SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 60 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 1,998 40.5% 40.3% 1,995 38.8% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 26,206 19.8% 21.9% 21,522 18.8% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 25,220 96.2% 93.1% 20,788 96.6% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 5,077 3.8% 6.0% 4,812 4.2% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 14,491 15.9% 23.2% 10,202 13.0% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 21,531 23.6% 24.3% 25,218 32.1% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 1,075 12.4% 12.5% 857 12.5% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 76 0.1% 0.7% 98 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 62,280 57.9% 62.9% 51,224 55.9% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 45,162 42.0% 36.4% 40,322 44.0% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 58,703 94.3% 93.9% 47,109 92.0% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 53,751 94.7% 95.0% 43,983 92.4% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 715 76.0% 89.5% 1,095 85.7% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 5,839 91.6% 91.3% 3,287 86.4% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 3,577 5.7% 6.1% 4,115 8.0% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 3,027 5.3% 5.0% 3,620 7.6% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 226 24.0% 10.5% 182 14.3% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 532 8.4% 8.7% 518 13.6% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 43,174 73.5% 78.0% 34,403 73.0% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 8,768 14.9% 14.6% 6,959 14.8% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 6,404 10.9% 7.1% 5,395 11.5% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 68,436 63.7% 69.7% 57,233 62.5% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 44,082 41.0% 45.3% 34,909 38.1% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 100.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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