ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Boston, MA--NH PMSA -- 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	2,626,612	2,596,691	2,656,533
In labor force	1,814,329	1,783,618	1,845,040
Civilian labor force	1,811,729	1,780,993	1,842,465
Employed	1,678,119	1,645,924	1,710,314
Unemployed	133,610	122,253	144,967
Percent unemployed	7.4	6.7	8.1
Armed Forces	2,600	1,367	3,833
Not in labor force	812,283	789,284	835,282

Females 16 years and over	1,386,807	1,370,266	1,403,348
In labor force	864,588	843,580	885,596
Civilian labor force	864,395	843,397	885,393
Employed	807,287	785,819	828,755

Own children under 6 years	244,764	234,009	255,519
All parents in family in labor force	145,457	134,856	156,058

Own children 6 to 17 years	480,648	464,095	497,201
All parents in family in labor force	342,980	324,243	361,717

Population 16 to 19 years	132,140	122,514	141,766
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	5,993	2,553	9,433
Unemployed or not in the labor force	2,995	741	5,249

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,634,561	1,602,866	1,666,256
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,154,286	1,122,289	1,186,283
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	123,251	108,274	138,228
Public transportation (including taxicab)	224,203	208,648	239,758
Walked	58,044	50,667	65,421
Other means	19,944	15,101	24,787
Worked at home	54,833	47,939	61,727
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.2	26.7	27.7

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,678,119	1,645,924	1,710,314
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	773,800	748,968	798,633
Service occupations	227,522	209,723	245,321
Sales and office occupations	417,256	396,425	438,087
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,544	132	2,956
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	113,101	100,959	125,243
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	144,896	129,139	160,654

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	3,833	1,738	5,929
Construction	93,924	84,663	103,185
Manufacturing	167,526	153,914	181,139
Wholesale trade	53,367	45,869	60,865
Retail trade	169,490	156,249	182,731
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	63,340	55,646	71,034
Information	54,001	46,861	61,141
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	151,274	136,266	166,282
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	243,108	228,281	257,935
Educational, health, and social services	405,918	385,376	426,461
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	126,566	112,470	140,662
Other services (except public administration)	74,283	65,744	82,822
Public administration	71,489	61,251	81,727

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,361,487	1,331,285	1,391,689
Government workers	210,999	195,892	226,106
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	103,669	92,791	114,547
Unpaid family workers	1,964	682	3,246

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2002 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	1,303,824	1,287,913	1,319,735
Less than $10,000	95,980	84,760	107,200
$10,000 to $14,999	68,011	58,717	77,305
$15,000 to $24,999	115,207	104,786	125,628
$25,000 to $34,999	112,514	101,895	123,133
$35,000 to $49,999	154,385	145,185	163,585
$50,000 to $74,999	243,147	228,640	257,654
$75,000 to $99,999	182,770	170,492	195,048
$100,000 to $149,999	192,520	180,452	204,588
$150,000 to $199,999	70,816	62,784	78,848
$200,000 or more	68,474	62,183	74,765
Median household income (dollars)	60,612	59,243	61,982
Mean household income (dollars)	79,230	77,202	81,258

With earnings	1,059,140	1,040,678	1,077,602
Mean earnings (dollars)	82,364	80,023	84,705
With Social Security	326,117	314,559	337,675
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,880	12,537	13,223
With retirement income	203,018	194,491	211,545
Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,356	16,399	18,313

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	198,304	185,604	211,004
With Supplemental Security Income	58,102	50,298	65,907
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,831	6,386	7,277
With cash public assistance income	27,524	22,369	32,679
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	4,578	3,738	5,418
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	37,570	31,119	44,022
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	47,796	41,132	54,460

Families	824,227	801,874	846,580
Less than $10,000	34,271	27,102	41,440
$10,000 to $14,999	26,141	20,683	31,599
$15,000 to $24,999	50,557	42,951	58,164
$25,000 to $34,999	54,851	48,254	61,448
$35,000 to $49,999	94,980	86,487	103,473
$50,000 to $74,999	158,297	146,620	169,974
$75,000 to $99,999	138,213	127,526	148,900
$100,000 to $149,999	152,919	141,681	164,157
$150,000 to $199,999	58,669	51,647	65,691
$200,000 or more	55,329	49,930	60,728
Median family income (dollars)	73,670	71,340	76,000
Mean family income (dollars)	92,439	89,817	95,061

Per capita income (dollars)	32,590	31,735	33,445

Nonfamily households	479,597	459,718	499,476
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	35,531	33,429	37,633
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	54,293	50,851	57,735

Median earnings (dollars):	35,507	34,812	36,202
Male full-time, year-round workers	51,896	51,144	52,648
Female full-time, year-round workers	38,561	36,939	40,183

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	53,278	45,068	61,488
With related children under 18 years	42,093	34,468	49,718
With related children under 5 years only	9,993	6,155	13,831

Families with female householder, no husband present	33,998	27,551	40,445
With related children under 18 years	31,373	25,121	37,625
With related children under 5 years only	6,879	3,929	9,829

Individuals	280,680	253,853	307,507
18 years and over	196,504	180,788	212,220
65 years and over	35,744	28,430	43,058
Related children under 18 years	79,587	64,915	94,259
Related children 5 to 17 years	54,336	41,141	67,531
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	119,433	107,952	130,914

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	8.5	7.7	9.3
18 years and over	7.7	7.0	8.4
65 years and over	8.6	6.8	10.4
Related children under 18 years	10.8	8.8	12.8
Related children under 5 years	12.0	9.2	14.8
Related children 5 to 17 years	10.3	7.8	12.8
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	17.4	15.8	19.1

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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