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November 22, 2003
Highest Level of Education Attained by
Population 25 years and older, 2001
(Percent of Population)
| |
Hispanic |
Black,
non-Hispanic |
White
non-Hispanic |
|
Less than High School |
43.5% |
20.5% |
11.3% |
|
High School Graduate+ |
56.5% |
79.5% |
88.7% |
|
BA+ |
11.2% |
16.1% |
28.6% |
|
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics, “Digest
of Education Statistics 2002,” June 2003.
Table 9, page 18. |
Dropout Rates By
Recency of Immigration,
2000
(16 to 24 years old)
|
Immigration Status: |
Hispanic |
Non-Hispanic Immigrant |
Hispanic as Multiple of
Non-Hispanic Immigrant |
|
Born Outside the U.S. |
44.2% |
7.4% |
6.0 |
|
First Generation |
14.6 |
4.6 |
3.2 |
|
Second Generation |
15.9 |
8.2 |
1.9 |
|
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National
Center For Education Statistics,
"Status And Trends in the Education of Hispanics,"
April 2003, Supplemental Table 3.3b.
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Percent of High School Dropouts*
Among Persons
16 to 24 Years Old
Year
|
All Races |
White, non
Hispanic |
Black, non-
Hispanic |
Hispanic |
|
1972 |
14.6% |
12.3% |
21.3% |
34.3% |
|
1980 |
14.1 |
11.4 |
19.1 |
35.2 |
|
1990 |
12.1 |
9.0 |
13.2 |
32.4 |
|
1995 |
12.0 |
8.6 |
12.1 |
30.0 |
|
1996 |
11.1 |
7.3 |
13.0 |
29.4 |
|
1997 |
11.0 |
7.6 |
13.4 |
25.3 |
|
1998 |
11.8 |
7.7 |
13.8 |
29.5 |
|
1999 |
11.2 |
7.3 |
12.6 |
28.6 |
|
2000 |
10.9 |
6.9 |
13.1 |
27.8 |
|
2001 |
10.7 |
7.3 |
10.9 |
27.0 |
|
Source:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for
Education Statistics,
“Digest of
Education Statistics 2002,” June 2003.
Table 108, page 132.
*
“Dropout” = individuals out of school with neither
HS diploma nor GED |
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research
Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
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