ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Boston, MA--NH PMSA -- Table 3

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Boston, MA--NH PMSA

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	2,669,838	2,647,444	2,692,232
In labor force	1,870,825	1,844,753	1,896,897
Civilian labor force	1,869,470	1,843,459	1,895,481
Employed	1,781,794	1,754,754	1,808,834
Unemployed	87,676	78,050	97,302
Percent unemployed	4.7	4.2	5.2
Armed Forces	1,355	660	2,050
Not in labor force	799,013	779,117	818,909

Females 16 years and over	1,407,451	1,393,182	1,421,720
In labor force	893,242	874,204	912,280
Civilian labor force	893,093	874,060	912,126
Employed	850,834	831,537	870,131

Own children under 6 years	219,792	209,394	230,190
All parents in family in labor force	132,663	121,862	143,464

Own children 6 to 17 years	461,650	446,640	476,660
All parents in family in labor force	337,854	320,965	354,743

Population 16 to 19 years	134,927	125,779	144,075
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	4,085	2,100	6,070
Unemployed or not in the labor force	2,118	953	3,283

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,730,813	1,703,963	1,757,663
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,176,054	1,148,271	1,203,837
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	134,360	121,972	146,748
Public transportation (including taxicab)	255,458	241,090	269,826
Walked	78,270	69,489	87,051
Other means	24,888	20,115	29,661
Worked at home	61,783	53,639	69,927
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.7	27.2	28.2

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,781,794	1,754,754	1,808,834
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	812,537	788,609	836,465
Service occupations	242,638	225,326	259,950
Sales and office occupations	471,085	451,665	490,506
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,018	866	3,170
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	110,362	101,921	118,803
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	143,154	128,558	157,750

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	3,842	2,083	5,601
Construction	90,570	82,406	98,734
Manufacturing	189,089	175,625	202,553
Wholesale trade	47,914	41,020	54,808
Retail trade	176,854	163,045	190,663
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	67,845	59,128	76,562
Information	75,124	65,853	84,395
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	188,576	174,617	202,535
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	249,661	234,191	265,131
Educational, health, and social services	415,615	396,199	435,031
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	125,967	113,211	138,723
Other services (except public administration)	71,255	62,894	79,616
Public administration	79,482	70,862	88,102

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,432,867	1,402,865	1,462,869
Government workers	226,471	211,134	241,808
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	119,917	110,324	129,510
Unpaid family workers	2,539	985	4,093

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,330,003	1,319,819	1,340,187
Less than $10,000	104,620	94,200	115,040
$10,000 to $14,999	63,025	56,311	69,739
$15,000 to $24,999	117,323	107,230	127,416
$25,000 to $34,999	105,183	95,045	115,321
$35,000 to $49,999	172,098	157,920	186,276
$50,000 to $74,999	250,256	235,629	264,883
$75,000 to $99,999	177,430	165,476	189,384
$100,000 to $149,999	193,574	182,767	204,382
$150,000 to $199,999	69,788	63,700	75,877
$200,000 or more	76,706	69,915	83,497
Median household income (dollars)	59,956	58,471	61,441
Mean household income (dollars)	79,002	77,179	80,825

With earnings	1,090,437	1,076,283	1,104,591
Mean earnings (dollars)	81,378	79,368	83,388
With Social Security	331,917	322,618	341,216
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,817	11,492	12,142
With retirement income	214,317	205,514	223,120
Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,232	17,118	19,346

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	195,455	182,590	208,320
With Supplemental Security Income	45,584	39,687	51,481
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,687	6,129	7,245
With cash public assistance income	20,203	15,868	24,538
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	4,004	3,361	4,648
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	37,940	32,937	42,943
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	58,111	50,321	65,901

Families	831,887	812,995	850,780
Less than $10,000	30,777	24,545	37,009
$10,000 to $14,999	25,534	20,350	30,718
$15,000 to $24,999	51,265	44,583	57,948
$25,000 to $34,999	52,351	46,393	58,309
$35,000 to $49,999	93,292	83,037	103,547
$50,000 to $74,999	170,680	157,978	183,382
$75,000 to $99,999	132,516	121,760	143,272
$100,000 to $149,999	153,358	143,976	162,740
$150,000 to $199,999	58,225	52,366	64,084
$200,000 or more	63,889	57,901	69,877
Median family income (dollars)	73,641	71,253	76,029
Mean family income (dollars)	94,332	91,471	97,193

Per capita income (dollars)	32,871	32,102	33,640

Nonfamily households	498,116	479,629	516,603
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	36,743	35,131	38,355
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	50,519	48,194	52,844

Median earnings (dollars):	34,088	33,025	35,151
Male full-time, year-round workers	50,041	48,782	51,300
Female full-time, year-round workers	37,152	36,339	37,965

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	50,558	42,171	58,945
With related children under 18 years	39,821	32,318	47,324
With related children under 5 years only	7,900	4,219	11,581

Families with female householder, no husband present	28,291	22,082	34,500
With related children under 18 years	25,510	19,785	31,236
With related children under 5 years only	6,158	2,706	9,610

Individuals	270,135	243,474	296,796
18 years and over	201,512	183,524	219,500
65 years and over	39,708	33,248	46,168
Related children under 18 years	65,285	53,263	77,307
Related children 5 to 17 years	50,376	40,613	60,139
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	118,526	107,461	129,591

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	8.2	7.4	9.0
18 years and over	7.8	7.1	8.5
65 years and over	9.4	7.9	10.9
Related children under 18 years	9.2	7.4	11.0
Related children under 5 years	7.7	5.6	9.8
Related children 5 to 17 years	9.8	7.8	11.8
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	16.5	15.2	17.8

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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