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EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 33 05/29/03 PAGE 2
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------2000 CENSUS------ ------1990 CENSUS----
TOTAL PERCENT STATE TOTAL PERCENT STATE

SELECTED EDUCATION CHARACTERISTICS

POPULATION AGE 3+ ENROLLED IN SCHOOL
PORTION AGE 3-5 IN PRESCHOOL 2,770 43.2% 40.3% 2,335 32.3% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 30,632 22.6% 21.9% 30,281 23.2% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 28,800 94.0% 93.1% 28,397 93.8% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 8,873 6.5% 6.0% 10,227 7.8% 7.4%

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 14,244 16.5% 23.2% 13,350 16.5% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 20,071 23.3% 24.3% 21,498 26.5% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 1,049 11.8% 12.5% 1,039 11.7% 12.9%



SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)

LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 1,019 1.0% 0.7% 870 0.9% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 67,034 63.1% 62.9% 67,171 67.7% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 38,262 36.0% 36.4% 31,162 31.4% 34.0%

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 62,676 93.5% 93.9% 61,820 92.0% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 45,200 94.2% 95.0% 48,054 92.9% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 2,442 88.0% 89.5% 2,010 85.8% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 35,049 92.5% 91.3% 30,901 90.5% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 4,358 6.5% 6.1% 5,351 8.0% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 2,771 5.8% 5.0% 3,684 7.1% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 334 12.0% 10.5% 333 14.2% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 2,831 7.5% 8.7% 3,240 9.5% 10.9%

EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 46,531 74.2% 78.0% 45,311 73.3% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 12,013 19.2% 14.6% 12,573 20.3% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 3,976 6.3% 7.1% 3,700 6.0% 7.6%

WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 73,737 69.4% 69.7% 70,113 70.7% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 47,929 45.1% 45.3% 43,574 43.9% 43.1%






ANALYSIS USES 99.5% OF DISTRICT POPULATION