# House District 117 — Philip Cortez

## Executive narrative

Childcare Supply Pressure is above the Texas House median (2.42 vs 1.53). Who the Formula Does Not Count is near the Texas House median (23.8% vs 20.1%). Nighttime Schedule Coverage is near the Texas House median (2.9% vs 2.5%). Early-Shift Workforce is above the Texas House median (19.0% vs 15.1%).

## Childcare demand and supply

- Children under 6 — geographic allocation estimate: 16,733
- Working-parent children under 6: 12,750
- Current qualifying authorized capacity: 5,265
- Childcare Supply Pressure: 2.42
- Who the Formula Does Not Count: 23.8%

## Nighttime / workforce-time context

- HHSC nighttime-window operations — geographic allocation estimate: 5.9
- Nighttime Schedule Coverage: 2.9%
- Early-Shift Workforce — workers leaving before 6 a.m.: 19.0%

## Workforce geography

- Resident primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 72,740
- Workplace primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 26,403
- Resident-worker outbound share: 97.3%

## 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.