SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 17 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 14,605 44.7% 40.3% 14,467 50.6% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 149,950 22.3% 21.9% 98,466 18.7% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 134,520 89.7% 93.1% 91,435 92.9% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 41,018 6.1% 6.0% 41,756 7.9% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 156,865 35.4% 23.2% 116,735 33.3% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 77,252 17.4% 24.3% 60,235 17.2% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 4,300 10.6% 12.5% 3,319 12.0% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 386 0.1% 0.7% 594 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 354,894 67.2% 62.9% 298,032 71.8% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 172,868 32.7% 36.4% 116,477 28.1% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 334,247 94.2% 93.9% 281,892 94.6% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 217,984 95.3% 95.0% 212,181 96.0% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 45,083 90.2% 89.5% 31,055 88.0% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 65,313 92.4% 91.3% 39,949 92.5% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 20,647 5.8% 6.1% 16,140 5.4% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 10,742 4.7% 5.0% 8,951 4.0% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 4,903 9.8% 10.5% 4,223 12.0% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 5,407 7.6% 8.7% 3,250 7.5% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 271,306 81.2% 78.0% 230,884 81.9% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 40,431 12.1% 14.6% 31,305 11.1% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 21,511 6.4% 7.1% 18,433 6.5% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 384,028 72.7% 69.7% 312,207 75.2% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 255,280 48.3% 45.3% 203,073 48.9% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 98.7% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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