Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1971

October 1972

Report Number: P20-241

In October 1971, there were 61.1 million persons 3 to 34 years old enrolled in school at all levels. There were 4.3 million in nursery school and kindergarten, 33.5 million in elementary school, 15.2 million in high school and 8.1 million in college. These figures are based on results of the Current Population Survey conducted in October 1971 by the Bureau of the Census.

Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1971 [1.0 MB]

Tables

Table 1 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment Status of the Population 3 to 34 Years Old, by Age, Race, Sex, and Selected Educational Characteristics: October 1971
Table 2 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment Status of the Population 3 to 34 Years Old, by Level of Education, Age, Race, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence: October 1971
Table 3 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment Status of the Population 3 to 34 Years Old in Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas of 250,000 or more, by Level of Education, Age, and Race: October 1971
Table 4 [<1.0 MB]

Fall School Enrollment of the Population 3 to 34 Years Old, by Level and Control of School, Race, Sex, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence: October 1971
Table 5 through 7 [<1.0 MB]

Table 5 - Fall School Enrollment of the Population 3 to 34 Years Old in Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas of 250,000 or more, by Control of School, Race, and Sex: October 1971

Table 6 - Fall School Enrollment of the Population 3 to 6 Years Old in Nursery School and Kindergarten, by Whether Attending Full Day, Level and Control of School, Age, Race, and Sex: October 1971

Table 7 - Fall College Enrollment of the Population 16 to 34 Years Old, by Whether Attending Full Time, Year and Control of College, Age, Race, Sex, and Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence: October 1971

Table 8 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment Status in 1971 of the Population 14 to 24 Years Old, by Enrollment Status in 1970, Level of School, Years of School Completed, Age, Race, and Sex: October 1971
Tables 9 and 10 [<1.0 MB]

Table 9 - Percent of the Population 3 to 34 Years Old Enrolled in School, by Region of Residence, Age, and Race, for the South: October 1971

Table 10 - Enrollment in Special Schools of the Population 3 to 34 Years Old, by Age and Sex: October 1971

Table 11 [<1.0 MB]

Marital Status of the Population 14 to 34 Years Old, by Enrollment Status, Age, and Sex: October 1971
Table 12 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment Status and Level of Education of Members of Primary Families 3 to 34 Years Old by Race, by Years of School Completed and Sex of Family Head: October 1971
Table 13 [<1.0 MB]

Primary Families by Enrollment Status of Family Members 18 to 24 Years Old and Family Income: October 1971
Table 14 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment Status and Level of Education of Primary Family Members 18 to 24 Years Old, by Family Income, Marital Status, Race, and Sex: October 1971
Table 15 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment Status of Primary Family Members 3 to 17 Years Old, by Age, Race, Sex, Family Income, and Selected Educational Characteristics: October 1971
Table 16 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment Status of the Population 3 to 34 Years Old, by Single Year of Age and Grade, Race, Sex, and Selected Educational Characteristics: October 1971
Table 17 [<1.0 MB]

Enrollment Status of the Population 3 to 21 Years Old, by Age, Race, Sex, and Modal Grade of Enrollment: October 1971

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