04/19/2006
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Percent of High School Dropouts among persons 16 to 24 years old, by race/ethnicity, 1970-2003 |
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All Races |
White, non Hispanic |
Black, non-Hispanic |
Hispanic |
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1970 |
15.0% |
13.2% |
27.9% |
NA |
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1980 |
14.1 |
11.4 |
19.1 |
35.2% |
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1990 |
12.1 |
9.0 |
13.2 |
32.4 |
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1995 |
12.0 |
8.6 |
12.1 |
30.0 |
|
2000 |
10.9 |
6.9 |
13.1 |
27.8 |
|
2001 |
10.7 |
7.3 |
10.9 |
27.0 |
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2002 |
10.5 |
6.5 |
11.3 |
25.7 |
|
2003 |
9.9 |
6.3 |
10.9 |
23.5 |
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Source: Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics Tables and Figures, 2004. Table 107. Note: Dropouts are 16 to 24 year olds who are not enrolled in school and who have not completed a high school program regardless of when they left school. |
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Dropout Rates in the U.S. Labor Force, 1940-2000 |
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(Percent of workers aged 18 to 64) |
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1940 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
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Male workers |
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|
|
|
|
|
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Native-born |
67.3% |
61.3% |
52.0% |
38.4% |
23.8% |
12.9% |
8.7% |
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Mexican immigrants |
94.6 |
91.2 |
88.3 |
82.6 |
77.2 |
70.4 |
63.0 |
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Non-Mexican immigrants |
84.4 |
76.4 |
64.5 |
45.5 |
30.2 |
21.0 |
17.0 |
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Female workers |
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|
|
|
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Native-born |
50.6 |
46.3 |
42.4 |
31.2 |
19.2 |
9.8 |
6.5 |
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Mexican immigrants |
84.5 |
82.4 |
83.9 |
77.3 |
72.9 |
64.7 |
57.0 |
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Non-Mexican immigrants |
79.2 |
68.5 |
59.3 |
43.9 |
30.1 |
20.0 |
15.5 |
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Source: George Borjas and Lawrence Katz, "The Evolution of the Mexican-born Workforce in the United States," Harvard University and NBER, April 2005. Table 2. |
Edwin S. Rubenstein is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.
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