SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 70 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 4,381 50.9% 40.3% 1,185 43.5% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 28,532 22.4% 21.9% 9,148 20.2% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 26,817 94.0% 93.1% 8,885 97.1% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 6,356 5.0% 6.0% 3,062 6.8% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 36,799 44.2% 23.2% 6,708 24.0% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 8,104 9.7% 24.3% 5,591 20.0% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 855 12.8% 12.5% 697 22.9% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 25 0.0% 0.7% 37 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 72,227 75.2% 62.9% 25,331 73.2% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 23,829 24.8% 36.4% 9,250 26.7% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 70,213 97.2% 93.9% 24,235 95.7% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 59,900 97.6% 95.0% 21,479 96.4% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 3,149 91.8% 89.5% 992 84.7% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 7,796 96.2% 91.3% 2,573 94.0% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 2,014 2.8% 6.1% 1,096 4.3% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 1,483 2.4% 5.0% 793 3.6% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 283 8.2% 10.5% 179 15.3% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 304 3.8% 8.7% 165 6.0% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 59,817 85.2% 78.0% 19,799 81.7% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 6,377 9.1% 14.6% 2,625 10.8% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 3,812 5.4% 7.1% 1,733 7.2% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 77,902 81.1% 69.7% 27,019 78.0% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 57,393 59.7% 45.3% 18,088 52.3% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.4% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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