ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Tacoma, WA PMSA -- Table 3

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Tacoma, WA PMSA

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	521,316	517,523	525,109
In labor force	349,433	340,488	358,378
Civilian labor force	341,270	331,535	351,005
Employed	318,836	309,195	328,477
Unemployed	22,434	18,334	26,534
Percent unemployed	6.6	5.4	7.8
Armed Forces	8,163	5,853	10,473
Not in labor force	171,883	162,841	180,925

Females 16 years and over	269,621	266,144	273,098
In labor force	160,882	154,140	167,624
Civilian labor force	159,191	152,472	165,910
Employed	149,752	142,919	156,585

Own children under 6 years	59,324	55,536	63,112
All parents in family in labor force	33,960	28,952	38,968

Own children 6 to 17 years	122,585	116,716	128,454
All parents in family in labor force	89,065	80,546	97,584

Population 16 to 19 years	39,541	34,961	44,121
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	1,916	428	3,404
Unemployed or not in the labor force	839	0	1,699

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	315,331	306,078	324,584
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	249,428	239,091	259,765
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	39,126	32,320	45,932
Public transportation (including taxicab)	7,853	5,121	10,585
Walked	6,367	3,910	8,824
Other means	3,331	1,384	5,278
Worked at home	9,226	6,301	12,151
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.7	26.4	29.0

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	318,836	309,195	328,477
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	96,105	86,989	105,221
Service occupations	55,656	47,144	64,168
Sales and office occupations	79,554	73,621	85,487
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	699	108	1,290
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	41,399	36,386	46,412
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	45,423	39,148	51,698

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	1,124	357	1,891
Construction	28,704	23,148	34,260
Manufacturing	39,619	33,580	45,658
Wholesale trade	15,536	11,568	19,504
Retail trade	33,127	28,608	37,646
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	20,314	16,714	23,914
Information	4,685	2,821	6,550
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	19,821	15,628	24,014
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	25,353	20,754	29,952
Educational, health, and social services	71,217	63,894	78,540
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	32,194	26,020	38,368
Other services (except public administration)	11,483	8,303	14,663
Public administration	15,659	11,448	19,870

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	242,322	231,193	253,451
Government workers	57,022	49,422	64,622
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	18,646	14,765	22,527
Unpaid family workers	846	141	1,551

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	266,065	261,866	270,264
Less than $10,000	20,203	15,870	24,536
$10,000 to $14,999	16,311	12,511	20,111
$15,000 to $24,999	31,330	26,796	35,864
$25,000 to $34,999	40,735	35,387	46,083
$35,000 to $49,999	45,883	39,884	51,882
$50,000 to $74,999	53,537	47,714	59,360
$75,000 to $99,999	30,380	25,625	35,135
$100,000 to $149,999	20,264	16,439	24,089
$150,000 to $199,999	3,357	1,992	4,722
$200,000 or more	4,065	2,286	5,844
Median household income (dollars)	42,027	38,913	45,141
Mean household income (dollars)	53,277	50,505	56,049

With earnings	218,197	212,732	223,662
Mean earnings (dollars)	51,256	48,880	53,632
With Social Security	60,613	56,250	64,976
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,303	11,607	12,999
With retirement income	49,849	44,897	54,801
Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,870	14,862	18,878

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	47,651	41,079	54,223
With Supplemental Security Income	8,189	5,849	10,529
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,070	5,237	6,903
With cash public assistance income	10,159	6,849	13,469
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	3,560	2,090	5,030
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	21,420	16,939	25,901
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	23,417	18,756	28,078

Families	176,269	169,080	183,458
Less than $10,000	9,022	5,417	12,627
$10,000 to $14,999	9,139	5,832	12,446
$15,000 to $24,999	13,589	10,287	16,891
$25,000 to $34,999	23,500	19,428	27,572
$35,000 to $49,999	30,075	25,076	35,075
$50,000 to $74,999	42,021	37,025	47,017
$75,000 to $99,999	24,070	19,975	28,165
$100,000 to $149,999	18,539	14,891	22,187
$150,000 to $199,999	3,376	2,033	4,719
$200,000 or more	2,938	1,742	4,134
Median family income (dollars)	51,220	48,773	53,667
Mean family income (dollars)	60,904	57,429	64,379

Per capita income (dollars)	21,106	20,088	22,124

Nonfamily households	89,796	82,831	96,761
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	28,116	25,963	30,269
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	35,468	31,374	39,562

Median earnings (dollars):	25,910	24,824	26,996
Male full-time, year-round workers	40,745	39,649	41,841
Female full-time, year-round workers	27,880	25,567	30,193

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	16,413	12,075	20,751
With related children under 18 years	13,851	9,879	17,823
With related children under 5 years only	3,361	1,071	5,651

Families with female householder, no husband present	9,523	6,228	12,818
With related children under 18 years	9,348	6,027	12,669
With related children under 5 years only	2,729	539	4,919

Individuals	80,689	68,933	92,445
18 years and over	55,105	47,474	62,736
65 years and over	6,640	3,423	9,858
Related children under 18 years	23,842	17,760	29,924
Related children 5 to 17 years	16,617	10,977	22,257
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	30,775	24,683	36,867

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	11.7	10.1	13.4
18 years and over	11.0	9.5	12.5
65 years and over	9.6	5.0	14.2
Related children under 18 years	12.8	9.5	16.1
Related children under 5 years	14.6	8.8	20.4
Related children 5 to 17 years	12.2	8.1	16.3
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	22.9	18.9	26.9

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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