SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 148 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 2,116 31.6% 40.3% 1,712 25.1% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 27,946 20.9% 21.9% 26,344 22.2% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 26,531 94.9% 93.1% 25,046 95.1% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 6,309 4.7% 6.0% 6,077 5.1% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 13,141 15.5% 23.2% 8,605 11.6% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 40,163 47.4% 24.3% 39,135 52.7% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 2,476 27.7% 12.5% 2,027 26.5% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 46 0.0% 0.7% 16 0.0% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 60,863 56.9% 62.9% 59,572 64.4% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 46,065 43.1% 36.4% 32,869 35.6% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 55,842 91.8% 93.9% 54,010 90.7% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 35,029 93.2% 95.0% 34,117 92.6% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 2,772 83.4% 89.5% 2,867 78.7% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 33,058 90.4% 91.3% 30,668 90.2% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 5,021 8.2% 6.1% 5,562 9.3% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,564 6.8% 5.0% 2,718 7.4% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 552 16.6% 10.5% 775 21.3% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 3,498 9.6% 8.7% 3,320 9.8% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 47,457 85.0% 78.0% 45,673 84.6% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 4,680 8.4% 14.6% 4,649 8.6% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 3,563 6.4% 7.1% 3,456 6.4% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 70,575 66.0% 69.7% 60,479 65.4% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 40,645 38.0% 45.3% 34,298 37.1% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 98.1% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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