SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 38 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 3,080 40.7% 40.3% 1,619 29.6% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 33,457 26.8% 21.9% 26,094 27.7% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 31,802 95.1% 93.1% 25,159 96.4% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 6,631 5.3% 6.0% 5,601 5.9% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 11,511 15.5% 23.2% 7,311 13.5% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 31,274 42.0% 24.3% 25,996 48.0% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 841 9.4% 12.5% 1,086 14.0% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 84 0.1% 0.7% 51 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 49,960 54.0% 62.9% 39,083 56.8% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 42,462 45.9% 36.4% 29,621 43.1% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 44,789 89.6% 93.9% 34,319 87.8% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 36,278 90.2% 95.0% 28,041 88.6% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 330 93.5% 89.5% 109 80.7% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 36,665 88.4% 91.3% 26,519 86.1% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 5,171 10.4% 6.1% 4,764 12.2% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 3,952 9.8% 5.0% 3,611 11.4% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 23 6.5% 10.5% 26 19.3% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 4,800 11.6% 8.7% 4,292 13.9% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 32,179 71.8% 78.0% 24,210 70.5% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 9,473 21.2% 14.6% 7,300 21.3% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 2,958 6.6% 7.1% 2,541 7.4% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 53,769 58.1% 69.7% 40,448 58.8% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 30,659 33.1% 45.3% 20,838 30.3% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 97.7% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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