1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
70617 (1N) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 2A.Estimated Numbers of Persons (in Thousands) in the
U.S. Population Aged 12 and Older, by Age Group and Demographic Characteristics:
1995 and 1996
AGE GROUP (Years)
12-17
18-25
26-34
35 and Older
Total
Demographic
Characteristic
1995
1996
1995
1996
1995
1996
1995
1996
1995
1996
TOTAL
22,208
22,512
27,820
27,796
35,975
35,474
125,529
128,265
211,532
214,047
RACE/
ETHNICITY
White
15,142
15,243
19,117
18,764
25,577
24,948
99,886
101,403
159,722
160,358
Black
3,217
3,288
3,765
3,778
4,309
4,282
12,395
12,706
23,686
24,053
Hispanic
2,797
2,909
3,620
3,882
4,409
4,504
8,910
9,518
19,736
20,813
Other
1,053
1,072
1,317
1,373
1,681
1,740
4,337
4,638
8,388
8,823
SEX
Male
11,358
11,538
13,772
13,871
17,592
17,352
58,727
60,167
101,449
102,928
Female
10,851
10,974
14,048
13,925
18,383
18,122
66,802
68,098
110,083
111,120
POPULATION
DENSITY1
Large Metro
9,168
9,103
12,349
12,158
17,281
16,815
54,379
54,972
93,177
93,048
Small Metro
7,104
8,084
9,232
9,605
11,154
11,550
40,437
43,824
67,926
73,064
Nonmetro
5,937
5,324
6,239
6,033
7,540
7,109
30,713
29,470
50,429
47,936
REGION
Northeast
3,890
3,738
4,929
4,661
7,436
6,866
26,982
26,969
43,237
42,234
North Central
5,707
5,863
6,499
6,740
8,177
8,327
28,982
30,825
49,365
51,755
South
7,375
7,946
9,391
9,546
11,864
12,133
44,550
44,923
73,180
74,549
West
5,236
4,964
7,001
6,849
8,497
8,149
25,015
25,548
45,750
45,510
ADULT
EDUCATION2
<High School
N/A
N/A
5,410
5,873
5,366
5,447
25,032
26,040
35,808
37,360
High School Grad
N/A
N/A
9,683
9,708
12,025
11,328
43,849
44,620
65,558
65,656
Some College
N/A
N/A
8,686
8,434
8,631
8,438
24,329
26,531
41,646
43,402
College Graduate
N/A
N/A
4,040
3,781
9,953
10,261
32,319
31,075
46,312
45,118
CURRENT
EMPLOYMENT2
Full-time
N/A
N/A
13,129
13,179
24,481
24,308
61,653
61,596
99,262
99,083
Part-time
N/A
N/A
6,172
6,417
3,775
3,705
11,744
11,953
21,692
22,075
Unemployed
N/A
N/A
2,331
2,227
2,091
1,863
3,806
4,179
8,229
8,269
Other3
N/A
N/A
6,187
5,973
5,628
5,598
48,326
50,538
60,141
62,109
N/A: Not applicable.
1Population density is based on 1990 MSA classifications
and their 1990 Census of Population counts.
2Data on adult education and current employment not shown
for persons aged 12-17. Estimates for both adult education and current
employment are for persons aged >18.
3Retired, disabled, homemaker, student, or "other."
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey
on Drug Abuse, 1995 and 1996.
