ACS: 2003 Multiyear Profile for Alabama -- Table 3

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Data followed by an * indicates a Significant Difference at the 90 percent level between that data and the data from the most current year. Data followed by a "c" indicates the estimate for that year and the current year are both controlled; a statistical test is not appropriate.

TABLE 3. SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	2003 Estimate	2002 Estimate	2001 Estimate	2000 Estimate
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	3,406,768	3,390,219 *	3,347,320 *	3,349,243 *
In labor force	62.49%	62.25%	61.70%	62.60%
Civilian labor force	62.27%	61.98%	61.37%	62.30%
Employed	56.85%	57.18%	56.71%	58.28% *
Unemployed	184,506	162,743 *	156,192 *	134,383 *
Percent unemployed	8.7	7.7 *	7.6 *	6.4 *
Armed Forces	0.22%	0.27%	0.33%	0.30%
Not in labor force	37.51%	37.75%	38.30%	37.40%

Females 16 years and over	1,797,328	1,794,209	1,768,812 *	1,770,473 *
In labor force	56.18%	54.39% *	54.37% *	54.53% *
Civilian labor force	56.15%	54.36% *	54.32% *	54.42% *
Employed	50.98%	50.40%	49.92%	50.75%

Own children under 6 years	336,617	333,277	342,166	327,373
All parents in family in labor force	58.29%	60.65%	63.26% *	61.42%

Own children 6 to 17 years	686,389	681,131	681,010	709,675 *
All parents in family in labor force	67.75%	67.59%	67.30%	66.69%

Population 16 to 19 years	239,073	234,823	233,646	244,361
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	9.99%	15.20% *	11.59%	12.73% *
Unemployed or not in the labor force	6.02%	10.48% *	7.60%	8.28% *

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,885,041	1,894,963	1,850,895	1,901,909
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	84.98%	83.73%	85.03%	84.71%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	10.57%	11.79% *	9.77%	10.90%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	0.57%	0.46%	0.64%	0.41%
Walked	1.00%	1.18%	1.51% *	1.15%
Other means	0.78%	0.70%	0.93%	0.88%
Worked at home	2.11%	2.14%	2.13%	1.95%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.7	23.1	22.8	22.4

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,936,727	1,938,554	1,898,136	1,952,078
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	30.88%	30.23%	29.88%	29.42% *
Service occupations	14.35%	14.50%	13.92%	13.49%
Sales and office occupations	26.41%	26.17%	27.11%	26.49%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1.10%	0.86%	0.55% *	0.97%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	10.34%	10.58%	11.11% *	11.25% *
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16.92%	17.66%	17.43%	18.37% *

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	2.29%	2.28%	1.98%	2.18%
Construction	7.20%	7.47%	7.27%	8.39% *
Manufacturing	15.84%	15.43%	16.41%	16.72%
Wholesale trade	3.41%	3.94%	3.81%	3.76%
Retail trade	13.14%	12.83%	12.32%	12.46%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5.43%	5.50%	5.50%	5.59%
Information	2.13%	1.57% *	2.57%	2.78% *
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	5.63%	6.14%	5.71%	5.68%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	7.66%	8.23%	7.72%	6.87% *
Educational, health, and social services	20.53%	20.15%	20.16%	19.50%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	6.99%	6.91%	6.73%	6.39%
Other services (except public administration)	4.56%	4.69%	5.08%	4.47%
Public administration	5.19%	4.88%	4.75%	5.21%

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	76.94%	77.58%	77.78%	77.54%
Government workers	15.63%	15.60%	15.67%	15.39%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	6.97%	6.56%	6.19%	6.77%
Unpaid family workers	0.45%	0.26% *	0.36%	0.30%

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2003 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,743,476	1,729,893	1,739,736	1,726,668
Less than $10,000	13.98%	12.60% *	13.21%	12.92% *
$10,000 to $14,999	8.22%	8.13%	8.14%	7.71%
$15,000 to $24,999	14.39%	15.61% *	15.61% *	14.67%
$25,000 to $34,999	13.19%	12.43%	13.14%	14.00%
$35,000 to $49,999	16.76%	16.06%	15.72%	16.89%
$50,000 to $74,999	16.11%	17.56% *	17.49% *	16.96%
$75,000 to $99,999	8.76%	8.83%	8.05%	8.41%
$100,000 to $149,999	5.96%	5.95%	6.14%	5.87%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.35%	1.50%	1.25%	1.34%
$200,000 or more	1.28%	1.33%	1.25%	1.23%
Median household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	35,158	35,937	34,919	35,576
Mean household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	45,982	47,663 *	46,639	46,943

