SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 8 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 16,790 53.7% 40.3% 9,732 51.2% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 120,498 18.8% 21.9% 64,890 16.6% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 106,070 88.0% 93.1% 58,492 90.1% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 39,019 6.1% 6.0% 33,100 8.4% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 218,356 49.0% 23.2% 114,860 42.9% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 39,776 8.9% 24.3% 26,282 9.8% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 3,285 10.9% 12.5% 2,351 11.1% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 255 0.0% 0.7% 302 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 390,431 75.7% 62.9% 249,747 78.4% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 124,987 24.2% 36.4% 68,700 21.6% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 378,311 96.9% 93.9% 240,646 96.4% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 301,328 97.2% 95.0% 209,784 96.7% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 21,009 95.0% 89.5% 11,043 91.9% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 45,994 95.5% 91.3% 19,466 94.6% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 12,120 3.1% 6.1% 9,101 3.6% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 8,768 2.8% 5.0% 7,136 3.3% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 1,098 5.0% 10.5% 968 8.1% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 2,188 4.5% 8.7% 1,108 5.4% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 326,943 86.4% 78.0% 205,611 85.4% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 27,514 7.3% 14.6% 17,302 7.2% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 23,034 6.1% 7.1% 16,839 7.0% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 418,471 81.2% 69.7% 264,094 82.9% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 303,904 58.9% 45.3% 182,264 57.2% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.8% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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