ACS: 2003 Multiyear Profile for Buffalo--Niagara Falls, NY MSA -- 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	891,569	889,202	881,920 *	885,496 *
In labor force	64.16%	64.02%	64.43%	63.61%
Civilian labor force	64.04%	63.78%	64.37%	63.59%
Employed	58.93%	58.57%	60.03%	60.14%
Unemployed	45,609	46,351	38,326	30,571 *
Percent unemployed	8.0	8.2	6.8	5.4 *
Armed Forces	0.11%	0.23%	0.06%	0.01% *
Not in labor force	35.84%	35.98%	35.57%	36.39%

Females 16 years and over	474,227	469,181	468,034 *	473,963
In labor force	59.07%	58.17%	57.30%	57.40%
Civilian labor force	59.03%	58.13%	57.30%	57.40%
Employed	55.11%	53.72%	53.64%	54.89%

Own children under 6 years	75,496	78,459	80,210	80,481
All parents in family in labor force	65.22%	65.87%	58.53%	66.15%

Own children 6 to 17 years	173,325	178,480	180,110	189,343 *
All parents in family in labor force	74.15%	72.72%	71.04%	68.72%

Population 16 to 19 years	57,674	59,999	55,016	57,575
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	5.98%	3.84%	8.09%	5.96%
Unemployed or not in the labor force	4.31%	1.03% *	2.92%	4.09%

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	509,550	502,986	509,101	514,694
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	82.14%	83.37%	80.42%	82.33%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	8.97%	6.81% *	8.73%	8.79%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	3.68%	4.90%	4.31%	3.22%
Walked	2.67%	2.34%	3.18%	2.62%
Other means	0.38%	0.40%	0.85%	1.20% *
Worked at home	2.16%	2.18%	2.52%	1.83%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.4	20.1	20.1	21.1 *

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	525,372	520,820	529,396	532,547
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	34.62%	32.09% *	32.99%	33.17%
Service occupations	16.46%	15.90%	15.63%	15.96%
Sales and office occupations	29.19%	27.66%	27.72%	28.97%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0.22%	0.25%	0.26%	0.22%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	6.54%	7.48%	7.82%	6.82%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	12.97%	16.63% *	15.57% *	14.86%

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	0.24%	0.46%	0.54%	0.27%
Construction	4.95%	4.60%	4.70%	4.70%
Manufacturing	12.48%	14.70% *	15.68% *	16.29% *
Wholesale trade	4.18%	5.75% *	4.18%	3.56%
Retail trade	11.83%	14.60% *	11.78%	11.89%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	4.93%	4.89%	5.23%	4.88%
Information	3.19%	1.79% *	1.92% *	2.75%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	7.78%	5.41% *	6.69%	6.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	7.03%	8.08%	8.41%	7.63%
Educational, health, and social services	27.54%	24.54% *	24.43% *	25.15% *
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	7.63%	6.46%	6.89%	7.66%
Other services (except public administration)	4.14%	5.40%	4.93%	4.44%
Public administration	4.08%	3.34%	4.63%	3.90%

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	77.26%	79.43%	78.39%	79.08%
Government workers	18.23%	15.80% *	16.25%	15.78% *
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	4.37%	4.55%	5.16%	5.06%
Unpaid family workers	0.14%	0.22%	0.20%	0.07%

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2003 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	474,003	464,327	469,529	467,039
Less than $10,000	9.10%	9.02%	9.32%	9.34%
$10,000 to $14,999	7.91%	7.06%	7.47%	7.30%
$15,000 to $24,999	13.19%	15.12%	13.22%	13.25%
$25,000 to $34,999	11.12%	11.50%	13.73% *	11.85%
$35,000 to $49,999	16.59%	16.69%	15.45%	17.61%
$50,000 to $74,999	20.19%	18.22%	18.78%	18.25%
$75,000 to $99,999	10.86%	12.85% *	11.70%	10.74%
$100,000 to $149,999	7.64%	6.89%	7.18%	9.11% *
$150,000 to $199,999	1.98%	1.81%	1.73%	1.50%
$200,000 or more	1.43%	0.83%	1.43%	1.05%
Median household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	43,065	41,499	40,784	42,066
Mean household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	53,110	51,167	52,595	52,648

With earnings	75.68%	74.92%	74.93%	75.75%
Mean earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	55,920	53,858	55,635	54,658
With Social Security	32.50%	32.97%	31.41%	31.83%
Mean Social Security income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	12,908	12,983	13,273	13,187
With retirement income	22.20%	22.30%	23.46%	22.08%
Mean retirement income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	14,670	13,625	14,452	14,446

With Supplemental Security Income	4.66%	4.35%	4.21%	5.00%
Mean Supplemental Security Income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	7,394	6,757	7,082	7,971
With cash public assistance income	3.09%	3.21%	3.55%	3.58%
Mean cash public assistance income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	3,321	2,721	2,535	3,094
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	8.20%	6.74%	7.71%	8.81%

Families	299,844	292,495	301,451	306,591
Less than $10,000	4.98%	4.29%	5.06%	5.73%
$10,000 to $14,999	3.93%	3.16%	3.91%	4.82%
$15,000 to $24,999	10.24%	10.24%	9.74%	9.60%
$25,000 to $34,999	9.99%	10.52%	12.51% *	10.36%
$35,000 to $49,999	17.21%	18.26%	16.48%	17.46%
$50,000 to $74,999	23.98%	22.04%	22.94%	21.77%
$75,000 to $99,999	14.22%	17.95% *	16.00%	13.93%
$100,000 to $149,999	10.64%	9.81%	8.97%	12.80% *
$150,000 to $199,999	2.85%	2.48%	2.45%	2.13%
$200,000 or more	1.96%	1.24%	1.94%	1.39%
Median family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	53,637	52,930	53,191	51,594
Mean family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	64,138	62,768	62,518	62,089

Per capita income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	22,424	21,286 *	21,973	21,863

Nonfamily households	174,159	171,832	168,078	160,448
Median nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	24,188	21,792 *	23,896	23,525
Mean nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	32,148	30,283	32,445	32,332

Median earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars):	25,665	24,428	25,963	25,341
Male full-time, year-round workers	41,615	41,940	42,248	43,233 *
Female full-time, year-round workers	29,571	28,367	27,774 *	28,865

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	26,077	22,264	23,656	30,272
With related children under 18 years	83.32%	79.35%	78.13%	83.74%
With related children under 5 years only	20.39%	12.83%	16.82%	13.31%

Families with female householder, no husband present	17,291	12,585	16,388	20,855
With related children under 18 years	89.51%	91.16%	89.54%	88.49%
With related children under 5 years only	26.97%	18.27%	17.06%	17.49%

Individuals	126,930	121,125	118,904	132,347
18 years and over	65.89%	62.34%	64.52%	64.60%
65 years and over	8.25%	12.43% *	7.06%	10.94%
Related children under 18 years	32.73%	37.36%	33.41%	34.96%
Related children 5 to 17 years	23.12%	25.04%	21.64%	23.60%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	36.40%	32.88%	36.02%	31.01% *

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	11.3	10.8	10.6	11.7
18 years and over	9.7	8.8	9.0	10.0
65 years and over	6.3	8.9	4.9	8.4
Related children under 18 years	16.2	17.0	14.8	16.6
Related children under 5 years	19.6	22.5	20.4	21.2
Related children 5 to 17 years	15.1	15.1	12.9	15.0
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	20.4	18.6	20.5	20.1

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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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