SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 16 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 2,126 35.6% 40.3% 1,440 34.5% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 27,142 21.0% 21.9% 17,510 20.4% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 25,119 92.5% 93.1% 16,655 95.1% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 4,442 3.4% 6.0% 4,034 4.7% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 14,145 16.6% 23.2% 8,237 14.7% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 20,720 24.3% 24.3% 16,477 29.4% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 1,378 16.6% 12.5% 740 13.4% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 99 0.1% 0.7% 44 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 65,171 63.5% 62.9% 42,482 63.0% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 37,353 36.4% 36.4% 24,880 36.9% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 61,613 94.5% 93.9% 39,810 93.7% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 52,914 95.0% 95.0% 35,538 94.2% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 2,505 88.4% 89.5% 1,933 85.5% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 9,121 93.1% 91.3% 3,144 92.9% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 3,558 5.5% 6.1% 2,672 6.3% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,806 5.0% 5.0% 2,193 5.8% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 328 11.6% 10.5% 329 14.5% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 673 6.9% 8.7% 240 7.1% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 48,385 78.5% 78.0% 30,209 75.9% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 7,890 12.8% 14.6% 5,701 14.3% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 5,043 8.2% 7.1% 3,630 9.1% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 71,019 69.2% 69.7% 45,843 68.0% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 46,351 45.2% 45.3% 27,853 41.3% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.8% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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