ACS: 2003 Multiyear Profile for Arkansas -- Table 3

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TABLE 3. SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	2003 Estimate	2002 Estimate	2001 Estimate	2000 Estimate
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	2,048,179	2,039,573 *	2,005,231 *	1,993,744 *
In labor force	63.53%	63.71%	62.80%	63.13%
Civilian labor force	63.42%	63.43%	62.48%	62.99%
Employed	58.68%	58.82%	58.30%	58.97%
Unemployed	97,064	94,095	83,688	80,232 *
Percent unemployed	7.5	7.3	6.7	6.4 *
Armed Forces	0.12%	0.27% *	0.32% *	0.14%
Not in labor force	36.47%	36.29%	37.20%	36.87%

Females 16 years and over	1,061,022	1,072,012 *	1,045,214 *	1,040,246 *
In labor force	56.98%	56.36%	56.27%	56.61%
Civilian labor force	56.98%	56.11%	56.26%	56.58%
Employed	52.81%	52.19%	52.74%	52.46%

Own children under 6 years	206,738	205,937	205,855	195,472 *
All parents in family in labor force	60.68%	66.81% *	65.77% *	63.43%

Own children 6 to 17 years	417,149	408,996	427,073	443,912 *
All parents in family in labor force	70.35%	67.77%	67.26%	72.49%

Population 16 to 19 years	138,442	142,736	142,641	144,917
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	6.28%	9.99% *	6.96%	11.50% *
Unemployed or not in the labor force	4.22%	5.74%	5.63%	6.49%

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,171,449	1,172,031	1,143,386 *	1,150,072 *
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	82.13%	82.36%	82.33%	82.34%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	12.30%	11.39%	11.32%	11.63%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	0.48%	0.86% *	0.48%	0.37%
Walked	1.65%	1.79%	1.75%	1.50%
Other means	0.92%	0.94%	1.52% *	1.21%
Worked at home	2.53%	2.65%	2.61%	2.95%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.9	19.9	19.8	19.7

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,201,802	1,199,644	1,169,083 *	1,175,629 *
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	28.45%	30.42%	28.72%	27.12%
Service occupations	15.97%	14.59% *	14.39% *	14.82%
Sales and office occupations	24.59%	25.92%	25.44%	25.23%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1.23%	1.17%	1.59%	1.87%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	11.43%	8.98% *	10.47%	11.03%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18.33%	18.93%	19.39%	19.93% *

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	3.41%	3.14%	3.88%	3.41%
Construction	8.08%	6.29% *	7.37%	7.29%
Manufacturing	16.23%	17.24%	15.82%	18.72% *
Wholesale trade	3.76%	3.25%	3.34%	3.65%
Retail trade	12.48%	13.79%	13.51%	12.40%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5.85%	5.41%	6.61%	6.28%
Information	2.25%	2.24%	2.09%	2.41%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	5.06%	5.09%	5.00%	4.28% *
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	6.03%	5.90%	5.85%	5.39%
Educational, health, and social services	20.32%	21.26%	20.71%	19.30%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	7.27%	7.45%	6.98%	7.18%
Other services (except public administration)	5.07%	5.09%	4.47%	5.60%
Public administration	4.18%	3.85%	4.38%	4.09%

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	76.84%	75.63%	76.57%	77.39%
Government workers	14.99%	15.76%	15.48%	14.14%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	7.91%	8.24%	7.55%	8.06%
Unpaid family workers	0.26%	0.36%	0.39%	0.42%

