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| Table 302.62. | Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in college and percentage distribution of those enrolled, by sex, race/ethnicity, and selected racial/ethnic subgroups: 2010 and 2019 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Race/ethnicity | 2010 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Percent of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total1 | 42.9 | (0.11) | 38.6 | (0.16) | 47.5 | (0.15) | 42.3 | (0.13) | 37.8 | (0.16) | 47.0 | (0.17) | ||||||
| White | 46.9 | (0.15) | 43.0 | (0.20) | 51.0 | (0.20) | 43.9 | (0.15) | 39.5 | (0.20) | 48.4 | (0.23) | ||||||
| Black | 36.6 | (0.33) | 30.6 | (0.43) | 42.7 | (0.48) | 36.8 | (0.35) | 31.6 | (0.47) | 42.2 | (0.48) | ||||||
Hispanic |
31.1 | (0.31) | 26.4 | (0.38) | 36.3 | (0.39) | 36.7 | (0.26) | 31.8 | (0.33) | 41.9 | (0.37) | ||||||
| Cuban | 45.8 | (1.57) | 41.2 | (2.14) | 50.3 | (2.10) | 46.3 | (2.02) | 44.2 | (2.63) | 48.6 | (2.44) | ||||||
| Dominican | 40.0 | (1.64) | 33.3 | (2.06) | 46.7 | (2.22) | 41.1 | (1.72) | 34.5 | (2.15) | 47.3 | (2.22) | ||||||
| Mexican | 27.9 | (0.35) | 23.8 | (0.44) | 32.6 | (0.45) | 35.5 | (0.33) | 30.7 | (0.43) | 40.7 | (0.44) | ||||||
| Puerto Rican | 34.2 | (0.83) | 28.6 | (1.13) | 39.8 | (1.32) | 34.3 | (0.76) | 29.0 | (1.02) | 40.0 | (1.34) | ||||||
| Spaniard | 50.9 | (2.16) | 50.5 | (3.33) | 51.4 | (3.07) | 46.0 | (2.37) | 38.8 | (3.01) | 52.8 | (3.44) | ||||||
| Central American2 | 26.3 | (0.85) | 21.6 | (0.89) | 32.6 | (1.51) | 30.6 | (0.81) | 26.2 | (1.04) | 35.4 | (1.13) | ||||||
| Costa Rican | 59.6 | (4.52) | 58.1 | (6.62) | 61.5 | (6.82) | 47.6 | (4.47) | 32.6 | (7.18) | 57.2 | (6.28) | ||||||
| Guatemalan | 17.3 | (1.28) | 13.5 | (1.34) | 24.7 | (2.67) | 23.7 | (1.29) | 18.3 | (1.59) | 31.1 | (2.09) | ||||||
| Honduran | 20.2 | (1.75) | 13.9 | (1.86) | 30.1 | (3.31) | 26.0 | (1.79) | 23.7 | (2.52) | 28.3 | (2.89) | ||||||
| Nicaraguan | 40.9 | (2.82) | 37.7 | (3.97) | 44.4 | (4.03) | 51.2 | (3.55) | 43.1 | (3.99) | 60.1 | (5.24) | ||||||
| Panamanian | 48.0 | (3.86) | 47.0 | (5.65) | 49.0 | (5.96) | 49.0 | (4.96) | 44.5 | (6.56) | 53.8 | (6.80) | ||||||
| Salvadoran | 27.7 | (1.27) | 24.3 | (1.61) | 31.6 | (1.95) | 31.5 | (1.21) | 28.7 | (1.60) | 34.3 | (1.72) | ||||||
| South American | 50.5 | (1.20) | 44.8 | (1.65) | 56.5 | (1.65) | 50.2 | (1.10) | 45.7 | (1.56) | 55.0 | (1.67) | ||||||
| Chilean | 54.6 | (5.50) | 53.9 | (7.73) | 55.2 | (7.33) | 54.1 | (5.32) | 46.4 | (6.85) | 62.8 | (7.88) | ||||||
| Colombian | 53.0 | (2.35) | 50.7 | (3.16) | 55.4 | (3.16) | 48.7 | (2.23) | 43.9 | (3.04) | 54.1 | (2.96) | ||||||
| Ecuadorian | 40.3 | (2.96) | 30.9 | (3.25) | 52.2 | (4.19) | 48.2 | (2.93) | 39.0 | (3.71) | 58.1 | (3.89) | ||||||
