General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0107000, place: Birmingham city, Alabama)EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over: 188,947 (100%)
In labor force: 110,697 (58.59%)
--Civilian labor force: 110,558 (58.51%)
----Employed: 98,574 (52.17%)
----Unemployed: 11,984 (6.34%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 10.8%
--Armed Forces: 139 (0.07%)
Not in labor force: 78,250 (41.41%)
Females 16 years and over: 104,435 (55.27%)
In labor force: 57,289 (30.32%)
--Civilian labor force: 57,260 (30.3%)
----Employed: 51,244 (27.12%)
Own children under 6 years: 17,550 (9.29%)
All parents in family in labor force: 11,008 (5.83%)
COMMUTING TO WORKWorkers 16 years and over: 96,725 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 74,393 (76.91%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 15,316 (15.83%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 2,554 (2.64%)
Walked: 2,348 (2.43%)
Other means: 988 (1.02%)
Worked at home: 1,126 (1.16%)
Mean travel time to work: 23.5 minutes
OCCUPATIONEmployed civilian population 16 years and over: 98,574 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 27,602 (28%)
Service occupations: 18,991 (19.27%)
Sales and office occupations: 29,373 (29.8%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 119 (0.12%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 7,317 (7.42%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 15,172 (15.39%)
INDUSTRYAgriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 383 (0.39%)
Construction: 4,796 (4.87%)
Manufacturing: 9,530 (9.67%)
Wholesale trade.: 4,220 (4.28%)
Retail trade: 10,915 (11.07%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 5,372 (5.45%)
Information: 3,537 (3.59%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 9,008 (9.14%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 8,042 (8.16%)
Educational, health and social services: 24,346 (24.7%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 8,577 (8.7%)
Other services (except public administration): 5,311 (5.39%)
Public administration: 4,537 (4.6%)
CLASS OF WORKERPrivate wage and salary workers: 78,803 (79.94%)
Government workers: 16,059 (16.29%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 3,476 (3.53%)
Unpaid family workers: 236 (0.24%)
INCOME IN 1999Households: 98,748 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 19,813 (20.06%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 9,591 (9.71%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 17,047 (17.26%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 14,679 (14.87%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 15,339 (15.53%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 13,022 (13.19%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 4,796 (4.86%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 2,831 (2.87%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 637 (0.65%)
$200,000 or more: 993 (1.01%)
Median household income: $26,735
With earnings: 73,954 (74.89%)
--Mean earnings: $38,305
With Social Security income: 28,540 (28.9%)
--Mean Social Security income: $9,784
With Supplemental Security Income: 7,542 (7.64%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $5,797
With public assistance income: 3,406 (3.45%)
--Mean public assistance income: $1,984
With retirement income: 14,860 (15.05%)
--Mean retirement income: $18,370
Families: 59,696 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 8,647 (14.49%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 4,746 (7.95%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 9,948 (16.66%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 9,023 (15.11%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 10,256 (17.18%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 9,893 (16.57%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 3,765 (6.31%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 2,213 (3.71%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 461 (0.77%)
$200,000 or more: 744 (1.25%)
Median family income: $31,851
Per capita income: $15,663
Median earnings (dollars)Male full-time, year-round workers: $28,184
Female full-time, year-round workers: $23,641
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999Families: 12,448 (20.85%)
--With related children under 18 years: 9,872 (16.54%)
----With related children under 5 years: 4,364 (7.31%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 8,789 (14.72%)
--With related children under 18 years: 7,539 (12.63%)
----With related children under 5 years: 3,285 (5.5%)
Individuals: 58,339 (97.73%)
--18 years and over: 37,097 (62.14%)
----65 years and over: 5,775 (9.67%)
--Related children under 18 years: 20,995 (35.17%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 14,949 (25.04%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 15,762 (26.4%)
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