# House District 48 — Donna Howard

## Executive narrative

Childcare Supply Pressure is below the Texas House median (0.95 vs 1.53). Who the Formula Does Not Count is below the Texas House median (8.5% vs 20.1%). Nighttime Schedule Coverage is below the Texas House median (0.9% vs 2.5%). Early-Shift Workforce is below the Texas House median (7.1% vs 15.1%).

## Childcare demand and supply

- Children under 6 — geographic allocation estimate: 11,466
- Working-parent children under 6: 10,496
- Current qualifying authorized capacity: 11,001
- Childcare Supply Pressure: 0.95
- Who the Formula Does Not Count: 8.5%

## Nighttime / workforce-time context

- HHSC nighttime-window operations — geographic allocation estimate: 1.8
- Nighttime Schedule Coverage: 0.9%
- Early-Shift Workforce — workers leaving before 6 a.m.: 7.1%

## Workforce geography

- Resident primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 91,600
- Workplace primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 134,327
- Resident-worker outbound share: 93.9%

## 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.