SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 140 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 1,947 23.7% 40.3% 1,434 24.5% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 33,676 26.7% 21.9% 26,409 25.5% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 32,648 96.9% 93.1% 25,026 94.8% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 3,356 2.7% 6.0% 4,210 4.1% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 2,541 3.6% 23.2% 2,093 3.4% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 41,693 59.0% 24.3% 32,192 53.0% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 2,314 24.3% 12.5% 1,778 23.3% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 21 0.0% 0.7% 29 0.0% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 49,288 53.3% 62.9% 47,854 62.1% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 43,248 46.7% 36.4% 29,203 37.9% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 44,681 90.7% 93.9% 43,050 90.0% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 25,799 91.8% 95.0% 26,056 91.4% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 3,852 84.4% 89.5% 5,623 83.2% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 31,111 90.8% 91.3% 19,002 89.3% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 4,607 9.3% 6.1% 4,804 10.0% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,292 8.2% 5.0% 2,443 8.6% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 710 15.6% 10.5% 1,138 16.8% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 3,143 9.2% 8.7% 2,285 10.7% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 37,874 84.8% 78.0% 35,800 83.2% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 3,926 8.8% 14.6% 4,263 9.9% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 2,800 6.3% 7.1% 2,739 6.4% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 56,576 61.1% 69.7% 48,591 63.0% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 32,482 35.1% 45.3% 27,404 35.5% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 97.4% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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