SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 20 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 13,584 39.2% 40.3% 9,215 31.3% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 159,528 24.9% 21.9% 130,725 25.4% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 152,680 95.7% 93.1% 125,207 95.8% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 37,170 5.8% 6.0% 33,782 6.6% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 65,261 16.7% 23.2% 46,678 15.2% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 139,355 35.7% 24.3% 119,967 39.0% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 6,226 13.5% 12.5% 4,646 12.2% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 2,881 0.6% 0.7% 2,511 0.7% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 278,684 57.2% 62.9% 229,511 60.0% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 205,340 42.2% 36.4% 150,654 39.4% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 253,615 91.0% 93.9% 206,352 89.9% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 191,510 91.9% 95.0% 159,131 90.9% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 5,252 87.3% 89.5% 4,566 84.6% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 169,448 89.4% 91.3% 124,253 87.5% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 25,069 9.0% 6.1% 23,159 10.1% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 16,900 8.1% 5.0% 15,966 9.1% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 765 12.7% 10.5% 828 15.4% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 20,001 10.6% 8.7% 17,769 12.5% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 184,227 72.6% 78.0% 150,217 72.8% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 47,824 18.9% 14.6% 38,955 18.9% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 20,448 8.1% 7.1% 16,015 7.8% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 306,228 62.9% 69.7% 243,999 63.8% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 177,505 36.5% 45.3% 133,300 34.8% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.4% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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