ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for United States -- Table 3


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	Note: The 2002 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters.

TABLE 3. SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	216,041,422	215,976,922	216,105,922
In labor force	142,954,724	142,697,895	143,211,553
Civilian labor force	142,223,883	141,962,256	142,485,510
Employed	131,659,263	131,372,767	131,945,759
Unemployed	10,564,620	10,442,530	10,686,710
Percent unemployed	7.4	7.2	7.6
Armed Forces	730,841	669,421	792,261
Not in labor force	73,086,698	72,833,765	73,339,631

Females 16 years and over	111,948,318	111,896,736	111,999,900
In labor force	66,222,247	66,045,476	66,399,018
Civilian labor force	66,132,876	65,955,536	66,310,216
Employed	61,224,237	61,038,120	61,410,354

Own children under 6 years	22,311,074	22,237,656	22,384,492
All parents in family in labor force	13,449,393	13,331,793	13,566,993

Own children 6 to 17 years	45,719,872	45,616,148	45,823,596
All parents in family in labor force	31,731,568	31,575,021	31,888,115

Population 16 to 19 years	14,744,207	14,677,380	14,811,034
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	1,284,612	1,236,272	1,332,952
Unemployed or not in the labor force	728,402	693,643	763,161

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	128,617,952	128,329,082	128,906,822
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	99,574,701	99,273,474	99,875,928
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	13,366,660	13,216,875	13,516,445
Public transportation (including taxicab)	6,385,231	6,291,113	6,479,349
Walked	3,183,545	3,118,928	3,248,162
Other means	1,660,254	1,610,932	1,709,576
Worked at home	4,447,561	4,375,642	4,519,480
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.4	24.2	24.6

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	131,659,263	131,372,767	131,945,759
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	44,511,092	44,241,886	44,780,298
Service occupations	20,713,103	20,548,661	20,877,545
Sales and office occupations	34,949,104	34,732,238	35,165,970
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	882,626	839,903	925,349
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	12,395,092	12,280,262	12,509,922
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	18,208,246	18,027,195	18,389,297

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	2,405,825	2,305,677	2,505,973
Construction	9,161,256	9,060,149	9,262,363
Manufacturing	17,067,103	16,862,944	17,271,262
Wholesale trade	4,797,155	4,727,815	4,866,495
Retail trade	15,336,216	15,211,021	15,461,411
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	6,884,607	6,795,345	6,973,869
Information	3,707,140	3,655,965	3,758,315
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	9,266,289	9,168,495	9,364,083
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	12,486,846	12,354,519	12,619,173
Educational, health, and social services	27,081,123	26,866,805	27,295,442
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	10,680,680	10,546,210	10,815,150
Other services (except public administration)	6,308,957	6,234,920	6,382,994
Public administration	6,476,066	6,365,069	6,587,063

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	102,103,649	101,814,120	102,393,178
Government workers	19,991,647	19,803,717	20,179,577
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	9,193,107	9,095,305	9,290,909
Unpaid family workers	370,860	349,893	391,827

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2002 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	107,366,878	107,118,545	107,615,211
Less than $10,000	9,710,469	9,610,872	9,810,066
$10,000 to $14,999	6,953,160	6,867,659	7,038,661
$15,000 to $24,999	13,709,748	13,599,284	13,820,212
$25,000 to $34,999	13,214,812	13,105,227	13,324,397
$35,000 to $49,999	17,199,425	17,085,699	17,313,151
$50,000 to $74,999	20,670,535	20,522,023	20,819,047
$75,000 to $99,999	11,479,853	11,358,972	11,600,734
$100,000 to $149,999	9,275,616	9,178,609	9,372,623
$150,000 to $199,999	2,708,552	2,660,075	2,757,029
$200,000 or more	2,444,708	2,397,391	2,492,025
Median household income (dollars)	43,057	42,836	43,278
Mean household income (dollars)	57,208	56,987	57,429

With earnings	86,201,380	85,936,072	86,466,688
Mean earnings (dollars)	58,380	58,185	58,575
With Social Security	28,286,408	28,150,341	28,422,475
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,336	12,300	12,372
With retirement income	18,148,818	18,018,971	18,278,665
Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,483	16,376	16,590

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	18,918,553	18,765,855	19,071,251
With Supplemental Security Income	4,025,390	3,956,894	4,093,886
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,515	6,451	6,579
With cash public assistance income	2,611,312	2,551,075	2,671,549
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,990	2,939	3,041
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	6,780,566	6,679,076	6,882,056
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	8,900,380	8,783,402	9,017,358

Families	72,453,348	72,176,749	72,729,947
Less than $10,000	3,962,327	3,898,253	4,026,401
$10,000 to $14,999	3,093,438	3,033,454	3,153,422
$15,000 to $24,999	7,665,952	7,575,958	7,755,946
$25,000 to $34,999	8,280,787	8,194,261	8,367,313
$35,000 to $49,999	11,775,668	11,677,887	11,873,449
$50,000 to $74,999	15,813,500	15,681,569	15,945,431
$75,000 to $99,999	9,494,180	9,389,921	9,598,439
$100,000 to $149,999	7,926,312	7,838,577	8,014,047
$150,000 to $199,999	2,336,503	2,290,136	2,382,870
$200,000 or more	2,104,681	2,061,233	2,148,129
Median family income (dollars)	51,742	51,559	51,925
Mean family income (dollars)	65,984	65,708	66,260

Per capita income (dollars)	22,759	22,677	22,842

Nonfamily households	34,913,530	34,749,726	35,077,334
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	26,414	26,266	26,563
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	36,620	36,424	36,816

Median earnings (dollars):	25,839	25,763	25,915
Male full-time, year-round workers	39,996	39,854	40,138
Female full-time, year-round workers	30,043	29,951	30,135

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	6,951,919	6,862,250	7,041,588
With related children under 18 years	5,526,677	5,443,741	5,609,613
With related children under 5 years only	1,160,764	1,118,791	1,202,737

Families with female householder, no husband present	3,767,578	3,708,774	3,826,382
With related children under 18 years	3,393,185	3,333,524	3,452,846
With related children under 5 years only	720,023	687,000	753,046

Individuals	34,763,085	34,326,767	35,199,403
18 years and over	22,244,917	21,990,518	22,499,316
65 years and over	3,232,066	3,177,060	3,287,072
Related children under 18 years	12,166,967	11,949,070	12,384,864
Related children 5 to 17 years	8,354,890	8,189,322	8,520,458
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	10,439,404	10,282,040	10,596,768

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	12.4	12.2	12.6
18 years and over	10.7	10.5	10.9
65 years and over	9.6	9.4	9.8
Related children under 18 years	17.2	16.9	17.5
Related children under 5 years	19.8	19.3	20.3
Related children 5 to 17 years	16.2	15.7	16.7
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	21.6	21.3	21.9

The 2002 American Community 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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