ACS: 2003 Multiyear Profile for Middlesex--Somerset--Hunterdon, NJ PMSA -- Table 3

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Middlesex--Somerset--Hunterdon, NJ PMSA

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TABLE 3. SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	2003 Estimate	2002 Estimate	2001 Estimate	2000 Estimate
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	925,054	914,848 *	917,739 *	887,371 *
In labor force	68.78%	67.45%	68.69%	69.36%
Civilian labor force	68.74%	67.43%	68.65%	69.36%
Employed	63.37%	63.75%	64.73%	66.79% *
Unemployed	49,693	33,651 *	35,930 *	22,801 *
Percent unemployed	7.8	5.5 *	5.7 *	3.7 *
Armed Forces	0.04%	0.02%	0.04%	0.00%
Not in labor force	31.22%	32.55%	31.31%	30.64%

Females 16 years and over	476,730	472,428	475,240	456,755 *
In labor force	59.55%	60.13%	60.88%	61.01%
Civilian labor force	59.52%	60.13%	60.88%	61.01%
Employed	54.14%	56.79%	57.19% *	58.83% *

Own children under 6 years	98,204	95,497	86,578 *	98,764
All parents in family in labor force	57.34%	57.08%	63.97%	56.97%

Own children 6 to 17 years	190,885	191,974	170,286 *	176,701 *
All parents in family in labor force	67.09%	66.78%	69.01%	68.92%

Population 16 to 19 years	55,523	53,485	51,128	52,144
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	2.07%	1.60%	5.31%	10.10% *
Unemployed or not in the labor force	1.37%	1.22%	4.44%	4.22%

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	567,656	562,998	579,379	579,549
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	77.85%	78.23%	78.82%	76.68%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	8.59%	8.85%	7.92%	9.27%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	8.22%	7.51%	8.12%	8.55%
Walked	1.61%	2.03%	1.54%	2.18%
Other means	0.70%	0.99%	1.01%	0.80%
Worked at home	3.04%	2.39%	2.58%	2.52%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	30.9	30.5	31.4	30.1

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	586,188	583,203	594,076	592,679
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	45.20%	44.04%	44.87%	45.55%
Service occupations	11.23%	9.79%	9.87%	8.46% *
Sales and office occupations	26.91%	29.01%	26.34%	28.80%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	6.36%	6.60%	7.24%	6.44%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	10.26%	10.52%	11.64%	10.72%

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	0.09%	0.48% *	0.14%	0.42% *
Construction	4.44%	5.23%	4.92%	4.74%
Manufacturing	13.34%	15.17%	14.48%	15.56%
Wholesale trade	5.19%	5.19%	5.39%	4.97%
Retail trade	11.07%	10.87%	9.88%	10.32%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5.91%	5.47%	5.31%	5.66%
Information	4.69%	5.04%	5.68%	5.09%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	9.94%	10.18%	10.11%	9.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	14.18%	12.88%	14.50%	12.89%
Educational, health, and social services	18.66%	18.71%	16.79%	16.61% *
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	5.23%	3.81% *	4.59%	6.17%
Other services (except public administration)	3.80%	3.42%	4.27%	3.38%
Public administration	3.45%	3.57%	3.94%	4.40%

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	81.87%	82.17%	82.10%	80.67%
Government workers	13.83%	13.39%	13.42%	13.74%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	4.23%	4.20%	4.23%	5.38%
Unpaid family workers	0.08%	0.24%	0.25%	0.21%

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2003 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	431,500	418,034 *	425,022 *	411,574 *
Less than $10,000	3.73%	3.64%	5.81% *	3.93%
$10,000 to $14,999	3.17%	3.15%	3.27%	2.71%
$15,000 to $24,999	7.79%	6.14%	5.16% *	7.06%
$25,000 to $34,999	7.83%	7.25%	7.63%	6.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	11.70%	13.06%	12.27%	11.24%
$50,000 to $74,999	18.59%	19.16%	18.44%	19.00%
$75,000 to $99,999	15.29%	13.65%	17.03%	16.70%
$100,000 to $149,999	18.56%	21.04%	17.97%	18.33%
$150,000 to $199,999	7.37%	7.14%	6.79%	8.32%
$200,000 or more	5.97%	5.77%	5.61%	5.91%
Median household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	70,656	71,811	71,731	73,832
Mean household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	85,818	89,524	87,723	88,438

With earnings	83.71%	85.51%	84.63%	85.54% *
Mean earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	89,041	92,060	90,950	90,220
With Social Security	23.80%	24.76%	24.23%	23.95%
Mean Social Security income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	14,384	14,106	14,038	14,415
With retirement income	17.04%	17.05%	16.06%	16.32%
Mean retirement income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	19,853	17,565	17,000 *	16,367 *

With Supplemental Security Income	2.06%	2.08%	2.00%	1.02% *
Mean Supplemental Security Income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	7,632	8,626	6,759	6,618
With cash public assistance income	1.11%	0.79%	1.02%	0.99%
Mean cash public assistance income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	3,923	3,699	2,994	3,603
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	1.00%	1.63%	2.53% *	1.29%

Families	317,323	299,170 *	307,247	292,931 *
Less than $10,000	2.16%	1.47%	3.30%	1.92%
$10,000 to $14,999	1.24%	2.00%	1.95%	1.24%
$15,000 to $24,999	5.10%	3.15% *	3.38% *	5.21%
$25,000 to $34,999	7.04%	5.88%	6.56%	5.03% *
$35,000 to $49,999	10.53%	10.79%	9.96%	8.61%
$50,000 to $74,999	19.54%	19.04%	18.44%	20.14%
$75,000 to $99,999	16.28%	15.67%	18.86%	17.94%
$100,000 to $149,999	21.95%	25.49% *	21.80%	21.52%
$150,000 to $199,999	9.18%	8.80%	8.13%	10.43%
$200,000 or more	6.97%	7.71%	7.63%	7.97%
Median family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	81,536	86,659 *	83,333	86,580 *
Mean family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	95,425	103,690 *	101,354 *	101,677 *

Per capita income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	32,016	33,131	33,841 *	32,740

Nonfamily households	114,177	118,864	117,775	118,643
Median nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	41,626	40,164	40,097	42,974
Mean nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	57,065	51,080	50,233 *	53,357

Median earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars):	39,094	40,361	39,366	38,695
Male full-time, year-round workers	56,991	59,606	57,690	55,329
Female full-time, year-round workers	40,465	42,438	41,109	41,599

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	11,435	9,861	16,670	9,805
With related children under 18 years	67.27%	61.90%	71.70%	68.77%
With related children under 5 years only	7.21%	9.64%	13.69%	23.71%

Families with female householder, no husband present	3,736	4,813	8,102 *	2,760
With related children under 18 years	85.97%	60.30%	91.66%	80.00%
With related children under 5 years only	22.08%	9.16%	2.36%	7.90%

Individuals	56,943	57,365	74,070	59,537
18 years and over	75.43%	74.67%	73.19%	77.38%
65 years and over	15.52%	14.44%	15.30%	12.72%
Related children under 18 years	24.07%	24.32%	25.54%	22.17%
Related children 5 to 17 years	16.48%	17.92%	17.28%	14.06%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	37.65%	35.44%	34.53%	43.84%

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	4.8	4.9	6.4	5.2
18 years and over	4.8	4.8	6.1	5.4
65 years and over	6.6	6.1	8.5	5.7
Related children under 18 years	4.7	4.8	7.2	4.7
Related children under 5 years	5.5	4.4	8.5	6.0
Related children 5 to 17 years	4.4	4.9	6.7	4.2
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	13.9	12.5	15.8	15.3

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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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