ACS: 2000 ACS Tabular Profile for Houston city, Harris County pt. -- Table 3

2000 American Community Survey Profile Houston city, Harris County pt.

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	1,422,889	1,402,196	1,443,582
In labor force	978,141	960,938	995,344
Civilian labor force	976,971	959,938	994,004
Employed	923,134	905,799	940,469
Unemployed	53,837	48,105	59,569
Percent unemployed	5.5	4.8	6.2
Armed Forces	1,170	206	2,134
Not in labor force	444,748	432,330	457,166

Females 16 years and over	722,444	710,226	734,662
In labor force	432,156	420,662	443,650
Civilian labor force	432,076	420,567	443,585
Employed	405,710	394,434	416,986

Own children under 6 years	173,905	165,794	182,016
All parents in family in labor force	95,987	87,211	104,763

Own children 6 to 17 years	292,259	276,026	308,492
All parents in family in labor force	192,780	180,601	204,959

Population 16 to 19 years	110,444	103,824	117,064
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	22,978	18,429	27,527
Unemployed or not in the labor force	11,529	8,468	14,590

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	903,011	885,453	920,569
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	657,142	640,119	674,165
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	132,846	122,072	143,621
Public transportation (including taxicab)	53,934	47,012	60,856
Walked	24,150	19,853	28,447
Other means	10,800	7,980	13,620
Worked at home	24,139	20,527	27,751
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.7	25.2	26.2

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	923,134	905,799	940,469
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	278,870	268,130	289,610
Service occupations	152,573	141,954	163,192
Sales and office occupations	239,207	227,428	250,986
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,382	1,052	3,712
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	118,771	108,906	128,636
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	131,331	120,822	141,840

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	17,724	14,706	20,742
Construction	98,852	89,140	108,564
Manufacturing	98,336	88,872	107,800
Wholesale trade	41,811	35,899	47,723
Retail trade	99,254	90,601	107,907
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	51,823	46,008	57,638
Information	19,133	15,655	22,611
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	64,089	57,840	70,338
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	111,889	103,091	120,687
Educational, health, and social services	158,778	148,934	168,622
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	79,237	69,520	88,954
Other services (except public administration)	59,327	52,072	66,582
Public administration	22,881	19,206	26,556

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	761,202	742,692	779,712
Government workers	96,620	88,647	104,593
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	63,798	56,870	70,726
Unpaid family workers	1,514	719	2,309

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	700,770	689,656	711,884
Less than $10,000	64,711	59,553	69,869
$10,000 to $14,999	48,923	43,179	54,667
$15,000 to $24,999	115,157	106,805	123,509
$25,000 to $34,999	110,505	101,686	119,324
$35,000 to $49,999	124,387	114,794	133,980
$50,000 to $74,999	112,308	105,363	119,253
$75,000 to $99,999	51,946	47,380	56,512
$100,000 to $149,999	43,576	39,631	47,521
$150,000 to $199,999	13,850	11,548	16,152
$200,000 or more	15,407	13,331	17,483
Median household income (dollars)	35,980	35,109	36,851
Mean household income (dollars)	50,924	49,545	52,303

With earnings	606,397	596,159	616,635
Mean earnings (dollars)	50,148	48,747	51,549
With Social Security	127,510	122,214	132,807
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,542	11,148	11,936
With retirement income	67,825	62,595	73,056
Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,605	15,257	19,953

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	140,196	131,474	148,918
With Supplemental Security Income	20,688	17,596	23,780
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,717	5,276	6,158
With cash public assistance income	11,285	9,033	13,537
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,250	1,811	2,689
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	36,446	32,080	40,812
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	91,057	84,043	98,071

Families	442,535	431,234	453,836
Less than $10,000	31,466	26,887	36,045
$10,000 to $14,999	27,691	22,913	32,469
$15,000 to $24,999	71,792	65,217	78,367
$25,000 to $34,999	69,758	62,048	77,468
$35,000 to $49,999	73,607	66,499	80,715
$50,000 to $74,999	74,042	67,558	80,527
$75,000 to $99,999	37,285	33,117	41,453
$100,000 to $149,999	33,111	29,791	36,431
$150,000 to $199,999	11,589	9,645	13,533
$200,000 or more	12,194	10,379	14,009
Median family income (dollars)	38,494	36,999	39,989
Mean family income (dollars)	56,093	54,024	58,162

Per capita income (dollars)	19,859	19,338	20,380

Nonfamily households	258,235	247,599	268,871
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	30,689	29,628	31,750
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	39,703	37,850	41,556

Median earnings (dollars):	21,236	20,738	21,734
Male full-time, year-round workers	27,455	26,287	28,623
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,478	25,623	27,333

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	62,474	56,422	68,526
With related children under 18 years	50,802	45,788	55,816
With related children under 5 years only	8,727	6,300	11,154

Families with female householder, no husband present	31,020	26,981	35,059
With related children under 18 years	26,388	23,024	29,752
With related children under 5 years only	5,674	3,684	7,664

Individuals	309,800	285,809	333,791
18 years and over	185,756	171,393	200,119
65 years and over	12,996	10,577	15,415
Related children under 18 years	122,199	109,680	134,718
Related children 5 to 17 years	81,822	71,907	91,737
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	68,349	60,406	76,292

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	16.6	15.4	17.8
18 years and over	13.6	12.6	14.6
65 years and over	8.1	6.6	9.6
Related children under 18 years	24.6	22.3	26.9
Related children under 5 years	26.3	22.7	29.9
Related children 5 to 17 years	23.9	21.4	26.4
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	18.4	16.8	20.1

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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