SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 21 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 12,666 37.6% 40.3% 8,078 29.7% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 154,439 25.4% 21.9% 123,899 26.0% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 147,295 95.4% 93.1% 119,232 96.2% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 29,773 4.9% 6.0% 28,650 6.0% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 50,598 13.6% 23.2% 35,131 12.4% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 132,694 35.8% 24.3% 115,599 40.9% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 5,388 12.5% 12.5% 5,198 14.4% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 6,879 1.5% 0.7% 6,604 1.9% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 245,761 53.6% 62.9% 204,336 57.7% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 206,069 44.9% 36.4% 142,973 40.4% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 224,939 91.5% 93.9% 183,607 89.9% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 177,542 91.9% 95.0% 141,612 91.2% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 8,815 91.5% 89.5% 5,323 88.5% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 136,770 89.4% 91.3% 103,454 86.8% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 20,822 8.5% 6.1% 20,729 10.1% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 15,575 8.1% 5.0% 13,653 8.8% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 819 8.5% 10.5% 692 11.5% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 16,165 10.6% 8.7% 15,796 13.2% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 158,160 70.3% 78.0% 124,935 68.0% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 48,044 21.4% 14.6% 40,907 22.3% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 17,700 7.9% 7.1% 16,395 8.9% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 282,938 61.7% 69.7% 222,764 62.9% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 167,491 36.5% 45.3% 122,272 34.5% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 100.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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