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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
|
| |
Estimate |
Lower
Bound |
Upper
Bound |
|
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
|
|
Population 16 years and over
|
445,433
|
433,530
|
457,336
|
|
In labor force
|
305,246
|
290,219
|
320,273
|
|
Civilian labor force
|
304,963
|
289,971
|
319,955
|
|
Employed
|
272,094
|
256,997
|
287,192
|
|
Unemployed
|
32,869
|
25,819
|
39,919
|
|
Percent unemployed
|
10.8
|
8.5
|
13.1
|
|
Armed Forces
|
283
|
0
|
758
|
|
Not in labor force
|
140,187
|
130,761
|
149,613
|
|
|
|
Females 16 years and over
|
243,117
|
236,850
|
249,384
|
|
In labor force
|
153,343
|
143,603
|
163,083
|
|
Civilian labor force
|
153,343
|
143,603
|
163,083
|
|
Employed
|
138,961
|
129,388
|
148,534
|
|
|
|
Own children under 6 years
|
34,869
|
30,996
|
38,742
|
|
All parents in family in labor force
|
22,142
|
17,707
|
26,577
|
|
|
|
Own children 6 to 17 years
|
63,622
|
56,987
|
70,257
|
|
All parents in family in labor force
|
47,243
|
38,297
|
56,189
|
|
|
|
Population 16 to 19 years
|
18,216
|
13,510
|
22,922
|
|
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate
|
1,311
|
0
|
3,222
|
|
Unemployed or not in the labor force
|
0
|
0
|
497
|
|
|
|
COMMUTING TO WORK
|
|
Workers 16 years and over
|
263,199
|
248,502
|
277,896
|
|
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone
|
123,173
|
111,301
|
135,045
|
|
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled
|
18,785
|
13,093
|
24,478
|
|
Public transportation (including taxicab)
|
82,581
|
71,864
|
93,298
|
|
Walked
|
26,580
|
21,561
|
31,599
|
|
Other means
|
4,750
|
1,834
|
7,666
|
|
Worked at home
|
7,330
|
3,849
|
10,812
|
|
Mean travel time to work (minutes)
|
28.2
|
26.9
|
29.5
|
|
|
|
Employed civilian population 16 years and over
|
272,094
|
256,997
|
287,192
|
|
OCCUPATION
|
|
Management, professional, and related occupations
|
118,967
|
107,717
|
130,217
|
|
Service occupations
|
54,204
|
44,066
|
64,342
|
|
Sales and office occupations
|
59,559
|
50,162
|
68,956
|
|
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
|
0
|
0
|
497
|
|
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations
|
16,510
|
12,123
|
20,897
|
|
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
|
22,854
|
16,130
|
29,578
|
|
|
|
INDUSTRY
|
|
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining
|
0
|
0
|
497
|
|
Construction
|
12,521
|
8,441
|
16,601
|
|
Manufacturing
|
15,464
|
10,110
|
20,818
|
|
Wholesale trade
|
7,887
|
3,749
|
12,025
|
|
Retail trade
|
20,070
|
14,914
|
25,226
|
|
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities
|
9,557
|
6,229
|
12,885
|
|
Information
|
8,087
|
5,155
|
11,019
|
|
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing
|
25,721
|
20,319
|
31,123
|
|
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services
|
41,618
|
34,416
|
48,820
|
|
Educational, health, and social services
|
71,538
|
61,938
|
81,138
|
|
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services
|
31,944
|
24,504
|
39,384
|
|
Other services (except public administration)
|
14,796
|
10,450
|
19,142
|
|
Public administration
|
12,891
|
8,634
|
17,148
|
|
|
|
CLASS OF WORKER
|
|
Private wage and salary workers
|
228,486
|
212,953
|
244,019
|
|
Government workers
|
32,462
|
25,997
|
38,927
|
|
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business
|
11,146
|
6,859
|
15,433
|
|
Unpaid family workers
|
0
|
0
|
497
|
|
|
|
INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2002 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
|
|
Total households
|
229,384
|
222,898
|
235,870
|
|
Less than $10,000
|
32,357
|
25,778
|
38,936
|
|
$10,000 to $14,999
|
15,399
|
10,962
|
19,836
|
|
$15,000 to $24,999
|
27,480
|
21,555
|
33,405
|
|
$25,000 to $34,999
