ACS: 2003 Multiyear Profile for West Virginia -- 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	1,426,539	1,415,900 *	1,410,252 *	1,418,528 *
In labor force	55.43%	55.04%	55.44%	55.35%
Civilian labor force	55.32%	54.95%	55.35%	55.29%
Employed	50.66%	51.05%	51.42%	51.68%
Unemployed	66,567	55,229 *	55,495 *	51,111 *
Percent unemployed	8.4	7.1 *	7.1 *	6.5 *
Armed Forces	0.11%	0.09%	0.09%	0.07%
Not in labor force	44.57%	44.96%	44.56%	44.65%

Females 16 years and over	743,023	738,307	734,684 *	737,103 *
In labor force	49.29%	48.13%	48.59%	48.08%
Civilian labor force	49.23%	48.13%	48.56%	48.07%
Employed	45.81%	44.68%	45.54%	45.16%

Own children under 6 years	120,602	112,760 *	111,903 *	111,654 *
All parents in family in labor force	56.09%	53.74%	55.76%	56.39%

Own children 6 to 17 years	240,469	250,939 *	258,272 *	258,534 *
All parents in family in labor force	60.30%	62.87%	60.74%	60.61%

Population 16 to 19 years	88,256	84,358	88,408	90,866
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	9.81%	7.55%	8.64%	8.15%
Unemployed or not in the labor force	6.64%	5.95%	6.62%	6.32%

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	701,714	702,088	702,174	706,699
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	83.13%	84.11%	81.24% *	79.73% *
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	10.36%	9.21%	10.14%	12.93% *
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1.10%	1.00%	1.67%	0.86%
Walked	2.20%	2.20%	2.98% *	2.72%
Other means	1.08%	1.07%	1.43%	1.12%
Worked at home	2.13%	2.41%	2.55%	2.65%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.7	25.9	26.2 *	25.5

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	722,639	722,854	725,082	733,157
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	28.64%	29.04%	29.08%	28.72%
Service occupations	17.79%	16.56%	17.54%	16.62%
Sales and office occupations	27.72%	25.67%	24.44% *	25.38% *
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0.53%	0.68%	0.47%	0.76%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	12.57%	13.02%	12.89%	12.57%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	12.76%	15.04% *	15.57% *	15.94% *

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	3.65%	4.38%	3.62%	3.58%
Construction	8.10%	7.92%	8.05%	8.23%
Manufacturing	8.80%	10.58% *	10.53% *	11.46% *
Wholesale trade	3.39%	2.76%	3.05%	3.71%
Retail trade	12.33%	12.34%	12.34%	13.22%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5.86%	6.71%	6.61%	5.89%
Information	1.89%	1.32% *	2.34%	2.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	4.64%	4.90%	4.08%	3.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	8.01%	6.55% *	7.32%	7.63%
Educational, health, and social services	24.20%	23.82%	23.87%	22.36% *
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	8.59%	7.99%	7.63%	7.67%
Other services (except public administration)	4.45%	4.31%	5.09%	4.73%
Public administration	6.10%	6.44%	5.48%	5.63%

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	75.15%	74.47%	75.00%	76.47%
Government workers	18.22%	19.04%	18.42%	17.25%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	6.32%	6.25%	6.12%	5.98%
Unpaid family workers	0.30%	0.24%	0.46%	0.30%

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2003 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	731,690	719,655	718,360	719,999
Less than $10,000	14.88%	13.18% *	13.57%	12.83% *
$10,000 to $14,999	10.29%	10.20%	10.20%	9.91%
$15,000 to $24,999	16.64%	18.00% *	17.34%	17.66%
$25,000 to $34,999	13.36%	12.53%	14.87% *	15.64% *
$35,000 to $49,999	15.56%	15.63%	15.50%	15.49%
$50,000 to $74,999	15.08%	17.54% *	16.20%	16.53%
$75,000 to $99,999	8.41%	6.98%	6.61% *	6.94%
$100,000 to $149,999	4.24%	4.43%	3.95%	3.64%
$150,000 to $199,999	0.94%	0.85%	0.70%	0.59%
$200,000 or more	0.59%	0.67%	1.07% *	0.78%
Median household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	31,008	31,626	30,548	31,102
Mean household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	40,628	41,084	40,932	40,699

With earnings	69.70%	69.14%	69.68%	71.00%
Mean earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	43,754	44,401	43,986	43,175
With Social Security	35.07%	36.22%	34.39%	33.78% *
Mean Social Security income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	12,283	12,144	12,243	11,941
With retirement income	22.73%	23.84%	23.67%	22.73%
Mean retirement income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	12,552	12,779	11,917	11,971

With Supplemental Security Income	6.30%	7.22%	6.66%	6.03%
Mean Supplemental Security Income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	6,182	6,169	5,980	6,843 *
With cash public assistance income	3.06%	2.41%	2.71%	2.61%
Mean cash public assistance income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	2,588	3,659 *	2,948	2,325
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	12.75%	11.33% *	11.11% *	10.94% *

Families	490,343	478,219	487,184	491,332
Less than $10,000	9.22%	6.95% *	8.55%	8.56%
$10,000 to $14,999	7.63%	6.89%	6.63%	6.82%
$15,000 to $24,999	13.91%	15.78% *	15.02%	15.84% *
$25,000 to $34,999	14.02%	13.94%	15.06%	15.89% *
$35,000 to $49,999	17.21%	18.17%	18.01%	17.30%
$50,000 to $74,999	19.05%	21.76% *	20.46%	20.45%
$75,000 to $99,999	11.35%	8.93% *	8.88% *	8.83% *
$100,000 to $149,999	5.44%	5.54%	5.10%	4.53%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.34%	1.16%	0.97%	0.76% *
$200,000 or more	0.84%	0.89%	1.32%	1.03%
Median family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	38,568	39,545	38,876	37,375
Mean family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	48,111	48,110	48,215	46,903

Per capita income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	17,325	17,822	17,455	17,129

Nonfamily households	241,347	241,436	231,176	228,667
Median nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	17,344	17,714	17,595	18,487
Mean nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	23,872	25,671	24,222	25,797

Median earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars):	20,974	21,709	20,723	20,387
Male full-time, year-round workers	34,951	35,085	33,973	33,331
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,532	23,635	22,936	22,451 *

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	75,772	63,123 *	69,592	72,434
With related children under 18 years	72.73%	77.02%	65.88% *	74.57%
With related children under 5 years only	17.67%	13.94%	15.15%	14.38%

Families with female householder, no husband present	37,223	29,354 *	31,564	29,227 *
With related children under 18 years	86.52%	87.57%	80.60%	87.56%
With related children under 5 years only	24.31%	20.93%	20.96%	18.89%

Individuals	326,320	301,567	300,187	326,822
18 years and over	70.03%	68.31%	70.07%	68.63%
65 years and over	10.29%	9.22%	10.00%	10.08%
Related children under 18 years	29.65%	31.10%	28.75%	30.39%
Related children 5 to 17 years	21.26%	21.89%	20.94%	21.88%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	30.61%	32.29%	29.39%	28.96%

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	18.5	17.2	17.2	18.6
18 years and over	16.6	15.0 *	15.4	16.4
65 years and over	12.7	10.5 *	11.5	12.5
Related children under 18 years	25.3	24.7	22.6	25.7
Related children under 5 years	26.9	28.6	23.9	29.1
Related children 5 to 17 years	24.8	23.4	22.1	24.6
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	31.8	30.4	30.7	31.1

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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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