| Peruvian | 53.6 | (2.87) | 47.9 | (3.89) | 58.9 | (3.51) | 57.8 | (2.62) | 58.6 | (3.19) | 56.8 | (4.03) | ||||||
| Venezuelan | 54.9 | (4.32) | 46.8 | (6.02) | 63.8 | (5.68) | 45.1 | (3.26) | 41.3 | (4.48) | 48.5 | (4.40) | ||||||
| Other South American | 52.6 | (2.97) | 47.0 | (5.01) | 57.6 | (3.84) | 51.0 | (3.15) | 46.8 | (4.30) | 55.0 | (4.33) | ||||||
| Other Hispanic | 38.6 | (1.42) | 33.7 | (2.03) | 43.8 | (2.17) | 44.2 | (1.32) | 37.6 | (1.58) | 50.8 | (1.98) | ||||||
Asian |
66.0 | (0.55) | 65.3 | (0.71) | 66.7 | (0.75) | 66.6 | (0.49) | 65.5 | (0.66) | 67.9 | (0.70) | ||||||
| Chinese3 | 74.0 | (0.95) | 74.0 | (1.22) | 74.1 | (1.11) | 74.9 | (0.85) | 76.1 | (1.09) | 73.8 | (1.24) | ||||||
| Filipino | 57.8 | (1.38) | 54.5 | (1.60) | 61.4 | (2.21) | 56.4 | (1.25) | 53.3 | (1.80) | 59.9 | (1.80) | ||||||
| Japanese | 72.0 | (2.95) | 70.0 | (3.92) | 74.1 | (3.93) | 67.6 | (3.17) | 64.3 | (4.82) | 71.4 | (3.65) | ||||||
| Korean | 72.3 | (1.43) | 71.3 | (2.00) | 73.2 | (1.86) | 67.6 | (1.96) | 66.3 | (2.59) | 68.9 | (2.56) | ||||||
| South Asian4 | 67.1 | (1.16) | 68.9 | (1.61) | 65.0 | (1.67) | 66.8 | (1.14) | 67.2 | (1.42) | 66.4 | (1.53) | ||||||
| Asian Indian | 68.6 | (1.30) | 71.5 | (1.80) | 65.4 | (1.79) | 67.4 | (1.17) | 68.0 | (1.48) | 66.9 | (1.71) | ||||||
| Bangladeshi | 58.3 | (5.63) | 57.7 | (8.07) | 58.9 | (7.06) | 66.3 | (4.62) | 68.1 | (6.17) | 64.4 | (7.46) | ||||||
| Bhutanese | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Nepalese | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 49.8 | (6.30) | 54.5 | (8.19) | 46.1 | (8.10) | ||||||
| Pakistani | 61.7 | (3.00) | 58.9 | (4.44) | 64.6 | (4.11) | 73.6 | (2.48) | 72.5 | (3.27) | 74.7 | (3.26) | ||||||
| Southeast Asian | 58.3 | (1.17) | 57.0 | (1.55) | 59.5 | (1.56) | 60.6 | (1.18) | 57.5 | (1.52) | 64.2 | (1.75) | ||||||
| Burmese | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 55.9 | (5.02) | 48.2 | (6.71) | 63.6 | (6.73) | ||||||
| Cambodian | 38.1 | (3.02) | 38.2 | (4.77) | 38.0 | (4.55) | 50.1 | (4.41) | 39.8 | (5.16) | 59.6 | (6.48) | ||||||
| Hmong | 39.7 | (3.18) | 36.3 | (3.56) | 42.9 | (4.49) | 47.9 | (3.76) | 47.8 | (4.54) | 48.0 | (5.17) | ||||||
| Laotian | 44.9 | (4.40) | 38.5 | (5.46) | 52.3 | (5.63) | 51.9 | (4.54) | 41.2 | (6.09) | 66.5 | (7.26) | ||||||
| Thai | 63.3 | (5.72) | 61.1 | (9.35) | 65.1 | (6.55) | 42.1 | (4.71) | 36.3 | (7.13) | 47.4 | (6.06) | ||||||
| Vietnamese | 68.2 | (1.35) | 68.4 | (1.81) | 68.1 | (2.02) | 67.0 | (1.57) | 65.0 | (2.04) | 69.4 | (2.15) | ||||||
| Other Southeast Asian5 | 74.5 | (5.03) | 62.7 | (7.82) | 89.4 | (5.17) | 72.4 | (4.60) | 74.4 | (4.80) | 69.9 | (7.96) | ||||||
| Other Asian | 58.7 | (2.01) | 56.3 | (2.69) | 61.0 | (3.03) | 70.7 | (2.01) | 69.2 | (2.97) | 72.1 | (2.63) | ||||||
