ChildStats.gov—Forum on Child and Family Statistics
faces of children
Home  |  About the Forum  |  Publications  |  Data Sources  |  Help
Search
ED5.A Youth neither enrolled in schoola nor working: Percentage of youth ages 16–19 who are neither enrolled in school nor working by age, gender, and race and Hispanic origin, 1985–2010

excel icon ED5A Excel Table

Characteristic 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994b 1995b 1996b 1997b 1998b 1999b 2000b 2001b 2002b 2003b 2004b 2005b 2006b 2007b 2008b 2009b 2010b
Ages 16–19
Total 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9
Gender
Male 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 10 9
Female 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 12 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 9
Race and Hispanic originc
White, non-Hispanic 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8
Black, non-Hispanic 18 16 17 15 15 15 17 17 15 14 14 15 14 13 13 13 14 14 12 10 12 11 11 11 12 12
Hispanic 17 18 18 17 16 17 16 17 16 16 16 16 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 11 13 11
Ages 16–17
Total 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3
Gender
Male 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Female 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3
Race and Hispanic originc
White, non-Hispanic 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Black, non-Hispanic 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Hispanic 10 11 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 7 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
Ages 18–19
Total 17 16 16 14 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 14 13 13 12 13 14 14 13 13 13 13 14 15 15
Gender
Male 13 13 13 11 11 12 13 13 13 13 12 13 12 12 11 11 12 13 14 12 13 12 13 13 16 16
Female 20 19 19 17 17 18 19 19 17 17 17 17 15 13 14 13 15 15 14 13 13 14 13 14 14 15
Race and Hispanic originc
White, non-Hispanic 14 13 12 11 11 12 13 12 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 13
Black, non-Hispanic 30 26 27 25 25 23 27 28 25 25 24 25 23 21 21 21 22 24 23 18 20 19 19 20 20 21
Hispanic 24 26 26 24 22 24 23 24 23 24 23 23 20 19 20 18 19 20 20 19 19 17 18 19 21 19
a School refers to both high school and college.
b Data for 1994 and subsequent years are not strictly comparable with data for prior years because of revisions to the questionnaire and data collection methodology for the Current Population Survey. Beginning in 2000, data incorporate population controls from Census 2000.
c For data before 2003, the 1977 OMB Standards for Data on Race and Ethnicity were used to classify persons into one of the following four racial groups: White, Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, or Asian or Pacific Islander. The revised 1997 OMB standards were used for data for 2003 and later years. Persons could select one or more of five racial groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Included in the total but not shown separately are American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and "Two or more races." Beginning in 2003, those in each racial category represent those reporting only one race. Data from 2003 onward are not directly comparable with data from earlier years. Data on race and Hispanic origin are collected separately. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
NOTE: Data relate to the labor force and enrollment status of persons 16–19 years old in the civilian noninstitutionalized population during an "average" week of the school year. The percentages represent an average based on responses to the survey questions for the months that youth are usually in school (January through May and September through December). Results are based on uncomposited estimates and are not comparable to data from published tables.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.