Percent of High School Dropouts Among Persons 16 to 24 Years Old by Race/Ethnicity: April 1960 to October 1998

Year

White

Black

Hispanic

1960¹

-

-

-

1970²

13.2

27.9

-

1980

11.4

19.1

35.2

1985

10.4

15.2

27.6

1990

9.0

13.2

32.4

1992³

7.7

13.7

29.4

1993³

7.9

13.6

27.5

1994³

7.7

12.6

30.0

1995³

8.6

12.1

30.0

1996³

7.3

13.0

29.4

1997³

7.6

13.4

25.3

1998³

7.7

13.8

29.5

1999³

7.3

12.6

28.6