General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0653000, place: Oakland city, California)EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over: 309,498 (100%)
In labor force: 190,725 (61.62%)
--Civilian labor force: 190,666 (61.6%)
----Employed: 174,743 (56.46%)
----Unemployed: 15,923 (5.14%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 8.4%
--Armed Forces: 59 (0.02%)
Not in labor force: 118,773 (38.38%)
Females 16 years and over: 163,035 (52.68%)
In labor force: 93,958 (30.36%)
--Civilian labor force: 93,950 (30.36%)
----Employed: 86,747 (28.03%)
Own children under 6 years: 30,463 (9.84%)
All parents in family in labor force: 15,918 (5.14%)
COMMUTING TO WORKWorkers 16 years and over: 170,503 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 94,333 (55.33%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 28,388 (16.65%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 29,728 (17.44%)
Walked: 6,355 (3.73%)
Other means: 4,761 (2.79%)
Worked at home: 6,938 (4.07%)
Mean travel time to work: 31.1 minutes
OCCUPATIONEmployed civilian population 16 years and over: 174,743 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 68,465 (39.18%)
Service occupations: 27,570 (15.78%)
Sales and office occupations: 43,913 (25.13%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 338 (0.19%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 12,885 (7.37%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 21,572 (12.34%)
INDUSTRYAgriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 429 (0.25%)
Construction: 10,487 (6%)
Manufacturing: 15,507 (8.87%)
Wholesale trade.: 5,469 (3.13%)
Retail trade: 16,752 (9.59%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 10,880 (6.23%)
Information: 8,043 (4.6%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 11,424 (6.54%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 26,198 (14.99%)
Educational, health and social services: 37,285 (21.34%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 14,212 (8.13%)
Other services (except public administration): 10,162 (5.82%)
Public administration: 7,895 (4.52%)
CLASS OF WORKERPrivate wage and salary workers: 129,958 (74.37%)
Government workers: 29,839 (17.08%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 14,362 (8.22%)
Unpaid family workers: 584 (0.33%)
INCOME IN 1999Households: 150,971 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 19,896 (13.18%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 9,891 (6.55%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 18,541 (12.28%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 18,380 (12.17%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 23,009 (15.24%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 25,333 (16.78%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 14,056 (9.31%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 12,955 (8.58%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 4,437 (2.94%)
$200,000 or more: 4,473 (2.96%)
Median household income: $40,055
With earnings: 121,243 (80.31%)
--Mean earnings: $57,924
With Social Security income: 29,624 (19.62%)
--Mean Social Security income: $10,221
With Supplemental Security Income: 12,308 (8.15%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $7,263
With public assistance income: 11,930 (7.9%)
--Mean public assistance income: $4,858
With retirement income: 20,080 (13.3%)
--Mean retirement income: $18,238
Families: 87,334 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 8,748 (10.02%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 5,437 (6.23%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 10,707 (12.26%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 10,370 (11.87%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 12,533 (14.35%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 14,992 (17.17%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 9,260 (10.6%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 8,736 (10%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 3,188 (3.65%)
$200,000 or more: 3,363 (3.85%)
Median family income: $44,384
Per capita income: $21,936
Median earnings (dollars)Male full-time, year-round workers: $37,433
Female full-time, year-round workers: $35,088
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999Families: 14,136 (16.19%)
--With related children under 18 years: 11,546 (13.22%)
----With related children under 5 years: 5,407 (6.19%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 7,816 (8.95%)
--With related children under 18 years: 6,890 (7.89%)
----With related children under 5 years: 3,066 (3.51%)
Individuals: 76,489 (87.58%)
--18 years and over: 48,931 (56.03%)
----65 years and over: 5,329 (6.1%)
--Related children under 18 years: 27,126 (31.06%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 20,322 (23.27%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 22,186 (25.4%)
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