SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 24 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 10,593 37.9% 40.3% 8,835 32.8% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 128,964 20.1% 21.9% 98,700 18.2% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 122,580 95.0% 93.1% 95,670 96.9% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 36,577 5.7% 6.0% 34,348 6.3% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 82,424 19.6% 23.2% 58,788 16.6% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 82,607 19.7% 24.3% 96,362 27.2% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 3,859 9.3% 12.5% 3,870 11.4% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 29,177 5.7% 0.7% 27,922 6.4% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 293,315 57.0% 62.9% 238,763 54.9% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 191,726 37.3% 36.4% 168,040 38.7% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 274,379 93.5% 93.9% 221,665 92.8% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 224,746 94.4% 95.0% 191,878 94.0% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 20,016 88.9% 89.5% 13,161 82.6% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 39,288 90.8% 91.3% 25,684 89.4% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 18,936 6.5% 6.1% 17,098 7.2% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 13,415 5.6% 5.0% 12,234 6.0% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 2,489 11.1% 10.5% 2,769 17.4% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 3,988 9.2% 8.7% 3,061 10.6% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 192,906 70.3% 78.0% 152,211 68.7% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 52,064 19.0% 14.6% 42,920 19.4% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 27,775 10.1% 7.1% 24,560 11.1% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 348,510 67.8% 69.7% 291,599 67.1% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 228,789 44.5% 45.3% 179,640 41.3% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 100.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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