SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 15 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 3,446 52.0% 40.3% 1,909 48.8% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 30,808 24.2% 21.9% 14,913 21.5% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 28,026 91.0% 93.1% 13,865 93.0% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 6,218 4.9% 6.0% 3,738 5.4% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 31,326 37.6% 23.2% 12,864 28.7% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 8,544 10.3% 24.3% 7,084 15.8% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 392 5.2% 12.5% 429 10.0% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 40 0.0% 0.7% 31 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 66,435 68.9% 62.9% 36,922 70.0% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 29,899 31.0% 36.4% 15,800 30.0% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 64,218 96.7% 93.9% 35,282 95.6% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 59,120 96.8% 95.0% 33,450 95.6% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 1,303 93.6% 89.5% 720 92.8% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 4,983 94.5% 91.3% 1,852 97.5% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 2,217 3.3% 6.1% 1,640 4.4% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 1,977 3.2% 5.0% 1,555 4.4% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 89 6.4% 10.5% 56 7.2% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 292 5.5% 8.7% 48 2.5% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 53,450 83.2% 78.0% 28,693 81.3% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 6,170 9.6% 14.6% 3,792 10.7% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 4,430 6.9% 7.1% 2,647 7.5% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 71,515 74.2% 69.7% 39,439 74.8% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 50,817 52.7% 45.3% 25,879 49.1% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.8% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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