SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 144 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 2,374 35.7% 40.3% 1,957 33.4% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 27,841 22.1% 21.9% 22,450 20.2% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 26,015 93.4% 93.1% 21,507 95.8% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 8,163 6.5% 6.0% 8,306 7.5% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 11,984 15.1% 23.2% 10,956 15.5% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 19,281 24.2% 24.3% 15,365 21.8% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 950 12.2% 12.5% 1,004 14.1% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 142 0.1% 0.7% 80 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 65,156 66.4% 62.9% 62,606 71.7% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 32,844 33.5% 36.4% 24,674 28.2% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 61,097 93.8% 93.9% 58,891 94.1% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 45,066 94.3% 95.0% 50,129 94.4% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 2,902 91.1% 89.5% 1,948 88.4% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 20,278 92.5% 91.3% 10,222 92.5% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 4,059 6.2% 6.1% 3,715 5.9% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,715 5.7% 5.0% 2,950 5.6% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 282 8.9% 10.5% 256 11.6% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 1,646 7.5% 8.7% 824 7.5% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 50,989 83.5% 78.0% 49,438 83.9% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 7,148 11.7% 14.6% 6,435 10.9% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 2,800 4.6% 7.1% 2,857 4.9% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 70,806 72.1% 69.7% 65,820 75.3% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 47,062 48.0% 45.3% 41,724 47.8% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 95.7% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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