Friday, February 10, 2012

• Levels of enrollment in pre-primary schools (nursery school and kindergarten) in San Jose more than doubled during the past decade, rising from 13,287 persons in 1990 to 29,410 persons in 2000. On the other hand, following a significant increase during the 1980's, college or graduate school enrollment declined during the 1990-2000 time period, from 79,824 persons in 1990 to 73,669 persons in 2000. The drop in college or graduate school enrollment is at least in part explained by a decline of nearly 10,000 persons in the 20 to 34 age group (the only age category having lost population during this time).
• The proportion of high school graduates in the adult population (persons 25 years and over) has slowly but steadily risen over the last twenty years, from 76.4% in 1980, to 77.2% in 1990, and to 78.3% or 447,071 persons in 2000. Similarly, the proportion of college graduates in San Jose has also risen over this time period. The percentage of adults having received a four-year college degree or higher was 21.1% in 1980, growing to 25.3% in 1990, and to 31.6% or 180,122 persons in 2000. Further, increasing proportions of college graduates are obtaining a graduate or professional degree (1990= 31%; 2000= 34%).
• The rate of labor force participation in San Jose dipped considerably over the 1990-2000 time period, as the proportion of working age people (persons 16 years and over) in the labor force fell from 72.8% in 1990 to 66.9% in 2000. After rising over 30% during the 1980's, the labor force grew just 5.5% in the 1990's. Conversely, the number of working age persons not in the labor force leapt 39.6% during this time to 225,511 persons in 2000, a rate of increase nearly three times that of growth in the City's population as a whole.
• Female labor force participation rates are virtually unchanged since 1980 (1980= 60.1%; 2000= 59.2%). However, women account for a declining proportion of those working age persons not in the labor force, falling from 70.6% in 1980 to 61.1% in 2000, as the number of men in this category has grown much faster. Even so, in 2000 more than half (54.5%) of those San Jose households with children under 6 years of age had both parents in the labor force.
• Just over 90% of the City's workers commuted via a passenger vehicle (i.e., car, truck, or van) in 2000, the large majority of which carried a single occupant. In fact, two-thirds of all households had two or more vehicles available. Nonetheless, use of public transportation in San Jose increased rather markedly in recent years, up 24.1% over the 1990-2000 time period.

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