ACS: 2000 ACS Tabular Profile for Houston city -- Table 3

2000 American Community Survey Profile Houston city

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	1,449,776	1,428,146	1,471,406
In labor force	998,183	980,579	1,015,787
Civilian labor force	997,013	979,594	1,014,432
Employed	941,539	924,108	958,970
Unemployed	55,474	49,645	61,303
Percent unemployed	5.6	4.9	6.3
Armed Forces	1,170	206	2,134
Not in labor force	451,593	438,921	464,265

Females 16 years and over	737,027	724,073	749,981
In labor force	442,245	430,083	454,407
Civilian labor force	442,165	429,986	454,344
Employed	414,764	403,085	426,443

Own children under 6 years	177,805	169,473	186,138
All parents in family in labor force	99,319	90,158	108,480

Own children 6 to 17 years	301,059	284,054	318,064
All parents in family in labor force	198,981	186,007	211,955

Population 16 to 19 years	114,145	107,210	121,080
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	24,180	19,718	28,642
Unemployed or not in the labor force	12,045	9,032	15,058

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	920,840	903,103	938,578
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	671,024	653,793	688,255
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	135,808	125,380	146,236
Public transportation (including taxicab)	54,485	47,484	61,486
Walked	24,367	20,036	28,698
Other means	10,800	7,980	13,620
Worked at home	24,356	20,756	27,956
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.9	25.4	26.4

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	941,539	924,108	958,970
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	284,331	273,659	295,003
Service occupations	155,554	144,586	166,522
Sales and office occupations	243,457	231,471	255,443
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,382	1,052	3,712
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	122,007	111,851	132,163
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	133,808	123,294	144,322

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	18,041	15,018	21,064
Construction	101,723	91,906	111,541
Manufacturing	100,015	90,405	109,625
Wholesale trade	42,839	36,864	48,814
Retail trade	100,151	91,386	108,916
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	52,841	47,030	58,652
Information	19,361	15,914	22,808
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	65,298	59,051	71,545
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	112,445	103,520	121,370
Educational, health, and social services	164,142	154,260	174,024
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	80,115	70,248	89,982
Other services (except public administration)	60,605	53,299	67,911
Public administration	23,963	20,295	27,631

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	774,136	755,351	792,921
Government workers	100,456	92,554	108,358
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	65,433	58,275	72,591
Unpaid family workers	1,514	719	2,309

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	711,072	699,578	722,566
Less than $10,000	65,462	60,274	70,650
$10,000 to $14,999	48,923	43,179	54,667
$15,000 to $24,999	116,360	107,884	124,836
$25,000 to $34,999	112,137	103,306	120,968
$35,000 to $49,999	127,154	117,513	136,795
$50,000 to $74,999	114,548	107,631	121,465
$75,000 to $99,999	52,859	48,345	57,373
$100,000 to $149,999	44,237	40,143	48,331
$150,000 to $199,999	13,985	11,670	16,300
$200,000 or more	15,407	13,331	17,483
Median household income (dollars)	36,100	35,244	36,956
Mean household income (dollars)	50,894	49,523	52,265

With earnings	616,305	605,585	627,025
Mean earnings (dollars)	50,089	48,695	51,483
With Social Security	128,724	123,404	134,044
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,483	11,082	11,884
With retirement income	69,649	64,230	75,068
Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,588	15,255	19,921

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	141,782	132,804	150,760
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	11,492	9,194	13,790
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,221	1,787	2,655
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	36,892	32,468	41,316
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	92,068	84,859	99,277

Families	451,474	439,987	462,961
Less than $10,000	32,217	27,590	36,844
$10,000 to $14,999	27,691	22,913	32,469
$15,000 to $24,999	72,194	65,606	78,782
$25,000 to $34,999	71,442	63,656	79,228
$35,000 to $49,999	76,072	68,875	83,269
$50,000 to $74,999	76,091	69,517	82,665
$75,000 to $99,999	38,077	33,960	42,194
$100,000 to $149,999	33,772	30,340	37,204
$150,000 to $199,999	11,724	9,749	13,699
$200,000 or more	12,194	10,379	14,009
Median family income (dollars)	38,710	37,213	40,207
Mean family income (dollars)	55,992	53,948	58,036

Per capita income (dollars)	19,731	19,223	20,239

Nonfamily households	259,598	248,908	270,288
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	30,642	29,573	31,711
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	39,657	37,814	41,500

Median earnings (dollars):	21,214	20,722	21,706
Male full-time, year-round workers	27,474	26,311	28,637
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,498	25,678	27,318

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	63,432	57,287	69,577
With related children under 18 years	51,412	46,391	56,433
With related children under 5 years only	8,727	6,300	11,154

Families with female householder, no husband present	31,683	27,523	35,843
With related children under 18 years	26,791	23,394	30,188
With related children under 5 years only	5,674	3,684	7,664

Individuals	316,055	291,818	340,292
18 years and over	188,213	173,703	202,723
65 years and over	13,086	10,646	15,526
Related children under 18 years	125,576	112,841	138,311
Related children 5 to 17 years	83,335	73,437	93,233
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	69,196	61,240	77,152

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	16.6	15.4	17.8
18 years and over	13.5	12.5	14.5
65 years and over	8.1	6.6	9.6
Related children under 18 years	24.6	22.5	26.7
Related children under 5 years	26.9	23.1	30.7
Related children 5 to 17 years	23.6	21.1	26.1
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	18.5	16.9	20.2

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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