ACS: 2001 ACS Tabular Profile for Harris County -- Table 3

2001 American Community Survey Profile Harris County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	2,507,753	2,503,648	2,511,858
In labor force	1,762,892	1,746,017	1,779,767
Civilian labor force	1,761,634	1,744,670	1,778,598
Employed	1,659,551	1,641,503	1,677,599
Unemployed	102,083	93,117	111,049
Percent unemployed	5.8	5.3	6.3
Armed Forces	1,258	351	2,166
Not in labor force	744,861	728,150	761,572

Females 16 years and over	1,274,541	1,271,322	1,277,760
In labor force	766,730	753,664	779,796
Civilian labor force	766,599	753,523	779,675
Employed	719,401	706,891	731,911

Own children under 6 years	334,123	326,749	341,497
All parents in family in labor force	173,906	163,359	184,453

Own children 6 to 17 years	606,252	595,935	616,569
All parents in family in labor force	394,013	380,344	407,682

Population 16 to 19 years	201,973	197,764	206,182
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	28,462	23,076	33,848
Unemployed or not in the labor force	13,790	10,355	17,225

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,614,258	1,595,748	1,632,768
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,245,123	1,223,280	1,266,966
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	204,413	189,347	219,479
Public transportation (including taxicab)	57,892	51,013	64,771
Walked	30,318	24,781	35,855
Other means	20,932	16,353	25,511
Worked at home	55,580	49,034	62,126
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	26.4	25.9	26.9

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,659,551	1,641,503	1,677,599
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	555,061	538,835	571,287
Service occupations	244,863	230,579	259,147
Sales and office occupations	443,052	425,831	460,273
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,868	637	3,099
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	203,105	190,073	216,137
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	211,602	201,525	221,679

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	38,945	34,139	43,751
Construction	167,839	156,012	179,666
Manufacturing	199,115	186,024	212,206
Wholesale trade	72,320	64,532	80,108
Retail trade	181,161	170,804	191,518
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	116,628	106,731	126,525
Information	40,147	33,966	46,328
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	106,216	98,055	114,377
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	204,252	193,613	214,891
Educational, health, and social services	270,648	256,983	284,313
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	132,836	120,273	145,399
Other services (except public administration)	86,401	77,176	95,626
Public administration	43,043	37,408	48,678

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,374,307	1,352,073	1,396,541
Government workers	176,772	166,856	186,689
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	104,064	94,829	113,299
Unpaid family workers	4,408	2,400	6,416

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,220,779	1,210,874	1,230,684
Less than $10,000	95,359	87,129	103,589
$10,000 to $14,999	65,765	58,728	72,802
$15,000 to $24,999	154,196	143,385	165,007
$25,000 to $34,999	159,459	149,836	169,082
$35,000 to $49,999	206,620	194,829	218,411
$50,000 to $74,999	226,466	216,180	236,752
$75,000 to $99,999	120,225	112,190	128,261
$100,000 to $149,999	120,023	111,682	128,364
$150,000 to $199,999	35,437	31,088	39,786
$200,000 or more	37,229	32,901	41,557
Median household income (dollars)	43,959	42,822	45,096
Mean household income (dollars)	61,158	59,591	62,726

With earnings	1,073,445	1,061,915	1,084,975
Mean earnings (dollars)	60,823	59,383	62,263
With Social Security	206,984	200,077	213,891
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,812	11,474	12,150
With retirement income	116,288	109,327	123,249
Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,015	15,797	18,233

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	201,950	191,474	212,426
With Supplemental Security Income	26,623	22,617	30,629
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,279	5,725	6,833
With cash public assistance income	17,961	14,214	21,708
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,266	1,560	2,972
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	53,860	48,326	59,394
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	133,851	126,540	141,162

Families	847,013	833,062	860,964
Less than $10,000	45,369	39,229	51,509
$10,000 to $14,999	36,856	31,873	41,839
$15,000 to $24,999	99,148	90,530	107,766
$25,000 to $34,999	100,791	92,661	108,921
$35,000 to $49,999	135,599	126,415	144,783
$50,000 to $74,999	168,480	159,252	177,708
$75,000 to $99,999	96,052	88,757	103,347
$100,000 to $149,999	99,687	92,572	106,802
$150,000 to $199,999	31,529	27,219	35,839
$200,000 or more	33,502	29,085	37,919
Median family income (dollars)	50,605	49,430	51,780
Mean family income (dollars)	69,178	67,152	71,204

Per capita income (dollars)	22,504	21,997	23,011

Nonfamily households	373,766	360,728	386,804
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	31,647	30,533	32,761
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	40,427	38,645	42,209

Median earnings (dollars):	25,975	25,399	26,551
Male full-time, year-round workers	36,548	35,911	37,185
Female full-time, year-round workers	30,689	30,014	31,364

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	88,552	81,934	95,170
With related children under 18 years	74,842	68,595	81,089
With related children under 5 years only	17,042	12,868	21,217

Families with female householder, no husband present	49,007	43,131	54,883
With related children under 18 years	44,543	38,941	50,145
With related children under 5 years only	8,460	5,906	11,014

Individuals	447,783	420,243	475,323
18 years and over	255,620	239,171	272,069
65 years and over	30,383	26,205	34,561
Related children under 18 years	183,330	168,330	198,330
Related children 5 to 17 years	123,442	111,387	135,497
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	109,169	98,531	119,807

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	13.1	12.3	13.9
18 years and over	10.6	9.9	11.3
65 years and over	12.2	10.6	13.9
Related children under 18 years	18.4	16.9	19.9
Related children under 5 years	20.4	17.9	22.9
Related children 5 to 17 years	17.6	16.0	19.3
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	20.6	19.0	22.3

The 2001 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.