SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 13 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 12,467 40.5% 40.3% 10,465 38.1% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 135,955 21.4% 21.9% 105,402 19.1% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 126,376 93.0% 93.1% 97,741 92.7% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 48,723 7.7% 6.0% 51,671 9.4% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 108,078 26.3% 23.2% 92,281 25.9% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 112,595 27.4% 24.3% 94,542 26.6% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 6,057 15.8% 12.5% 4,983 13.7% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 218 0.0% 0.7% 500 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 314,316 62.5% 62.9% 302,665 68.4% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 188,048 37.4% 36.4% 139,367 31.5% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 286,635 91.2% 93.9% 272,751 90.1% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 104,811 94.3% 95.0% 117,654 95.6% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 125,414 88.4% 89.5% 121,788 85.0% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 59,710 90.8% 91.3% 37,031 91.5% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 27,681 8.8% 6.1% 29,914 9.9% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 6,296 5.7% 5.0% 5,424 4.4% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 16,522 11.6% 10.5% 21,538 15.0% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 6,020 9.2% 8.7% 3,460 8.5% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 226,653 79.1% 78.0% 214,768 78.7% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 41,476 14.5% 14.6% 40,317 14.8% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 17,834 6.2% 7.1% 16,792 6.2% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 344,577 68.6% 69.7% 315,297 71.2% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 210,423 41.9% 45.3% 187,585 42.4% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 98.6% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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