SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 5 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 12,421 44.5% 40.3% 8,776 39.8% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 127,105 19.9% 21.9% 86,052 18.4% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 118,681 93.4% 93.1% 82,016 95.3% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 73,651 11.5% 6.0% 64,326 13.7% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 100,810 25.4% 23.2% 58,266 20.3% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 79,631 20.0% 24.3% 80,098 27.9% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 3,919 8.1% 12.5% 3,537 9.9% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 791 0.2% 0.7% 947 0.3% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 319,292 61.9% 62.9% 224,650 59.6% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 195,333 37.9% 36.4% 151,390 40.2% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 302,375 94.7% 93.9% 211,981 94.4% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 245,561 95.4% 95.0% 176,829 95.5% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 25,290 89.5% 89.5% 19,828 85.8% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 41,991 93.9% 91.3% 22,444 93.3% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 16,917 5.3% 6.1% 12,669 5.6% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 11,772 4.6% 5.0% 8,387 4.5% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 2,964 10.5% 10.5% 3,276 14.2% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 2,748 6.1% 8.7% 1,606 6.7% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 210,556 69.6% 78.0% 138,924 65.5% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 67,907 22.5% 14.6% 54,139 25.5% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 22,600 7.5% 7.1% 17,403 8.2% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 368,472 71.5% 69.7% 262,609 69.7% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 228,494 44.3% 45.3% 147,616 39.2% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 100.0% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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