9
19.6

Service workers.........................................................
Private household workers.....................................
Service workers, except private household..........
Farm workers.............................................................

170 ' 1,584
100.0
100.0

83
100.0

1,114
100.0

87
100.0

2,758
100.0

202
100.0

1,640
100.0

87
100.0

1,119
100.0

115
100.0

21.0
2.6
1.1
9.1
8.2

27.1
.6
1.1
8.3
17.1

47.1
18.8
4.9
9.7
13.8

55.0
6.1
5.6
6.6
36.7

61.4
10.6
2.2
13.5
35.1

60.4
5.8
3.6
13.3
37.7

54.8
4.2
1.1
15.2
34.2

56.1
6.0
2.3
10.2
37.7

71.1
20.0
3.9
10.9
36.3

63.6
5.7
4.6
15.6
37.8

12.1
2.6
9.5
18.6

10.7
2.5
8.2
25.7

8.5
8.5
25.7

18.6
8.8
9.8
10.9

15.5
5.1
10.3
11.8

2.9
.6
2.3
1.7

4.3
2.6
1.7
2.1

2.7
.2
2.5
1.9

7.1
3.1
3.9
2.6

3.1
1.1
2.0
1.4

2.2
2.2
1.7

29.7
.2
29.5

28.0
2.6
25.4

35.2
.4
34.8

38.7
5.3
33.4

21.8
21.8

17.8
17.8

33.4
6.1
27.3

31.6
1.9
29.8

39.8
8.7
31.1

30.4
30.4

24.1
2.2
21.9

32.6
3.3
29.3

5.0

-

7.3

-

1.6

-

.6

1.6

.8

3.8

.3

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1.4

1.6

1.8

3.8

.6

-

INDUSTRY AND CLASS OF WORKER
Percent...............................................................

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Agriculture.................................................................

6.5

.4

9.4

.8

2.5

-

Nonagricultural industries..........................................

93.5

99.6

90.6

99.2

97.5

100.0

98.6

98.4

98.2

96.2

99.4

100.0

Wage and salary workers ......................................
Mining...................................................................
Construction.........................................................
Manufacturing ......................................................
Durable goods...................................................
Nondurable goods.............................................
Transportation and public utilities .......................
Wholesale and retail tra d e ..................................
Service industries................................................
Private households............................................
Educational services .........................................
Other services and finance..............................
Public administration............................................
Self-employed and unpaid family workers............

91.2
.2
3.3
7.9
3.2
4.8
2.6
46.5
29.0
2.2
11.7
15.1
1.6
2.3

99.6

88.1
.1
2.4
5.5
1.0
4.5
1.5
54.3
23.5
3.4
7.2
12.8
.8
2.5

99.2
-

95.5
.3
4.6
11.3
6.2
5.1
4.1
35.5
36.9
.5
18.1
18.3
2.8
2.0

100.0

97.1
.3
.2
5.0
2.4
2.6
1.2
44.1
44.6
6.1
14.5
24.0
1.6
1.6

98.1

96.6
.1
.3
3.4
1.5
1.9
1.1
52.6
37.6
8.9
10.3
18.5
1.4
1.6

96.2
-

97.8
.6
.1
7.4
3.7
3.6
1.3
31.7
54.7
2.0
20.8
31.9
2.0
1.5

99.5




-

7.5
1.0
6.5
4.5
44.0
40.0
3.2
18.8
18.0
3.6
-

-

6.1
6.1
54.9
31.6
6.5
11.3
13.8
6.6
-

29

100.0

-

8.8
2.0
6.8
8.8
33.6
48.1
26.0
22.0
.6
-

-

2.2
1.3
.7
.5
3.7
38.6
50.3
1.9
15.2
33.3
2.0
.3

-

.7
.7
6.4
45.4
39.5
16.4
23.0
4.3
-

100.0
-

-

3.8
1.7
1.3
.4
1.7
33.5
58.5
3.3
14.2
41.0
.3
.5

Table B-12. Employment status of the population 16 to 24 years old not enrolled in school by educational attainm ent, sex, and
race, October 1981-82
(Numbers In thousands)
Civilian labor force
Educational attainment, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Number

Percent of
population

Employed
Number

Not in
labor force

Percent of
labor force

1981
TOTAL
Not enrolled in school ........................................................................................

21,037

17,231

81.9

14,651

2,580

15.0

3,806

School dropouts
Completed less than 4 years of high s c h o o l...........................................
Completed 8 years of school or le s s ......................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of high school ..................................................

5,143
1,250
3,892

3,502
762
2,739

68.1
61.0
70.4

2,559
588
1,971

943
174
768

26.9
22.9
28.1

1,641
488
1,153

High school graduates
Graduated from high s c h o o l........................................................................
Completed 4 years of high school o n ly .................................................
Completed 1 year of college or m o re .....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of c o lle g e .......................................................
Completed 4 years of college or m o re ...............................................

15,894
11,451
4,443
2,926
1,517

13,729
9,673
4,056
2,613
1,443

86.4
84.5
91.3
89.3
95.1

12,092
8,337
3,755
2,388
1,367

1,637
1,336
301
225
76

11.9
13.8
7.4
8.6
5.3

2,165
1,778
387
312
74

Not enrolled in school ........................................................................................

