ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA -- Table 3

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	4,495,606	4,479,891	4,511,321
In labor force	3,157,085	3,132,500	3,181,670
Civilian labor force	3,153,502	3,128,844	3,178,160
Employed	3,003,997	2,977,711	3,030,283
Unemployed	149,505	138,379	160,631
Percent unemployed	4.7	4.4	5.0
Armed Forces	3,583	2,167	4,999
Not in labor force	1,338,521	1,315,809	1,361,233

Females 16 years and over	2,354,799	2,344,259	2,365,339
In labor force	1,493,897	1,475,193	1,512,601
Civilian labor force	1,493,748	1,475,022	1,512,474
Employed	1,424,816	1,405,361	1,444,271

Own children under 6 years	396,665	386,176	407,154
All parents in family in labor force	238,620	226,928	250,312

Own children 6 to 17 years	858,712	846,649	870,775
All parents in family in labor force	622,932	605,416	640,448

Population 16 to 19 years	250,377	240,979	259,775
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	10,366	7,526	13,206
Unemployed or not in the labor force	5,029	3,399	6,659

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,922,620	2,895,834	2,949,406
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,176,403	2,145,929	2,206,877
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	234,267	220,442	248,092
Public transportation (including taxicab)	279,475	263,571	295,379
Walked	106,094	96,253	115,935
Other means	34,791	29,518	40,064
Worked at home	91,590	82,489	100,691
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	26.8	26.3	27.3

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	3,003,997	2,977,711	3,030,283
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,260,020	1,232,354	1,287,686
Service occupations	416,844	396,419	437,269
Sales and office occupations	789,498	766,259	812,737
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	5,415	3,244	7,586
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	225,759	214,353	237,165
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	306,461	286,070	326,852

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	9,288	6,508	12,068
Construction	177,815	166,638	188,992
Manufacturing	402,703	384,269	421,137
Wholesale trade	91,217	82,637	99,797
Retail trade	324,288	307,983	340,593
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	124,471	114,870	134,072
Information	112,230	102,483	121,977
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	268,276	252,462	284,090
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	377,210	359,887	394,533
Educational, health, and social services	672,025	650,598	693,452
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	202,913	187,886	217,940
Other services (except public administration)	118,430	108,149	128,711
Public administration	123,131	113,518	132,744

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	2,422,880	2,392,390	2,453,370
Government workers	384,019	365,638	402,400
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	192,894	183,374	202,415
Unpaid family workers	4,204	2,302	6,106

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	2,227,417	2,215,936	2,238,898
Less than $10,000	165,338	153,262	177,414
$10,000 to $14,999	107,336	98,855	115,817
$15,000 to $24,999	212,577	198,742	226,412
$25,000 to $34,999	198,113	184,776	211,450
$35,000 to $49,999	305,043	288,637	321,449
$50,000 to $74,999	443,133	425,495	460,772
$75,000 to $99,999	297,518	281,554	313,482
$100,000 to $149,999	300,183	286,262	314,104
$150,000 to $199,999	100,427	92,852	108,002
$200,000 or more	97,749	89,979	105,519
Median household income (dollars)	56,481	55,438	57,524
Mean household income (dollars)	72,927	71,670	74,184

With earnings	1,827,864	1,811,361	1,844,367
Mean earnings (dollars)	75,463	73,993	76,933
With Social Security	548,000	537,645	558,355
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,703	11,485	11,921
With retirement income	353,985	343,935	364,035
Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,685	15,949	17,421

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	338,704	322,813	354,595
With Supplemental Security Income	80,174	71,516	88,832
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,731	6,287	7,175
With cash public assistance income	41,870	36,250	47,490
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	3,949	3,487	4,411
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	74,720	68,387	81,053
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	102,944	91,932	113,956

Families	1,441,929	1,419,164	1,464,694
Less than $10,000	51,927	43,740	60,114
$10,000 to $14,999	41,540	35,590	47,490
$15,000 to $24,999	101,188	91,301	111,075
$25,000 to $34,999	109,097	99,611	118,583
$35,000 to $49,999	181,984	168,883	195,085
$50,000 to $74,999	308,832	292,454	325,210
$75,000 to $99,999	230,723	216,985	244,461
$100,000 to $149,999	248,126	236,315	259,937
$150,000 to $199,999	86,056	78,491	93,621
$200,000 or more	82,456	75,409	89,503
Median family income (dollars)	68,768	67,235	70,301
Mean family income (dollars)	85,786	83,945	87,627

Per capita income (dollars)	29,789	29,236	30,342

Nonfamily households	785,488	761,784	809,192
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	34,176	32,402	35,950
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	46,249	44,881	47,617

Median earnings (dollars):	32,071	31,736	32,406
Male full-time, year-round workers	46,894	46,097	47,691
Female full-time, year-round workers	35,420	34,854	35,986

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	83,152	72,455	93,849
With related children under 18 years	66,726	56,979	76,473
With related children under 5 years only	11,627	7,814	15,440

Families with female householder, no husband present	49,827	41,437	58,217
With related children under 18 years	46,487	38,560	54,414
With related children under 5 years only	9,110	5,633	12,587

Individuals	445,842	411,167	480,517
18 years and over	317,013	296,104	337,922
65 years and over	64,468	57,672	71,264
Related children under 18 years	123,161	105,493	140,829
Related children 5 to 17 years	90,937	76,551	105,323
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	185,654	172,819	198,489

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	7.9	7.2	8.6
18 years and over	7.3	6.8	7.8
65 years and over	9.4	8.4	10.4
Related children under 18 years	9.5	8.2	10.8
Related children under 5 years	9.4	7.6	11.2
Related children 5 to 17 years	9.6	8.1	11.1
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	16.4	15.4	17.4

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.

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