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Indicator 23. School Enrollment

Percent of population 14 to 29 years old enrolled in school, by age: October 1950 to October 1991

_______________________________________________________________             |14 to 17 |  18 and  | 20 and  |22 to 24 |25 to 29     Year    |  years  | 19 years |21 years |  years  |  years             |   old   |   old    |   old   |   old   |   old ____________|_________|__________|_________|_________|_________  1950 .......     83.3       29.4       ---       ---       3.0 1955 .......     86.9       31.5       ---       ---       4.2 1960 .......     90.3       38.4      19.4       8.7       4.9 1965 .......     93.2       46.3      27.6      13.2       6.1 1970 .......     94.1       47.7      31.9      14.9       7.5  1975 .......     93.6       46.9      31.2      16.2      10.1 1976 .......     93.7       46.2      32.0      17.1      10.0 1977 .......     93.6       46.2      31.8      16.5      10.8 1978 .......     93.7       45.4      29.5      16.3       9.4 1979 .......     93.6       45.0      30.2      15.8       9.6  1980 .......     93.4       46.4      31.0      16.3       9.3 1981 .......     94.1       49.0      31.6      16.5       9.0 1982 .......     94.4       47.8      34.0      16.8       9.6 1983 .......     95.0       50.4      32.5      16.6       9.6 1984 .......     94.7       50.1      33.9      17.3       9.1  1985 .......     94.9       51.6      35.3      16.9       9.2 1986 .......     94.9       54.6      33.0      17.9       8.8 1987 .......     95.0       55.6      38.7      17.5       9.0 1988 .......     95.1       55.6      39.1      18.2       8.3 1989 .......     95.7       56.0      38.5      19.9       9.3  1990 .......     95.8       57.2      39.7      21.0       9.7 1991 ........    96.0       59.6      42.0      22.2      10.2 _______________________________________________________________ 

NOTE: Includes enrollment in any type of public, parochial, or other private school in regular school systems. Includes elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, universities, and professional schools. Attendance may be either full-time or part-time and during the day or night. Enrollments in special schools, such as trade schools, business colleges, or correspondence schools, are not included.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, School Enrollment, Social and Economic Characteristics of Students, nos. 66, 409, 460; and unpublished data.