ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for Alabama -- Table 3

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Alabama

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	3,349,243	3,338,605	3,359,881
In labor force	2,096,578	2,076,755	2,116,401
Civilian labor force	2,086,461	2,066,748	2,106,174
Employed	1,952,078	1,930,222	1,973,934
Unemployed	134,383	123,962	144,804
Percent unemployed	6.4	5.9	6.9
Armed Forces	10,117	7,371	12,863
Not in labor force	1,252,665	1,232,758	1,272,572

Females 16 years and over	1,770,473	1,762,325	1,778,621
In labor force	965,377	950,583	980,171
Civilian labor force	963,521	948,600	978,442
Employed	898,503	882,511	914,495

Own children under 6 years	327,373	316,924	337,822
All parents in family in labor force	201,060	186,629	215,491

Own children 6 to 17 years	709,675	697,533	721,817
All parents in family in labor force	473,313	454,637	491,989

Population 16 to 19 years	244,361	235,756	252,966
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	31,097	26,553	35,641
Unemployed or not in the labor force	20,221	16,683	23,759

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,901,909	1,878,880	1,924,938
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,611,160	1,585,669	1,636,651
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	207,223	196,792	217,654
Public transportation (including taxicab)	7,736	4,269	11,203
Walked	21,943	17,714	26,172
Other means	16,754	13,310	20,198
Worked at home	37,093	31,417	42,769
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.4	21.7	23.1

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,952,078	1,930,222	1,973,934
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	574,246	555,281	593,211
Service occupations	263,360	250,544	276,176
Sales and office occupations	517,139	499,570	534,708
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	19,002	14,628	23,376
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	219,697	207,987	231,407
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	358,634	341,076	376,192

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	42,534	35,500	49,568
Construction	163,707	146,494	180,920
Manufacturing	326,436	309,111	343,761
Wholesale trade	73,422	64,557	82,287
Retail trade	243,175	229,850	256,500
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	109,086	97,670	120,502
Information	54,353	47,177	61,529
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	110,874	100,141	121,607
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	134,040	123,820	144,260
Educational, health, and social services	380,634	365,249	396,019
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	124,771	112,221	137,321
Other services (except public administration)	87,331	76,690	97,972
Public administration	101,715	90,830	112,600

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,513,553	1,485,015	1,542,091
Government workers	300,423	278,945	321,901
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	132,191	123,378	141,004
Unpaid family workers	5,911	4,195	7,627

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,726,668	1,706,347	1,746,989
Less than $10,000	236,435	226,329	246,541
$10,000 to $14,999	138,222	127,606	148,838
$15,000 to $24,999	276,485	254,920	298,051
$25,000 to $34,999	248,415	234,918	261,912
$35,000 to $49,999	292,252	274,861	309,643
$50,000 to $74,999	281,376	270,169	292,583
$75,000 to $99,999	127,773	115,695	139,851
$100,000 to $149,999	88,486	80,789	96,183
$150,000 to $199,999	17,709	14,459	20,960
$200,000 or more	19,515	14,666	24,364
Median household income (dollars)	33,433	32,540	34,326
Mean household income (dollars)	43,947	42,505	45,389

With earnings	1,331,941	1,309,763	1,354,119
Mean earnings (dollars)	44,948	43,352	46,544
With Social Security	497,707	486,835	508,579
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,697	10,379	11,015
With retirement income	327,626	315,899	339,353
Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,268	14,163	16,374

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	343,118	322,340	363,896
With Supplemental Security Income	86,926	78,156	95,696
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,359	5,135	5,583
With cash public assistance income	26,901	21,256	32,546
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	1,490	1,191	1,789
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	145,368	127,134	163,602
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	172,295	156,315	188,275

Families	1,182,491	1,150,392	1,214,590
Less than $10,000	87,638	79,063	96,213
$10,000 to $14,999	72,515	61,237	83,793
$15,000 to $24,999	175,438	158,034	192,842
$25,000 to $34,999	163,423	151,568	175,278
$35,000 to $49,999	222,538	209,102	235,974
$50,000 to $74,999	235,006	223,926	246,086
$75,000 to $99,999	111,834	99,848	123,820
$100,000 to $149,999	80,053	72,961	87,145
$150,000 to $199,999	16,851	13,508	20,194
$200,000 or more	17,195	12,823	21,568
Median family income (dollars)	40,778	39,479	42,077
Mean family income (dollars)	51,395	49,356	53,434

Per capita income (dollars)	18,193	17,663	18,723

Nonfamily households	544,177	515,332	573,022
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	18,955	17,960	19,950
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	26,716	25,467	27,965

Median earnings (dollars):	21,198	20,640	21,756
Male full-time, year-round workers	32,650	31,485	33,815
Female full-time, year-round workers	22,517	21,365	23,669

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	146,160	130,478	161,842
With related children under 18 years	109,334	92,365	126,303
With related children under 5 years only	28,468	22,536	34,400

Families with female householder, no husband present	87,183	74,511	99,855
With related children under 18 years	74,195	60,675	87,715
With related children under 5 years only	17,646	12,259	23,033

Individuals	672,034	630,952	713,116
18 years and over	438,612	417,035	460,189
65 years and over	79,872	71,884	87,860
Related children under 18 years	227,952	203,443	252,461
Related children 5 to 17 years	153,365	130,862	175,868
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	185,996	172,519	199,473

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	15.6	14.6	16.6
18 years and over	13.6	12.9	14.3
65 years and over	14.4	12.9	15.9
Related children under 18 years	20.9	18.8	23.0
Related children under 5 years	26.1	23.3	28.9
Related children 5 to 17 years	19.1	16.5	21.7
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	27.4	25.8	29.1

The Census 2000 Supplementary 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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