Table 13. Economic security, 1997-2004, in percentages
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
	Average monthly unemployment (% of civilian labor force)
United States	4.9	4.5	4.2	4.0	4.7	5.8	6.0
Texas	5.4	4.8	4.6	4.2	4.8	6.3	6.8
Galveston County	8.1	6.6	6.5	5.9	6.0	7.4	8.2
Dickinson	9.7	7.9	7.8	7.1	7.2	8.8	9.8
Friendswood	3.8	3.1	3.1	2.8	2.9	3.7	4.2
Galveston City	10.5	8.6	8.5	7.7	7.7	9.5	10.6
La Marque	11.4	9.4	9.2	8.4	8.5	10.4	11.5
League City	3.7	3.0	2.9	2.6	2.7	3.3	3.7
Santa Fe	6.2	5.0	4.9	4.5	4.5	5.6	6.2
Texas City	9.5	7.8	7.7	6.9	7.0	8.6	9.6
	Students who are Economically Disadvantaged (% of public school students)*
Texas	48.1	48.5	48.5	49.0	49.3	50.5	51.9
Independent School District
Clear Creek	8.1	10.8	11.4	9.7	12.4	12.6	13.9
Dickinson	50.2	51.9	50.1	51.1	53.8	53.7	55.0
Friendswood	3.5	4.0	1.3	3.4	3.0	2.5	2.6
Galveston	59.9	61.0	58.4	60.5	61.1	63.2	63.5
Hitchcock	61.0	62.4	59.0	62.3	64.2	63.8	62.3
La Marque	46.0	49.0	52.4	50.0	49.0	51.3	58.8
Santa Fe	23.4	23.5	21.5	21.2	20.9	20.5	22.6
Texas City	44.4	46.2	45.6	45.5	46.5	49.0	50.4
	Estimated percentage of children ages 5 to 17 in families in poverty
United States	18.4	N/A	15.9	14.6	N/A	N/A	N/A
Texas	22.1	N/A	20.1	18.8	N/A	N/A	N/A
Independent School District
Clear Creek	5.2	N/A	4.5	4.2	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dickinson	16.5	N/A	23.0	20.0	N/A	N/A	N/A
Friendswood	3.0	N/A	2.8	2.5	N/A	N/A	N/A
Galveston	30.7	N/A	30.2	25.9	N/A	N/A	N/A
High Island	22.5	N/A	13.8	11.9	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hitchcock	26.2	N/A	24.2	21.1	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Marque	20.2	N/A	23.3	20.2	N/A	N/A	N/A
Santa Fe	11.2	N/A	11.9	10.3	N/A	N/A	N/A
Texas City	17.3	N/A	18.2	15.8	N/A	N/A	N/A
*Economically Disadvantaged are students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch or eligible for other public assistance. Economically disadvantaged is for the school districts, and is based on the last year of the AEIS Reports (example:2003 information is from the 2002-2003 Report)
Sources:	Texas Labor Force Commission, Labor Market Information
	-http://www.tracer2.com/cgi/dataanalysis/AreaSelection.asp?tableName=Labforce
	Texas Education Agency, Academic Excellence Indicator System
	-http://www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/aeis/index.html				(Accessed July 15, 2004)
	http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/district.html				(Accessed August 16, 2004)