ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for New Jersey -- Table 3

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile New Jersey

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	6,361,833	6,352,679	6,370,987
In labor force	4,219,780	4,185,343	4,254,217
Civilian labor force	4,211,957	4,177,035	4,246,879
Employed	3,991,818	3,954,371	4,029,265
Unemployed	220,139	204,449	235,829
Percent unemployed	5.2	4.9	5.5
Armed Forces	7,823	5,110	10,536
Not in labor force	2,142,053	2,106,646	2,177,460

Females 16 years and over	3,348,275	3,337,575	3,358,975
In labor force	1,953,952	1,928,971	1,978,933
Civilian labor force	1,952,132	1,927,042	1,977,222
Employed	1,842,060	1,814,936	1,869,184

Own children under 6 years	651,802	638,006	665,598
All parents in family in labor force	390,025	370,722	409,328

Own children 6 to 17 years	1,304,706	1,286,516	1,322,896
All parents in family in labor force	908,840	884,738	932,942

Population 16 to 19 years	388,241	375,650	400,832
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	29,430	23,721	35,139
Unemployed or not in the labor force	16,138	12,232	20,044

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	3,877,082	3,840,535	3,913,630
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,811,874	2,773,584	2,850,164
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	366,861	343,061	390,661
Public transportation (including taxicab)	440,596	419,189	462,003
Walked	103,999	92,140	115,858
Other means	51,114	43,148	59,080
Worked at home	102,638	93,862	111,414
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	28.7	28.2	29.2

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	3,991,818	3,954,371	4,029,265
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,521,356	1,483,918	1,558,795
Service occupations	516,459	491,412	541,506
Sales and office occupations	1,150,021	1,120,870	1,179,172
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,796	1,555	4,037
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	317,561	296,735	338,387
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	483,625	459,177	508,073

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	9,838	7,068	12,608
Construction	230,777	210,985	250,569
Manufacturing	499,249	472,412	526,086
Wholesale trade	176,606	162,086	191,126
Retail trade	453,287	429,103	477,471
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	221,877	207,869	235,886
Information	174,746	162,556	186,936
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	356,655	337,226	376,084
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	459,009	439,092	478,926
Educational, health, and social services	780,464	750,683	810,245
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	289,278	268,346	310,210
Other services (except public administration)	161,309	146,449	176,169
Public administration	178,723	166,053	191,393

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	3,214,255	3,171,941	3,256,569
Government workers	550,825	528,791	572,859
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	216,056	202,371	229,741
Unpaid family workers	10,682	6,895	14,469

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	3,033,046	3,015,399	3,050,693
Less than $10,000	195,791	181,804	209,778
$10,000 to $14,999	146,181	133,563	158,799
$15,000 to $24,999	298,468	283,394	313,542
$25,000 to $34,999	300,688	285,452	315,924
$35,000 to $49,999	444,756	427,995	461,517
$50,000 to $74,999	597,545	576,828	618,262
$75,000 to $99,999	389,172	374,012	404,332
$100,000 to $149,999	394,187	376,088	412,286
$150,000 to $199,999	136,508	125,996	147,020
$200,000 or more	129,750	119,487	140,013
Median household income (dollars)	54,276	53,345	55,207
Mean household income (dollars)	72,484	71,152	73,816

With earnings	2,459,458	2,437,269	2,481,647
Mean earnings (dollars)	75,451	73,930	76,972
With Social Security	839,307	823,804	854,810
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,617	12,417	12,817
With retirement income	517,253	501,855	532,651
Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,676	14,948	16,404

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	435,829	415,117	456,541
With Supplemental Security Income	92,480	82,816	102,144
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,629	6,226	7,032
With cash public assistance income	66,837	57,518	76,156
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	3,477	2,985	3,969
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	115,587	102,110	129,064
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	174,830	161,308	188,352

Families	2,099,684	2,069,568	2,129,800
Less than $10,000	82,266	71,884	92,648
$10,000 to $14,999	56,310	48,771	63,849
$15,000 to $24,999	159,445	147,054	171,837
$25,000 to $34,999	180,005	166,851	193,159
$35,000 to $49,999	278,017	261,532	294,502
$50,000 to $74,999	447,420	428,622	466,218
$75,000 to $99,999	326,921	311,997	341,845
$100,000 to $149,999	330,384	314,310	346,458
$150,000 to $199,999	121,203	110,869	131,537
$200,000 or more	117,713	107,955	127,471
Median family income (dollars)	65,499	64,440	66,558
Mean family income (dollars)	83,937	82,318	85,556

Per capita income (dollars)	27,591	27,121	28,061

Nonfamily households	933,362	907,279	959,445
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	32,330	31,193	33,467
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	43,179	41,714	44,644

Median earnings (dollars):	31,414	31,071	31,757
Male full-time, year-round workers	46,137	45,396	46,878
Female full-time, year-round workers	35,030	34,255	35,806

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	125,757	112,189	139,325
With related children under 18 years	92,608	81,259	103,957
With related children under 5 years only	13,554	8,535	18,573

Families with female householder, no husband present	68,881	57,739	80,023
With related children under 18 years	60,273	49,962	70,584
With related children under 5 years only	7,286	3,828	10,744

Individuals	651,031	602,348	699,714
18 years and over	438,163	407,853	468,474
65 years and over	80,928	71,789	90,067
Related children under 18 years	203,820	179,676	227,964
Related children 5 to 17 years	146,505	125,943	167,067
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	228,175	208,326	248,025

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	7.9	7.4	8.4
18 years and over	7.1	6.6	7.6
65 years and over	7.7	6.9	8.5
Related children under 18 years	10.0	8.8	11.2
Related children under 5 years	10.4	8.4	12.4
Related children 5 to 17 years	9.8	8.5	11.1
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	17.3	16.0	18.6

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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