ACS: 2001 ACS Tabular Profile for Houston city -- Table 3

2001 American Community Survey Profile Houston city

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	1,435,954	1,411,122	1,460,787
In labor force	994,418	971,099	1,017,737
Civilian labor force	993,949	970,653	1,017,245
Employed	928,551	905,152	951,950
Unemployed	65,398	58,874	71,922
Percent unemployed	6.6	5.9	7.3
Armed Forces	469	0	989
Not in labor force	441,536	425,562	457,510

Females 16 years and over	733,579	719,335	747,823
In labor force	433,659	420,947	446,371
Civilian labor force	433,659	420,947	446,371
Employed	402,651	389,565	415,737

Own children under 6 years	182,162	171,115	193,209
All parents in family in labor force	93,195	83,255	103,135

Own children 6 to 17 years	328,683	313,708	343,658
All parents in family in labor force	212,838	199,221	226,455

Population 16 to 19 years	105,330	98,824	111,836
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	902,765	879,647	925,883
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	679,343	654,230	704,456
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	118,115	105,438	130,792
Public transportation (including taxicab)	44,222	37,756	50,688
Walked	17,274	13,439	21,109
Other means	12,938	8,876	17,000
Worked at home	30,873	26,501	35,246
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.6	24.9	26.3

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	928,551	905,152	951,950
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	292,086	278,343	305,829
Service occupations	153,820	141,264	166,377
Sales and office occupations	239,841	225,965	253,718
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,388	212	2,564
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	117,568	106,282	128,854
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	123,848	114,209	133,487

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	15,425	12,057	18,793
Construction	97,395	87,467	107,323
Manufacturing	102,271	92,929	111,613
Wholesale trade	39,866	33,655	46,077
Retail trade	97,920	89,401	106,439
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	60,492	53,184	67,800
Information	25,503	20,512	30,494
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	59,832	53,481	66,183
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	119,208	109,897	128,519
Educational, health, and social services	153,290	142,639	163,941
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	87,277	77,149	97,405
Other services (except public administration)	46,809	39,762	53,856
Public administration	23,263	18,719	27,807

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	766,110	743,373	788,847
Government workers	99,304	91,608	107,000
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	60,918	54,542	67,294
Unpaid family workers	2,219	1,130	3,308

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	721,926	709,195	734,657
Less than $10,000	69,785	62,385	77,185
$10,000 to $14,999	48,628	42,648	54,608
$15,000 to $24,999	105,888	97,113	114,663
$25,000 to $34,999	99,980	91,298	108,662
$35,000 to $49,999	128,643	118,905	138,381
$50,000 to $74,999	128,015	118,945	137,085
$75,000 to $99,999	55,014	50,095	59,933
$100,000 to $149,999	52,510	46,750	58,270
$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)	38,833	37,308	40,358
Mean household income (dollars)	53,295	51,675	54,915

With earnings	622,826	609,666	635,986
Mean earnings (dollars)	53,238	51,497	54,979
With Social Security	133,968	126,990	140,946
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,690	11,299	12,081
With retirement income	69,334	64,277	74,391
Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,185	14,547	17,823

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	138,596	129,838	147,354
With Supplemental Security Income	19,127	16,141	22,114
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,450	5,769	7,131
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	39,513	34,966	44,060
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	90,010	83,464	96,556

Families	463,434	450,491	476,377
Less than $10,000	31,681	26,163	37,199
$10,000 to $14,999	26,201	21,876	30,526
$15,000 to $24,999	67,768	60,668	74,868
$25,000 to $34,999	60,767	53,740	67,794
$35,000 to $49,999	81,309	73,650	88,968
$50,000 to $74,999	89,286	80,891	97,681
$75,000 to $99,999	39,844	35,181	44,507
$100,000 to $149,999	37,655	32,796	42,514
$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)	43,148	41,554	44,742
Mean family income (dollars)	59,620	57,315	61,925

Per capita income (dollars)	20,416	19,873	20,959

Nonfamily households	258,492	249,064	267,920
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	30,951	29,679	32,223
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	39,781	37,601	41,961

Median earnings (dollars):	23,086	22,142	24,030
Male full-time, year-round workers	30,832	30,048	31,616
Female full-time, year-round workers	28,740	26,534	30,946

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	63,899	57,721	70,077
With related children under 18 years	53,841	48,036	59,646
With related children under 5 years only	12,577	9,170	15,984

Families with female householder, no husband present	36,307	30,844	41,770
With related children under 18 years	32,118	26,944	37,292
With related children under 5 years only	6,507	4,232	8,782

Individuals	333,419	307,818	359,020
18 years and over	187,125	171,991	202,259
65 years and over	23,118	19,369	26,867
Related children under 18 years	140,891	126,163	155,619
Related children 5 to 17 years	96,676	84,433	108,919
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	79,224	70,329	88,119

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	17.2	15.9	18.5
18 years and over	13.6	12.4	14.8
65 years and over	14.0	11.9	16.1
Related children under 18 years	25.6	23.1	28.1
Related children under 5 years	26.9	23.4	30.4
Related children 5 to 17 years	25.1	22.1	28.1
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.