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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. |
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TABLE 3. SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
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Estimate |
Lower
Bound |
Upper
Bound |
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EMPLOYMENT STATUS
|
|
Population 16 years and over
|
4,595,284
|
4,583,846
|
4,606,722
|
|
In labor force
|
3,121,951
|
3,081,166
|
3,162,736
|
|
Civilian labor force
|
3,091,473
|
3,056,463
|
3,126,483
|
|
Employed
|
2,812,430
|
2,768,180
|
2,856,680
|
|
Unemployed
|
279,043
|
261,616
|
296,470
|
|
Percent unemployed
|
9.0
|
8.3
|
9.7
|
|
Armed Forces
|
30,478
|
21,268
|
39,688
|
|
Not in labor force
|
1,473,333
|
1,438,384
|
1,508,282
|
|
|
|
Females 16 years and over
|
2,338,750
|
2,329,327
|
2,348,173
|
|
In labor force
|
1,435,037
|
1,407,754
|
1,462,320
|
|
Civilian labor force
|
1,430,437
|
1,404,073
|
1,456,801
|
|
Employed
|
1,305,737
|
1,276,359
|
1,335,115
|
|
|
|
Own children under 6 years
|
445,522
|
435,794
|
455,250
|
|
All parents in family in labor force
|
258,499
|
242,540
|
274,458
|
|
|
|
Own children 6 to 17 years
|
970,192
|
957,284
|
983,100
|
|
All parents in family in labor force
|
662,593
|
640,627
|
684,559
|
|
|
|
Population 16 to 19 years
|
320,165
|
310,404
|
329,926
|
|
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate
|
26,242
|
20,632
|
31,852
|
|
Unemployed or not in the labor force
|
14,195
|
9,884
|
18,506
|
|
|
|
COMMUTING TO WORK
|
|
Workers 16 years and over
|
2,760,912
|
2,712,181
|
2,809,643
|
|
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone
|
2,062,739
|
2,020,327
|
2,105,151
|
|
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled
|
314,866
|
293,789
|
335,943
|
|
Public transportation (including taxicab)
|
128,081
|
106,304
|
149,858
|
|
Walked
|
83,559
|
65,782
|
101,336
|
|
Other means
|
48,202
|
41,104
|
55,300
|
|
Worked at home
|
123,465
|
114,661
|
132,269
|
|
Mean travel time to work (minutes)
|
24.4
|
23.9
|
24.9
|
|
|
|
Employed civilian population 16 years and over
|
2,812,430
|
2,768,180
|
2,856,680
|
|
OCCUPATION
|
|
Management, professional, and related occupations
|
1,032,816
|
989,500
|
1,076,132
|
|
Service occupations
|
439,998
|
412,616
|
467,380
|
|
Sales and office occupations
|
712,227
|
679,562
|
744,892
|
|
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
|
30,836
|
22,647
|
39,025
|
|
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations
|
250,960
|
235,818
|
266,102
|
|
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
|
345,593
|
326,338
|
364,849
|
|
|
|
INDUSTRY
|
|
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining
|
50,252
|
37,468
|
63,036
|
|
Construction
|
189,274
|
169,261
|
209,287
|
|
Manufacturing
|
323,085
|
302,552
|
343,618
|
|
Wholesale trade
|
107,139
|
98,877
|
115,401
|
|
Retail trade
|
324,792
|
302,928
|
346,656
|
|
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities
|
160,962
|
147,858
|
174,066
|
|
Information
|
102,446
|
91,767
|
113,125
|
|
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing
|
179,253
|
165,170
|
193,336
|
|
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services
|
272,650
|
242,485
|
302,815
|
|
Educational, health, and social services
|
558,681
|
536,418
|
580,944
|
|
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services
|
244,426
|
223,540
|
265,312
|
|
Other services (except public administration)
|
135,573
|
120,179
|
150,968
|
|
Public administration
|
163,897
|
130,501
|
197,293
|
|
|
|
CLASS OF WORKER
|
|
Private wage and salary workers
|
2,104,495
|
2,071,921
|
2,137,069
|
|
Government workers
|
497,528
|
468,224
|
526,832
|
|
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business
|
202,385
|
187,481
|
217,289
|
|
Unpaid family workers
|
8,022
|
5,397
|
10,647
|
|
|
|
INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2002 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
|
|
Total households
|
2,358,892
|
2,328,169
|
2,389,615
|
|
Less than $10,000