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2003 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,075,918	1,062,677	1,045,785 *	1,042,563 *
Less than $10,000	11.49%	11.50%	11.93%	12.19%
$10,000 to $14,999	8.36%	7.85%	9.34%	7.84%
$15,000 to $24,999	15.27%	15.82%	15.03%	15.70%
$25,000 to $34,999	15.95%	14.54% *	14.89%	13.90% *
$35,000 to $49,999	16.76%	17.38%	16.40%	18.14% *
$50,000 to $74,999	17.05%	17.69%	18.36%	17.27%
$75,000 to $99,999	7.60%	7.90%	7.34%	8.32%
$100,000 to $149,999	5.37%	5.48%	4.64%	4.16% *
$150,000 to $199,999	1.17%	0.98%	1.13%	1.21%
$200,000 or more	0.99%	0.86%	0.94%	1.28%
Median household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	34,246	35,218	34,094	35,312
Mean household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	45,250	45,450	43,825	45,088

With earnings	76.98%	78.07%	76.51%	77.71%
Mean earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	46,480	45,695	45,129	45,138
With Social Security	32.32%	31.81%	30.98%	31.95%
Mean Social Security income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	11,656	11,694	11,064 *	11,356
With retirement income	17.05%	16.10%	16.91%	15.83%
Mean retirement income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	13,751	14,906	14,575	14,693

With Supplemental Security Income	4.71%	5.28%	4.97%	4.57%
Mean Supplemental Security Income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	5,672	5,924	5,784	5,938
With cash public assistance income	2.11%	2.02%	1.58%	1.78%
Mean cash public assistance income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	2,313	1,831	1,463 *	1,136 *
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	9.97%	9.33%	9.46%	9.81%

Families	737,585	735,996	722,837	738,649
Less than $10,000	7.23%	6.45%	6.21%	7.22%
$10,000 to $14,999	5.44%	5.25%	6.60%	5.41%
$15,000 to $24,999	13.06%	14.00%	13.43%	13.13%
$25,000 to $34,999	15.76%	13.66% *	15.59%	14.14%
$35,000 to $49,999	18.82%	18.91%	18.05%	19.94%
$50,000 to $74,999	20.26%	21.59%	21.67%	21.33%
$75,000 to $99,999	10.00%	10.24%	9.54%	10.22%
$100,000 to $149,999	6.76%	7.43%	6.19%	5.53%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.51%	1.36%	1.53%	1.50%
$200,000 or more	1.16%	1.12%	1.19%	1.59%
Median family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	41,072	42,843 *	41,534	42,168
Mean family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	51,598	53,493	50,950	51,939

Per capita income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	18,556	18,461	17,863	18,159

Nonfamily households	338,333	326,681	322,948	303,914 *
Median nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	19,988	20,748	18,477	19,462
Mean nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	29,927	26,308 *	26,223 *	26,633

Median earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars):	21,298	21,634	20,897	21,021
Male full-time, year-round workers	32,204	34,423 *	32,043	32,341
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,437	23,758	24,786	22,557 *

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	89,040	84,651	85,432	95,814
With related children under 18 years	77.96%	76.82%	75.20%	77.70%
With related children under 5 years only	17.02%	17.03%	15.30%	17.78%

Families with female householder, no husband present	51,127	40,855 *	41,537 *	53,348
With related children under 18 years	90.00%	91.80%	92.34%	89.15%
With related children under 5 years only	19.73%	20.80%	20.37%	21.69%

Individuals	420,661	400,895	402,340	439,300
18 years and over	62.31%	63.63%	64.30%	61.69%
65 years and over	10.98%	9.63%	11.70%	10.90%
Related children under 18 years	37.07%	35.06%	33.85%	37.84%
Related children 5 to 17 years	25.53%	24.19%	24.22%	26.11%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	28.42%	27.97%	30.18%	24.89% *

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	16.0	15.3	15.4	17.0
18 years and over	13.3	13.0	13.4	14.1
65 years and over	12.9	10.9 *	13.3	13.7
Related children under 18 years	23.6	21.4	20.3 *	24.7
Related children under 5 years	26.6	24.2	21.4 *	29.8
Related children 5 to 17 years	22.5	20.3	19.9	23.0
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	27.3	27.0	29.0	28.7

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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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