SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 8 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 1,801 35.1% 40.3% 1,659 31.5% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 26,347 19.5% 21.9% 22,625 18.9% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 25,017 95.0% 93.1% 21,953 97.0% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 5,181 3.8% 6.0% 5,956 5.0% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 10,672 11.4% 23.2% 8,636 10.7% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 29,290 31.3% 24.3% 28,234 34.9% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 856 11.1% 12.5% 976 13.8% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 22 0.0% 0.7% 103 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 54,766 49.5% 62.9% 50,050 51.9% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 55,760 50.4% 36.4% 46,229 48.0% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 51,023 93.2% 93.9% 46,665 93.2% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 40,528 94.9% 95.0% 37,650 94.2% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 6,214 84.9% 89.5% 6,875 88.1% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 5,228 91.1% 91.3% 2,706 94.3% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 3,743 6.8% 6.1% 3,385 6.8% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,180 5.1% 5.0% 2,307 5.8% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 1,103 15.1% 10.5% 932 11.9% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 511 8.9% 8.7% 164 5.7% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 35,134 68.9% 78.0% 31,918 68.4% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 11,126 21.8% 14.6% 10,253 22.0% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 4,472 8.8% 7.1% 4,138 8.9% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 67,246 60.8% 69.7% 57,420 59.6% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 40,662 36.8% 45.3% 33,267 34.5% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 100.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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