SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 17 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 2,058 34.1% 40.3% 1,604 30.3% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 29,471 21.6% 21.9% 22,058 20.5% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 27,293 92.6% 93.1% 21,033 95.4% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 4,166 3.1% 6.0% 3,429 3.2% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 13,592 14.8% 23.2% 8,114 11.2% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 24,922 27.2% 24.3% 27,482 37.8% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 1,088 11.7% 12.5% 700 11.6% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 35 0.0% 0.7% 199 0.2% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 66,450 61.2% 62.9% 51,481 61.0% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 42,110 38.8% 36.4% 32,651 38.7% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 63,694 95.9% 93.9% 48,382 94.0% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 52,085 96.7% 95.0% 38,877 95.7% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 5,746 91.6% 89.5% 5,296 85.6% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 10,811 93.6% 91.3% 6,079 90.2% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 2,756 4.1% 6.1% 3,099 6.0% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 1,777 3.3% 5.0% 1,738 4.3% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 526 8.4% 10.5% 894 14.4% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 735 6.4% 8.7% 661 9.8% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 44,560 70.0% 78.0% 32,151 66.5% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 12,061 18.9% 14.6% 9,523 19.7% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 6,655 10.4% 7.1% 5,811 12.0% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 73,074 67.3% 69.7% 55,431 65.7% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 49,558 45.6% 45.3% 35,026 41.5% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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