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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Lehigh County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	240,038	238,598	241,478
In labor force	155,577	149,531	161,623
Civilian labor force	155,577	149,531	161,623
Employed	149,036	142,647	155,425
Unemployed	6,541	4,596	8,486
Percent unemployed	4.2	2.9	5.5
Armed Forces	0	0	488
Not in labor force	84,461	78,176	90,746

Females 16 years and over	126,492	125,043	127,941
In labor force	73,971	70,232	77,710
Civilian labor force	73,971	70,232	77,710
Employed	71,643	67,874	75,412

Own children under 6 years	21,027	17,318	24,736
All parents in family in labor force	13,389	9,917	16,861

Own children 6 to 17 years	46,150	42,908	49,392
All parents in family in labor force	32,798	28,246	37,350

Population 16 to 19 years	16,069	13,861	18,277
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	897	0	1,925
Unemployed or not in the labor force	767	0	1,782

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	144,253	137,686	150,820
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	120,108	112,612	127,604
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	10,313	7,393	13,234
Public transportation (including taxicab)	4,233	2,019	6,447
Walked	7,108	4,369	9,847
Other means	902	178	1,626
Worked at home	1,589	587	2,591
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.6	19.0	22.3

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	149,036	142,647	155,425
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	47,837	41,831	53,843
Service occupations	23,583	19,098	28,068
Sales and office occupations	41,212	35,914	46,510
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	216	0	577
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	10,451	7,524	13,378
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	25,737	21,262	30,212

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	734	145	1,323
Construction	9,905	6,866	12,944
Manufacturing	31,641	26,638	36,644
Wholesale trade	3,778	2,169	5,387
Retail trade	19,120	15,663	22,577
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	7,315	4,474	10,156
Information	4,449	2,154	6,744
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	7,029	5,095	8,963
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	13,166	9,993	16,339
Educational, health, and social services	30,708	26,410	35,006
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	10,765	8,353	13,177
Other services (except public administration)	6,715	4,268	9,162
Public administration	3,711	2,038	5,384

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	128,579	121,337	135,821
Government workers	13,255	10,137	16,374
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	6,828	4,063	9,593
Unpaid family workers	374	0	821

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	122,806	119,305	126,307
Less than $10,000	9,509	7,150	11,869
$10,000 to $14,999	7,316	4,663	9,969
$15,000 to $24,999	17,258	13,242	21,274
$25,000 to $34,999	13,161	10,303	16,019
$35,000 to $49,999	25,182	21,055	29,309
$50,000 to $74,999	25,378	21,634	29,122
$75,000 to $99,999	11,705	9,560	13,850
$100,000 to $149,999	9,274	7,147	11,401
$150,000 to $199,999	2,571	1,335	3,807
$200,000 or more	1,452	619	2,285
Median household income (dollars)	44,719	41,409	48,029
Mean household income (dollars)	53,156	49,882	56,430

With earnings	93,710	89,712	97,708
Mean earnings (dollars)	57,042	52,775	61,309
With Social Security	36,153	33,297	39,009
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,940	11,240	12,640
With retirement income	22,345	19,335	25,355
Mean retirement income (dollars)	10,831	9,480	12,182

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	20,185	16,337	24,033
With Supplemental Security Income	5,971	3,971	7,971
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,930	6,862	8,998
With cash public assistance income	2,805	1,023	4,587
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,797	200	5,394
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	3,505	1,855	5,155
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	8,371	5,304	11,438

Families	82,408	77,803	87,013
Less than $10,000	2,684	1,178	4,190
$10,000 to $14,999	3,858	1,449	6,267
$15,000 to $24,999	9,744	6,616	12,872
$25,000 to $34,999	6,867	4,768	8,966
$35,000 to $49,999	17,001	13,597	20,405
$50,000 to $74,999	20,269	16,621	23,917
$75,000 to $99,999	9,905	7,994	11,816
$100,000 to $149,999	8,206	6,427	9,985
$150,000 to $199,999	2,571	1,335	3,807
$200,000 or more	1,303	463	2,143
Median family income (dollars)	50,888	47,393	54,383
Mean family income (dollars)	61,817	56,851	66,784

Per capita income (dollars)	21,553	20,375	22,731

Nonfamily households	40,398	35,923	44,873
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	25,324	21,204	29,444
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	32,780	27,936	37,624

Median earnings (dollars):	25,727	23,833	27,621
Male full-time, year-round workers	39,075	36,192	41,958
Female full-time, year-round workers	29,303	26,709	31,897

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	6,525	3,167	9,883
With related children under 18 years	5,408	2,250	8,566
With related children under 5 years only	1,278	130	2,426

Families with female householder, no husband present	4,239	1,880	6,599
With related children under 18 years	4,136	1,777	6,496
With related children under 5 years only	1,278	130	2,426

Individuals	31,527	21,391	41,663
18 years and over	19,457	13,593	25,321
65 years and over	3,519	1,884	5,154
Related children under 18 years	11,579	5,933	17,225
Related children 5 to 17 years	8,115	3,505	12,725
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	10,778	7,589	13,967

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	10.4	7.1	13.7
18 years and over	8.4	5.9	10.9
65 years and over	7.7	4.2	11.2
Related children under 18 years	16.5	8.6	24.4
Related children under 5 years	18.2	6.5	29.9
Related children 5 to 17 years	15.8	6.9	24.7
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	20.0	14.6	25.4

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.

American Community Survey (ACS)