ACS: 2000 ACS Tabular Profile for Fort Bend County -- Table 3

2000 American Community Survey Profile Fort Bend County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	248,948	247,484	250,412
In labor force	182,029	177,714	186,344
Civilian labor force	181,902	177,526	186,278
Employed	174,091	169,431	178,751
Unemployed	7,811	6,192	9,430
Percent unemployed	4.3	3.5	5.1
Armed Forces	127	0	348
Not in labor force	66,919	62,256	71,582

Females 16 years and over	127,874	126,798	128,950
In labor force	81,563	77,950	85,177
Civilian labor force	81,563	77,950	85,177
Employed	78,502	74,839	82,165

Own children under 6 years	31,090	29,409	32,771
All parents in family in labor force	19,848	17,366	22,330

Own children 6 to 17 years	75,968	72,734	79,202
All parents in family in labor force	51,888	46,895	56,881

Population 16 to 19 years	23,060	21,156	24,964
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	2,281	1,078	3,484
Unemployed or not in the labor force	964	78	1,850

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	171,295	166,411	176,179
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	142,627	136,692	148,562
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	19,094	15,080	23,108
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1,787	927	2,647
Walked	891	302	1,480
Other means	1,293	542	2,044
Worked at home	5,603	4,062	7,144
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	30.3	29.1	31.5

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	174,091	169,431	178,751
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	75,612	70,540	80,684
Service occupations	19,790	16,650	22,930
Sales and office occupations	47,781	43,470	52,092
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,021	277	1,765
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	14,194	11,034	17,354
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,693	12,603	18,783

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	7,321	4,797	9,846
Construction	11,390	8,275	14,505
Manufacturing	21,512	18,159	24,865
Wholesale trade	8,575	6,328	10,822
Retail trade	22,173	18,734	25,612
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	7,305	5,708	8,902
Information	4,548	3,216	5,880
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	10,444	8,561	12,327
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	20,332	16,781	23,883
Educational, health, and social services	36,577	32,403	40,752
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	10,000	7,198	12,802
Other services (except public administration)	6,889	5,064	8,714
Public administration	7,025	5,129	8,921

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	133,874	127,827	139,921
Government workers	26,547	22,962	30,132
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	13,551	10,914	16,188
Unpaid family workers	119	0	264

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	110,607	108,954	112,260
Less than $10,000	3,774	2,335	5,213
$10,000 to $14,999	3,962	2,241	5,683
$15,000 to $24,999	9,204	7,013	11,395
$25,000 to $34,999	10,347	8,352	12,342
$35,000 to $49,999	16,482	13,910	19,054
$50,000 to $74,999	23,263	19,948	26,578
$75,000 to $99,999	17,992	15,583	20,401
$100,000 to $149,999	16,238	13,539	18,937
$150,000 to $199,999	4,751	3,654	5,848
$200,000 or more	4,594	3,409	5,779
Median household income (dollars)	62,660	59,484	65,836
Mean household income (dollars)	75,301	71,410	79,192

With earnings	101,814	99,710	103,918
Mean earnings (dollars)	73,575	69,830	77,321
With Social Security	14,143	12,580	15,706
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,517	10,370	12,664
With retirement income	11,537	9,823	13,251
Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,499	14,849	20,149

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	10,592	8,422	12,762
With Supplemental Security Income	1,579	810	2,348
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,585	3,559	7,611
With cash public assistance income	889	354	1,424
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,240	978	3,502
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	1,468	783	2,153
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	7,716	5,729	9,703

Families	87,948	84,726	91,170
Less than $10,000	2,830	1,432	4,228
$10,000 to $14,999	2,552	1,008	4,096
$15,000 to $24,999	5,812	4,004	7,620
$25,000 to $34,999	6,934	5,150	8,718
$35,000 to $49,999	10,599	8,505	12,693
$50,000 to $74,999	19,593	16,224	22,962
$75,000 to $99,999	15,701	13,358	18,044
$100,000 to $149,999	14,718	12,073	17,363
$150,000 to $199,999	4,615	3,523	5,707
$200,000 or more	4,594	3,409	5,779
Median family income (dollars)	68,976	65,009	72,943
Mean family income (dollars)	82,841	77,975	87,707

Per capita income (dollars)	25,274	24,010	26,538

Nonfamily households	22,659	19,681	25,637
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	36,464	31,753	41,175
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	43,091	38,577	47,605

Median earnings (dollars):	30,943	29,677	32,209
Male full-time, year-round workers	47,707	44,141	51,273
Female full-time, year-round workers	32,106	30,433	33,779

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	5,458	3,574	7,342
With related children under 18 years	4,433	2,620	6,246
With related children under 5 years only	904	100	1,708

Families with female householder, no husband present	3,118	1,508	4,728
With related children under 18 years	2,543	1,088	3,998
With related children under 5 years only	616	0	1,388

Individuals	28,419	20,189	36,649
18 years and over	14,162	10,487	17,837
65 years and over	2,547	1,569	3,525
Related children under 18 years	13,250	8,148	18,352
Related children 5 to 17 years	8,995	4,857	13,133
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	4,273	3,019	5,527

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	8.2	5.9	10.5
18 years and over	6.0	4.5	7.5
65 years and over	13.9	8.8	19.0
Related children under 18 years	11.9	7.3	16.5
Related children under 5 years	15.7	8.3	23.1
Related children 5 to 17 years	10.7	5.8	15.7
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	14.3	10.3	18.3

The 2000 American Community Survey 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 degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

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.

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.

Free or reduced price school meal benefits figures only include households with children under 18 years.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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