Pacific Islander |
39.1 | (2.21) | 34.9 | (3.44) | 43.5 | (2.97) | 30.3 | (2.22) | 23.2 | (3.18) | 38.7 | (4.16) | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 28.7 | (1.17) | 24.5 | (1.76) | 32.9 | (1.56) | 27.4 | (1.25) | 22.5 | (2.03) | 32.6 | (1.72) | ||||||
| Two or more races | 44.7 | (0.81) | 40.1 | (1.06) | 49.3 | (1.03) | 41.8 | (0.65) | 36.9 | (0.82) | 46.7 | (0.94) | ||||||
| White and Black | 37.2 | (1.57) | 30.9 | (2.16) | 42.9 | (1.96) | 36.3 | (1.13) | 29.7 | (1.37) | 42.9 | (1.77) | ||||||
| White and Asian | 58.5 | (1.42) | 54.2 | (1.82) | 62.9 | (2.07) | 53.7 | (1.21) | 53.0 | (1.80) | 54.4 | (1.68) | ||||||
| White and American Indian/ Alaska Native |
36.5 | (1.62) | 31.4 | (2.13) | 42.6 | (2.47) | 30.3 | (1.55) | 23.5 | (1.83) | 37.5 | (2.59) | ||||||
| Other Two or more races | 45.3 | (1.65) | 42.4 | (1.88) | 48.3 | (2.21) | 44.4 | (1.47) | 39.1 | (2.14) | 49.9 | (2.14) | ||||||
| Percentage distribution of those enrolled | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total1 | 100.0 | (†) | 46.0 | (0.14) | 54.0 | (0.14) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.8 | (0.14) | 54.2 | (0.14) | ||||||
| White | 100.0 | (†) | 46.6 | (0.15) | 53.4 | (0.15) | 100.0 | (†) | 46.3 | (0.18) | 53.7 | (0.18) | ||||||
| Black | 100.0 | (†) | 41.5 | (0.49) | 58.5 | (0.49) | 100.0 | (†) | 43.5 | (0.47) | 56.5 | (0.47) | ||||||
Hispanic |
100.0 | (†) | 45.2 | (0.38) | 54.8 | (0.38) | 100.0 | (†) | 44.5 | (0.31) | 55.5 | (0.31) | ||||||
| Cuban | 100.0 | (†) | 44.2 | (2.06) | 55.8 | (2.06) | 100.0 | (†) | 51.4 | (2.22) | 48.6 | (2.22) | ||||||
| Dominican | 100.0 | (†) | 41.6 | (2.34) | 58.4 | (2.34) | 100.0 | (†) | 40.3 | (2.42) | 59.7 | (2.42) | ||||||
| Mexican | 100.0 | (†) | 45.6 | (0.49) | 54.4 | (0.49) | 100.0 | (†) | 44.3 | (0.43) | 55.7 | (0.43) | ||||||
| Puerto Rican | 100.0 | (†) | 41.9 | (1.48) | 58.1 | (1.48) | 100.0 | (†) | 44.0 | (1.53) | 56.0 | (1.53) | ||||||
| Spaniard | 100.0 | (†) | 49.9 | (3.16) | 50.1 | (3.16) | 100.0 | (†) | 41.3 | (2.63) | 58.7 | (2.63) | ||||||
| Central American2 | 100.0 | (†) | 47.8 | (1.60) | 52.2 | (1.60) | 100.0 | (†) | 44.8 | (1.52) | 55.2 | (1.52) | ||||||
| Costa Rican | 100.0 | (†) | 52.4 | (6.41) | 47.6 | (6.41) | 100.0 | (†) | 26.9 | (5.69) | 73.1 | (5.69) | ||||||
| Guatemalan | 100.0 | (†) | 51.2 | (3.97) | 48.8 | (3.97) | 100.0 | (†) | 44.6 | (3.44) | 55.4 | (3.44) | ||||||
| Honduran | 100.0 | (†) | 41.9 | (4.74) | 58.1 | (4.74) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.2 | (4.37) | 54.8 | (4.37) | ||||||
| Nicaraguan | 100.0 | (†) | 47.4 | (4.05) | 52.6 | (4.05) | 100.0 | (†) | 44.1 | (5.04) | 55.9 | (5.04) | ||||||
| Panamanian | 100.0 | (†) | 49.7 | (6.23) | 50.3 | (6.23) | 100.0 | (†) | 46.4 | (6.13) | 53.6 | (6.13) | ||||||