|
195,759
|
178,807
|
212,711
|
|
$10,000 to $14,999
|
132,983
|
120,339
|
145,627
|
|
$15,000 to $24,999
|
272,845
|
259,633
|
286,057
|
|
$25,000 to $34,999
|
273,137
|
255,678
|
290,596
|
|
$35,000 to $49,999
|
392,233
|
376,009
|
408,457
|
|
$50,000 to $74,999
|
473,532
|
454,781
|
492,283
|
|
$75,000 to $99,999
|
278,732
|
257,516
|
299,948
|
|
$100,000 to $149,999
|
247,288
|
225,196
|
269,380
|
|
$150,000 to $199,999
|
52,195
|
45,267
|
59,123
|
|
$200,000 or more
|
40,188
|
34,167
|
46,209
|
|
Median household income (dollars)
|
46,041
|
44,403
|
47,679
|
|
Mean household income (dollars)
|
57,812
|
56,103
|
59,521
|
|
|
|
With earnings
|
1,911,737
|
1,879,166
|
1,944,308
|
|
Mean earnings (dollars)
|
58,089
|
56,343
|
59,835
|
|
With Social Security
|
558,116
|
533,498
|
582,734
|
|
Mean Social Security income (dollars)
|
12,812
|
12,538
|
13,086
|
|
With retirement income
|
402,968
|
383,409
|
422,527
|
|
Mean retirement income (dollars)
|
16,957
|
16,305
|
17,609
|
|
|
|
With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)
|
370,635
|
345,845
|
395,425
|
|
With Supplemental Security Income
|
70,672
|
63,245
|
78,099
|
|
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)
|
6,629
|
6,269
|
6,989
|
|
With cash public assistance income
|
73,283
|
62,444
|
84,122
|
|
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)
|
3,557
|
3,235
|
3,879
|
|
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months
|
149,440
|
133,046
|
165,834
|
|
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months
|
157,196
|
140,383
|
174,010
|
|
|
|
Families
|
1,517,317
|
1,480,705
|
1,553,929
|
|
Less than $10,000
|
74,287
|
61,663
|
86,911
|
|
$10,000 to $14,999
|
54,792
|
46,887
|
62,697
|
|
$15,000 to $24,999
|
138,803
|
128,801
|
148,805
|
|
$25,000 to $34,999
|
157,392
|
142,143
|
172,641
|
|
$35,000 to $49,999
|
239,816
|
226,967
|
252,665
|
|
$50,000 to $74,999
|
344,447
|
323,764
|
365,130
|
|
$75,000 to $99,999
|
224,006
|
206,509
|
241,503
|
|
$100,000 to $149,999
|
207,047
|
189,004
|
225,090
|
|
$150,000 to $199,999
|
43,644
|
37,217
|
50,071
|
|
$200,000 or more
|
33,083
|
28,181
|
37,985
|
|
Median family income (dollars)
|
56,396
|
53,908
|
58,884
|
|
Mean family income (dollars)
|
67,024
|
64,953
|
69,095
|
|
|
|
Per capita income (dollars)
|
23,830
|
23,198
|
24,462
|
|
|
|
Nonfamily households
|
841,575
|
820,810
|
862,340
|
|
Median nonfamily income (dollars)
|
30,738
|
29,474
|
32,002
|
|
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)
|
39,001
|
37,620
|
40,382
|
|
|
|
Median earnings (dollars):
|
27,196
|
26,468
|
27,924
|
|
Male full-time, year-round workers
|
44,111
|
42,248
|
45,974
|
|
Female full-time, year-round workers
|
32,413
|
31,497
|
33,329
|
|
|
|
NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
|
|
Families
|
128,138
|
114,068
|
142,208
|
|
With related children under 18 years
|
104,225
|
89,380
|
119,070
|
|
With related children under 5 years only
|
25,630
|
18,685
|
32,575
|
|
|
|
Families with female householder, no husband present
|
66,857
|
56,642
|
77,072
|
|
With related children under 18 years
|
61,390
|
50,191
|
72,589
|
|
With related children under 5 years only
|
15,022
|
11,182
|
18,862
|
|
|
|
Individuals
|
672,290
|
615,936
|
728,644
|
|
18 years and over
|
446,292
|
406,542
|
486,042
|
|
65 years and over
|
45,235
|
38,284
|
52,186
|
|
Related children under 18 years
|
215,632
|
192,717
|
238,547
|
|
Related children 5 to 17 years
|
142,436
|
125,558
|
159,314
|
|
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over
|
244,646
|
211,859
|
277,433
|
|
|
|
PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
|
|
Individuals
|
11.4
|
10.4
|
12.4
|
|
18 years and over
|
10.1
|
9.1
|
11.1
|
|
65 years and over
|
7.0
|
5.8
|
8.2
|
|
Related children under 18 years
|
14.7
|
13.1
|
16.4
|
|
Related children under 5 years
|
18.9
|
16.1
|
21.7
|
|
Related children 5 to 17 years
|
13.2
|
11.6
|
14.9
|
|
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over
|
20.7
|
18.6
|
22.8
|
|
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