SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 15 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 11,979 35.4% 40.3% 10,109 34.4% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 144,496 23.0% 21.9% 110,190 20.6% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 136,592 94.5% 93.1% 104,666 95.0% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 31,404 5.0% 6.0% 35,167 6.6% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 66,835 17.1% 23.2% 59,766 17.7% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 114,491 29.2% 24.3% 92,014 27.2% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 7,111 17.4% 12.5% 5,230 15.5% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 236 0.0% 0.7% 307 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 316,305 65.3% 62.9% 299,263 71.8% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 168,128 34.7% 36.4% 117,250 28.1% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 294,887 93.2% 93.9% 278,192 93.0% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 159,479 94.7% 95.0% 184,174 94.9% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 70,590 90.3% 89.5% 56,585 88.0% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 89,794 92.5% 91.3% 50,536 91.4% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 21,418 6.8% 6.1% 21,071 7.0% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 8,879 5.3% 5.0% 9,906 5.1% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 7,613 9.7% 10.5% 7,711 12.0% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 7,310 7.5% 8.7% 4,760 8.6% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 245,175 83.1% 78.0% 231,020 83.0% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 32,904 11.2% 14.6% 30,464 11.0% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 16,084 5.5% 7.1% 15,815 5.7% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 345,567 71.3% 69.7% 309,340 74.2% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 223,287 46.1% 45.3% 196,259 47.1% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 98.4% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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