SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 9 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 14,965 41.8% 40.3% 9,754 38.7% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 136,610 21.2% 21.9% 81,765 17.6% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 127,355 93.2% 93.1% 76,286 93.3% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 39,377 6.1% 6.0% 39,141 8.4% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 120,722 29.2% 23.2% 77,613 26.1% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 76,720 18.6% 24.3% 49,896 16.8% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 5,486 15.1% 12.5% 3,766 15.0% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 511 0.1% 0.7% 2,208 0.6% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 376,144 74.9% 62.9% 293,447 79.5% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 125,445 25.0% 36.4% 73,366 19.9% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 360,083 95.7% 93.9% 278,992 95.1% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 251,800 96.4% 95.0% 229,040 95.7% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 41,312 94.0% 89.5% 21,461 91.5% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 72,428 93.7% 91.3% 32,730 92.7% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 16,061 4.3% 6.1% 14,455 4.9% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 9,291 3.6% 5.0% 10,294 4.3% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 2,625 6.0% 10.5% 1,991 8.5% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 4,851 6.3% 8.7% 2,574 7.3% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 309,179 85.9% 78.0% 237,558 85.1% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 33,259 9.2% 14.6% 26,428 9.5% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 16,953 4.7% 7.1% 14,143 5.1% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 404,864 80.6% 69.7% 307,913 83.4% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 283,499 56.5% 45.3% 207,279 56.2% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.3% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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