ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Alabama -- Table 3

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Alabama

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	3,347,320	3,341,654	3,352,986
In labor force	2,065,285	2,045,544	2,085,026
Civilian labor force	2,054,328	2,033,446	2,075,210
Employed	1,898,136	1,873,442	1,922,830
Unemployed	156,192	145,213	167,171
Percent unemployed	7.6	7.1	8.1
Armed Forces	10,957	7,781	14,133
Not in labor force	1,282,035	1,262,633	1,301,437

Females 16 years and over	1,768,812	1,762,890	1,774,734
In labor force	961,775	945,483	978,067
Civilian labor force	960,877	944,519	977,235
Employed	882,987	862,303	903,671

Own children under 6 years	342,166	330,986	353,346
All parents in family in labor force	216,455	204,460	228,451

Own children 6 to 17 years	681,010	669,569	692,451
All parents in family in labor force	458,302	440,860	475,744

Population 16 to 19 years	233,646	225,680	241,612
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	27,081	22,544	31,619
Unemployed or not in the labor force	17,761	14,209	21,313

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,850,895	1,829,419	1,872,371
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,573,750	1,548,183	1,599,317
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	180,876	167,646	194,106
Public transportation (including taxicab)	11,769	8,494	15,044
Walked	27,940	22,140	33,740
Other means	17,176	11,891	22,461
Worked at home	39,384	33,560	45,209
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.8	22.3	23.3

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,898,136	1,873,442	1,922,830
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	567,133	541,593	592,673
Service occupations	264,210	250,949	277,471
Sales and office occupations	514,644	493,201	536,087
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	10,413	8,545	12,281
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	210,826	199,832	221,820
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	330,910	314,979	346,841

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	37,621	31,815	43,427
Construction	137,958	129,048	146,868
Manufacturing	311,456	297,985	324,927
Wholesale trade	72,227	64,330	80,124
Retail trade	233,806	220,410	247,202
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	104,370	94,929	113,811
Information	48,863	41,557	56,169
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	108,356	97,606	119,106
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	146,544	137,571	155,517
Educational, health, and social services	382,674	360,252	405,096
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	127,692	112,057	143,327
Other services (except public administration)	96,384	88,124	104,644
Public administration	90,185	82,803	97,567

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,476,353	1,454,177	1,498,529
Government workers	297,422	278,023	316,821
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	117,528	105,562	129,494
Unpaid family workers	6,833	3,916	9,750

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,739,736	1,721,083	1,758,389
Less than $10,000	242,488	232,652	252,324
$10,000 to $14,999	141,538	129,054	154,022
$15,000 to $24,999	280,737	268,883	292,591
$25,000 to $34,999	229,963	216,982	242,944
$35,000 to $49,999	282,827	268,002	297,652
$50,000 to $74,999	292,170	276,899	307,441
$75,000 to $99,999	133,430	123,771	143,089
$100,000 to $149,999	96,723	89,328	104,118
$150,000 to $199,999	20,446	16,984	23,908
$200,000 or more	19,414	16,079	22,749
Median household income (dollars)	33,798	32,856	34,740
Mean household income (dollars)	44,880	43,743	46,017

With earnings	1,338,556	1,323,645	1,353,467
Mean earnings (dollars)	46,577	45,453	47,701
With Social Security	506,307	493,708	518,906
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,081	10,898	11,264
With retirement income	316,030	297,060	335,000
Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,430	13,584	15,276

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	367,727	341,827	393,627
With Supplemental Security Income	86,830	79,311	94,349
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,699	5,372	6,026
With cash public assistance income	21,763	17,039	26,487
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	1,984	1,687	2,281
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	153,732	141,913	165,551
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	181,911	161,213	202,609

Families	1,212,619	1,194,637	1,230,601
Less than $10,000	99,894	90,774	109,014
$10,000 to $14,999	70,601	62,636	78,566
$15,000 to $24,999	177,564	167,431	187,697
$25,000 to $34,999	157,594	147,473	167,715
$35,000 to $49,999	216,570	202,550	230,590
$50,000 to $74,999	245,662	232,980	258,344
$75,000 to $99,999	119,647	110,735	128,559
$100,000 to $149,999	88,505	81,349	95,661
$150,000 to $199,999	18,456	14,942	21,971
$200,000 or more	18,126	14,895	21,357
Median family income (dollars)	41,534	40,473	42,595
Mean family income (dollars)	52,652	51,210	54,094

Per capita income (dollars)	18,368	17,957	18,779

Nonfamily households	527,117	509,573	544,661
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	18,292	17,294	19,290
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	25,535	24,637	26,433

Median earnings (dollars):	21,918	21,570	22,266
Male full-time, year-round workers	33,031	31,973	34,089
Female full-time, year-round workers	22,952	21,853	24,051

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	157,159	148,233	166,086
With related children under 18 years	116,461	108,274	124,648
With related children under 5 years only	26,132	21,334	30,930

Families with female householder, no husband present	98,248	89,727	106,769
With related children under 18 years	85,531	77,548	93,514
With related children under 5 years only	16,901	13,523	20,279

Individuals	716,499	689,394	743,604
18 years and over	463,613	445,953	481,273
65 years and over	83,844	75,084	92,604
Related children under 18 years	242,759	226,672	258,847
Related children 5 to 17 years	171,309	158,621	183,998
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	210,393	196,432	224,354

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	16.5	15.8	17.2
18 years and over	14.4	13.9	14.9
65 years and over	15.2	13.6	16.9
Related children under 18 years	22.1	20.6	23.6
Related children under 5 years	24.2	21.4	27.0
Related children 5 to 17 years	21.4	19.8	23.1
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	31.0	29.4	32.7

The 2001 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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