10,018

9,185

91.7

7,788

1,397

15.2

833

School dropouts
Completed less than 4 years of high s c h o o l...........................................
Completed 8 years of school or le s s ......................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of high school .................................................

2,746
680
2,066

2,345
539
1,806

85.4
79.3
87.4

1,764
422
1,341

582
117
465

24.8
21.6
25.7

400
141
260

High school graduates
Graduated from high s c h o o l........................................................................
Completed 4 years of high school o n ly ..................................................
Completed 1 year of college or m o re .....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of c o lle g e .......................................................
Completed 4 years of college or m o r e ...............................................

7,272
5,360
1,912
1,280
632

6,839
5,003
1,837
1,229
608

94.0
93.3
96.1
96.0
96.1

6,024
4,329
1,695
1,129
566

815
673
142
100
42

11.9
13.5
7.7
8.1
6.9

433
358
75
51
24

Not enrolled in school ........................................................................................

11,019

8,046

73.0

6,863

1,183

14.7

2,973

School dropouts
Completed less than 4 years of high s c h o o l...........................................
Completed 8 years of school or le s s .....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of high school .................................................

2,397
570
1,826

1,156
224
933

48.2
39.2
51.1

795
166
629

361
58
303

31.2
25.8
32.5

1,241
347
894

High school graduates
Graduated from high sc h o o l........................................................................
Completed 4 years of high school o n ly .................................................
Completed 1 year of college or m o re ....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of c o lle g e ......................................................
Completed 4 years of college or m o re ...............................................

8,622
6,091
2,531
1,646
885

6,890
4,670
2,219
1,384
835

79.9
76.7
87.7
84.1
94.4

6,068
4,008
2,060
1,259
801

822
663
159
125
34

11.9
14.2
7.2
9.0
4.1

1,732
1,421
312
262
50

Not enrolled in school .................. .....................................................................

17,797

14,898

83.7

13,043

1,854

12.4

2,900

School dropouts
Completed less than 4 years of high s c h o o l...........................................
Completed 8 years of school or le s s .....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of high s c h o o l.................................................

4,107
1,059
3,047

2,889
693
2,196

70.4
65.4
72.1

2,232
549
1,683

657
144
513

22.7
20.8
23.4

1,217
366
851

High school graduates
Graduated from high sc h o o l........................................................................
Completed 4 years of high school o n ly .................................................
Completed 1 year of college or m o re ....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of c o lle g e .......................................................
Completed 4 years of college or more ...............................................

13,691
9,778
3,913
2,511
1,402

12,009
8,417
3,591
2,253
1,339

87.7
86.1
91.8
89.7
95.5

10,811
7,437
3,374
2,103
1,271

1,197
980
217
149
68

10.0
11.6
6.0
6.6
5.1

1,682
1,361
322
259
63

Not enrolled in school ........................................................................................

2,850

2,085

73.1

1,405

680

32.6

765

School dropouts
Completed less than 4 years of high s c h o o l...........................................
Completed 8 years of school or le s s ......................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of high s c h o o l.................................................

913
155
758

551
64
487

60.3
41.4
64.2

285
37
248

266
27
239

48.3
(1)
49.1

362
91
271

High school graduates
Graduated from high s ch o o l.......................................................................
Completed 4 years of high school o n ly ................................................
Completed 1 year of college or m o re ...................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of c o lle g e ......................................................
Completed 4 years of college or m o re ..............................................

1,937
1,501
436
348
88

1,534
1,144
390
306
84

79.2
76.2
89.5
87.9
95.9

1,120
805
314
237
77

414
338
76
69
7

27.0
29.6
19.4
22.5
8.0

403
357
46
42
4

Men

Women

White

Black

See footnote at end of table.




30

Table B-12. Employment status of the population 16 to 24 years old not enrolled in school by educational attainm ent, sex, and
race, October 1981-82— Continued
(Numbers In thousands)
Civilian labor force
Educational attainment, sex, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Not in
labor force

Unemployed
Number

Percent of
population

Employed
Number

Percent of
labor force

1982
TOTAL
Not enrolled in school ........................................................................................

20,828

16,882

81.1

13,753

3,129

18.5

3,946

School dropouts
Completed less than 4 years of high s c h o o l...........................................
Completed 8 years of school or le s s ......................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of high s c h o o l..................................................

5,055
1,155
3,900

3,352
699
2,652

66.3
60.5
68.0

2,285
503
1,782

1,067
196
871

31.8
28.0
32.8

1,704
456
1,248

High school graduates
Graduated from high sc h o o l........................................................................
Completed 4 years of high school o n ly ..................................................
Completed 1 year of college or m o re .....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of c o lle g e .......................................................
Completed 4 years of college or m o re ...............................................

15,772
11,215
4,557
3,023
1,533

13,531
9,379
4,152
2,689
1,462

85.8
83.6
91.1
89.0
95.4

11,468
7,758
3,710
2,382
1,328

2,062
1,620
442
307
134

15.2
17.3
10.6
11.4
9.2

2,242
1,837
405
334
71

Not enrolled in school .......................................................................................

