# House District 148 — Penny Morales Shaw

## Executive narrative

Childcare Supply Pressure is near the Texas House median (1.59 vs 1.53). Who the Formula Does Not Count is near the Texas House median (23.3% vs 20.1%). Nighttime Schedule Coverage is above the Texas House median (3.6% vs 2.5%). Early-Shift Workforce is near the Texas House median (15.0% vs 15.1%).

## Childcare demand and supply

- Children under 6 — geographic allocation estimate: 16,347
- Working-parent children under 6: 12,532
- Current qualifying authorized capacity: 7,890
- Childcare Supply Pressure: 1.59
- Who the Formula Does Not Count: 23.3%

## Nighttime / workforce-time context

- HHSC nighttime-window operations — geographic allocation estimate: 3.6
- Nighttime Schedule Coverage: 3.6%
- Early-Shift Workforce — workers leaving before 6 a.m.: 15.0%

## Workforce geography

- Resident primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 79,025
- Workplace primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 128,071
- Resident-worker outbound share: 95.3%

## 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.