|
31,079
|
23,953
|
38,205
|
|
$35,000 to $49,999
|
27,407
|
21,830
|
32,984
|
|
$50,000 to $74,999
|
36,847
|
30,214
|
43,480
|
|
$75,000 to $99,999
|
23,837
|
18,767
|
28,907
|
|
$100,000 to $149,999
|
20,596
|
15,707
|
25,485
|
|
$150,000 to $199,999
|
7,625
|
5,021
|
10,229
|
|
$200,000 or more
|
6,757
|
4,564
|
8,950
|
|
Median household income (dollars)
|
39,819
|
34,699
|
44,939
|
|
Mean household income (dollars)
|
58,333
|
53,505
|
63,161
|
|
|
|
With earnings
|
184,573
|
176,217
|
192,929
|
|
Mean earnings (dollars)
|
61,576
|
56,821
|
66,331
|
|
With Social Security
|
41,697
|
36,278
|
47,116
|
|
Mean Social Security income (dollars)
|
10,519
|
9,333
|
11,705
|
|
With retirement income
|
22,371
|
18,193
|
26,549
|
|
Mean retirement income (dollars)
|
15,650
|
12,363
|
18,937
|
|
|
|
With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)
|
70,762
|
62,824
|
78,700
|
|
With Supplemental Security Income
|
21,421
|
15,935
|
26,907
|
|
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)
|
6,437
|
5,553
|
7,321
|
|
With cash public assistance income
|
12,376
|
7,949
|
16,803
|
|
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)
|
3,787
|
2,525
|
5,049
|
|
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months
|
12,366
|
8,442
|
16,290
|
|
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months
|
22,601
|
17,153
|
28,049
|
|
|
|
Families
|
114,928
|
105,170
|
124,686
|
|
Less than $10,000
|
11,528
|
7,999
|
15,057
|
|
$10,000 to $14,999
|
7,120
|
4,201
|
10,039
|
|
$15,000 to $24,999
|
14,117
|
9,319
|
18,915
|
|
$25,000 to $34,999
|
13,078
|
9,021
|
17,135
|
|
$35,000 to $49,999
|
14,011
|
9,373
|
18,649
|
|
$50,000 to $74,999
|
22,632
|
16,694
|
28,570
|
|
$75,000 to $99,999
|
12,845
|
8,539
|
17,152
|
|
$100,000 to $149,999
|
11,566
|
8,177
|
14,955
|
|
$150,000 to $199,999
|
4,270
|
2,750
|
5,790
|
|
$200,000 or more
|
3,761
|
2,113
|
5,409
|
|
Median family income (dollars)
|
46,268
|
39,779
|
52,757
|
|
Mean family income (dollars)
|
64,627
|
57,309
|
71,945
|
|
|
|
Per capita income (dollars)
|
26,667
|
24,539
|
28,796
|
|
|
|
Nonfamily households
|
114,456
|
103,665
|
125,247
|
|
Median nonfamily income (dollars)
|
31,110
|
29,104
|
33,116
|
|
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)
|
50,454
|
44,361
|
56,547
|
|
|
|
Median earnings (dollars):
|
27,124
|
25,604
|
28,644
|
|
Male full-time, year-round workers
|
41,481
|
39,069
|
43,893
|
|
Female full-time, year-round workers
|
31,959
|
28,487
|
35,431
|
|
|
|
NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
|
|
Families
|
19,478
|
15,068
|
23,888
|
|
With related children under 18 years
|
14,607
|
10,489
|
18,725
|
|
With related children under 5 years only
|
644
|
0
|
1,477
|
|
|
|
Families with female householder, no husband present
|
13,497
|
9,473
|
17,521
|
|
With related children under 18 years
|
12,239
|
8,375
|
16,103
|
|
With related children under 5 years only
|
236
|
0
|
632
|
|
|
|
Individuals
|
106,335
|
91,275
|
121,395
|
|
18 years and over
|
77,285
|
67,766
|
86,804
|
|
65 years and over
|
11,343
|
6,758
|
15,928
|
|
Related children under 18 years
|
28,349
|
19,168
|
37,530
|
|
Related children 5 to 17 years
|
21,325
|
13,459
|
29,191
|
|
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over
|
47,350
|
40,027
|
54,673
|
|
|
|
PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
|
|
Individuals
|
19.5
|
16.9
|
22.1
|
|
18 years and over
|
17.6
|
15.5
|
19.7
|
|
65 years and over
|
21.8
|
13.7
|
29.9
|
|
Related children under 18 years
|
26.9
|
19.0
|
34.8
|
|
Related children under 5 years
|
22.1
|
10.6
|
33.7
|
|
Related children 5 to 17 years
|
29.0
|
19.3
|
38.7
|
|
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over
|
26.7
|
23.1
|
30.3
|
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