Costa Mesa, CA

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0616532, place: Costa Mesa city, California)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 85,946 (100%)
In labor force: 59,493 (69.22%)
--Civilian labor force: 59,456 (69.18%)
----Employed: 56,681 (65.95%)
----Unemployed: 2,775 (3.23%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 4.7%
--Armed Forces: 37 (0.04%)
Not in labor force: 26,453 (30.78%)
Females 16 years and over: 42,021 (48.89%)
In labor force: 25,901 (30.14%)
--Civilian labor force: 25,893 (30.13%)
----Employed: 24,670 (28.7%)
Own children under 6 years: 8,669 (10.09%)
All parents in family in labor force: 4,242 (4.94%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 55,630 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 41,001 (73.7%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 6,951 (12.5%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 2,635 (4.74%)
Walked: 1,329 (2.39%)
Other means: 1,636 (2.94%)
Worked at home: 2,078 (3.74%)
Mean travel time to work: 22.8 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 56,681 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 20,361 (35.92%)
Service occupations: 9,591 (16.92%)
Sales and office occupations: 16,917 (29.85%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 172 (0.3%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 4,351 (7.68%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 5,289 (9.33%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 154 (0.27%)
Construction: 3,899 (6.88%)
Manufacturing: 7,184 (12.67%)
Wholesale trade.: 2,560 (4.52%)
Retail trade: 6,213 (10.96%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 1,589 (2.8%)
Information: 1,735 (3.06%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 5,412 (9.55%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 8,424 (14.86%)
Educational, health and social services: 8,834 (15.59%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 6,274 (11.07%)
Other services (except public administration): 3,554 (6.27%)
Public administration: 849 (1.5%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 45,613 (80.47%)
Government workers: 5,129 (9.05%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 5,790 (10.22%)
Unpaid family workers: 149 (0.26%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 39,207 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 2,334 (5.95%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 1,727 (4.4%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 3,966 (10.12%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 4,437 (11.32%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 6,742 (17.2%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 8,834 (22.53%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 4,887 (12.46%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 4,020 (10.25%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,231 (3.14%)
$200,000 or more: 1,029 (2.62%)
Median household income: $50,732

With earnings: 34,574 (88.18%)
--Mean earnings: $62,904
With Social Security income: 6,756 (17.23%)
--Mean Social Security income: $11,901
With Supplemental Security Income: 1,167 (2.98%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $7,216
With public assistance income: 904 (2.31%)
--Mean public assistance income: $4,321
With retirement income: 4,151 (10.59%)
--Mean retirement income: $16,648

Families: 23,108 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 900 (3.89%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 862 (3.73%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 2,303 (9.97%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 2,525 (10.93%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 3,768 (16.31%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 5,148 (22.28%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 3,183 (13.77%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 2,798 (12.11%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 886 (3.83%)
$200,000 or more: 735 (3.18%)
Median family income: $55,456

Per capita income: $23,342

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $38,670
Female full-time, year-round workers: $32,365

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 1,892 (8.19%)
--With related children under 18 years: 1,549 (6.7%)
----With related children under 5 years: 843 (3.65%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 606 (2.62%)
--With related children under 18 years: 507 (2.19%)
----With related children under 5 years: 214 (0.93%)
Individuals: 13,393 (57.96%)
--18 years and over: 9,336 (40.4%)
----65 years and over: 553 (2.39%)
--Related children under 18 years: 3,854 (16.68%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 2,815 (12.18%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 5,537 (23.96%)

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