SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 39 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 2,842 34.7% 40.3% 1,644 28.1% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 35,467 28.0% 21.9% 29,238 29.8% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 34,947 98.5% 93.1% 28,741 98.3% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 5,082 4.0% 6.0% 5,069 5.2% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 6,423 8.8% 23.2% 4,410 8.2% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 38,438 53.0% 24.3% 30,628 56.6% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 1,610 17.1% 12.5% 1,118 13.3% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 11 0.0% 0.7% 41 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 45,026 48.8% 62.9% 37,268 53.0% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 47,273 51.2% 36.4% 32,995 46.9% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 38,819 86.2% 93.9% 31,247 83.8% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 31,425 87.4% 95.0% 24,220 84.8% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 56 64.4% 89.5% 136 87.7% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 35,306 85.6% 91.3% 27,238 82.4% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 6,207 13.8% 6.1% 6,021 16.2% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 4,539 12.6% 5.0% 4,328 15.2% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 31 35.6% 10.5% 19 12.3% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 5,932 14.4% 8.7% 5,801 17.6% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 28,510 73.4% 78.0% 22,325 71.4% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 7,045 18.1% 14.6% 6,501 20.8% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 3,152 8.1% 7.1% 2,187 7.0% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 50,176 54.4% 69.7% 40,269 57.3% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 24,208 26.2% 45.3% 16,104 22.9% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 94.5% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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