Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study

Table 33-2.
Number and percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds in the household and group quarters population, by school enrollment status, sex, race/ethnicity, and
nativity: 2006—Continued
Sex, race/ethnicity, and nativity
Number
Total
Percentage
distribution
Percentage
enrolled
in high
school
Percentage
enrolled in
college or
graduate
school
Percentage
with less
than high
school
completion
Percentage
with high
school
completion
only 1
Not currently enrolled in school
Percentage
with some
college
Percentage with an associate’s
degree or higher
Total
Percentage
with an
associate’s
degree
Percentage
with a
bachelor’s
degree or
higher
Total 2 29,632,500 100.0 9.5 39.7 11.2 23.2 9.2 7.1 2.1 5.0
Race/ethnicity by sex
Female
Nativity
White 8,787,500 61.3 7.8 48.2 6.1 18.1 9.7 10.1 2.6 7.5
Black 2,052,000 14.3 11.5 37.2 10.4 25.3 10.3 5.4 1.8 3.6
Hispanic 2,426,900 16.9 9.8 30.9 19.8 26.1 8.7 4.7 1.9 2.8
Asian 625,100 4.4 7.3 63.8 2.9 8.5 5.1 12.3 1.6 10.7
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 23,600 0.2 11.2 38.2 8.0 28.9 11.4 2.2 ! 1.5 ! ‡
American Indian/Alaska Native 3 126,600 0.9 12.3 27.9 15.5 29.6 11.2 3.4 2.0 1.4 !
American Indian 107,300 0.8 10.8 27.1 16.3 30.6 11.7 3.5 2.1 ! 1.4 !
Alaska Native 6,700 0.1 31.2 18.4 ! 16.2 ! 23.3 6.8 ! 4.0 ! ‡ ‡
Two or more races 260,200 1.8 9.7 47.1 7.0 20.5 9.5 6.2 1.6 4.5
Hispanic
Born within the United States 4 3,166,800 60.1 10.9 33.1 15.2 27.3 9.4 4.1 1.8 2.4
Born outside of the United States 2,103,900 39.9 7.9 13.8 39.4 29.9 5.7 3.3 1.3 2.1
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1
Includes equivalent credential, including a General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
2
Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.
3
Includes persons reporting American Indian only, Alaska Native only, and persons from American Indian and/or Alaska Native tribes specified or not specified.
4
Includes the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Marianas. Also includes those born abroad of American parents.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2006.
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