9,947

9,057

91.0

7,314

1,742

19.2

891

School dropouts
Completed less than 4 years of high s c h o o l...........................................
Completed 8 years of school or le s s ......................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of high school ..................................................

2,601
609
1,992

2,193
462
1,731

84.3
75.9
86.9

1,508
332
1,177

685
131
554

31.2
28.3
32.0

408
146
262

High school graduates
Graduated from high sc h o o l........................................................................
Completed 4 years of high school o n ly ..................................................
Completed 1 year of college or m o re .....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of c o lle g e .......................................................
Completed 4 years of college or more ................................................

7,346
5,313
2,033
1,333
701

6,864
4,915
1,949
1,262
687

93.4
92.5
95.8
94.7
98.1

5,806
4,064
1,743
1,114
629

1,058
851
206
148
58

15.4
17.3
10.6
11.7
8.5

482
398
85
71
13

Not enrolled in school ........................................................................................

10,881

7,826

71.9

6,439

1,387

17.7

3,055

School dropouts
Completed less than 4 years of high school ...........................................
Completed 8 years of school or le s s ......................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of high school ..................................................

2,454
547
1,908

1,159
237
922

47.2
43.3
48.3

777
171
605

382
65
317

33.0
27.6
34.3

1,296
310
986

High school graduates
Graduated from high s c h o o l........................................................................
Completed 4 years of high school o n ly ..................................................
Completed 1 year of college or m o re .....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of c o lle g e .......................................................
Completed 4 years of college or m o re ................................................

8,426
5,903
2,524
1,691
833

6,667
4,464
2,203
1,428
775

79.1
75.6
87.3
84.5
93.1

5,662
3,695
1,967
1,268
699

1,005
769
236
160
76

15.1
17.2
10.7
11.2
9.8

1,759
1,439
321
263
58

Not enrolled in school ........................................................................................

17,480

14,457

82.7

12,193

2,264

15.7

3,024

School dropouts
Completed less than 4 years of high s c h o o l...........................................
Completed 8 years of school or le s s ......................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of high school ..................................................

4,001
944
3,057

2,727
588
2,139

68.2
62.3
70.0

1,970
441
1,528

757
147
611

27.8
24.9
28.5

1,274
356
918

High school graduates
Graduated from high s c h o o l........................................................................
Completed 4 years of high school o n ly ..................................................
Completed 1 year of college or m o re .....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of c o lle g e .......................................................
Completed 4 years of college or m o re ...............................................

13,479
9,523
3,956
2,534
1,422

11,730
8,111
3,619
2,261
1,357

87.0
85.2
91.5
89.3
95.4

10,223
6,923
3,301
2,060
1,241

1,506
1,189
318
201
117

12.8
14.7
8.8
8.9
8.6

1,750
1,412
337
272
65

Not enrolled in school ........................................................................................

2,922

2,109

72.2

1,296

813

38.6

813

School dropouts
Completed less than 4 years of high s c h o o l...........................................
Completed 8 years of school or le s s ......................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of high school ..................................................

918
176
742

543
96
447

59.2
54.2
60.3

255
47
207

288
48
240

53.1
50.6
53.6

375
81
294

High school graduates
Graduated from high s c h o o l........................................................................
Completed 4 years of high school o n ly ..................................................
Completed 1 year of college or m o re .....................................................
Completed 1 to 3 years of c o lle g e .......................................................
Completed 4 years of college or m o r e ...............................................

2,005
1,523
481
407
75

1,566
1,137
430
358
71

78.1
74.6
89.3
88.1
95.7

1,041
730
311
257
54

525
406
119
102
17

33.5
35.7
27.7
28.4

438
387
52
48
3

Men

Women

White

Black

1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.




31

(1)

Table B-13. Employment status of the Hlspanie-origiin population 18 to 24 years ©id by sehooi enrollment status, edueationai
attainment, and sex, Oetober 1981-82
(Mumfoers in thousands^

Civilian labor force
Characteristic

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed
Total

Not in
labor force

Percent of
labor force

1981
Total, 16 to 24 ye a rs...........................................................

2,684

1,652

61.6

1,395

257

15.6

1,032

Mexican origin.............................................................................
Puerto Rican origin.....................................................................
Other Hispanic origin..................................................................

1,736
373
576

1,137
150
366

65.5
40.1
63.5

966
115
314

171
35
51

15.0
23.3
14.0

599
223
210

Enrolled in school ......................................................................
Men ..........................................................................................
Women.....................................................................................

984
517
467

374
207
168

38.1
40.0
35.9

315
170
145

60
37
23

16.0
17.9
13.6

609
310
299

Elementary or high school ......................................................
College......................................................................................

627
357

180
194

28.8
54.4

144
171

37
23

20.3
11.9

446
163

Mexican origin..........................................................................
Puerto Rican origin..................................................................
Other Hispanic origin ...............................................................

563
152
268

220
26
128

39.1
17.1
47.9

186
20
109

34
6
20

15.3
O
15.3

343
126
140

Not enrolled in school ................................................................
Men ..........................................................................................
W omen.....................................................................................

