SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 16 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 12,252 40.5% 40.3% 11,229 46.1% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 114,373 17.8% 21.9% 77,519 14.1% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 97,899 85.6% 93.1% 67,882 87.6% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 40,259 6.3% 6.0% 47,043 8.6% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 158,735 36.4% 23.2% 146,031 37.8% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 87,878 20.2% 24.3% 54,166 14.0% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 7,317 20.8% 12.5% 3,371 12.8% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 81 0.0% 0.7% 296 0.1% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 360,569 68.6% 62.9% 341,698 74.3% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 164,598 31.3% 36.4% 118,180 25.7% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 343,795 95.3% 93.9% 325,264 95.2% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 244,199 96.6% 95.0% 260,959 96.1% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 39,678 91.2% 89.5% 31,205 90.4% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 80,187 93.2% 91.3% 37,649 92.5% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 16,774 4.7% 6.1% 16,434 4.8% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 8,620 3.4% 5.0% 10,720 3.9% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 3,850 8.8% 10.5% 3,296 9.6% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 5,863 6.8% 8.7% 3,051 7.5% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 291,667 84.8% 78.0% 271,405 83.4% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 26,361 7.7% 14.6% 27,480 8.4% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 24,786 7.2% 7.1% 25,044 7.7% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 392,788 74.8% 69.7% 361,672 78.6% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 264,017 50.3% 45.3% 239,544 52.1% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.6% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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