Aurora, CO

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0804000, place: Aurora city, Colorado)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 207,931 (100%)
In labor force: 151,316 (72.77%)
--Civilian labor force: 149,755 (72.02%)
----Employed: 143,506 (69.02%)
----Unemployed: 6,249 (3.01%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 4.2%
--Armed Forces: 1,561 (0.75%)
Not in labor force: 56,615 (27.23%)
Females 16 years and over: 105,904 (50.93%)
In labor force: 71,199 (34.24%)
--Civilian labor force: 70,893 (34.09%)
----Employed: 68,023 (32.71%)
Own children under 6 years: 24,805 (11.93%)
All parents in family in labor force: 15,066 (7.25%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 142,136 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 109,047 (76.72%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 19,754 (13.9%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 5,900 (4.15%)
Walked: 1,988 (1.4%)
Other means: 1,117 (0.79%)
Worked at home: 4,330 (3.05%)
Mean travel time to work: 27.2 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 143,506 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 44,017 (30.67%)
Service occupations: 19,669 (13.71%)
Sales and office occupations: 46,677 (32.53%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 124 (0.09%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 15,832 (11.03%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 17,187 (11.98%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 648 (0.45%)
Construction: 12,072 (8.41%)
Manufacturing: 10,057 (7.01%)
Wholesale trade.: 6,662 (4.64%)
Retail trade: 17,788 (12.4%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 10,557 (7.36%)
Information: 9,566 (6.67%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 15,279 (10.65%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 16,702 (11.64%)
Educational, health and social services: 19,955 (13.91%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 10,660 (7.43%)
Other services (except public administration): 7,069 (4.93%)
Public administration: 6,491 (4.52%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 119,089 (82.99%)
Government workers: 17,136 (11.94%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 6,990 (4.87%)
Unpaid family workers: 291 (0.2%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 105,526 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 5,687 (5.39%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 4,155 (3.94%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 10,973 (10.4%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 15,461 (14.65%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 20,698 (19.61%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 25,369 (24.04%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 12,954 (12.28%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 7,735 (7.33%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,472 (1.39%)
$200,000 or more: 1,022 (0.97%)
Median household income: $46,507

With earnings: 93,928 (89.01%)
--Mean earnings: $53,159
With Social Security income: 17,159 (16.26%)
--Mean Social Security income: $10,755
With Supplemental Security Income: 3,086 (2.92%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,339
With public assistance income: 2,412 (2.29%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,700
With retirement income: 14,873 (14.09%)
--Mean retirement income: $18,194

Families: 69,250 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 2,785 (4.02%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 1,982 (2.86%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 5,802 (8.38%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 8,371 (12.09%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 13,283 (19.18%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 18,342 (26.49%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 10,352 (14.95%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 6,264 (9.05%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,223 (1.77%)
$200,000 or more: 846 (1.22%)
Median family income: $52,551

Per capita income: $21,095

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $35,963
Female full-time, year-round workers: $30,080

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 4,735 (6.84%)
--With related children under 18 years: 4,137 (5.97%)
----With related children under 5 years: 2,401 (3.47%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 2,180 (3.15%)
--With related children under 18 years: 2,025 (2.92%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,006 (1.45%)
Individuals: 24,225 (34.98%)
--18 years and over: 14,979 (21.63%)
----65 years and over: 1,211 (1.75%)
--Related children under 18 years: 8,909 (12.86%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 5,805 (8.38%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 6,845 (9.88%)

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