ACS: 2003 Multiyear Profile for Seattle--Bellevue--Everett, WA PMSA -- 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	1,922,630	1,910,608	1,889,890 *	1,858,691 *
In labor force	70.60%	71.89% *	69.46%	71.20%
Civilian labor force	70.26%	71.51% *	69.06% *	70.76%
Employed	64.12%	65.44%	65.60% *	67.89% *
Unemployed	117,874	115,841	65,398 *	53,330 *
Percent unemployed	8.7	8.5	5.0 *	4.1 *
Armed Forces	0.35%	0.38%	0.41%	0.44%
Not in labor force	29.40%	28.11% *	30.54%	28.80%

Females 16 years and over	975,375	970,570	957,948 *	943,233 *
In labor force	63.85%	65.52% *	61.49% *	64.55%
Civilian labor force	63.75%	65.43%	61.40% *	64.37%
Employed	59.28%	60.35%	58.17%	61.63% *

Own children under 6 years	175,957	177,848	181,455	183,941
All parents in family in labor force	57.03%	62.19%	53.41%	57.96%

Own children 6 to 17 years	366,855	371,040	378,757 *	375,631
All parents in family in labor force	68.37%	67.52%	64.96%	68.85%

Population 16 to 19 years	115,622	111,855	125,961 *	112,645
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	4.88%	5.83%	7.55%	8.61% *
Unemployed or not in the labor force	2.76%	2.62%	2.80%	3.36%

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,210,679	1,219,353	1,209,292	1,231,861
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	70.09%	71.00%	71.23%	70.64%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	11.80%	11.48%	11.07%	11.32%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	7.91%	7.71%	8.39%	8.17%
Walked	3.37%	3.30%	3.63%	2.70%
Other means	2.36%	1.87%	2.05%	2.20%
Worked at home	4.47%	4.63%	3.63% *	4.97%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	26.1	25.8	26.2	27.0

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,232,885	1,250,342	1,239,741	1,261,943 *
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	41.01%	42.06%	42.26%	41.69%
Service occupations	14.22%	13.12%	13.32%	12.03% *
Sales and office occupations	26.41%	25.95%	25.25%	26.82%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0.41%	0.40%	0.25%	0.32%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	8.27%	7.97%	8.11%	8.54%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	9.69%	10.50%	10.80%	10.59%

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	0.40%	0.71%	0.63%	0.67%
Construction	6.97%	6.44%	6.85%	6.72%
Manufacturing	12.98%	13.34%	14.03%	14.26%
Wholesale trade	4.37%	4.06%	4.40%	4.71%
Retail trade	11.95%	10.94%	11.66%	12.13%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	4.29%	5.39% *	5.27% *	4.80%
Information	4.26%	5.38% *	5.24% *	4.82%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	8.15%	7.67%	7.44%	8.13%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	12.82%	10.98% *	11.62%	12.22%
Educational, health, and social services	18.27%	18.42%	16.79%	16.22% *
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	7.95%	8.25%	7.57%	7.36%
Other services (except public administration)	4.36%	4.81%	4.86%	4.45%
Public administration	3.22%	3.61%	3.65%	3.52%

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	78.51%	78.71%	80.54% *	80.03% *
Government workers	13.81%	14.22%	12.66%	12.40% *
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	7.44%	6.87%	6.69%	7.25%
Unpaid family workers	0.24%	0.20%	0.12%	0.32%

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2003 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	991,214	988,644	987,181	957,516 *
Less than $10,000	6.07%	7.08%	6.30%	5.48%
$10,000 to $14,999	3.78%	3.98%	4.43%	4.89% *
$15,000 to $24,999	9.04%	8.75%	8.66%	8.32%
$25,000 to $34,999	10.91%	9.21% *	10.23%	9.89%
$35,000 to $49,999	15.44%	16.32%	15.87%	15.49%
$50,000 to $74,999	21.69%	19.81% *	20.48%	20.94%
$75,000 to $99,999	14.41%	13.89%	14.80%	14.02%
$100,000 to $149,999	12.33%	14.55% *	12.39%	12.66%
$150,000 to $199,999	3.03%	3.39%	3.97% *	3.85% *
$200,000 or more	3.30%	3.03%	2.85%	4.45% *
Median household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	54,685	55,425	55,302	56,285
Mean household income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	69,628	69,452	69,174	75,575 *