1,701
816
885

1,278
736
542

75.1
90.2
61.3

1,081
621
460

197
115
82

15.4
15.6
15.2

423
80
343

Less than 4 years of high school............................................
4 years of high school or m ore..............................................

891
810

620
658

69.6
81.2

509
572

111
86

18.0
13.1

270
152

Mexican origin..........................................................................
Puerto Rican origin..................................................................
Other Hispanic origin ...............................................................

1,172
220
308

917
124
237

78.2
56.1
77.1

780
95
206

137
28
32

15.0
23.0
13.3

256
97
70

Total, 16 to 24 years ...........................................................

2,598

1,503

57.8

1,176

326

21.7

1,096

Mexican origin.............................................................................
Puerto Rican origin.....................................................................
Other Hispanic origin ..................................................................

1,675
377
547

1,051
141
311

62.7
37.5
56.9

826
102
249

225
40
62

21.4
28.0
20.0

624
236
236

Enrolled in school ......................................................................
Men ..........................................................................................
W omen.....................................................................................

956
499
456

329
164
166

34.4
32.8
36.3

254
125
129

75
38
36

22.7
23.4
22.0

627
336
291

Elementary or high school ......................................................
College.....................................................................................

604
352

141
188

23.4
53.4

89
165

52
23

36.9
12.0

463
164

Mexican origin..........................................................................
Puerto Rican origin..................................................................
Other Hispanic origin ...............................................................

519
176
261

183
41
104

35.3
23.6
40.0

141
32
81

42
9
23

23.1
(1)
22.0

335
135
157

Not enrolled in school ................................................................
Men ..........................................................................................
Women......................................................................................

1,643
764
879

1,174
668
506

71.4
87.5
57.5

922
522
400

252
145
106

21.4
21.8
21.0

469
96
373

Less than 4 years of high school............................................
4 years of high school or m ore..............................................

823
820

535
639

65.0
77.9

403
519

132
120

24.7
18.7

288
181

Mexican origin..........................................................................
Puerto Rican origin..................................................................
Other Hispanic origin ...............................................................

1,156
201
286

867
100
207

75.0
49.7
72.3

685
70
167

182
30
39

21.0
30.2
19.0

289
101
79

1982

1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.




32

B-14. Employment status of the high school graduates not enrolled in college and school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by
sex, age, and race, October 1981-82
(Num bers In thousands)
High school graduates not enrolled in college

School dropouts
Civilian labor force

Civilian labor force
Sex, age, and race

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Civilian
noninstitutional
population

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

Unemployed
Total

Percent of
population

Employed

Num­
ber

Percent
of
labor
force

1981
TOTAL
16 to 24 y e a rs ..................................
16 to 17 y e a rs ...............................
18 to 19 y e a rs ...............................
20 to 21 y e a rs ...............................
22 to 24 y e a rs ...............................

15,894
126
2,840
4,399
8,529

13,729
94
2,425
3,868
7,341

86.4
74.8
85.4
87.9
86.1

12,092
80
2,003
3,367
6,643

1,637
15
423
501
698

11.9
15.7
17.4
13.0
9.5

5,143
622
1,299
1,322
1,899

3,502
347
909
948
1,298

68.1
55.8
70.0
71.7
68.3

2,559
222
621
699
1,017

943
125
288
249
280

26.9
36.0
31.7
26.3
21.6

White ..............................................
B la c k ................................................

13,691
1,937

12,009
1,534

87.7
79.2

10,811
1,120

1,197
414

10.0
27.0

4,107
913

2,889
551

70.4
60.3

2,232
285

657
266

22.7
48.3

16 to 24 y e a rs..................................
16 to 17 y e a rs ...............................
18 to 19 y e a rs ...............................
20 to 21 y e a rs ...............................
22 to 24 y e a rs ...............................

7,272
54
1,273
2,050
3,896

6,839
40
1,155
1,947
3,697

94.0
(1)
90.8
95.0
94.9

6,024
34
964
1,703
3,323

815
6
192
243
374

11.9
(1)
16.6
12.5
10.1

2,746
322
706
705
1,013

2,345
225
598
630
892

85.4
70.0
84.8
89.4
88.0

1,764
157
431
472
705

582
68
167
158
187

24.8
30.3
28.0
25.1
21.0

White ..............................................
B la c k ...............................................

6,328
832

6,027
721

95.3
86.7

5,404
539

623
182

10.3
25.3

2,234
460

1,969
345

88.1
74.9

1,547
194

422
150

21.4
43.6

16 to 24 y e a rs ..................................
16 to 17 y e a rs ...............................
18 to 19 y e a rs ...............................
20 to 21 y e a rs ...............................
22 to 24 y e a rs ...............................

8,622
73
1,567
2,349
4,633

6,890
55
1,270
1,921
3,644

79.9
(1)
81.0
81.8
78.7

6,068
46
1,039
1,664
3,320

822
9
231
258
325

11.9
(')
18.2
13.4
8.9

2,397
300
594
617
886

1,156
122
311
318
406

48.2
40.7
52.4
51.5
45.8

795
65
190
227
313

361
57
121
91
93

31.2
46.4
38.8
28.6
22.9

White ..............................................
B la c k ...............................................

