ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Berks County -- Table 3

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Berks County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	285,770	283,599	287,941
In labor force	189,681	183,350	196,012
Civilian labor force	189,505	183,223	195,787
Employed	181,141	174,685	187,597
Unemployed	8,364	5,684	11,044
Percent unemployed	4.4	3.1	5.7
Armed Forces	176	0	470
Not in labor force	96,089	90,154	102,024

Females 16 years and over	148,099	146,281	149,917
In labor force	86,463	82,124	90,803
Civilian labor force	86,463	82,124	90,803
Employed	82,523	77,830	87,216

Own children under 6 years	26,229	23,752	28,706
All parents in family in labor force	17,989	14,875	21,103

Own children 6 to 17 years	59,720	57,118	62,322
All parents in family in labor force	42,588	37,278	47,898

Population 16 to 19 years	18,092	15,299	20,885
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	980	0	2,000
Unemployed or not in the labor force	0	0	488

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	176,295	169,226	183,364
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	143,581	135,001	152,161
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	17,298	12,757	21,839
Public transportation (including taxicab)	2,548	1,248	3,848
Walked	6,350	4,047	8,653
Other means	1,769	357	3,181
Worked at home	4,749	2,734	6,764
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21.8	19.7	23.9

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	181,141	174,685	187,597
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	59,319	53,061	65,577
Service occupations	22,056	17,533	26,579
Sales and office occupations	46,132	40,869	51,396
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	740	0	1,846
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	16,129	12,603	19,655
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	36,765	31,056	42,474

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	3,355	1,327	5,383
Construction	10,932	8,012	13,853
Manufacturing	38,503	33,546	43,460
Wholesale trade	6,807	4,593	9,021
Retail trade	18,503	14,228	22,778
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	12,159	8,877	15,441
Information	2,716	1,530	3,902
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	15,614	11,732	19,496
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	18,439	14,093	22,785
Educational, health, and social services	31,668	27,124	36,212
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	12,079	8,538	15,620
Other services (except public administration)	5,528	3,409	7,647
Public administration	4,838	2,581	7,095

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	150,674	143,820	157,528
Government workers	17,668	13,654	21,682
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	11,897	9,158	14,636
Unpaid family workers	902	21	1,783

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	143,389	140,069	146,709
Less than $10,000	17,284	12,702	21,866
$10,000 to $14,999	8,848	6,173	11,523
$15,000 to $24,999	16,487	12,916	20,058
$25,000 to $34,999	13,490	10,525	16,455
$35,000 to $49,999	24,958	20,952	28,964
$50,000 to $74,999	29,242	25,229	33,255
$75,000 to $99,999	15,798	12,594	19,002
$100,000 to $149,999	12,947	9,865	16,029
$150,000 to $199,999	2,211	1,023	3,399
$200,000 or more	2,124	1,121	3,127
Median household income (dollars)	43,637	40,129	47,145
Mean household income (dollars)	54,763	51,105	58,421

With earnings	112,351	107,929	116,773
Mean earnings (dollars)	56,941	52,818	61,064
With Social Security	43,806	40,217	47,395
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,600	11,858	13,343
With retirement income	25,742	22,353	29,131
Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,298	7,761	22,835

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	16,775	12,709	20,841
With Supplemental Security Income	6,047	3,400	8,694
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,560	5,210	7,910
With cash public assistance income	1,931	550	3,312
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,894	1,906	3,882
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	6,259	3,886	8,632
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	3,858	1,804	5,912

Families	97,241	91,410	103,072
Less than $10,000	3,240	998	5,482
$10,000 to $14,999	4,575	2,189	6,961
$15,000 to $24,999	9,425	6,359	12,491
$25,000 to $34,999	10,093	7,494	12,692
$35,000 to $49,999	15,943	12,371	19,515
$50,000 to $74,999	24,388	20,581	28,195
$75,000 to $99,999	14,380	11,225	17,535
$100,000 to $149,999	11,253	8,314	14,192
$150,000 to $199,999	1,820	713	2,927
$200,000 or more	2,124	1,121	3,127
Median family income (dollars)	53,519	50,797	56,242
Mean family income (dollars)	65,746	60,669	70,823

Per capita income (dollars)	22,691	21,355	24,028

Nonfamily households	46,148	40,713	51,583
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	19,784	14,700	24,868
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	28,506	24,982	32,030

Median earnings (dollars):	26,936	25,425	28,447
Male full-time, year-round workers	39,832	37,113	42,551
Female full-time, year-round workers	25,640	23,662	27,618

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	5,941	3,537	8,345
With related children under 18 years	5,554	3,100	8,008
With related children under 5 years only	2,396	441	4,351

Families with female householder, no husband present	4,997	2,555	7,439
With related children under 18 years	4,997	2,555	7,439
With related children under 5 years only	2,396	441	4,351

Individuals	36,739	28,207	45,271
18 years and over	26,670	20,430	32,910
65 years and over	4,022	2,389	5,656
Related children under 18 years	10,069	5,817	14,321
Related children 5 to 17 years	6,613	3,260	9,966
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	19,333	12,981	25,686

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	10.1	7.8	12.4
18 years and over	9.7	7.4	12.0
65 years and over	7.8	4.7	10.9
Related children under 18 years	11.7	6.8	16.7
Related children under 5 years	16.6	9.7	23.5
Related children 5 to 17 years	10.1	5.0	15.2
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	30.6	23.0	38.2

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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