SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 23 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 12,655 35.2% 40.3% 9,348 28.4% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 155,900 23.7% 21.9% 126,727 22.2% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 146,347 93.9% 93.1% 119,148 94.0% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 26,960 4.1% 6.0% 31,573 5.5% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 59,016 14.8% 23.2% 48,843 13.9% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 151,682 37.9% 24.3% 133,094 37.8% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 10,333 22.5% 12.5% 8,086 21.2% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 142 0.0% 0.7% 520 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 301,686 59.9% 62.9% 292,475 66.8% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 201,495 40.0% 36.4% 144,941 33.1% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 275,387 91.3% 93.9% 263,607 90.1% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 105,873 94.3% 95.0% 114,980 94.1% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 106,876 88.3% 89.5% 105,622 86.1% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 93,429 91.3% 91.3% 60,391 90.8% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 26,299 8.7% 6.1% 28,868 9.9% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 6,354 5.7% 5.0% 7,213 5.9% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 14,181 11.7% 10.5% 17,018 13.9% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 8,869 8.7% 8.7% 6,134 9.2% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 225,138 81.8% 78.0% 211,678 80.3% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 35,339 12.8% 14.6% 37,077 14.1% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 14,421 5.2% 7.1% 13,929 5.3% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 340,079 67.6% 69.7% 304,741 69.6% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 207,782 41.3% 45.3% 180,600 41.2% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.4% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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