SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 12 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 2,200 38.5% 40.3% 1,641 33.5% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 26,854 20.4% 21.9% 21,982 20.1% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 25,500 95.0% 93.1% 21,285 96.8% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 4,441 3.4% 6.0% 4,828 4.4% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 11,116 12.4% 23.2% 8,203 11.2% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 25,234 28.2% 24.3% 26,814 36.7% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 852 10.8% 12.5% 1,028 15.2% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 46 0.0% 0.7% 67 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 57,715 54.6% 62.9% 47,441 54.8% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 47,873 45.3% 36.4% 39,124 45.2% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 54,045 93.6% 93.9% 44,047 92.8% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 44,452 94.8% 95.0% 36,524 93.8% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 5,986 86.8% 89.5% 5,517 86.9% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 4,864 91.9% 91.3% 2,321 92.3% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 3,670 6.4% 6.1% 3,394 7.2% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,415 5.2% 5.0% 2,395 6.2% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 907 13.2% 10.5% 832 13.1% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 427 8.1% 8.7% 194 7.7% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 39,526 73.1% 78.0% 32,070 72.8% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 9,884 18.3% 14.6% 7,891 17.9% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 4,449 8.2% 7.1% 3,762 8.5% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 65,056 61.6% 69.7% 51,472 59.4% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 41,345 39.1% 45.3% 31,082 35.9% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 100.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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