ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Birmingham, AL MSA -- 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	713,631	711,102	716,160
In labor force	456,991	444,796	469,186
Civilian labor force	456,676	444,450	468,903
Employed	424,704	412,484	436,924
Unemployed	31,972	26,418	37,526
Percent unemployed	7.0	5.8	8.2
Armed Forces	315	0	845
Not in labor force	256,640	244,519	268,761

Females 16 years and over	378,219	376,389	380,049
In labor force	211,523	201,892	221,154
Civilian labor force	211,523	201,892	221,154
Employed	197,334	187,553	207,115

Own children under 6 years	69,380	65,509	73,251
All parents in family in labor force	41,675	35,874	47,476

Own children 6 to 17 years	140,655	134,664	146,646
All parents in family in labor force	91,852	83,244	100,460

Population 16 to 19 years	48,110	44,465	51,755
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	5,334	3,168	7,500
Unemployed or not in the labor force	3,998	2,066	5,930

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	412,057	399,139	424,975
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	351,398	337,498	365,298
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	43,758	36,848	50,668
Public transportation (including taxicab)	3,655	1,061	6,249
Walked	2,733	892	4,574
Other means	1,713	426	3,000
Worked at home	8,800	5,769	11,831
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.0	23.2	24.8

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	424,704	412,484	436,924
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	142,964	132,906	153,022
Service occupations	62,213	53,753	70,673
Sales and office occupations	126,995	117,664	136,326
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	840	0	2,152
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	40,478	34,856	46,100
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	51,214	45,015	57,413

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	3,428	1,603	5,253
Construction	32,988	27,868	38,108
Manufacturing	43,731	37,484	49,978
Wholesale trade	19,046	14,891	23,201
Retail trade	50,370	43,453	57,287
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	23,881	19,028	28,734
Information	12,403	9,849	14,957
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	43,663	37,870	49,456
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	49,516	41,952	57,080
Educational, health, and social services	79,221	70,219	88,223
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	33,768	26,298	41,238
Other services (except public administration)	18,311	14,269	22,354
Public administration	14,378	10,728	18,028

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	348,336	335,982	360,690
Government workers	55,016	47,900	62,132
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	20,227	16,193	24,261
Unpaid family workers	1,125	160	2,090

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2002 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	368,633	360,845	376,421
Less than $10,000	37,205	30,339	44,071
$10,000 to $14,999	23,911	19,616	28,206
$15,000 to $24,999	51,081	44,636	57,526
$25,000 to $34,999	46,090	39,045	53,136
$35,000 to $49,999	59,982	52,521	67,443
$50,000 to $74,999	66,221	59,126	73,316
$75,000 to $99,999	40,954	34,786	47,122
$100,000 to $149,999	26,770	22,805	30,735
$150,000 to $199,999	7,081	5,066	9,096
$200,000 or more	9,338	6,586	12,090
Median household income (dollars)	40,914	39,591	42,237
Mean household income (dollars)	55,378	52,845	57,911

With earnings	298,452	289,682	307,222
Mean earnings (dollars)	56,789	54,142	59,436
With Social Security	102,572	95,951	109,193
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,249	11,635	12,863
With retirement income	57,480	51,230	63,730
Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,042	11,211	22,873

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	58,245	50,733	65,757
With Supplemental Security Income	17,734	13,720	21,748
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,024	5,653	8,395
With cash public assistance income	2,187	920	3,454
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	1,060	545	1,575
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	19,422	14,868	23,976
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	33,630	27,464	39,796

Families	259,210	249,914	268,506
Less than $10,000	14,526	10,302	18,750
$10,000 to $14,999	10,790	7,909	13,671
$15,000 to $24,999	28,190	23,299	33,081
$25,000 to $34,999	33,363	26,784	39,942
$35,000 to $49,999	45,595	39,205	51,985
$50,000 to $74,999	53,427	46,593	60,261
$75,000 to $99,999	36,828	30,952	42,704
$100,000 to $149,999	23,682	20,153	27,211
$150,000 to $199,999	5,788	3,856	7,720
$200,000 or more	7,021	4,952	9,090
Median family income (dollars)	48,791	45,978	51,604
Mean family income (dollars)	63,095	59,846	66,344

Per capita income (dollars)	22,408	21,271	23,545

Nonfamily households	109,423	100,586	118,260
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	22,031	19,591	24,471
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	35,449	30,032	40,866

Median earnings (dollars):	25,768	24,735	26,801
Male full-time, year-round workers	36,987	35,268	38,706
Female full-time, year-round workers	30,126	28,230	32,022

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	25,574	20,175	30,973
With related children under 18 years	20,941	15,816	26,066
With related children under 5 years only	2,710	903	4,517

Families with female householder, no husband present	14,466	10,409	18,523
With related children under 18 years	13,950	9,932	17,968
With related children under 5 years only	1,778	77	3,479

Individuals	119,871	98,743	140,999
18 years and over	77,667	65,606	89,729
65 years and over	12,571	9,449	15,693
Related children under 18 years	41,850	30,769	52,931
Related children 5 to 17 years	29,033	20,844	37,222
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	28,371	22,383	34,359

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	13.2	10.9	15.5
18 years and over	11.3	9.5	13.1
65 years and over	11.3	8.5	14.1
Related children under 18 years	18.7	13.8	23.7
Related children under 5 years	21.4	14.1	28.7
Related children 5 to 17 years	17.7	12.8	22.7
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	21.5	17.5	25.5

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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