SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 21 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 2,394 46.8% 40.3% 2,720 49.0% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 25,069 19.2% 21.9% 20,957 17.9% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 22,140 88.3% 93.1% 18,555 88.5% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 6,445 4.9% 6.0% 7,656 6.5% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 19,916 21.8% 23.2% 16,817 20.9% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 13,983 15.3% 24.3% 14,123 17.5% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 363 5.0% 12.5% 527 8.9% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 141 0.1% 0.7% 187 0.2% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 63,402 59.1% 62.9% 58,538 62.5% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 43,755 40.8% 36.4% 34,920 37.3% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 60,049 94.7% 93.9% 55,700 95.2% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 49,701 95.5% 95.0% 49,899 95.8% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 6,343 91.2% 89.5% 4,047 87.6% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 3,761 91.9% 91.3% 2,408 94.4% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 3,353 5.3% 6.1% 2,838 4.8% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,315 4.5% 5.0% 2,187 4.2% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 610 8.8% 10.5% 571 12.4% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 332 8.1% 8.7% 142 5.6% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 46,267 77.0% 78.0% 44,743 80.3% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 9,767 16.3% 14.6% 6,948 12.5% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 3,770 6.3% 7.1% 3,743 6.7% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 68,717 64.0% 69.7% 63,102 67.4% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 46,499 43.3% 45.3% 40,572 43.3% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.2% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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