7,363
1,105

5,981
813

81.2
73.5

5,407
581

574
232

9.6
28.5

1,872
453

920
206

49.1
45.5

685
90

235
116

25.5
56.2

Men

W om en

1982
TOTAL
16 to 24 y e a rs..................................
16 to 17 y e a rs ...............................
18 to 19 y e a rs ...............................
20 to 21 y e a rs ...............................
22 to 24 y e a rs ...............................

15,772
159
2,850
4,083
8,680

13,531
123
2,380
3,537
7,490

85.8
77.1
83.5
86.6
86.3

11,468
85
1,878
2,995
6,511

2,062
38
503
543
979

15.2
30.5
21.1
15.3
13.1

5,055
556
1,336
1,310
1,854

3,352
310
896
918
1,228

66.3
55.8
67.1
70.1
66.2

2,285
180
558
622
925

1,067
130
338
296
302

31.8
42.0
37.7
32.2
24.6

White ...............................................
B la c k ................................................

13,479
2,005

11,730
1,566

87.0
78.1

10,223
1,041

1,506
525

12.8
33.5

4,001
918

2,727
543

68.2
59.2

1,970
255

757
288

27.8
53.1

16 to 24 y e a rs ..................................
16 to 17 y e a rs ...............................
18 to 19 y e a rs ...............................
20 to 21 y e a rs ...............................
22 to 24 y e a rs ...............................

7,346
63
1,314
1,894
4,075

6,864
52
1,153
1,762
3,896

96.4
(1)
87.7
93.0
95.6

5,806
34
926
1,495
3,351

1,058
18
227
267
546

15.4
O
19.7
15.2
14.0

2,601
272
709
670
950

2,193
198
568
585
842

84.3
72.7
80.0
87.3
88.7

1,508
103
365
401
640

685
95
202
184
203

31.2
48.0
35.7
31.5
24.1

White ...............................................
B la c k ................................................

6,358
848

6,003
738

94.4
87.1

5,190
511

813
227

13.5
30.7

2,041
494

1,771
366

86.8
74.2

1,295
175

476
192

26.9
52.4

16 to 24 y e a rs ..................................
16 to 17 y e a rs ...............................
18 to 19 y e a rs ...............................
20 to 21 y e a rs ...............................
22 to 24 y e a rs ...............................

8,426
96
1,536
2,189
4,605

6,667
71
1,227
1,775
3,594

79.1
73.5
79.9
81.1
78.0

5,662
51
952
1,500
3,160

1,005
19
276
276
434

15.1
(1)
22.5
15.5
12.1

2,454
284
627
640
904

1,159
112
328
333
385

47.2
39.6
52.4
52.0
42.6

777
77
193
221
286

382
35
135
112
99

33.0
31.5
41.2
33.6
25.8

White ...............................................
B la c k ................................................

7,122
1,157

5,726
828

80.4
71.6

5,033
530

693
298

12.1
36.0

1,960
427

956
176

48.8
41.6

674
80

282
96

29.4
54.6

Men

W om en

1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.




33

Table B-15. Unemployed 16- to 24-year olds enrolled in school, high school graduates not enrolled in college, and school
dropouts by age, sex, race, and duration of unemployment, October 1981-82
(Percent distribution)
Duration of unemployment

Total employed
Enrollment status, sex, and race

15 weeks or more
Thousands
of persons

Percent

Less than
5 weeks

5 to 14
weeks

Total

15 to 26
weeks

27 weeks
or more

1981
TOTAL
Enrolled in school ..................................................................................................................
16 to 19 years .....................................................................................................................
20 to 24 years .....................................................................................................................

1,060
854
207

100.0
100.0
100.0

51.4
52.2
48.1

35.8
36.2
33.9

12.8
11.5
18.0

8.7
8.3
10.6

4.1
3.2
7.4

High school graduates not enrolled in c o lle g e ................................................................
School d ro p o u ts .....................................................................................................................

1,637
943

100.0
100.0

45.3
46.5

30.5
28.2

24.2
25.3

14.2
11.0

10.0
14.3

Enrolled in school ..................................................................................................................
16 to 19 years .....................................................................................................................
20 to 24 years .....................................................................................................................

542
424
118

100.0
100.0
100.0

49.2
50.7
43.8

37.9
38.5
35.7

12.9
10.9
20.4

8.2
7.2
11.9

4.7
3.6
8.5

High school graduates not enrolled in college ................................................................
School d ro p o u ts .....................................................................................................................

815
582

100.0
100.0

40.3
44.7

30.4
26.5

29.3
28.8

15.9
12.6

13.4
16.2

Enrolled in school ..................................................................................................................
16 to 19 years .....................................................................................................................
20 to 24 years .....................................................................................................................

518
429
89

100.0
100.0
100.0

53.7
53.7
53.7

33.6
34.1
31.5

12.6
12.2
14.8

9.3
9.4
8.8

3.4
2.8
6.0

High school graduates not enrolled in c o lle g e ................................................................
School d ro p o u ts .....................................................................................................................

