SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 53 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 1,587 35.4% 40.3% 1,522 28.4% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 25,516 19.2% 21.9% 21,108 18.0% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 24,612 96.5% 93.1% 20,558 97.4% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 2,797 2.1% 6.0% 3,229 2.8% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 17,384 18.0% 23.2% 12,109 14.5% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 23,390 24.2% 24.3% 27,580 33.0% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 736 10.2% 12.5% 686 11.6% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 37 0.0% 0.7% 47 0.0% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 57,920 52.9% 62.9% 49,883 52.6% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 51,477 47.0% 36.4% 44,859 47.3% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 55,307 95.5% 93.9% 47,112 94.4% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 49,346 96.2% 95.0% 43,006 94.8% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 490 89.7% 89.5% 667 97.7% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 10,249 91.3% 91.3% 8,897 91.2% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 2,613 4.5% 6.1% 2,771 5.6% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 1,951 3.8% 5.0% 2,373 5.2% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 56 10.3% 10.5% 16 2.3% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 976 8.7% 8.7% 862 8.8% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 36,257 65.6% 78.0% 30,578 64.9% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 10,113 18.3% 14.6% 8,632 18.3% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 8,413 15.2% 7.1% 7,478 15.9% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 63,547 58.1% 69.7% 56,354 59.5% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 41,337 37.8% 45.3% 34,274 36.2% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 100.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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