| Salvadoran | 100.0 | (†) | 47.3 | (2.59) | 52.7 | (2.59) | 100.0 | (†) | 46.1 | (2.14) | 53.9 | (2.14) | ||||||
| South American | 100.0 | (†) | 45.2 | (1.72) | 54.8 | (1.72) | 100.0 | (†) | 46.6 | (1.57) | 53.4 | (1.57) | ||||||
| Chilean | 100.0 | (†) | 45.7 | (7.45) | 54.3 | (7.45) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.3 | (6.84) | 54.7 | (6.84) | ||||||
| Colombian | 100.0 | (†) | 48.9 | (2.73) | 51.1 | (2.73) | 100.0 | (†) | 47.5 | (2.77) | 52.5 | (2.77) | ||||||
| Ecuadorian | 100.0 | (†) | 42.8 | (3.87) | 57.2 | (3.87) | 100.0 | (†) | 42.0 | (3.44) | 58.0 | (3.44) | ||||||
| Peruvian | 100.0 | (†) | 43.3 | (3.57) | 56.7 | (3.57) | 100.0 | (†) | 52.6 | (4.19) | 47.4 | (4.19) | ||||||
| Venezuelan | 100.0 | (†) | 44.7 | (5.19) | 55.3 | (5.19) | 100.0 | (†) | 43.1 | (5.51) | 56.9 | (5.51) | ||||||
| Other South American | 100.0 | (†) | 42.2 | (4.98) | 57.8 | (4.98) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.3 | (4.13) | 54.7 | (4.13) | ||||||
| Other Hispanic | 100.0 | (†) | 45.4 | (2.58) | 54.6 | (2.58) | 100.0 | (†) | 42.7 | (1.59) | 57.3 | (1.59) | ||||||
Asian |
100.0 | (†) | 50.3 | (0.43) | 49.7 | (0.43) | 100.0 | (†) | 49.7 | (0.47) | 50.3 | (0.47) | ||||||
| Chinese3 | 100.0 | (†) | 51.8 | (1.13) | 48.2 | (1.13) | 100.0 | (†) | 49.2 | (0.87) | 50.8 | (0.87) | ||||||
| Filipino | 100.0 | (†) | 48.9 | (1.81) | 51.1 | (1.81) | 100.0 | (†) | 50.5 | (1.54) | 49.5 | (1.54) | ||||||
| Japanese | 100.0 | (†) | 48.7 | (3.42) | 51.3 | (3.42) | 100.0 | (†) | 50.9 | (3.88) | 49.1 | (3.88) | ||||||
| Korean | 100.0 | (†) | 46.0 | (1.91) | 54.0 | (1.91) | 100.0 | (†) | 50.0 | (2.16) | 50.0 | (2.16) | ||||||
| South Asian4 | 100.0 | (†) | 54.2 | (1.35) | 45.8 | (1.35) | 100.0 | (†) | 50.1 | (1.27) | 49.9 | (1.27) | ||||||
| Asian Indian | 100.0 | (†) | 55.4 | (1.48) | 44.6 | (1.48) | 100.0 | (†) | 50.4 | (1.48) | 49.6 | (1.48) | ||||||
| Bangladeshi | 100.0 | (†) | 50.1 | (7.72) | 49.9 | (7.72) | 100.0 | (†) | 54.5 | (5.24) | 45.5 | (5.24) | ||||||
| Bhutanese | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||
| Nepalese | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 47.7 | (7.52) | 52.3 | (7.52) | ||||||
| Pakistani | 100.0 | (†) | 47.5 | (3.54) | 52.5 | (3.54) | 100.0 | (†) | 48.3 | (3.38) | 51.7 | (3.38) | ||||||
| Southeast Asian | 100.0 | (†) | 48.5 | (1.23) | 51.5 | (1.23) | 100.0 | (†) | 50.6 | (1.56) | 49.4 | (1.56) | ||||||
| Burmese | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 43.4 | (8.06) | 56.6 | (8.06) | ||||||
| Cambodian | 100.0 | (†) | 47.7 | (5.75) | 52.3 | (5.75) | 100.0 | (†) | 38.2 | (6.27) | 61.8 | (6.27) | ||||||
| Hmong | 100.0 | (†) | 44.8 | (3.95) | 55.2 | (3.95) | 100.0 | (†) | 57.5 | (4.67) | 42.5 | (4.67) | ||||||
