SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 26 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 11,233 36.6% 40.3% 9,026 30.1% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 132,411 21.9% 21.9% 111,282 21.1% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 121,050 91.4% 93.1% 102,105 91.8% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 47,571 7.9% 6.0% 45,520 8.6% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 73,800 19.4% 23.2% 56,428 17.2% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 103,022 27.0% 24.3% 103,635 31.6% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 5,197 12.9% 12.5% 5,048 13.5% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 9,011 1.9% 0.7% 11,967 2.9% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 286,747 60.4% 62.9% 252,572 61.4% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 178,661 37.7% 36.4% 146,842 35.7% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 268,432 93.6% 93.9% 229,299 90.8% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 186,931 94.2% 95.0% 170,512 91.8% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 12,310 91.8% 89.5% 9,297 89.5% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 166,621 92.7% 91.3% 132,826 88.7% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 18,315 6.4% 6.1% 23,273 9.2% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 11,424 5.8% 5.0% 15,292 8.2% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 1,097 8.2% 10.5% 1,091 10.5% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 13,115 7.3% 8.7% 16,857 11.3% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 208,410 77.6% 78.0% 165,618 72.2% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 44,369 16.5% 14.6% 49,498 21.6% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 14,994 5.6% 7.1% 13,469 5.9% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 329,411 69.4% 69.7% 278,338 67.7% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 208,599 44.0% 45.3% 163,686 39.8% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.1% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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