SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 121 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 2,809 48.6% 40.3% 2,747 51.7% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 25,432 18.3% 21.9% 19,599 16.3% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 22,156 87.1% 93.1% 17,400 88.8% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 10,722 7.7% 6.0% 10,729 8.9% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 38,563 39.4% 23.2% 31,775 38.3% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 7,104 7.3% 24.3% 7,298 8.8% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 477 6.2% 12.5% 435 6.5% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 1,913 1.7% 0.7% 2,681 2.7% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 74,814 65.7% 62.9% 64,090 65.3% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 37,124 32.6% 36.4% 31,435 32.0% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 72,310 96.7% 93.9% 61,025 95.2% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 58,965 97.1% 95.0% 54,285 95.6% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 4,211 93.8% 89.5% 2,645 89.1% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 18,236 95.5% 91.3% 10,935 94.5% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 2,504 3.3% 6.1% 3,065 4.8% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 1,770 2.9% 5.0% 2,492 4.4% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 279 6.2% 10.5% 325 10.9% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 860 4.5% 8.7% 637 5.5% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 54,305 75.1% 78.0% 44,902 73.6% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 11,849 16.4% 14.6% 10,872 17.8% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 5,971 8.3% 7.1% 5,019 8.2% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 83,199 73.1% 69.7% 73,217 74.6% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 57,595 50.6% 45.3% 46,342 47.2% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 97.9% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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