Anchorage, AK

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0203000, place: Anchorage municipality, Alaska)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 192,782 (100%)
In labor force: 143,350 (74.36%)
--Civilian labor force: 134,847 (69.95%)
----Employed: 125,737 (65.22%)
----Unemployed: 9,110 (4.73%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 6.8%
--Armed Forces: 8,503 (4.41%)
Not in labor force: 49,432 (25.64%)
Females 16 years and over: 95,495 (49.54%)
In labor force: 65,206 (33.82%)
--Civilian labor force: 63,776 (33.08%)
----Employed: 60,138 (31.19%)
Own children under 6 years: 22,747 (11.8%)
All parents in family in labor force: 13,785 (7.15%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 131,228 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 97,591 (74.37%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 19,207 (14.64%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 2,646 (2.02%)
Walked: 3,493 (2.66%)
Other means: 3,421 (2.61%)
Worked at home: 4,870 (3.71%)
Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 125,737 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 46,271 (36.8%)
Service occupations: 18,970 (15.09%)
Sales and office occupations: 35,834 (28.5%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 432 (0.34%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 12,136 (9.65%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 12,094 (9.62%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 3,886 (3.09%)
Construction: 7,995 (6.36%)
Manufacturing: 2,542 (2.02%)
Wholesale trade.: 4,428 (3.52%)
Retail trade: 15,327 (12.19%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 11,809 (9.39%)
Information: 4,079 (3.24%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 7,654 (6.09%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 12,845 (10.22%)
Educational, health and social services: 24,532 (19.51%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 11,342 (9.02%)
Other services (except public administration): 7,156 (5.69%)
Public administration: 12,142 (9.66%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 89,023 (70.8%)
Government workers: 27,646 (21.99%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 8,819 (7.01%)
Unpaid family workers: 249 (0.2%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 95,080 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 3,948 (4.15%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 3,774 (3.97%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 8,936 (9.4%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 10,251 (10.78%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 15,199 (15.99%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 21,506 (22.62%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 13,597 (14.3%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 12,266 (12.9%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 3,203 (3.37%)
$200,000 or more: 2,400 (2.52%)
Median household income: $55,546

With earnings: 86,306 (90.77%)
--Mean earnings: $62,232
With Social Security income: 11,760 (12.37%)
--Mean Social Security income: $10,604
With Supplemental Security Income: 2,871 (3.02%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,472
With public assistance income: 6,645 (6.99%)
--Mean public assistance income: $4,660
With retirement income: 13,713 (14.42%)
--Mean retirement income: $21,491

Families: 64,833 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 1,814 (2.8%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 1,737 (2.68%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 4,969 (7.66%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 5,789 (8.93%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 9,219 (14.22%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 15,426 (23.79%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 10,859 (16.75%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 10,342 (15.95%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 2,702 (4.17%)
$200,000 or more: 1,976 (3.05%)
Median family income: $63,682

Per capita income: $25,287

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $41,267
Female full-time, year-round workers: $31,747

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 3,293 (5.08%)
--With related children under 18 years: 2,935 (4.53%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,701 (2.62%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 1,791 (2.76%)
--With related children under 18 years: 1,731 (2.67%)
----With related children under 5 years: 930 (1.43%)
Individuals: 18,682 (28.82%)
--18 years and over: 11,821 (18.23%)
----65 years and over: 865 (1.33%)
--Related children under 18 years: 6,441 (9.93%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 4,355 (6.72%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 7,306 (11.27%)

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