ACS: 2003 Multiyear Profile for Louisiana -- 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	3,322,185	3,306,340 *	3,253,032 *	3,272,652 *
In labor force	62.09%	63.05%	62.72%	61.64%
Civilian labor force	61.65%	62.51%	62.15%	61.09%
Employed	56.42%	57.39%	57.11%	56.62%
Unemployed	173,829	169,302	163,997	146,198 *
Percent unemployed	8.5	8.2	8.1	7.3 *
Armed Forces	0.44%	0.54%	0.57%	0.56%
Not in labor force	37.91%	36.95%	37.28%	38.36%

Females 16 years and over	1,755,121	1,754,040	1,721,999 *	1,732,946 *
In labor force	55.01%	56.87% *	56.10%	54.60%
Civilian labor force	54.88%	56.72% *	55.91%	54.42%
Employed	49.85%	51.62% *	50.86%	50.17%

Own children under 6 years	361,497	358,284	368,684	358,368
All parents in family in labor force	62.92%	65.94%	62.83%	60.02%

Own children 6 to 17 years	720,518	726,803	749,565 *	754,771 *
All parents in family in labor force	68.09%	71.82% *	68.91%	66.40%

Population 16 to 19 years	248,462	260,707	273,572 *	272,954 *
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	11.62%	11.95%	10.91%	10.78%
Unemployed or not in the labor force	9.19%	8.47%	6.84%	6.87%

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,833,545	1,850,166	1,817,141	1,818,639
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	82.30%	80.82% *	80.04% *	80.08% *
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	10.84%	11.63%	12.09% *	11.24%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1.94%	2.03%	2.60% *	2.57% *
Walked	1.40%	2.15% *	1.55%	1.86% *
Other means	1.33%	1.39%	1.61%	2.21% *
Worked at home	2.19%	1.99%	2.11%	2.04%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.3	23.1	22.9	23.8

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,874,355	1,897,404	1,857,921	1,852,986
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	32.09%	29.96% *	29.70% *	29.37% *
Service occupations	17.41%	17.70%	17.05%	16.61%
Sales and office occupations	25.98%	26.28%	27.32%	26.98%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0.89%	0.91%	0.77%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	11.13%	11.71%	11.08%	12.26% *
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	12.50%	13.44%	14.08% *	14.04% *

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	4.13%	3.85%	3.77%	4.42%
Construction	7.65%	7.30%	7.67%	7.17%
Manufacturing	8.57%	9.75%	9.49%	9.90% *
Wholesale trade	3.58%	3.30%	3.71%	3.21%
Retail trade	11.27%	11.40%	12.35% *	12.06%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5.78%	5.33%	5.66%	5.56%
Information	1.56%	2.02%	2.09% *	2.10% *
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	5.76%	5.65%	5.36%	5.90%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	8.81%	7.43% *	7.25% *	7.65% *
Educational, health, and social services	22.19%	23.45%	22.06%	21.98%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	9.54%	9.30%	9.16%	8.91%
Other services (except public administration)	4.67%	4.54%	5.44% *	5.27%
Public administration	6.49%	6.68%	5.97%	5.85%

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	73.53%	73.96%	74.74%	75.17%
Government workers	18.90%	18.89%	18.58%	17.63%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	7.40%	6.80%	6.30% *	6.89%
Unpaid family workers	0.18%	0.34% *	0.38% *	0.31%

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2003 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,672,717	1,664,877	1,666,703	1,655,611
Less than $10,000	14.77%	12.70% *	14.40%	14.76%
$10,000 to $14,999	9.21%	9.34%	8.91%	9.04%
$15,000 to $24,999	15.50%	16.06%	13.96% *	15.40%
$25,000 to $34,999	11.27%	13.00% *	12.99% *	13.24% *
$35,000 to $49,999	14.86%	15.38%	16.02% *	14.85%
$50,000 to $74,999	16.56%	17.09%	17.12%	15.47%
$75,000 to $99,999	9.04%	8.34%	8.28%	8.55%
$100,000 to $149,999	6.01%	5.55%	5.82%	5.78%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.50%	1.25%	1.38%	1.45%
$200,000 or more	1.28%	1.30%	1.13%	1.46%
Median household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	34,141	34,092	34,763	32,981
Mean household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	45,624	46,174	45,686	46,461

With earnings	77.33%	78.59%	78.27%	79.15% *
Mean earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	48,288	47,506	47,229	47,289
With Social Security	27.06%	26.98%	25.52% *	26.14% *
Mean Social Security income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	11,139	11,174	11,166	11,032
With retirement income	15.38%	15.75%	15.14%	14.49%
Mean retirement income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	15,710	15,303	16,299	14,687

With Supplemental Security Income	5.27%	5.73%	5.76%	5.79%
Mean Supplemental Security Income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	6,228	5,806	6,152	6,266
With cash public assistance income	1.81%	1.49%	2.00%	1.84%
Mean cash public assistance income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	2,706	2,313	2,374	2,125
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	12.31%	10.34% *	9.65% *	10.06% *

Families	1,151,615	1,145,934	1,136,286	1,138,023
Less than $10,000	10.02%	8.40% *	9.37%	8.55% *
$10,000 to $14,999	7.16%	7.64%	6.45%	7.53%
$15,000 to $24,999	13.42%	13.63%	13.06%	13.67%
$25,000 to $34,999	10.94%	12.39% *	12.37% *	13.21% *
$35,000 to $49,999	16.16%	16.13%	16.79%	16.67%
$50,000 to $74,999	19.62%	20.70%	20.36%	18.14% *
$75,000 to $99,999	11.21%	10.69%	10.69%	10.88%
$100,000 to $149,999	7.81%	7.24%	7.71%	7.58%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.99%	1.61%	1.83%	1.87%
$200,000 or more	1.67%	1.58%	1.36%	1.89%
Median family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	41,831	41,696	42,296	41,095
Mean family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	53,260	53,387	53,019	54,446

Per capita income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	18,388	18,529	18,049	18,321

Nonfamily households	521,102	518,943	530,417	517,588
Median nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	18,838	20,774 *	19,396	18,232
Mean nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	26,915	28,122	28,490	26,808

Median earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars):	22,457	22,243	21,473 *	20,993 *
Male full-time, year-round workers	38,422	36,206 *	35,801 *	35,487 *
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,767	23,870	23,312 *	22,772 *

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	191,391	184,320	172,683 *	181,526
With related children under 18 years	80.40%	81.37%	79.73%	79.08%
With related children under 5 years only	17.68%	14.90%	14.11%	15.27%

Families with female householder, no husband present	124,320	122,739	116,505	115,705
With related children under 18 years	87.72%	89.66%	89.59%	89.51%
With related children under 5 years only	19.17%	16.63%	14.62% *	16.31%

Individuals	882,244	815,155	819,896	862,215
18 years and over	61.04%	60.87%	60.11%	62.21%
65 years and over	8.26%	8.55%	9.06%	9.48% *
Related children under 18 years	38.56%	38.61%	38.96%	36.51%
Related children 5 to 17 years	26.41%	27.09%	27.21%	25.54%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	24.83%	22.56% *	26.34%	27.70% *

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	20.3	18.8	19.1	20.0
18 years and over	16.9	15.6	15.9	17.2
65 years and over	14.8	14.2	15.4	16.9
Related children under 18 years	29.7	27.2	26.8	26.7 *
Related children under 5 years	33.7	29.7	30.6	30.7
Related children 5 to 17 years	28.1	26.3	25.4	25.3
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	31.6	27.3 *	30.9	34.0

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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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