SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 6 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 10,229 27.3% 40.3% 7,101 22.0% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 151,469 25.1% 21.9% 131,205 24.6% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 145,596 96.1% 93.1% 124,664 95.0% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 22,305 3.7% 6.0% 25,098 4.7% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 24,862 7.1% 23.2% 20,804 6.6% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 186,391 53.2% 24.3% 160,787 50.8% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 10,161 23.3% 12.5% 8,691 23.4% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 136 0.0% 0.7% 265 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 252,874 55.9% 62.9% 254,181 63.4% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 199,168 44.0% 36.4% 146,265 36.5% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 228,293 90.3% 93.9% 228,798 90.0% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 123,821 91.3% 95.0% 133,093 91.4% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 23,235 87.0% 89.5% 27,162 84.6% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 149,375 89.9% 91.3% 114,441 89.3% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 24,581 9.7% 6.1% 25,383 10.0% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 11,792 8.7% 5.0% 12,565 8.6% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 3,476 13.0% 10.5% 4,937 15.4% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 16,850 10.1% 8.7% 13,769 10.7% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 192,264 84.2% 78.0% 192,602 84.2% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 21,975 9.6% 14.6% 22,332 9.8% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 13,503 5.9% 7.1% 12,777 5.6% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 285,529 63.1% 69.7% 259,251 64.7% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 160,701 35.5% 45.3% 144,592 36.1% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 98.6% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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