SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 10 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 13,909 42.4% 40.3% 10,859 36.6% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 146,847 21.8% 21.9% 106,697 19.2% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 133,004 90.6% 93.1% 97,998 91.8% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 40,060 5.9% 6.0% 41,294 7.4% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 122,050 28.0% 23.2% 90,726 25.2% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 93,068 21.3% 24.3% 83,914 23.3% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 6,005 13.9% 12.5% 5,025 14.9% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 958 0.2% 0.7% 1,682 0.4% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 349,894 66.3% 62.9% 302,759 68.9% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 177,250 33.6% 36.4% 134,745 30.7% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 332,246 95.0% 93.9% 283,256 93.6% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 239,775 96.2% 95.0% 214,672 95.3% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 46,020 90.3% 89.5% 40,346 87.0% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 61,264 92.5% 91.3% 36,994 91.0% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 17,648 5.0% 6.1% 19,503 6.4% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 9,483 3.8% 5.0% 10,605 4.7% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 4,948 9.7% 10.5% 6,012 13.0% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 4,967 7.5% 8.7% 3,667 9.0% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 271,074 81.6% 78.0% 230,058 81.2% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 40,517 12.2% 14.6% 34,573 12.2% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 19,917 6.0% 7.1% 17,689 6.2% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 384,786 72.9% 69.7% 323,525 73.7% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 257,572 48.8% 45.3% 203,878 46.4% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.5% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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