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An Equity Profile of Orange County
8%
7%
18%
56%
2%
8%
5%
9%
16%
50%
2%
4%
2%
6%
6%
18%
1%
2%
White Black Latino, U.S.-born Latino,
immigrant
API, U.S.-born API, immigrant
More youth are getting high school diplomas, but
racial/ethnic gaps remain
The share of youth who are not enrolled in
school and do not have a high school
diploma has declined considerably since
1990 for all groups by race/ethnicity and
nativity, except for Black youth. For Black
youth, there was an increase between 1990
and 2000, followed by a decrease.
Despite the overall improvement, youth of
color (with the exception of Asian
Americans/Pacific Islanders) are still less
likely to have finished high school or be
enrolled in school than white youth. A
particularly high percentage of immigrant
Latinos do not have a high school degree
and are not enrolled in school (18 percent).
Educational attainment and enrollment among youth has improved for all groups since 1990
Readiness
53. Percent of 16- to 24-Year-Olds Not Enrolled in School and Without a High School Diploma, 1990 to 2016
Source: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
Note: Data for 2016 represent a 2012 through 2016 average.
