SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 7 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 15,473 50.9% 40.3% 13,180 50.3% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 142,371 21.4% 21.9% 95,434 19.2% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 127,067 89.3% 93.1% 87,387 91.6% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 37,495 5.6% 6.0% 36,975 7.4% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 186,937 41.6% 23.2% 131,043 39.5% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 45,492 10.1% 24.3% 34,915 10.5% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 2,760 7.4% 12.5% 2,355 8.6% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 315 0.1% 0.7% 288 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 382,067 72.5% 62.9% 296,156 75.5% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 144,619 27.4% 36.4% 95,584 24.4% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 367,720 96.2% 93.9% 284,286 96.0% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 295,191 96.6% 95.0% 249,881 96.4% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 24,226 93.3% 89.5% 12,412 91.7% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 52,160 94.5% 91.3% 28,935 93.2% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 14,347 3.8% 6.1% 11,870 4.0% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 10,304 3.4% 5.0% 9,239 3.6% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 1,748 6.7% 10.5% 1,119 8.3% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 3,021 5.5% 8.7% 2,124 6.8% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 306,671 83.4% 78.0% 237,372 83.5% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 35,274 9.6% 14.6% 25,146 8.8% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 24,806 6.7% 7.1% 20,605 7.2% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 409,227 77.7% 69.7% 312,612 79.7% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 288,634 54.8% 45.3% 211,319 53.9% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.4% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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