SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 16 01/04/07 PAGE 2
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TOTAL PERCENT STATE
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SELECTED EDUCATION CHARACTERISTICS
POPULATION AGE 3+ ENROLLED IN SCHOOL
PORTION AGE 3-5 IN PRESCHOOL 11,423 34.2% 40.3%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 158,427 25.7% 21.9%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 148,998 94.0% 93.1%
IN COLLEGE 45,386 7.4% 6.0%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 64,242 17.0% 23.2%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 126,876 33.6% 24.3%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 4,033 9.2% 12.5%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 8,841 1.9% 0.7%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 255,272 54.6% 62.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 203,671 43.5% 36.4%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 231,280 90.6% 93.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 174,521 91.3% 95.0%
BLACK EMPLOYED 6,328 88.7% 89.5%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 172,061 89.5% 91.3%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 23,992 9.4% 6.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 16,731 8.7% 5.0%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 807 11.3% 10.5%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 20,202 10.5% 8.7%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 170,263 73.6% 78.0%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 46,932 20.3% 14.6%
SELF-EMPLOYED 13,368 5.8% 7.1%
WORKED IN 1999
WORKED AT ALL 294,369 62.9% 69.7%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 174,276 37.3% 45.3%
ANALYSIS USES 99.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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