With earnings	84.47%	84.28%	84.24%	84.13%
Mean earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	67,759	69,211	68,581	74,524 *
With Social Security	19.45%	20.23%	20.26%	19.07%
Mean Social Security income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	13,913	13,383 *	12,968 *	13,650
With retirement income	15.30%	14.54%	14.07% *	14.95%
Mean retirement income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	18,410	18,394	18,094	16,811

With Supplemental Security Income	2.43%	2.23%	3.02%	2.92%
Mean Supplemental Security Income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	6,478	6,669	7,121	6,575
With cash public assistance income	2.08%	2.44%	2.49%	2.78%
Mean cash public assistance income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	4,280	3,383	3,399	3,091 *
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	4.33%	4.39%	3.50%	3.81%

Families	605,844	610,344	608,992	591,514
Less than $10,000	3.32%	3.72%	3.26%	4.01%
$10,000 to $14,999	2.28%	2.46%	2.25%	3.82% *
$15,000 to $24,999	6.17%	6.01%	5.75%	5.82%
$25,000 to $34,999	8.46%	7.18%	8.38%	8.10%
$35,000 to $49,999	14.24%	13.38%	13.29%	13.51%
$50,000 to $74,999	23.59%	22.61%	22.34%	20.23% *
$75,000 to $99,999	17.38%	16.88%	19.21%	17.29%
$100,000 to $149,999	15.53%	19.37% *	16.34%	16.09%
$150,000 to $199,999	4.71%	4.44%	5.32%	5.26%
$200,000 or more	4.33%	3.96%	3.86%	5.87% *
Median family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	66,809	68,990	69,152	67,262
Mean family income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	81,639	82,038	81,799	87,724 *

Per capita income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	29,709	29,109	28,968	31,047 *

Nonfamily households	385,370	378,300	378,189	366,002
Median nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	36,653	36,580	35,947	40,796 *
Mean nonfamily income (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars)	48,228	47,028	46,312	53,162 *

Median earnings (in 2003 inflation-adjusted dollars):	31,933	32,373	31,821	31,987
Male full-time, year-round workers	50,368	50,571	48,797	46,947 *
Female full-time, year-round workers	36,945	37,187	36,426	36,630

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	32,612	36,155	32,840	45,147 *
With related children under 18 years	74.42%	76.09%	76.41%	79.48%
With related children under 5 years only	19.81%	14.43%	20.13%	21.02%

Families with female householder, no husband present	15,393	20,215	15,723	25,253 *
With related children under 18 years	91.62%	88.56%	90.04%	97.22%
With related children under 5 years only	27.50%	18.81%	30.29%	26.27%

Individuals	192,153	210,066	192,977	221,998
18 years and over	72.31%	71.31%	70.55%	63.93%
65 years and over	8.59%	9.42%	9.89%	5.98% *
Related children under 18 years	25.69%	27.82%	27.90%	34.82% *
Related children 5 to 17 years	17.08%	18.90%	18.82%	21.80%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	44.96%	42.89%	44.01%	32.11% *

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	7.9	8.7	8.1	9.3 *
18 years and over	7.5	8.1	7.5	7.9
65 years and over	6.9	8.4	8.1	5.7
Related children under 18 years	8.9	10.2	9.5	13.4 *
Related children under 5 years	10.9	11.9	11.4	18.9 *
Related children 5 to 17 years	8.2	9.5	8.7	11.5 *
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	15.7	17.2	16.3	13.4

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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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