822
361

100.0
100.0

50.3
49.4

30.5
30.9

19.2
19.7

12.6
8.4

6.6
11.2

823
1,197
657

100.0
100.0
100.0

51.4
47.9
47.3

37.1
30.8
28.4

11.5
21.3
24.4

8.1
12.0
12.0

3.4
9.2
12.3

208
414
266

100.0
100.0
100.0

48.2
37.4
44.1

32.8
29.6
27.3

19.0
33.0
28.6

11.8
21.0
9.2

7.2
12.0
19.4

Men

Women

White
Enrolled in school ..................................................................................................................
High school graduates not enrolled in college ................................................................
School d ro p o u ts .....................................................................................................................

Black
Enrolled in school ..................................................................................................................
High school graduates not enrolled in college ................................................................
School d ro p o u ts .....................................................................................................................

1982
TOTAL
Enrolled in school ..................................................................................................................
16 to 19 years .....................................................................................................................
20 to 24 years ....,...............................................................................................................

1,201
915
286

100.0
100.0
100.0

45.6
46.7
42.4

36.5
38.0
31.9

17.8
15.4
25.7

11.7
10.5
15.6

6.1
4.9
10.0

High school graduates not enrolled in college ................................................................
School d ro p o u ts .....................................................................................................................

2,062
1,067

100.0
100.0

35.4
37.1

31.8
28.0

32.8
35.0

17.4
14.8

15.4
20.2

Enrolled in school .............................................................................
16 to 19 years .....................................................................................................................
20 to 24 years .....................................................................................................................

673
493
180

100.0
100.0
100.0

44.1
46.5
37.5

35.8
36.7
33.3

20.1
16.8
29.2

12.6
11.1
16.6

7.6
5.7
12.6

High school graduates not enrolled in c o lle g e ................................................................
School d ro p o u ts .....................................................................................................................

1,058
685

100.0
100.0

31.1
32.9

34.2
26.8

34.7
40.3

17.6
16.6

17.1
23.7

Enrolled in school .................................................................................................................
16 to 19 years ....................................................................................................................
20 to 24 years ....................................................................................................................

528
423
105

100.0
100.0
100.0

47.6
46.8
50.8

37.5
39.5
29.6

14.9
13.7
19.6

10.6
9.8
14.0

4.3
3.9
5.6

High school graduates not enrolled in college ................................................................
School d ro p o u ts .....................................................................................................................

1,005
382

100.0
100.0

40.0
44.6

29.3
30.0

30.7
25.4

17.1
11.5

13.5
13.9

942
1,506
757

100.0
100.0
100.0

48.8
35.1
38.1

35.5
33.3
28.5

15.8
31.6
33.5

10.7
18.2
15.6

5.1
13.4
17.9

218
525
288

100.0
100.0
100.0

34.0
36.3
33.9

40.7
27.4
27.4

25.3
36.4
38.6

14.3
15.4
13.2

11.0
20.9
25.4

Men

Women

White
Enrolled in school ..................................................................................................................
High school graduates not enrolled in c o lle g e ................................................................
School d ro p o u ts .....................................................................................................................

Black
Enrolled in school ..................................................................................................................
High school graduates not enrolled in college ................................................................
School d ro p o u ts .....................................................................................................................




34

Table B-16. Unemployed 16- to 24-year-olds enrolled in school by occupation, sex, and age, October 1981-82
(Percent distribution)
Women

Men
Occupation

Total,
16 to 24
years

16 to 17
years

Total,
16 to 24
years

18 to 24
years

16 to 17
years

18 to 24
years

1981
Total (thousands)..........................................................................
Percent.......................................................................................

542
100.0

284
100.0

259
100.0

518
100.0

258
100.0

261
100.0

White-collar workers............................................................................
Professional and technical workers ................................................
Managers and administrators, except farm .....................................
Sales workers...................................................................................
Clerical workers ...............................................................................

11.2
3.4
.4
1.7
5.7

3.4
1.7
1.1
.5

32.4
3.5
.2
5.5
23.2

20.3
1.9

-

19.8
5.3
.8
2.3
11.4

4.1
14.3

44.3
5.0
.4
6.9
32.1

Blue-collar workers..............................................................................
Craft and kindred workers...............................................................
Operatives.........................................................................................
Nonfarm laborers..............................................................................

31.7
5.6
10.9
15.2

21.9
3.2
4.9
13.8

42.5
8.3
17.4
16.8

5.6
.5
3.4
1.8

5.3
.7
2.3
2.3

6.0
.2
4.5
1.3

Service workers..................................................................................
Private household workers...............................................................
Service workers, except private household....................................

20.1
.3
19.8

20.7
.5
20.2

19.4
19.4

17.9
1.7
16.2

16.6
1.1
15.5

19.1
2.2
16.9

Farm workers......................................................................................

2.4

2.8

2.0

.3

.6

No previous work experience.............................................................

34.6

51.3

16.3

43.8

57.2

30.5

Total (thousands)..........................................................................
Percent.......................................................................................

673
100.0

336
100.0

337
100.0

528
100.0

264
100.0

264
100.0

White-collar workers............................................................................
Professional and technical workers ................................................
Managers and administrators, except farm .....................................
Sales workers...................................................................................
Clerical workers ................................................................................

