ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Atlanta, GA MSA -- Table 3

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Atlanta, GA MSA

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	3,142,995	3,136,263	3,149,727
In labor force	2,243,864	2,219,993	2,267,735
Civilian labor force	2,238,700	2,214,782	2,262,618
Employed	2,132,163	2,106,976	2,157,350
Unemployed	106,537	96,990	116,084
Percent unemployed	4.8	4.3	5.3
Armed Forces	5,164	3,238	7,090
Not in labor force	899,131	875,599	922,663

Females 16 years and over	1,618,188	1,612,354	1,624,022
In labor force	1,029,764	1,012,317	1,047,211
Civilian labor force	1,029,143	1,011,663	1,046,623
Employed	982,436	965,015	999,857

Own children under 6 years	379,018	369,770	388,266
All parents in family in labor force	219,874	206,799	232,949

Own children 6 to 17 years	703,419	690,480	716,358
All parents in family in labor force	490,789	469,497	512,081

Population 16 to 19 years	204,140	196,270	212,011
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	21,653	16,183	27,123
Unemployed or not in the labor force	10,060	7,022	13,098

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,090,991	2,064,870	2,117,112
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,630,243	1,602,493	1,657,993
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	236,811	218,034	255,588
Public transportation (including taxicab)	77,833	66,704	88,962
Walked	22,066	17,370	26,762
Other means	25,433	20,013	30,853
Worked at home	98,605	88,527	108,683
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	29.6	28.9	30.3

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	2,132,163	2,106,976	2,157,350
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	817,057	790,413	843,701
Service occupations	244,816	227,798	261,834
Sales and office occupations	612,604	591,223	633,985
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,090	788	3,392
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	220,033	204,896	235,170
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	235,563	218,568	252,558

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	8,865	5,313	12,417
Construction	193,728	177,264	210,192
Manufacturing	217,848	203,988	231,708
Wholesale trade	86,361	78,164	94,558
Retail trade	262,388	248,921	275,855
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	148,711	135,755	161,667
Information	111,822	101,297	122,347
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	173,963	161,946	185,980
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	254,045	239,098	268,992
Educational, health, and social services	335,210	316,458	353,962
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	148,735	135,771	161,699
Other services (except public administration)	100,804	91,975	109,633
Public administration	89,683	79,022	100,344

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,723,496	1,692,992	1,754,000
Government workers	254,437	237,694	271,180
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	148,724	137,167	160,281
Unpaid family workers	5,506	3,076	7,936

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,558,384	1,544,306	1,572,462
Less than $10,000	91,111	80,742	101,480
$10,000 to $14,999	63,839	55,388	72,290
$15,000 to $24,999	150,999	140,096	161,902
$25,000 to $34,999	175,913	164,454	187,372
$35,000 to $49,999	267,319	252,680	281,958
$50,000 to $74,999	327,152	309,537	344,767
$75,000 to $99,999	199,230	187,164	211,296
$100,000 to $149,999	182,325	170,648	194,002
$150,000 to $199,999	56,657	49,547	63,767
$200,000 or more	43,839	38,369	49,309
Median household income (dollars)	51,827	50,824	52,830
Mean household income (dollars)	65,980	64,658	67,302

With earnings	1,366,804	1,350,976	1,382,632
Mean earnings (dollars)	66,324	65,054	67,595
With Social Security	269,668	258,940	280,396
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,582	11,242	11,922
With retirement income	193,125	183,197	203,053
Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,169	17,054	19,284

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	192,467	178,777	206,157
With Supplemental Security Income	37,834	31,186	44,482
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,270	5,615	6,925
With cash public assistance income	17,160	12,913	21,407
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	3,008	2,275	3,741
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	60,156	52,591	67,721
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	98,929	90,034	107,824

Families	1,063,732	1,042,927	1,084,537
Less than $10,000	41,130	34,774	47,486
$10,000 to $14,999	33,718	28,210	39,226
$15,000 to $24,999	84,587	74,708	94,466
$25,000 to $34,999	101,865	91,985	111,745
$35,000 to $49,999	167,565	155,121	180,009
$50,000 to $74,999	234,876	221,112	248,640
$75,000 to $99,999	158,264	146,963	169,565
$100,000 to $149,999	152,707	142,861	162,553
$150,000 to $199,999	51,466	44,381	58,551
$200,000 or more	37,554	32,418	42,690
Median family income (dollars)	60,410	59,217	61,603
Mean family income (dollars)	74,329	72,725	75,933

Per capita income (dollars)	25,332	24,839	25,825

Nonfamily households	494,652	470,937	518,367
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	36,354	35,318	37,390
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	45,596	43,938	47,254

Median earnings (dollars):	30,670	30,274	31,066
Male full-time, year-round workers	41,156	40,564	41,748
Female full-time, year-round workers	32,148	31,567	32,729

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	68,339	61,216	75,462
With related children under 18 years	53,416	46,687	60,145
With related children under 5 years only	14,569	10,624	18,514

Families with female householder, no husband present	42,240	36,419	48,061
With related children under 18 years	36,855	31,174	42,536
With related children under 5 years only	10,123	6,569	13,677

Individuals	334,915	302,747	367,083
18 years and over	212,683	193,337	232,029
65 years and over	28,191	22,837	33,545
Related children under 18 years	118,343	100,465	136,221
Related children 5 to 17 years	74,601	61,495	87,707
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	102,213	89,376	115,050

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	8.0	7.2	8.8
18 years and over	7.0	6.3	7.7
65 years and over	9.4	7.6	11.2
Related children under 18 years	10.5	8.9	12.2
Related children under 5 years	13.4	10.6	16.2
Related children 5 to 17 years	9.3	7.7	11.0
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	14.6	13.0	16.3

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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