ACS: 2003 Multiyear Profile for Mississippi -- 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	2,114,034	2,105,124 *	2,072,788 *	2,062,387 *
In labor force	63.78%	63.68%	63.68%	64.84%
Civilian labor force	63.28%	63.20%	63.08%	64.30%
Employed	57.26%	56.97%	57.67%	59.49% *
Unemployed	127,312	131,179	112,162 *	99,271 *
Percent unemployed	9.5	9.9	8.6	7.5 *
Armed Forces	0.51%	0.48%	0.60%	0.53%
Not in labor force	36.22%	36.32%	36.32%	35.16% *

Females 16 years and over	1,115,868	1,113,062	1,102,374 *	1,095,090 *
In labor force	57.12%	57.35%	57.38%	58.56%
Civilian labor force	57.02%	57.23%	57.16%	58.46%
Employed	50.83%	51.40%	51.78%	53.57% *

Own children under 6 years	229,444	234,214	234,064	229,411
All parents in family in labor force	67.33%	69.04%	66.13%	69.72%

Own children 6 to 17 years	467,959	460,887	475,292	476,633
All parents in family in labor force	71.19%	71.56%	73.30%	73.47%

Population 16 to 19 years	154,239	161,223	160,757	164,708 *
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	11.08%	11.87%	15.06% *	15.35% *
Unemployed or not in the labor force	7.70%	6.69%	9.58%	8.03%

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,188,333	1,169,128	1,168,799	1,201,943
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	83.95%	83.63%	82.46%	82.87%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	10.65%	10.98%	11.86%	11.62%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	0.63%	0.53%	0.59%	0.64%
Walked	1.10%	1.10%	1.28%	1.25%
Other means	1.22%	1.71%	1.76%	1.85%
Worked at home	2.45%	2.05%	2.05%	1.77% *
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21.6	21.9	22.0	21.9

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,210,429	1,199,267	1,195,327	1,226,862
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	27.82%	26.96%	28.32%	28.62%
Service occupations	17.15%	16.68%	15.59%	15.14% *
Sales and office occupations	25.73%	25.82%	25.23%	25.72%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1.01%	1.14%	0.79%	0.99%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	10.87%	11.03%	11.08%	10.02%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17.43%	18.37%	18.98%	19.51%

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	2.87%	2.90%	2.97%	2.97%
Construction	7.38%	7.16%	7.72%	6.59%
Manufacturing	14.73%	16.98%	16.51%	17.67%
Wholesale trade	3.41%	3.15%	3.68%	3.83%
Retail trade	12.64%	11.72%	12.04%	12.51%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5.77%	6.14%	5.52%	5.61%
Information	1.41%	1.64%	1.77%	1.89% *
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	4.80%	4.87%	5.07%	4.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	5.35%	5.23%	5.78%	5.37%
Educational, health, and social services	20.86%	21.32%	21.02%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	10.17%	9.11%	8.12%	8.65%
Other services (except public administration)	4.74%	4.36%	4.35%	4.60%
Public administration	5.88%	5.40%	5.47%	5.60%

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	74.29%	74.89%	74.61%	75.49%
Government workers	17.91%	17.73%	18.41%	17.30%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	7.34%	7.08%	6.73%	6.86%
Unpaid family workers	0.46%	0.29%	0.26% *	0.35%

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2003 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,055,591	1,047,324	1,047,668	1,029,348 *
Less than $10,000	14.50%	14.34%	13.84%	13.51%
$10,000 to $14,999	9.34%	8.96%	8.49%	8.48%
$15,000 to $24,999	15.53%	16.32%	15.22%	14.86%
$25,000 to $34,999	13.68%	13.52%	14.44%	13.22%
$35,000 to $49,999	16.53%	16.52%	16.46%	15.60%
$50,000 to $74,999	15.89%	15.88%	16.63%	18.22% *
$75,000 to $99,999	7.38%	8.10%	8.44%	8.57%
$100,000 to $149,999	4.85%	4.20%	4.35%	5.37%
$150,000 to $199,999	0.98%	1.15%	1.04%	1.12%
$200,000 or more	1.31%	1.00%	1.09%	1.05%
Median household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	32,466	32,566	33,456	34,947 *
Mean household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	43,528	43,004	43,557	45,433

With earnings	77.42%	78.47%	77.75%	79.19%
Mean earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	44,744	43,664	44,928	46,430
With Social Security	30.04%	29.86%	29.60%	29.41%
Mean Social Security income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	11,726	11,230 *	11,020 *	10,881 *
With retirement income	16.42%	16.47%	15.41%	15.10% *
Mean retirement income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	13,834	14,584	15,106 *	13,411

With Supplemental Security Income	6.63%	6.67%	6.77%	6.20%
Mean Supplemental Security Income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	5,806	5,853	6,315 *	5,589
With cash public assistance income	2.00%	2.02%	1.71%	1.71%
Mean cash public assistance income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	1,669	1,497	1,683	1,779
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	11.51%	10.94%	10.08%	9.52% *

Families	739,301	756,189	732,485	728,648
Less than $10,000	9.14%	9.27%	7.94% *	8.01% *
$10,000 to $14,999	7.67%	6.95%	7.00%	6.51% *
$15,000 to $24,999	13.88%	15.29%	13.57%	13.16%
$25,000 to $34,999	13.38%	12.66%	13.89%	12.66%
$35,000 to $49,999	17.75%	18.41%	18.13%	17.82%
$50,000 to $74,999	19.27%	19.54%	20.26%	21.40% *
$75,000 to $99,999	9.63%	9.89%	11.02%	10.88%
$100,000 to $149,999	6.25%	5.38%	5.47%	6.76%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.31%	1.41%	1.33%	1.40%
$200,000 or more	1.73%	1.19% *	1.40%	1.40%
Median family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	39,182	39,372	40,983	42,857 *
Mean family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	50,628	49,122	50,533	52,505

Per capita income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	17,215	16,773	17,093	17,438

Nonfamily households	316,290	291,135 *	315,183	300,700
Median nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	18,234	17,507	18,997	18,056
Mean nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	24,960	25,030	25,741	26,307

Median earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars):	20,918	20,471	21,309	20,979
Male full-time, year-round workers	32,117	32,629	32,455	32,929
Female full-time, year-round workers	23,769	23,147	22,642	22,992

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	121,426	122,037	109,416	103,587 *
With related children under 18 years	78.52%	80.33%	78.70%	79.60%
With related children under 5 years only	14.23%	11.15%	13.04%	14.26%

Families with female householder, no husband present	79,870	80,467	71,968	67,741 *
With related children under 18 years	85.57%	87.39%	86.27%	89.44%
With related children under 5 years only	14.48%	12.83%	14.02%	15.71%

Individuals	553,476	549,321	512,761	498,395 *
18 years and over	61.37%	61.01%	61.33%	60.11%
65 years and over	9.74%	10.87% *	11.07% *	11.57% *
Related children under 18 years	38.00%	38.41%	38.17%	38.83%
Related children 5 to 17 years	26.27%	26.82%	27.24%	27.84%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	23.36%	22.37%	24.44%	24.92%

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	19.9	19.9	18.6	18.2 *
18 years and over	16.7	16.6	15.8	15.1 *
65 years and over	16.4	18.4 *	17.5	17.9
Related children under 18 years	28.3	28.6	25.7 *	25.9 *
Related children under 5 years	31.8	31.4	26.8 *	27.9
Related children 5 to 17 years	27.0	27.5	25.2	25.2
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	31.1	31.9	30.8	30.9

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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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