SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 44 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 2,544 40.2% 40.3% 1,806 36.0% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 30,745 22.9% 21.9% 21,107 21.1% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 28,886 94.0% 93.1% 20,190 95.7% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 5,583 4.2% 6.0% 4,508 4.5% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 14,548 16.5% 23.2% 7,748 11.9% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 22,078 25.1% 24.3% 22,357 34.5% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 861 10.2% 12.5% 819 12.8% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 1,148 1.1% 0.7% 889 1.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 66,151 63.2% 62.9% 48,935 63.0% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 37,453 35.8% 36.4% 27,849 35.9% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 62,690 94.8% 93.9% 45,799 93.6% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 50,138 95.1% 95.0% 38,588 94.6% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 2,635 92.9% 89.5% 1,986 87.9% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 19,889 93.5% 91.3% 12,764 90.3% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 3,461 5.2% 6.1% 3,136 6.4% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,570 4.9% 5.0% 2,216 5.4% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 202 7.1% 10.5% 273 12.1% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 1,377 6.5% 8.7% 1,371 9.7% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 46,031 73.4% 78.0% 33,060 72.2% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 11,343 18.1% 14.6% 7,604 16.6% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 5,025 8.0% 7.1% 4,733 10.3% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 72,992 69.7% 69.7% 52,782 68.0% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 49,978 47.7% 45.3% 33,611 43.3% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 100.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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