ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for Pierce County -- Table 3

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Pierce County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	512,682	509,540	515,824
In labor force	338,370	330,039	346,701
Civilian labor force	328,505	320,445	336,565
Employed	308,532	300,241	316,823
Unemployed	19,973	16,124	23,822
Percent unemployed	6.1	4.9	7.3
Armed Forces	9,865	7,283	12,447
Not in labor force	174,312	165,650	182,975

Females 16 years and over	265,696	263,223	268,169
In labor force	157,256	150,773	163,739
Civilian labor force	155,569	148,999	162,139
Employed	147,031	140,584	153,478

Own children under 6 years	59,798	56,102	63,494
All parents in family in labor force	30,973	25,459	36,487

Own children 6 to 17 years	118,217	113,546	122,888
All parents in family in labor force	77,560	70,381	84,739

Population 16 to 19 years	40,540	36,131	44,949
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	6,196	3,081	9,311
Unemployed or not in the labor force	3,462	880	6,044

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	312,645	304,364	320,926
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	242,931	231,873	253,989
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	39,175	31,521	46,829
Public transportation (including taxicab)	11,096	7,169	15,023
Walked	3,638	1,920	5,356
Other means	4,829	2,194	7,464
Worked at home	10,976	7,132	14,821
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	28.1	26.8	29.4

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	308,532	300,241	316,823
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	100,857	92,323	109,391
Service occupations	50,896	43,654	58,138
Sales and office occupations	74,571	66,478	82,664
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	4,672	1,587	7,758
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	31,338	26,652	36,024
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	46,198	39,803	52,593

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	5,204	2,044	8,364
Construction	17,666	13,871	21,461
Manufacturing	37,243	32,290	42,196
Wholesale trade	16,673	12,579	20,767
Retail trade	36,642	30,582	42,702
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	19,477	14,586	24,368
Information	5,788	3,699	7,877
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	16,954	13,420	20,488
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	24,870	19,861	29,879
Educational, health, and social services	60,401	52,778	68,024
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	28,101	22,047	34,155
Other services (except public administration)	15,339	11,691	18,987
Public administration	24,174	19,415	28,933

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	228,004	218,776	237,232
Government workers	61,835	54,806	68,864
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	16,929	13,423	20,435
Unpaid family workers	1,764	312	3,216

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	263,179	258,835	267,523
Less than $10,000	19,434	14,461	24,407
$10,000 to $14,999	15,086	11,250	18,922
$15,000 to $24,999	35,047	28,678	41,416
$25,000 to $34,999	36,291	31,061	41,522
$35,000 to $49,999	43,439	36,735	50,143
$50,000 to $74,999	61,181	54,695	67,667
$75,000 to $99,999	25,559	21,033	30,085
$100,000 to $149,999	19,195	15,801	22,589
$150,000 to $199,999	4,740	3,151	6,329
$200,000 or more	3,207	1,974	4,440
Median household income (dollars)	41,909	39,116	44,702
Mean household income (dollars)	53,190	50,336	56,045

With earnings	216,225	210,453	221,997
Mean earnings (dollars)	49,882	47,711	52,053
With Social Security	54,898	50,611	59,185
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,963	12,003	13,923
With retirement income	50,871	45,538	56,204
Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,954	16,212	19,696

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	44,228	37,788	50,668
With Supplemental Security Income	11,614	8,080	15,148
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,081	5,495	6,667
With cash public assistance income	9,261	5,913	12,609
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	3,261	2,448	4,074
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	14,132	10,523	17,741
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	22,796	17,970	27,622

Families	179,381	170,050	188,712
Less than $10,000	5,770	3,208	8,332
$10,000 to $14,999	6,798	3,973	9,623
$15,000 to $24,999	17,238	13,512	20,964
$25,000 to $34,999	22,664	17,940	27,388
$35,000 to $49,999	29,067	24,082	34,052
$50,000 to $74,999	49,906	43,524	56,288
$75,000 to $99,999	23,125	18,687	27,564
$100,000 to $149,999	17,534	14,321	20,747
$150,000 to $199,999	4,309	2,781	5,837
$200,000 or more	2,970	1,790	4,150
Median family income (dollars)	52,838	49,781	55,895
Mean family income (dollars)	61,579	58,927	64,231

Per capita income (dollars)	20,677	19,659	21,695

Nonfamily households	83,798	74,654	92,942
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	26,848	22,393	31,303
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	33,020	27,408	38,632

Median earnings (dollars):	25,899	24,432	27,366
Male full-time, year-round workers	39,816	37,556	42,077
Female full-time, year-round workers	30,452	29,089	31,815

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	13,439	9,768	17,110
With related children under 18 years	11,668	8,035	15,301
With related children under 5 years only	1,384	69	2,699

Families with female householder, no husband present	6,662	3,913	9,411
With related children under 18 years	6,457	3,749	9,165
With related children under 5 years only	1,032	0	2,243

Individuals	81,514	68,712	94,316
18 years and over	53,900	46,289	61,511
65 years and over	4,452	2,485	6,419
Related children under 18 years	26,103	18,660	33,546
Related children 5 to 17 years	18,485	12,240	24,730
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	30,743	23,719	37,767

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	12.0	10.0	14.0
18 years and over	11.0	9.5	12.5
65 years and over	6.3	3.5	9.1
Related children under 18 years	14.1	10.1	18.1
Related children under 5 years	16.1	10.3	21.9
Related children 5 to 17 years	13.4	8.9	17.9
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	25.9	21.0	30.9

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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