SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 106 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 2,707 37.2% 40.3% 2,309 36.7% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 29,805 23.4% 21.9% 21,982 20.8% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 28,294 94.9% 93.1% 20,497 93.2% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 5,549 4.4% 6.0% 6,257 5.9% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 12,898 16.2% 23.2% 10,668 16.0% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 22,302 28.0% 24.3% 16,621 25.0% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 1,233 14.6% 12.5% 1,078 17.0% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 131 0.1% 0.7% 289 0.4% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 66,751 68.7% 62.9% 60,905 75.0% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 30,217 31.1% 36.4% 20,017 24.6% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 63,277 94.8% 93.9% 57,136 93.8% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 42,990 95.6% 95.0% 46,136 94.5% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 6,477 92.0% 89.5% 3,657 90.5% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 18,614 93.3% 91.3% 9,597 90.4% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 3,474 5.2% 6.1% 3,769 6.2% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 1,963 4.4% 5.0% 2,708 5.5% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 564 8.0% 10.5% 382 9.5% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 1,332 6.7% 8.7% 1,019 9.6% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 53,225 84.1% 78.0% 47,332 82.8% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 6,684 10.6% 14.6% 6,217 10.9% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 3,213 5.1% 7.1% 3,320 5.8% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 73,857 76.1% 69.7% 63,768 78.5% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 49,775 51.3% 45.3% 42,024 51.7% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.5% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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