ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for California -- 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	25,890,457	25,870,017	25,910,897
In labor force	16,981,805	16,906,930	17,056,680
Civilian labor force	16,896,761	16,821,226	16,972,296
Employed	15,521,561	15,438,122	15,605,000
Unemployed	1,375,200	1,335,079	1,415,321
Percent unemployed	8.1	7.8	8.4
Armed Forces	85,044	73,212	96,876
Not in labor force	8,908,652	8,830,958	8,986,346

Females 16 years and over	13,208,584	13,190,538	13,226,630
In labor force	7,557,808	7,504,023	7,611,593
Civilian labor force	7,551,072	7,497,195	7,604,949
Employed	6,906,030	6,850,067	6,961,993

Own children under 6 years	2,862,693	2,829,960	2,895,426
All parents in family in labor force	1,592,342	1,553,494	1,631,190

Own children 6 to 17 years	5,901,573	5,859,551	5,943,595
All parents in family in labor force	3,726,994	3,662,548	3,791,440

Population 16 to 19 years	1,896,818	1,871,764	1,921,872
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	143,454	127,758	159,150
Unemployed or not in the labor force	80,308	68,088	92,528

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	15,093,961	15,012,590	15,175,332
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	11,182,348	11,094,850	11,269,846
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	1,911,845	1,853,329	1,970,361
Public transportation (including taxicab)	767,467	737,739	797,195
Walked	379,088	347,882	410,294
Other means	251,930	232,683	271,177
Worked at home	601,283	574,652	627,914
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	26.6	26.3	26.9

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	15,521,561	15,438,122	15,605,000
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	5,502,160	5,425,311	5,579,009
Service occupations	2,499,209	2,441,952	2,556,466
Sales and office occupations	4,013,093	3,941,394	4,084,792
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	188,648	168,416	208,880
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	1,371,855	1,325,115	1,418,595
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,946,596	1,896,563	1,996,629

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	274,281	252,443	296,119
Construction	1,019,824	971,580	1,068,068
Manufacturing	1,950,731	1,893,167	2,008,295
Wholesale trade	617,031	588,580	645,482
Retail trade	1,704,342	1,659,295	1,749,389
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	728,876	696,729	761,023
Information	538,739	515,212	562,266
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	1,052,364	1,016,373	1,088,355
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	1,838,594	1,787,672	1,889,516
Educational, health, and social services	2,889,593	2,830,711	2,948,475
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	1,401,535	1,354,002	1,449,068
Other services (except public administration)	779,069	744,556	813,582
Public administration	726,582	676,450	776,714

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	11,785,985	11,683,131	11,888,839
Government workers	2,320,344	2,246,125	2,394,563
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	1,376,051	1,324,820	1,427,282
Unpaid family workers	39,181	32,662	45,700

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2002 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	11,705,477	11,648,144	11,762,810
Less than $10,000	898,633	869,537	927,729
$10,000 to $14,999	649,156	621,753	676,559
$15,000 to $24,999	1,358,186	1,322,612	1,393,760
$25,000 to $34,999	1,238,431	1,205,500	1,271,362
$35,000 to $49,999	1,734,676	1,696,003	1,773,349
$50,000 to $74,999	2,241,278	2,202,274	2,280,282
$75,000 to $99,999	1,404,907	1,370,110	1,439,704
$100,000 to $149,999	1,341,143	1,304,864	1,377,422
$150,000 to $199,999	436,982	417,959	456,005
$200,000 or more	402,085	384,531	419,639
Median household income (dollars)	49,738	49,147	50,329
Mean household income (dollars)	65,915	65,319	66,511

With earnings	9,661,211	9,598,389	9,724,033
Mean earnings (dollars)	66,357	65,723	66,991
With Social Security	2,705,771	2,671,751	2,739,791
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,367	12,240	12,494
With retirement income	1,812,202	1,770,173	1,854,231
Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,998	17,559	18,437

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	2,325,549	2,269,571	2,381,527
With Supplemental Security Income	528,698	505,468	551,928
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,315	7,089	7,541
With cash public assistance income	422,952	398,880	447,024
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	4,773	4,583	4,963
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	513,594	486,928	540,260
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	1,241,943	1,198,862	1,285,025

Families	7,925,631	7,855,329	7,995,933
Less than $10,000	395,979	376,316	415,642
$10,000 to $14,999	314,083	293,773	334,393
$15,000 to $24,999	824,277	794,237	854,317
$25,000 to $34,999	812,207	781,291	843,123
$35,000 to $49,999	1,147,990	1,116,541	1,179,439
$50,000 to $74,999	1,589,030	1,553,700	1,624,360
$75,000 to $99,999	1,080,624	1,048,373	1,112,875
$100,000 to $149,999	1,077,419	1,045,609	1,109,229
$150,000 to $199,999	355,797	339,594	372,000
$200,000 or more	328,225	312,279	344,171
Median family income (dollars)	56,276	55,581	56,971
Mean family income (dollars)	73,531	72,774	74,288

Per capita income (dollars)	24,026	23,800	24,252

Nonfamily households	3,779,846	3,721,433	3,838,259
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	33,384	32,439	34,329
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	46,335	45,588	47,082

Median earnings (dollars):	26,688	26,447	26,929
Male full-time, year-round workers	41,199	40,823	41,575
Female full-time, year-round workers	33,605	32,828	34,382

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	792,926	760,918	824,934
With related children under 18 years	665,116	633,807	696,425
With related children under 5 years only	114,536	98,762	130,310

Families with female householder, no husband present	378,633	359,406	397,860
With related children under 18 years	340,260	320,920	359,600
With related children under 5 years only	63,973	53,081	74,865

Individuals	4,451,602	4,310,012	4,593,192
18 years and over	2,736,882	2,662,738	2,811,026
65 years and over	260,327	243,969	276,685
Related children under 18 years	1,668,384	1,585,739	1,751,029
Related children 5 to 17 years	1,178,982	1,113,774	1,244,190
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	1,231,525	1,176,427	1,286,623

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	13.0	12.5	13.5
18 years and over	11.0	10.7	11.3
65 years and over	7.3	6.8	7.8
Related children under 18 years	18.2	17.4	19.0
Related children under 5 years	19.7	18.4	21.0
Related children 5 to 17 years	17.6	16.6	18.6
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	20.8	20.1	21.5

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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