11.8
2.9
1.1
3.5
4.3

4.3
.5
1.9
2.0

23.9
3.2
1.8
3.6
15.2

9.6
1.0

-

19.2
5.3
2.3
5.1
6.6

38.2
5.4
3.7
6.4
22.8

Blue-collar workers..............................................................................
Craft and kindred workers................................................................
Operatives.........................................................................................
Nonfarm laborers..............................................................................

32.3
4.8
10.3
17.2

23.4
3.3
3.7
16.4

41.2
6.4
16.8
18.0

6.8
.4
4.1
2.3

Service workers..................................................................................
Private household workers...............................................................
Service workers, except private household....................................

14.4
-

14.4

12.0
_
12.0

16.7
_
16.7

Farm workers......................................................................................

1.5

2.4

No previous work experience.............................................................

40.1

57.9

-

-

1982




35

.9
7.7
4.6
2.6
2.0

8.9
.8
5.7
2.5

18.1
.5
17.6

15.1
.2
14.9

21.1
.8
20.3

.6

.8

.2

1.4

22.4

50.4

70.5

30.3

-

Table B-17. Employed and unemployed high school graduates not enrolled in college and school dropouts 16 to 21 years old
by occupation and sex, October 1981-82
(Percent distribution)
Women

Men
High school graduates
Occupation

Employed

Employed
High
school
4 years
only

School dropouts

High school graduates

School dropouts

College,
1 year
or more

Unem­
ployed

Employed

Unem­
ployed

High
school
4. years
only

College,
1 year
or more

Unem­
ployed

Employed

Unem­
ployed

1981
Total (thousands) ........................................................
Percent......................................................................

2,274
100.0

427
100.0

441
100.0

1,059
100.0

394
100.0

2,214
100,0

534
100.0

497
100.0

483
100.0

268
100.0

White-collar workers..........................................................
Professional and technical workers...............................
Managers and administrators, except fa rm ...................
Sales workers.................................................................
Clerical workers...............................................................

16.5
3.1
3.0
4.6
5.9

32.5
9.8
7.3
4.5
10.9

8.0
.8
1.5
2.2
3.5

6.7
.7
1.7
1.0
3.3

6.0
.7
1.3
.3
3.7

60.7
2.3
3.8
7.6
47.1

74.3
14.2
3.9
10.6
45.7

41.4
2.9
.9
6.2
31.4

27.2
2.4
1.6
7.1
16.1

19.8
2.0
.7
4.5
12.7

Blue-collar workers ............................................................
Craft and kindred workers...............................................
Operatives, except transport...........................................
Transport equipment operatives.....................................
Nonfarm laborers.............................................................

65.2
21.6
19.5
6.0
18.1

46.5
14.4
10.7
6.5
15.0

55.6
17.2
10.3
6.0
22.1

68.6
21.1
24.1
6.1
17.4

51.3
13.9
13.7
3.3
20.4

15.0
1.5
10.6
.5
2.4

9.3
2.8
4.7
1.8

11.5
.3
8.0
.3
2.9

28.1
.9
23.1
.9
3.2

27.6
.7
19.8
7.1

Service workers.................................................................
Private household workers.............................................
Service workers, except private household...................

12.5
12.5

16.9
16.9

14.4
14.4

14.2
.2
14.1

19.7
19.7

23.3
2.5
20.8

15.4
.6
14.8

23.1
1.3
21.7

39.2
6.6
32.6

26.1
.9
25.2

Farm workers.....................................................................

5.8

4.1

1.1

10.5

5.6

1.0

.9

.5

5.5

2.6

-

21.0

-

17.4

No previous work experience............................................

-

-

-

23.5

-

23.8

1982
Total (thousands)........................................................
Percent......................................................................

2,070
100.0

386
100.0

512
100.0

869
100.0

482
100.0

1,966
100.0

536
100.0

571
100.0

491
100.0

283
100.0

White-collar workers..........................................................
Professional and technical workers...............................
Managers and administrators, except farm ...................
Sales w orkers.................................................................
Clerical workers..............................................................

16.6
2.1
4.4
4.6
5.5

37.2
5.9
7.9
9.9
13.5

9.4
2.0
.9
2.2
4.3

8.9
1.2
2.1
1.2
4.5

6.2
1.3
1.0
2.3
1.8

56.5
3.6
3.3
7.9
41.7

73.6
15.0
5.6
9.3
43.8

34.8
2.2
1.8
6.0
24.7

31.4
3.6
1.9
7.4
18.5

16.9
.6
5.5
10.9

Blue-collar workers ............................................................
Craft and kindred workers..............................................
Operatives, except transport...........................................
Transport equipment operatives.....................................
Nonfarm laborers.............................................................

59.8
19.2
16.1
5.1
19.3

40.9
16.4
6.7
5.6
12.3

51.9
12.0
17.0
3.4
19.4

63.2
18.8
18.3
4.4
21.8

49.6
9.7
18.6
3.3
17.9

13.1
1.6
8.4
.4
2.7

7.9
1.4
4.0
.9
1.5

11.5
1.0
8.1
.2
2.2

26.6
1.9
20.1
.7
3.8

20.0
.5
13.8
5.8

Service workers.................................................................
Private household workers.............................................
Service workers, except private household...................

