SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 1 05/29/03 PAGE 2
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TOTAL PERCENT STATE TOTAL PERCENT STATE
SELECTED EDUCATION CHARACTERISTICS
POPULATION AGE 3+ ENROLLED IN SCHOOL
PORTION AGE 3-5 IN PRESCHOOL 1,989 36.7% 40.3% 1,661 30.7% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 28,033 20.3% 21.9% 25,981 20.1% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 26,962 96.2% 93.1% 25,417 97.8% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 4,700 3.4% 6.0% 5,892 4.6% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 13,587 14.2% 23.2% 10,686 12.2% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 23,328 24.3% 24.3% 26,577 30.4% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 696 8.9% 12.5% 948 11.9% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 79 0.1% 0.7% 179 0.2% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 61,142 54.5% 62.9% 58,688 57.2% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 51,008 45.4% 36.4% 43,661 42.6% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 57,022 93.3% 93.9% 54,334 92.6% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 45,575 95.2% 95.0% 43,755 94.1% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 9,645 85.3% 89.5% 9,827 86.3% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 1,199 94.6% 91.3% 645 91.0% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 4,120 6.7% 6.1% 4,354 7.4% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,286 4.8% 5.0% 2,739 5.9% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 1,668 14.7% 10.5% 1,560 13.7% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 68 5.4% 8.7% 64 9.0% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 41,481 72.7% 78.0% 36,693 67.5% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 10,517 18.4% 14.6% 12,837 23.6% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 4,851 8.5% 7.1% 4,533 8.3% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 68,449 61.0% 69.7% 63,198 61.6% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 44,062 39.3% 45.3% 39,261 38.3% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 100.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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