ACS: 2000 ACS Tabular Profile for Harris County -- Table 3

2000 American Community Survey Profile Harris County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	2,481,700	2,477,488	2,485,912
In labor force	1,734,023	1,718,987	1,749,059
Civilian labor force	1,731,879	1,716,762	1,746,996
Employed	1,643,534	1,627,961	1,659,107
Unemployed	88,345	81,230	95,460
Percent unemployed	5.1	4.8	5.4
Armed Forces	2,144	1,002	3,286
Not in labor force	747,677	733,487	761,867

Females 16 years and over	1,260,696	1,257,574	1,263,818
In labor force	763,198	751,145	775,251
Civilian labor force	762,862	750,850	774,874
Employed	718,772	707,306	730,238

Own children under 6 years	320,505	314,194	326,816
All parents in family in labor force	175,660	165,953	185,367

Own children 6 to 17 years	591,004	582,457	599,551
All parents in family in labor force	383,370	369,769	396,971

Population 16 to 19 years	200,925	196,701	205,149
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	30,380	25,854	34,906
Unemployed or not in the labor force	15,130	12,084	18,176

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,607,142	1,591,447	1,622,837
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,236,052	1,218,654	1,253,450
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	207,661	194,997	220,325
Public transportation (including taxicab)	65,882	58,292	73,472
Walked	31,058	26,385	35,731
Other means	18,614	14,334	22,894
Worked at home	47,875	42,676	53,074
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	26.3	26.0	26.6

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,643,534	1,627,961	1,659,107
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	533,406	517,932	548,880
Service occupations	241,725	230,492	252,958
Sales and office occupations	446,409	430,835	461,983
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	3,179	1,664	4,694
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	195,106	184,718	205,494
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	223,709	210,166	237,252

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	34,496	30,483	38,509
Construction	165,257	154,814	175,700
Manufacturing	198,740	186,053	211,427
Wholesale trade	77,043	69,557	84,529
Retail trade	178,939	167,496	190,382
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	106,724	99,179	114,269
Information	36,395	32,046	40,744
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	108,626	101,095	116,157
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	194,795	183,552	206,038
Educational, health, and social services	269,917	256,473	283,361
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	126,161	114,854	137,468
Other services (except public administration)	101,758	92,310	111,206
Public administration	44,683	39,941	49,425

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,359,067	1,341,688	1,376,446
Government workers	170,939	161,414	180,464
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	109,642	101,240	118,044
Unpaid family workers	3,886	2,360	5,412

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,185,671	1,177,182	1,194,160
Less than $10,000	86,591	80,395	92,787
$10,000 to $14,999	69,342	63,357	75,327
$15,000 to $24,999	166,991	157,083	176,899
$25,000 to $34,999	172,189	161,911	182,467
$35,000 to $49,999	204,262	193,925	214,599
$50,000 to $74,999	212,235	201,583	222,887
$75,000 to $99,999	116,400	109,561	123,239
$100,000 to $149,999	97,701	91,535	103,867
$150,000 to $199,999	31,311	27,882	34,740
$200,000 or more	28,649	25,755	31,543
Median household income (dollars)	41,177	40,357	41,997
Mean household income (dollars)	57,422	56,237	58,607

With earnings	1,050,980	1,042,128	1,059,832
Mean earnings (dollars)	56,253	55,113	57,393
With Social Security	201,543	194,804	208,282
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,353	11,092	11,614
With retirement income	111,749	105,730	117,768
Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,713	15,149	18,277

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	209,089	198,963	219,215
With Supplemental Security Income	27,889	24,302	31,476
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,659	5,296	6,022
With cash public assistance income	15,970	13,330	18,610
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,460	2,062	2,858
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	50,755	45,605	55,905
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	141,686	133,614	149,758

Families	814,300	800,948	827,652
Less than $10,000	43,954	38,682	49,226
$10,000 to $14,999	37,593	32,374	42,812
$15,000 to $24,999	106,893	98,688	115,098
$25,000 to $34,999	113,001	103,814	122,188
$35,000 to $49,999	133,088	124,133	142,043
$50,000 to $74,999	155,266	145,023	165,509
$75,000 to $99,999	91,525	85,032	98,018
$100,000 to $149,999	81,348	75,626	87,070
$150,000 to $199,999	27,202	24,072	30,332
$200,000 or more	24,430	21,716	27,144
Median family income (dollars)	46,854	45,531	48,177
Mean family income (dollars)	63,735	62,192	65,278

Per capita income (dollars)	21,270	20,871	21,669

Nonfamily households	371,371	359,136	383,606
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	31,148	30,363	31,933
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	40,722	38,976	42,468

Median earnings (dollars):	24,101	23,497	24,705
Male full-time, year-round workers	33,965	32,764	35,166
Female full-time, year-round workers	27,433	26,687	28,179

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	86,389	79,282	93,496
With related children under 18 years	70,379	64,286	76,472
With related children under 5 years only	13,038	10,149	15,927

Families with female householder, no husband present	41,627	36,496	46,759
With related children under 18 years	36,324	31,816	40,832
With related children under 5 years only	7,488	5,317	9,659

Individuals	427,590	398,111	457,069
18 years and over	256,902	239,935	273,869
65 years and over	20,135	17,183	23,087
Related children under 18 years	166,825	151,767	181,883
Related children 5 to 17 years	111,854	100,165	123,543
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	95,373	86,544	104,202

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	12.8	12.0	13.6
18 years and over	10.8	10.1	11.5
65 years and over	8.3	7.0	9.6
Related children under 18 years	17.4	15.8	19.1
Related children under 5 years	19.8	17.3	22.3
Related children 5 to 17 years	16.4	14.8	18.1
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	17.8	16.5	19.1

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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