SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 76 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 2,137 33.7% 40.3% 1,694 22.0% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 32,173 24.6% 21.9% 36,706 26.5% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 30,967 96.3% 93.1% 35,437 96.5% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 9,464 7.2% 6.0% 11,518 8.3% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 6,443 7.9% 23.2% 5,545 7.0% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 37,615 46.1% 24.3% 40,292 50.8% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 922 9.7% 12.5% 1,670 13.6% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 646 0.6% 0.7% 867 0.8% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 51,949 51.2% 62.9% 59,303 56.8% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 48,886 48.2% 36.4% 44,327 42.4% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 45,509 87.6% 93.9% 51,731 87.2% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 33,291 88.2% 95.0% 38,338 87.6% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 706 89.8% 89.5% 847 85.3% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 41,346 87.3% 91.3% 45,381 86.5% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 6,440 12.4% 6.1% 7,572 12.8% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 4,465 11.8% 5.0% 5,444 12.4% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 80 10.2% 10.5% 146 14.7% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 6,027 12.7% 8.7% 7,067 13.5% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 35,055 77.0% 78.0% 39,799 76.9% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 7,994 17.6% 14.6% 9,086 17.6% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 2,362 5.2% 7.1% 2,564 5.0% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 58,742 57.9% 69.7% 61,777 59.1% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 32,049 31.6% 45.3% 31,475 30.1% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.1% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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