Spotlight on Statistics

Septemeber 2012

Chart Data

Percent of weeks employed from age 18 to age 24, by educational attainment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 1998–2009
Educational attainment	Hispanic or Latino	Black non-Hispanic	White non-Hispanic
Less than a high school diploma	60.7	42.4	57.6
High school graduates, no college	74.7	62.3	78.5
Some college or associate degree	77.5	69.8	80.2
Bachelor's degree and higher	71.7	69.3	73.5