ACS: 2001 ACS Tabular Profile for Houston city, Harris County pt. -- Table 3

2001 American Community Survey Profile Houston city, Harris County pt.

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	1,404,119	1,379,953	1,428,285
In labor force	970,536	947,824	993,248
Civilian labor force	970,067	947,381	992,753
Employed	906,041	883,042	929,040
Unemployed	64,026	57,518	70,534
Percent unemployed	6.6	5.9	7.3
Armed Forces	469	0	989
Not in labor force	433,583	417,606	449,560

Females 16 years and over	717,969	704,013	731,925
In labor force	421,609	408,793	434,425
Civilian labor force	421,609	408,793	434,425
Employed	391,316	378,152	404,480

Own children under 6 years	177,578	166,667	188,489
All parents in family in labor force	90,160	80,313	100,007

Own children 6 to 17 years	319,673	304,604	334,742
All parents in family in labor force	205,549	191,940	219,158

Population 16 to 19 years	100,741	94,758	106,724
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	19,159	14,935	23,383
Unemployed or not in the labor force	9,267	6,404	12,130

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	880,521	857,683	903,359
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	661,933	637,138	686,728
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	114,953	102,540	127,366
Public transportation (including taxicab)	43,737	37,282	50,192
Walked	17,156	13,376	20,936
Other means	12,258	8,211	16,305
Worked at home	30,484	26,077	34,891
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.5	24.8	26.2

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	906,041	883,042	929,040
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	286,781	273,449	300,113
Service occupations	148,803	136,144	161,462
Sales and office occupations	233,583	219,845	247,321
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,388	212	2,564
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	114,850	103,914	125,786
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	120,636	111,211	130,061

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	15,425	12,057	18,793
Construction	95,487	85,724	105,250
Manufacturing	100,141	91,008	109,274
Wholesale trade	39,866	33,655	46,077
Retail trade	95,738	87,275	104,201
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	58,674	51,485	65,863
Information	25,108	20,146	30,070
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	57,782	51,425	64,139
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	116,430	107,591	125,269
Educational, health, and social services	147,499	137,003	157,995
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	86,535	76,379	96,691
Other services (except public administration)	45,762	38,596	52,928
Public administration	21,594	17,466	25,722

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	749,674	727,505	771,843
Government workers	94,652	87,696	101,608
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	59,496	53,152	65,840
Unpaid family workers	2,219	1,130	3,308

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	709,949	697,175	722,723
Less than $10,000	68,927	61,593	76,261
$10,000 to $14,999	48,441	42,466	54,416
$15,000 to $24,999	104,084	95,440	112,728
$25,000 to $34,999	98,497	90,009	106,985
$35,000 to $49,999	125,729	116,083	135,375
$50,000 to $74,999	124,835	116,113	133,557
$75,000 to $99,999	53,600	48,812	58,388
$100,000 to $149,999	52,373	46,608	58,138
$150,000 to $199,999	16,478	13,929	19,027
$200,000 or more	16,985	14,261	19,709
Median household income (dollars)	38,760	37,176	40,344
Mean household income (dollars)	53,424	51,776	55,072

With earnings	611,353	598,135	624,571
Mean earnings (dollars)	53,416	51,629	55,203
With Social Security	132,345	125,415	139,275
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,689	11,288	12,090
With retirement income	67,972	62,982	72,962
Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,254	14,599	17,909

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	136,433	127,526	145,340
With Supplemental Security Income	18,898	15,870	21,926
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,397	5,721	7,074
With cash public assistance income	13,850	10,575	17,125
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	1,776	1,438	2,114
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	39,415	34,878	43,953
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	88,156	81,462	94,850

Families	453,095	440,156	466,034
Less than $10,000	30,937	25,540	36,334
$10,000 to $14,999	26,014	21,660	30,368
$15,000 to $24,999	66,399	59,456	73,342
$25,000 to $34,999	60,025	53,062	66,988
$35,000 to $49,999	78,620	71,070	86,170
$50,000 to $74,999	86,106	78,082	94,130
$75,000 to $99,999	38,553	33,996	43,110
$100,000 to $149,999	37,518	32,646	42,390
$150,000 to $199,999	13,951	11,747	16,155
$200,000 or more	14,972	12,320	17,624
Median family income (dollars)	43,110	41,516	44,704
Mean family income (dollars)	59,888	57,522	62,254

Per capita income (dollars)	20,576	20,033	21,119

Nonfamily households	256,854	247,556	266,152
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	30,996	29,694	32,298
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	39,831	37,633	42,029

Median earnings (dollars):	23,200	22,228	24,172
Male full-time, year-round workers	30,944	30,160	31,728
Female full-time, year-round workers	29,317	27,078	31,556

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	62,198	56,077	68,320
With related children under 18 years	52,491	46,734	58,248
With related children under 5 years only	12,577	9,170	15,984

Families with female householder, no husband present	35,816	30,475	41,157
With related children under 18 years	31,627	26,590	36,664
With related children under 5 years only	6,507	4,232	8,782

Individuals	324,065	298,982	349,148
18 years and over	182,544	167,402	197,686
65 years and over	23,015	19,327	26,703
Related children under 18 years	136,118	121,921	150,315
Related children 5 to 17 years	92,613	80,418	104,808
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	78,683	69,877	87,489

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	17.1	15.8	18.4
18 years and over	13.5	12.3	14.7
65 years and over	14.1	12.0	16.2
Related children under 18 years	25.4	22.9	27.9
Related children under 5 years	27.0	23.5	30.5
Related children 5 to 17 years	24.8	21.7	27.9
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	21.8	19.7	23.9

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.