With earnings	76.01%	77.53% *	76.94%	77.14%
Mean earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	48,436	49,765	48,402	48,012
With Social Security	30.34%	29.90%	29.10% *	28.82% *
Mean Social Security income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	11,488	11,246	11,515	11,427
With retirement income	18.61%	18.26%	18.17%	18.97%
Mean retirement income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	15,264	15,820	14,995	16,309

With Supplemental Security Income	5.87%	5.20%	4.99% *	5.03%
Mean Supplemental Security Income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	5,773	6,192	5,922	5,725
With cash public assistance income	1.65%	1.16% *	1.25%	1.56%
Mean cash public assistance income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	1,991	1,518	2,062	1,592
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	9.41%	7.69% *	8.84%	8.42%

Families	1,193,827	1,224,940	1,212,619	1,182,491
Less than $10,000	8.31%	8.14%	7.70%	6.95% *
$10,000 to $14,999	5.55%	5.52%	5.78%	5.74%
$15,000 to $24,999	12.48%	13.24%	13.87% *	13.32%
$25,000 to $34,999	13.08%	12.46%	12.93%	13.45%
$35,000 to $49,999	17.52%	17.50%	17.16%	18.12%
$50,000 to $74,999	19.94%	21.05%	21.03%	20.63%
$75,000 to $99,999	11.59%	11.06%	10.25% *	10.65%
$100,000 to $149,999	8.07%	7.58%	8.01%	7.66%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.70%	1.86%	1.59%	1.90%
$200,000 or more	1.77%	1.61%	1.69%	1.59%
Median family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	43,307	43,249	43,075	43,507
Mean family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	54,653	54,891	54,714	54,899

Per capita income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	19,003	19,372	19,087	19,434

Nonfamily households	549,649	504,953 *	527,117	544,177
Median nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	18,807	20,020	19,101	19,958
Mean nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	25,974	28,868 *	26,535	28,538 *

Median earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars):	22,436	23,096	22,529	22,389
Male full-time, year-round workers	37,096	34,517 *	34,256 *	34,653 *
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,009	25,255	24,086 *	24,209 *

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	163,988	163,118	157,159	146,160
With related children under 18 years	74.48%	76.74% *	74.10%	74.80%
With related children under 5 years only	14.57%	17.03%	16.63%	19.48% *

Families with female householder, no husband present	91,595	95,790	98,248	87,183
With related children under 18 years	88.42%	89.14%	87.06%	85.10%
With related children under 5 years only	16.05%	17.68%	17.20%	20.24%

Individuals	747,852	722,213	716,499	672,034 *
18 years and over	65.87%	64.73%	64.71%	65.27%
65 years and over	10.28%	11.06%	11.70% *	11.89% *
Related children under 18 years	33.71%	34.75%	33.88%	33.92%
Related children 5 to 17 years	23.21%	23.89%	23.91%	22.82%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	27.65%	24.74% *	29.36%	27.68%

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	17.1	16.6	16.5	15.6 *
18 years and over	15.0	14.3	14.4	13.6 *
65 years and over	13.7	14.2	15.2	14.4
Related children under 18 years	23.3	23.3	22.1	20.9
Related children under 5 years	26.7	26.8	24.2	26.1
Related children 5 to 17 years	22.0	22.0	21.4	19.1
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	30.5	28.4	31.0	27.4 *

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Footnotes

The profile universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability.

The number of householders does not necessarily equal the number of households because of differences in the weighting schemes for the population and occupied housing units.

Employment and unemployment estimates may vary from the official labor force data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics because of differences in survey design and data collection.

Occupation codes are 4-digit codes, but are still based on Standard Occupational Classification 2000.

Industry codes are 4-digit codes and are based on the North American Industry Classification System 2002. However, the Industry categories adhere to the guidelines issued in Clarification Memorandum No. 2, "NAICS Alternate Aggregation Structure for Use By U.S. Statistical Agencies," issued by the Office of Management and Budget.

1. An '-' entry in an Estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
2. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An 'N' entry in an Estimate column indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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