SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 4 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 13,177 45.3% 40.3% 10,776 42.2% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 141,365 22.5% 21.9% 107,199 21.2% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 131,452 93.0% 93.1% 100,893 94.1% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 27,911 4.4% 6.0% 29,451 5.8% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 92,040 22.1% 23.2% 62,332 19.0% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 75,143 18.1% 24.3% 75,711 23.1% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 3,325 8.5% 12.5% 3,078 9.8% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 272 0.1% 0.7% 559 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 303,016 61.4% 62.9% 247,021 63.3% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 190,440 38.6% 36.4% 142,897 36.6% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 286,258 94.5% 93.9% 231,626 93.8% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 240,033 95.4% 95.0% 199,777 94.9% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 29,434 88.3% 89.5% 24,838 85.6% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 20,594 93.8% 91.3% 10,060 93.7% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 16,758 5.5% 6.1% 15,395 6.2% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 11,693 4.6% 5.0% 10,734 5.1% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 3,903 11.7% 10.5% 4,186 14.4% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 1,370 6.2% 8.7% 673 6.3% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 230,141 80.4% 78.0% 186,860 80.7% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 37,519 13.1% 14.6% 28,460 12.3% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 17,608 6.2% 7.1% 15,209 6.6% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 330,664 67.0% 69.7% 264,370 67.7% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 221,223 44.8% 45.3% 163,389 41.8% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.6% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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