SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 99 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 2,507 38.9% 40.3% 1,918 32.9% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 26,670 19.3% 21.9% 20,090 17.1% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 24,157 90.6% 93.1% 18,231 90.7% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 6,063 4.4% 6.0% 6,591 5.6% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 18,786 20.1% 23.2% 15,131 19.1% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 18,449 19.7% 24.3% 17,602 22.3% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 1,121 15.6% 12.5% 878 13.7% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 1,009 0.9% 0.7% 2,624 2.8% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 72,407 65.4% 62.9% 63,238 66.6% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 37,216 33.6% 36.4% 29,079 30.6% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 69,343 95.8% 93.9% 59,400 93.9% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 59,398 96.1% 95.0% 53,621 94.0% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 2,525 92.0% 89.5% 1,722 92.3% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 9,014 95.5% 91.3% 5,068 93.2% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 3,064 4.2% 6.1% 3,838 6.1% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,431 3.9% 5.0% 3,442 6.0% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 221 8.0% 10.5% 144 7.7% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 420 4.5% 8.7% 371 6.8% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 55,888 80.6% 78.0% 47,298 79.6% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 8,566 12.4% 14.6% 7,721 13.0% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 4,752 6.9% 7.1% 4,060 6.8% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 79,484 71.8% 69.7% 70,684 74.5% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 55,451 50.1% 45.3% 45,899 48.3% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.1% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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