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- High School Dropouts(1) 14 to 24 Years Old, by Age & Race: 1970 - 1989
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- __________Number of Dropouts (1,000)__________
- Age & Race 1970 1975 1980 1985 1987 1988 1989
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- Total
- dropouts(2,3) 4,670 4,974 5,212 4,456 4,349 4,300 4,109
- 16-17 years 617 715 709 505 500 482 395
- 18-21 years 2,138 2,557 2,578 2,095 1,966 2,081 2,128
- 22-24 years 1,770 1,553 1,798 1,724 1,785 1,668 1,516
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- White(3) 3,577 3,861 4,169 3,583 3,522 3,480 3,314
- 16-17 years 485 594 619 424 401 411 328
- 18-21 years 1,618 1,980 2,032 1,678 1,577 1,670 1,690
- 22-24 years 1,356 1,169 1,416 1,372 1,465 1,342 1,236
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- Black(3) 1,047 1,024 934 748 706 709 648
- 16-17 years 125 116 80 70 77 67 61
- 18-21 years 500 540 486 376 338 368 363
- 22-24 years 397 337 346 279 273 263 220
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- Hispanic(3,4) (NA) (NA) 919 820 941 1,177 1,168
- 16-17 years (NA) (NA) 92 97 76 123 80
- 18-21 years (NA) (NA) 470 335 410 552 538
- 22-24 years (NA) (NA) 323 365 439 494 524
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- _________Percent of Population__________
- Age & Race 1970 1980 1985 1988 1989
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- Total
- dropouts(2,3) 12.2 12.0 10.6 10.9 10.7
- 16-17 years 8.0 8.8 7.0 6.7 5.9
- 18-21 years 16.4 15.8 14.1 14.6 15.0
- 22-24 years 18.7 15.2 14.1 14.5 13.7
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- White(3) 10.8 11.3 10.3 10.8 10.5
- 16-17 years 7.3 9.2 7.1 7.1 6.1
- 18-21 years 14.3 14.7 13.6 14.2 14.6
- 22-24 years 16.3 14.0 13.3 14.1 13.4
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- Black(3) 22.2 16.0 12.6 12.4 11.4
- 16-17 years 12.8 6.9 6.5 6.0 5.6
- 18-21 years 30.5 23.0 17.5 18.0 17.4
- 22-24 years 37.8 24.0 17.8 17.2 14.9
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- Hispanic(3,4) (NA) 29.5 23.3 29.7 27.9
- 16-17 years (NA) 16.6 14.6 19.7 12.5
- 18-21 years (NA) 40.3 29.3 37.3 34.9
- 22-24 years (NA) 40.6 33.9 42.5 41.1
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- NA=Not available.
- 1. Dropouts:Persons not in regular school and who have not
- completed the 12th grade, or received a general equivalency
- degree.
- 2. Includes other race groups not shown separately.
- 3. Includes persons 14-15 years, not shown separately.
- 4. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
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- Source:U.S. Bureau of the Census.
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