ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Birmingham, AL MSA -- Table 3

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Birmingham, AL MSA

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	701,535	697,633	705,437
In labor force	445,592	433,422	457,762
Civilian labor force	444,777	432,598	456,956
Employed	420,771	407,823	433,719
Unemployed	24,006	19,353	28,659
Percent unemployed	5.4	4.4	6.4
Armed Forces	815	0	1,633
Not in labor force	255,943	244,380	267,506

Females 16 years and over	371,023	368,101	373,945
In labor force	209,404	201,050	217,758
Civilian labor force	209,179	200,850	217,508
Employed	199,852	191,303	208,401

Own children under 6 years	75,204	70,960	79,448
All parents in family in labor force	45,174	38,785	51,563

Own children 6 to 17 years	145,137	140,235	150,039
All parents in family in labor force	98,573	89,668	107,478

Population 16 to 19 years	49,782	45,268	54,296
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	3,633	1,744	5,522
Unemployed or not in the labor force	2,264	913	3,615

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	408,628	395,928	421,328
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	349,956	337,254	362,658
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	36,306	29,708	42,904
Public transportation (including taxicab)	4,762	2,216	7,308
Walked	7,268	3,986	10,550
Other means	3,141	1,407	4,875
Worked at home	7,195	4,680	9,710
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.7	23.7	25.7

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	420,771	407,823	433,719
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	150,465	141,667	159,263
Service occupations	57,854	49,652	66,056
Sales and office occupations	114,638	105,454	123,822
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	758	0	1,699
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	39,662	33,849	45,475
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	57,394	50,982	63,806

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	2,640	886	4,394
Construction	29,603	24,049	35,157
Manufacturing	43,267	37,362	49,172
Wholesale trade	18,666	14,190	23,142
Retail trade	48,800	42,101	55,499
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	23,357	18,742	27,972
Information	14,963	10,531	19,395
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	42,350	36,382	48,318
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	41,580	35,496	47,664
Educational, health, and social services	91,588	84,811	98,365
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	29,000	23,053	34,947
Other services (except public administration)	22,294	18,504	26,084
Public administration	12,663	9,545	15,782

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	347,462	334,638	360,286
Government workers	48,956	42,496	55,416
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	23,451	19,494	27,408
Unpaid family workers	902	164	1,640

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	368,875	363,021	374,729
Less than $10,000	37,609	32,690	42,528
$10,000 to $14,999	23,984	19,296	28,672
$15,000 to $24,999	54,387	48,475	60,299
$25,000 to $34,999	48,703	42,702	54,704
$35,000 to $49,999	64,104	56,562	71,646
$50,000 to $74,999	66,019	59,406	72,632
$75,000 to $99,999	34,354	29,650	39,058
$100,000 to $149,999	25,237	21,180	29,294
$150,000 to $199,999	5,922	3,709	8,135
$200,000 or more	8,556	6,226	10,886
Median household income (dollars)	39,191	36,959	41,423
Mean household income (dollars)	52,828	50,371	55,285

With earnings	297,094	289,524	304,664
Mean earnings (dollars)	53,552	50,772	56,332
With Social Security	99,316	94,026	104,606
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,161	11,592	12,730
With retirement income	56,543	51,016	62,071
Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,948	13,047	16,849

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	62,489	55,024	69,954
With Supplemental Security Income	16,943	13,282	20,604
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,102	5,780	8,424
With cash public assistance income	4,363	1,905	6,822
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,084	1,386	2,782
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	26,015	20,831	31,199
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	31,462	25,522	37,402

Families	251,339	242,485	260,193
Less than $10,000	13,464	9,765	17,163
$10,000 to $14,999	11,619	8,491	14,747
$15,000 to $24,999	32,935	28,112	37,758
$25,000 to $34,999	29,824	25,475	34,173
$35,000 to $49,999	45,654	38,910	52,398
$50,000 to $74,999	50,916	45,349	56,483
$75,000 to $99,999	30,957	26,360	35,554
$100,000 to $149,999	22,640	19,000	26,280
$150,000 to $199,999	5,715	3,763	7,667
$200,000 or more	7,615	5,317	9,913
Median family income (dollars)	46,392	44,485	48,299
Mean family income (dollars)	62,080	58,704	65,456

Per capita income (dollars)	21,253	20,369	22,137

Nonfamily households	117,536	108,799	126,273
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	23,199	21,132	25,266
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	31,244	28,485	34,003

Median earnings (dollars):	25,415	24,187	26,643
Male full-time, year-round workers	35,383	33,464	37,302
Female full-time, year-round workers	28,005	25,423	30,587

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	23,996	19,414	28,578
With related children under 18 years	18,971	14,950	22,992
With related children under 5 years only	5,429	2,746	8,112

Families with female householder, no husband present	15,573	11,887	19,259
With related children under 18 years	13,944	10,354	17,534
With related children under 5 years only	2,865	816	4,914

Individuals	114,889	100,188	129,591
18 years and over	76,953	67,779	86,127
65 years and over	12,204	9,066	15,342
Related children under 18 years	35,376	28,263	42,489
Related children 5 to 17 years	24,118	17,498	30,738
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	39,470	33,515	45,425

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	12.7	11.1	14.4
18 years and over	11.4	10.1	12.7
65 years and over	11.1	8.3	13.9
Related children under 18 years	15.5	12.4	18.6
Related children under 5 years	18.2	12.3	24.1
Related children 5 to 17 years	14.5	10.5	18.5
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	25.8	22.5	29.1

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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