Montgomery, AL

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0151000, place: Montgomery city, Alabama)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 154,806 (100%)
In labor force: 95,961 (61.99%)
--Civilian labor force: 93,180 (60.19%)
----Employed: 86,741 (56.03%)
----Unemployed: 6,439 (4.16%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 6.9%
--Armed Forces: 2,781 (1.8%)
Not in labor force: 58,845 (38.01%)
Females 16 years and over: 83,559 (53.98%)
In labor force: 48,503 (31.33%)
--Civilian labor force: 47,885 (30.93%)
----Employed: 44,379 (28.67%)
Own children under 6 years: 16,010 (10.34%)
All parents in family in labor force: 10,240 (6.61%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 87,989 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 72,661 (82.58%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 10,944 (12.44%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 674 (0.77%)
Walked: 1,486 (1.69%)
Other means: 708 (0.8%)
Worked at home: 1,516 (1.72%)
Mean travel time to work: 19.6 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 86,741 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 32,059 (36.96%)
Service occupations: 13,622 (15.7%)
Sales and office occupations: 25,410 (29.29%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 119 (0.14%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 5,682 (6.55%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 9,849 (11.35%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 397 (0.46%)
Construction: 4,270 (4.92%)
Manufacturing: 6,957 (8.02%)
Wholesale trade.: 2,790 (3.22%)
Retail trade: 10,225 (11.79%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 3,467 (4%)
Information: 2,372 (2.73%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 7,018 (8.09%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 7,979 (9.2%)
Educational, health and social services: 19,060 (21.97%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 6,680 (7.7%)
Other services (except public administration): 5,071 (5.85%)
Public administration: 10,455 (12.05%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 60,886 (70.19%)
Government workers: 21,237 (24.48%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 4,404 (5.08%)
Unpaid family workers: 214 (0.25%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 78,436 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 10,255 (13.07%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 5,798 (7.39%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 11,337 (14.45%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 11,130 (14.19%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 12,837 (16.37%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 13,295 (16.95%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 6,261 (7.98%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 4,997 (6.37%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,229 (1.57%)
$200,000 or more: 1,297 (1.65%)
Median household income: $35,627

With earnings: 62,669 (79.9%)
--Mean earnings: $47,195
With Social Security income: 19,867 (25.33%)
--Mean Social Security income: $10,286
With Supplemental Security Income: 4,387 (5.59%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $5,690
With public assistance income: 1,925 (2.45%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,335
With retirement income: 14,598 (18.61%)
--Mean retirement income: $18,559

Families: 51,240 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 4,652 (9.08%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 2,902 (5.66%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 6,171 (12.04%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 6,455 (12.6%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 8,643 (16.87%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 10,524 (20.54%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 5,372 (10.48%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 4,513 (8.81%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,027 (2%)
$200,000 or more: 981 (1.91%)
Median family income: $44,297

Per capita income: $19,385

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $31,877
Female full-time, year-round workers: $25,014

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 7,129 (13.91%)
--With related children under 18 years: 5,836 (11.39%)
----With related children under 5 years: 2,784 (5.43%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 5,089 (9.93%)
--With related children under 18 years: 4,513 (8.81%)
----With related children under 5 years: 2,228 (4.35%)
Individuals: 34,073 (66.5%)
--18 years and over: 20,760 (40.52%)
----65 years and over: 3,087 (6.02%)
--Related children under 18 years: 13,141 (25.65%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 9,407 (18.36%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 8,605 (16.79%)

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