# House District 4 — Keith Bell

## Executive narrative

Childcare Supply Pressure is near the Texas House median (1.88 vs 1.53). Who the Formula Does Not Count is near the Texas House median (20.0% vs 20.1%). Nighttime Schedule Coverage is below the Texas House median (1.3% vs 2.5%). Early-Shift Workforce is above the Texas House median (20.2% vs 15.1%).

## Childcare demand and supply

- Children under 6 — geographic allocation estimate: 16,753
- Working-parent children under 6: 13,407
- Current qualifying authorized capacity: 7,117
- Childcare Supply Pressure: 1.88
- Who the Formula Does Not Count: 20.0%

## Nighttime / workforce-time context

- HHSC nighttime-window operations — geographic allocation estimate: 4.1
- Nighttime Schedule Coverage: 1.3%
- Early-Shift Workforce — workers leaving before 6 a.m.: 20.2%

## Workforce geography

- Resident primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 89,006
- Workplace primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 39,222
- Resident-worker outbound share: 92.6%

## Legislative geography

The district uses the governed 2025 ZIP-to-House-district crosswalk. Duplicate ZIP×district relationships use MAX(area_ratio), never SUM(area_ratio). Split ZIPs are preserved. Additive ZIP values are allocated by area_ratio and summed; district ratios are recomputed from the corrected components.

ZIP/ZCTA desert classification is direct Texas-compatible evidence. House district ratios are legislative context estimates.