16.7
16.7

17.0
17.0

14.9
14.9

17.2
.3
16.9

13.8
13.8

29.5
3.2
26.3

18.3
18.2

23.5
.5
23.0

38.1
5.7
32.4

33.1
2.8
30.3

Farm workers.....................................................................

6.9

4.9

2.2

10.7

4.7

.8

.2

.9

3.9

3.4

21.6

-

25.7

No previous work experience...........................................




-

-

36

-

-

29.3

-

26.5

Table B-18. Unemployed 16- to 21-year-olds e nrolled in school, high school graduates not enrolled in college, and school
dropouts by sex, race, and reason fo r unemployment, October 1981-82
(Percent distribution)

_____________ __ _______________________________________________________________________ ________ _
Total unemployed

School enrollment status, sex, and race

Thousands
of persons

Reason for looking for work
On
layoff

Percent

Lost job

Quit

Left
school

Wanted
temporary
job

Other1

1981
Enrolled in school
T ota l........................................................................

968

100.0

2.1

11.6

10.2

0.9

47.1

28.1

M e n ......................................................................
Women .................................................................

491
478

100.0
100.0

3.4
.9

12.2
11.0

9.0
11.4

.5
1.4

51.6
42.6

23.4
32.8

W hite....................................................................
B lack....................................................................

757
187

100.0
100.0

2.0
2.8

11.9
10.4

10.5
8.3

.9
1.0

49.1
40.2

25.5
37.4

T otal........................................................................

938

100.0

8.8

26.7

15.3

23.0

6.1

20.1

M e n ......................................................................
Women ................................................................

441
497

100.0
100.0

11.0
6.9

31.3
22.5

13.3
17.0

24.4
21.7

3.0
8.9

16.9
23.0

W hite....................................................................
B lack....................................................................

671
254

100.0
100.0

11.2
3.1

27.2
25.9

17.3
9.8

22.3
24.9

5.5
7.2

16.6
29.1

T otal........................................................................

662

100.0

10.1

32.1

14.1

17.9

4.6

21.1

M e n ......................................................................
Women .................................................................

394
268

100.0
100.0

12.4
6.7

39.3
21.6

12.0
17.3

16.3
20.4

2.7
7.6

17.4
26.5

W hite.....................................................................
B la ck....................................................................

472
177

100.0
100.0

11.7
5.9

35.5
23.3

16.2
8.6

14.7
26.9

3.5
7.9

18.4
27.5

High school graduates not enrolled in college

School dropouts

1982
Enrolled in school
T otal........................................................................

1,063

100.0

3.2

11.1

9.2

1.7

41.7

33.1

M e n ......................................................................
Women ................................................................

577
485

100.0
100.0

4.5
1.6

12.8
9.1

7.9
10.7

1.7
1.5

37.8
46.3

35.2
30.7

W hite....................................................................
B lack....................................................................

851
181

100.0
100.0

3.6
1.8

11.5
10.4

10.1
4.8

1.3
3.5

44.2
33.2

29.2
46.4

T otal........................................................................

1,083

100.0

9.5

34.0

10.0

25.6

5.2

15.7

M e n .......................................................................
Women .................................................................

512
571

100.0
100.0

14.2
5.3

39.0
29.5

7.3
12.4

27.3
24.1

4.1
6.1

8.1
22.6

W hite.....................................................................
B la ck.....................................................................

789
279

100.0
100.0

12.3
1.6

36.1
28.1

10.6
7.8

21.9
36.4

5.9
3.2

13.3
22.9

T otal........................................................................

764

100.0

9.6

35.2

8.7

18.6

6.0

21.8

M e n ......................................................................
Women .................................................................

482
283

100.0
100.0

11.7
5.9

41.2
25.1

5.8
13.6

22.3
12.5

3.6
10.1

15.4
32.8

W hite.....................................................................
B la ck.....................................................................

551
198

100.0
100.0

11.9
3.9

35.0
35.9

10.1
4.1

17.6
21.7

5.2
8.0

20.2
26.4

High school graduates not enrolled in college

School dropouts

1 Includes financial reasons and discharge from the Armed Forces.




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Phone: (404) 881-4418

Regions VII and ¥SS!
911 Walnut Street
Kansas City, Mo. 64106
Phone: (816) 374-2481

Region IS
Suite 3400
1515 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10036
Phone: (212) 944-3121

Region ¥
9th Floor
Federal Office Building
230 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, III. 60604
Phone: (312) 353-1880

Regions SX and X
450 Golden Gate Avenue
Box 36017
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
Phone: (415) 556-4678

Region ISS
3535 Market Street
P.O. Box 13309
Philadelphia, Pa. 19101
Phone: (215) 596-1154

Region ¥1
Second Floor
555 Griffin Square Building
Dallas, Tex. 75202
Phone: (214) 767-6971

Region S
1603 JFK Federal Building
Government Center
Boston, Mass. 02203
Phone: (617) 223-6761