SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 77 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 2,224 32.0% 40.3% 1,846 22.3% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 30,893 23.9% 21.9% 35,284 24.4% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 29,240 94.6% 93.1% 33,939 96.2% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 9,045 7.0% 6.0% 12,909 8.9% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 9,902 12.2% 23.2% 10,113 11.8% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 36,047 44.4% 24.3% 39,453 45.9% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 1,146 13.5% 12.5% 1,534 13.2% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 1,463 1.5% 0.7% 4,078 3.7% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 48,080 48.1% 62.9% 58,406 52.6% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 50,494 50.5% 36.4% 48,658 43.8% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 42,003 87.4% 93.9% 50,676 86.8% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 31,542 88.1% 95.0% 38,933 87.6% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 974 86.4% 89.5% 1,235 76.3% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 34,262 86.8% 91.3% 38,249 85.7% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 6,077 12.6% 6.1% 7,730 13.2% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 4,275 11.9% 5.0% 5,523 12.4% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 153 13.6% 10.5% 384 23.7% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 5,219 13.2% 8.7% 6,364 14.3% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 31,578 75.2% 78.0% 38,469 75.9% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 7,555 18.0% 14.6% 9,177 18.1% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 2,693 6.4% 7.1% 2,851 5.6% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 56,536 56.5% 69.7% 65,714 59.1% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 29,774 29.8% 45.3% 34,291 30.9% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 97.6% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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