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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Chester County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	330,517	329,118	331,916
In labor force	223,198	216,801	229,595
Civilian labor force	222,943	216,521	229,365
Employed	213,940	207,469	220,411
Unemployed	9,003	6,231	11,775
Percent unemployed	4.0	2.7	5.3
Armed Forces	255	0	684
Not in labor force	107,319	100,754	113,884

Females 16 years and over	169,894	166,802	172,986
In labor force	99,286	93,452	105,120
Civilian labor force	99,031	93,188	104,874
Employed	95,414	89,588	101,240

Own children under 6 years	37,421	34,240	40,602
All parents in family in labor force	20,409	17,215	23,603

Own children 6 to 17 years	66,823	63,206	70,440
All parents in family in labor force	43,628	38,825	48,431

Population 16 to 19 years	19,587	17,955	21,219
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	755	0	1,719
Unemployed or not in the labor force	755	0	1,719

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	209,135	202,535	215,735
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	173,284	165,315	181,254
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	16,470	12,192	20,748
Public transportation (including taxicab)	5,543	2,718	8,368
Walked	4,351	2,293	6,409
Other means	1,152	192	2,112
Worked at home	8,335	5,624	11,046
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.5	25.9	29.2

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	213,940	207,469	220,411
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	100,747	93,657	107,837
Service occupations	23,685	18,646	28,724
Sales and office occupations	56,770	51,216	62,324
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,697	0	3,979
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	13,546	10,650	16,442
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,495	13,985	21,005

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	4,779	2,220	7,338
Construction	11,244	8,414	14,074
Manufacturing	31,089	27,182	34,996
Wholesale trade	10,134	7,057	13,211
Retail trade	27,734	23,555	31,913
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	7,297	4,881	9,713
Information	8,041	5,553	10,529
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	20,290	16,617	23,963
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	27,808	22,449	33,167
Educational, health, and social services	42,370	37,635	47,106
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	8,637	5,604	11,670
Other services (except public administration)	10,731	8,236	13,226
Public administration	3,786	2,058	5,514

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	182,789	176,012	189,566
Government workers	16,556	13,030	20,082
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	14,392	11,478	17,306
Unpaid family workers	203	0	545

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	159,822	156,543	163,101
Less than $10,000	4,630	2,965	6,295
$10,000 to $14,999	4,955	2,774	7,136
$15,000 to $24,999	15,589	12,388	18,790
$25,000 to $34,999	16,750	12,747	20,753
$35,000 to $49,999	22,155	18,611	25,699
$50,000 to $74,999	31,437	27,350	35,524
$75,000 to $99,999	18,220	14,879	21,561
$100,000 to $149,999	26,797	23,695	29,899
$150,000 to $199,999	11,020	8,392	13,648
$200,000 or more	8,269	6,119	10,419
Median household income (dollars)	60,625	57,957	63,293
Mean household income (dollars)	80,807	76,755	84,859

With earnings	133,976	129,627	138,325
Mean earnings (dollars)	81,111	76,536	85,686
With Social Security	39,968	36,590	43,346
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	14,165	13,399	14,931
With retirement income	27,716	24,622	30,810
Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,441	14,598	20,284

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	7,239	4,850	9,628
With Supplemental Security Income	1,457	523	2,391
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,651	4,085	7,217
With cash public assistance income	770	0	1,588
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	4,641	2,290	6,992
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	2,803	1,110	4,496
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	1,622	413	2,831

Families	112,905	107,513	118,297
Less than $10,000	2,010	954	3,066
$10,000 to $14,999	3,040	1,040	5,040
$15,000 to $24,999	6,622	4,279	8,965
$25,000 to $34,999	7,178	5,221	9,135
$35,000 to $49,999	12,691	9,838	15,544
$50,000 to $74,999	23,253	19,425	27,081
$75,000 to $99,999	16,481	13,204	19,758
$100,000 to $149,999	23,634	20,489	26,779
$150,000 to $199,999	9,979	7,377	12,581
$200,000 or more	8,017	5,923	10,111
Median family income (dollars)	76,422	72,898	79,946
Mean family income (dollars)	95,222	89,987	100,457

Per capita income (dollars)	32,145	30,711	33,579

Nonfamily households	46,917	41,361	52,473
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	34,216	30,376	38,056
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	44,031	39,659	48,404

Median earnings (dollars):	33,589	31,670	35,508
Male full-time, year-round workers	52,300	48,277	56,323
Female full-time, year-round workers	34,872	32,621	37,123

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	3,101	1,507	4,695
With related children under 18 years	2,175	438	3,912
With related children under 5 years only	0	0	488

Families with female householder, no husband present	1,991	348	3,634
With related children under 18 years	1,759	168	3,350
With related children under 5 years only	0	0	488

Individuals	16,548	10,875	22,221
18 years and over	12,197	8,278	16,116
65 years and over	2,177	1,190	3,164
Related children under 18 years	4,165	987	7,343
Related children 5 to 17 years	2,971	645	5,298
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	6,666	4,209	9,123

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	3.9	2.6	5.2
18 years and over	3.8	2.6	5.0
65 years and over	4.6	2.6	6.6
Related children under 18 years	3.9	0.9	6.9
Related children under 5 years	4.1	0.1	8.1
Related children 5 to 17 years	3.8	0.8	6.8
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	10.2	6.4	14.0

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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