SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 2 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 12,637 38.6% 40.3% 9,454 33.7% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 151,940 22.9% 21.9% 105,898 20.3% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 141,309 93.0% 93.1% 100,860 95.2% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 27,461 4.1% 6.0% 29,403 5.6% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 73,855 17.2% 23.2% 52,398 15.5% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 97,671 22.7% 24.3% 93,426 27.7% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 5,275 12.7% 12.5% 4,869 15.2% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 280 0.1% 0.7% 492 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 340,116 66.3% 62.9% 276,231 68.3% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 172,814 33.7% 36.4% 127,565 31.6% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 323,803 95.2% 93.9% 259,648 94.0% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 253,972 95.9% 95.0% 219,663 95.0% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 37,192 91.3% 89.5% 25,329 87.1% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 39,426 94.1% 91.3% 18,933 93.1% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 16,313 4.8% 6.1% 16,583 6.0% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 10,862 4.1% 5.0% 11,648 5.0% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 3,528 8.7% 10.5% 3,741 12.9% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 2,465 5.9% 8.7% 1,406 6.9% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 257,333 79.5% 78.0% 203,762 78.5% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 41,851 12.9% 14.6% 33,830 13.0% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 23,437 7.2% 7.1% 20,577 7.9% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 367,823 71.7% 69.7% 293,184 72.5% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 254,930 49.7% 45.3% 190,908 47.2% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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