SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 98 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 4,380 54.4% 40.3% 2,026 48.0% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 36,010 25.7% 21.9% 15,377 20.5% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 33,193 92.2% 93.1% 14,645 95.2% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 6,616 4.7% 6.0% 4,762 6.3% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 40,320 44.8% 23.2% 16,791 33.9% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 5,246 5.8% 24.3% 4,838 9.8% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 485 5.8% 12.5% 275 6.6% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 169 0.2% 0.7% 100 0.2% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 77,754 75.2% 62.9% 44,950 77.9% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 25,515 24.7% 36.4% 12,621 21.9% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 75,974 97.7% 93.9% 43,514 96.8% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 68,296 97.9% 95.0% 41,079 96.9% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 1,807 98.4% 89.5% 604 95.7% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 5,457 95.2% 91.3% 2,231 97.3% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 1,780 2.3% 6.1% 1,436 3.2% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 1,499 2.1% 5.0% 1,321 3.1% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 29 1.6% 10.5% 27 4.3% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 273 4.8% 8.7% 63 2.7% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 64,791 85.3% 78.0% 36,563 84.0% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 6,811 9.0% 14.6% 4,196 9.6% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 4,228 5.6% 7.1% 2,629 6.0% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 83,707 80.9% 69.7% 47,603 82.5% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 61,331 59.3% 45.3% 34,071 59.1% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.6% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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