ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for New Orleans, LA MSA -- Table 3

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile New Orleans, LA MSA

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	991,496	988,381	994,611
In labor force	641,209	629,918	652,500
Civilian labor force	638,867	627,352	650,382
Employed	588,947	576,016	601,878
Unemployed	49,920	42,452	57,388
Percent unemployed	7.8	6.6	9.0
Armed Forces	2,342	725	3,959
Not in labor force	350,287	339,230	361,344

Females 16 years and over	527,631	525,201	530,061
In labor force	316,237	307,500	324,974
Civilian labor force	315,375	306,579	324,171
Employed	287,672	277,127	298,217

Own children under 6 years	106,249	100,161	112,338
All parents in family in labor force	72,016	64,702	79,330

Own children 6 to 17 years	220,770	211,875	229,665
All parents in family in labor force	159,473	148,524	170,422

Population 16 to 19 years	79,587	74,914	84,260
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	8,839	5,772	11,906
Unemployed or not in the labor force	5,217	2,993	7,441

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	569,188	556,127	582,249
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	425,718	409,304	442,132
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	75,457	65,932	84,982
Public transportation (including taxicab)	36,171	30,711	41,631
Walked	12,543	8,372	16,714
Other means	8,277	5,371	11,183
Worked at home	11,022	8,083	13,961
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.3	23.5	25.1

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	588,947	576,016	601,878
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	188,174	176,124	200,224
Service occupations	105,271	94,543	115,999
Sales and office occupations	159,776	148,107	171,445
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,028	939	3,117
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	61,630	52,758	70,502
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	72,068	64,077	80,059

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	8,138	5,518	10,758
Construction	42,483	35,401	49,565
Manufacturing	47,506	40,782	54,230
Wholesale trade	20,149	16,943	23,355
Retail trade	68,913	60,229	77,597
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	42,032	36,295	47,769
Information	13,809	9,930	17,688
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	34,606	29,910	39,302
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	51,203	45,017	57,389
Educational, health, and social services	124,490	114,554	134,426
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	71,772	63,623	79,921
Other services (except public administration)	32,781	27,176	38,386
Public administration	31,065	26,391	35,739

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	455,304	441,289	469,319
Government workers	92,142	83,892	100,392
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	39,418	33,178	45,658
Unpaid family workers	2,083	626	3,540

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	509,980	502,661	517,299
Less than $10,000	65,210	58,376	72,044
$10,000 to $14,999	42,589	36,741	48,437
$15,000 to $24,999	74,209	65,593	82,825
$25,000 to $34,999	65,939	58,235	73,643
$35,000 to $49,999	88,915	81,685	96,145
$50,000 to $74,999	85,108	77,757	92,459
$75,000 to $99,999	40,252	35,092	45,412
$100,000 to $149,999	34,711	29,943	39,480
$150,000 to $199,999	5,079	3,165	6,993
$200,000 or more	7,968	5,419	10,517
Median household income (dollars)	36,083	34,573	37,593
Mean household income (dollars)	47,463	45,349	49,577

With earnings	406,815	397,814	415,816
Mean earnings (dollars)	48,455	45,987	50,923
With Social Security	124,517	117,480	131,554
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,944	10,479	11,409
With retirement income	81,080	75,500	86,660
Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,808	15,208	18,409

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	108,200	99,125	117,275
With Supplemental Security Income	23,840	19,878	27,802
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,048	5,287	6,809
With cash public assistance income	14,433	10,589	18,278
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,084	1,612	2,556
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	40,646	34,718	46,574
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	52,586	46,049	59,123

Families	329,776	320,627	338,925
Less than $10,000	26,514	21,368	31,660
$10,000 to $14,999	20,906	16,788	25,024
$15,000 to $24,999	42,332	35,673	48,991
$25,000 to $34,999	41,356	34,619	48,093
$35,000 to $49,999	57,720	51,792	63,648
$50,000 to $74,999	66,459	59,993	72,925
$75,000 to $99,999	33,739	29,380	38,098
$100,000 to $149,999	28,894	24,404	33,384
$150,000 to $199,999	5,301	3,354	7,248
$200,000 or more	6,555	4,242	8,868
Median family income (dollars)	42,801	40,644	44,958
Mean family income (dollars)	55,348	52,660	58,036

Per capita income (dollars)	18,950	18,229	19,671

Nonfamily households	180,204	169,680	190,728
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	22,363	20,376	24,350
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	31,948	29,151	34,745

Median earnings (dollars):	21,688	21,102	22,274
Male full-time, year-round workers	36,412	34,878	37,947
Female full-time, year-round workers	23,290	21,878	24,702

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	44,274	38,747	49,802
With related children under 18 years	36,050	31,070	41,030
With related children under 5 years only	4,505	2,114	6,896

Families with female householder, no husband present	31,486	26,320	36,652
With related children under 18 years	28,262	23,563	32,961
With related children under 5 years only	3,898	1,687	6,109

Individuals	228,210	208,743	247,677
18 years and over	132,702	121,779	143,625
65 years and over	16,650	13,614	19,686
Related children under 18 years	93,977	80,886	107,068
Related children 5 to 17 years	68,581	57,762	79,400
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	58,060	49,858	66,262

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	17.6	16.1	19.1
18 years and over	14.0	12.8	15.2
65 years and over	11.6	9.6	13.6
Related children under 18 years	27.1	23.3	30.9
Related children under 5 years	27.7	22.8	32.7
Related children 5 to 17 years	26.9	22.6	31.2
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	24.9	21.9	27.9

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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