| Laotian | 100.0 | (†) | 45.8 | (5.45) | 54.2 | (5.45) | 100.0 | (†) | 46.0 | (6.82) | 54.0 | (6.82) | ||||||
| Thai | 100.0 | (†) | 43.3 | (7.35) | 56.7 | (7.35) | 100.0 | (†) | 41.0 | (7.35) | 59.0 | (7.35) | ||||||
| Vietnamese | 100.0 | (†) | 50.0 | (1.50) | 50.0 | (1.50) | 100.0 | (†) | 51.7 | (1.81) | 48.3 | (1.81) | ||||||
| Other Southeast Asian5 | 100.0 | (†) | 46.8 | (8.62) | 53.2 | (8.62) | 100.0 | (†) | 57.9 | (7.65) | 42.1 | (7.65) | ||||||
| Other Asian | 100.0 | (†) | 47.7 | (2.74) | 52.3 | (2.74) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.4 | (2.60) | 54.6 | (2.60) | ||||||
Pacific Islander |
100.0 | (†) | 45.8 | (3.84) | 54.2 | (3.84) | 100.0 | (†) | 41.1 | (5.45) | 58.9 | (5.45) | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 100.0 | (†) | 43.4 | (2.28) | 56.6 | (2.28) | 100.0 | (†) | 42.5 | (2.94) | 57.5 | (2.94) | ||||||
| Two or more races | 100.0 | (†) | 45.4 | (1.01) | 54.6 | (1.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 44.5 | (1.03) | 55.5 | (1.03) | ||||||
| White and Black | 100.0 | (†) | 39.3 | (2.37) | 60.7 | (2.37) | 100.0 | (†) | 41.2 | (1.79) | 58.8 | (1.79) | ||||||
| White and Asian | 100.0 | (†) | 47.8 | (1.77) | 52.2 | (1.77) | 100.0 | (†) | 48.9 | (1.49) | 51.1 | (1.49) | ||||||
| White and American Indian/ Alaska Native |
100.0 | (†) | 46.4 | (2.43) | 53.6 | (2.43) | 100.0 | (†) | 39.7 | (2.67) | 60.3 | (2.67) | ||||||
| Other Two or more races | 100.0 | (†) | 46.9 | (1.94) | 53.1 | (1.94) | 100.0 | (†) | 45.1 | (2.27) | 54.9 | (2.27) | ||||||
| ---Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Central American estimates include other Central American subgroups not reported separately in this table. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Includes Taiwanese for the 2019 data. In the 2010 American Community Survey, "Taiwanese" was not included as a response option for the detailed race/ethnicity question. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 In addition to the subgroups shown in this table, South Asian estimates also include Sri Lankan. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Consists of Indonesian and Malaysian. | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States, including both noninstitutionalized persons (e.g., those living in households, college housing, or military housing located within the United States) and institutionalized persons (e.g., those living in prisons, nursing facilities, or other healthcare facilities). Enrollment data in this table may differ from data in tables based on the Current Population Survey (CPS) because of differences in survey design and target populations. 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 (ACS), 2010 and 2019. (This table was prepared June 2021.) |