Colorado Springs, CO

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0816000, place: Colorado Springs city, Colorado)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 275,792 (100%)
In labor force: 195,339 (70.83%)
--Civilian labor force: 185,047 (67.1%)
----Employed: 176,527 (64.01%)
----Unemployed: 8,520 (3.09%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 4.6%
--Armed Forces: 10,292 (3.73%)
Not in labor force: 80,453 (29.17%)
Females 16 years and over: 141,451 (51.29%)
In labor force: 89,026 (32.28%)
--Civilian labor force: 87,400 (31.69%)
----Employed: 83,261 (30.19%)
Own children under 6 years: 30,951 (11.22%)
All parents in family in labor force: 18,624 (6.75%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 183,806 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 146,310 (79.6%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 21,547 (11.72%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 2,185 (1.19%)
Walked: 4,514 (2.46%)
Other means: 2,335 (1.27%)
Worked at home: 6,915 (3.76%)
Mean travel time to work: 21 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 176,527 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 67,484 (38.23%)
Service occupations: 25,881 (14.66%)
Sales and office occupations: 49,165 (27.85%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 129 (0.07%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 15,700 (8.89%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 18,168 (10.29%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 581 (0.33%)
Construction: 13,184 (7.47%)
Manufacturing: 19,714 (11.17%)
Wholesale trade.: 4,010 (2.27%)
Retail trade: 22,313 (12.64%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 6,211 (3.52%)
Information: 8,288 (4.7%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 13,353 (7.56%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 22,114 (12.53%)
Educational, health and social services: 31,804 (18.02%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 16,178 (9.16%)
Other services (except public administration): 10,880 (6.16%)
Public administration: 7,897 (4.47%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 140,579 (79.64%)
Government workers: 23,895 (13.54%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 11,605 (6.57%)
Unpaid family workers: 448 (0.25%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 141,757 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 9,379 (6.62%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 6,966 (4.91%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 17,815 (12.57%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 18,686 (13.18%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 25,750 (18.16%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 30,608 (21.59%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 16,171 (11.41%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 10,893 (7.68%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 2,854 (2.01%)
$200,000 or more: 2,635 (1.86%)
Median household income: $45,081

With earnings: 121,558 (85.75%)
--Mean earnings: $53,300
With Social Security income: 27,912 (19.69%)
--Mean Social Security income: $10,378
With Supplemental Security Income: 3,634 (2.56%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,207
With public assistance income: 3,896 (2.75%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,236
With retirement income: 25,646 (18.09%)
--Mean retirement income: $20,852

Families: 93,891 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 3,582 (3.82%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 2,692 (2.87%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 8,537 (9.09%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 10,367 (11.04%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 17,251 (18.37%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 23,713 (25.26%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 13,635 (14.52%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 9,405 (10.02%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 2,510 (2.67%)
$200,000 or more: 2,199 (2.34%)
Median family income: $53,478

Per capita income: $22,496

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $36,786
Female full-time, year-round workers: $26,427

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 5,687 (6.06%)
--With related children under 18 years: 4,829 (5.14%)
----With related children under 5 years: 2,630 (2.8%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 3,245 (3.46%)
--With related children under 18 years: 3,049 (3.25%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,585 (1.69%)
Individuals: 30,769 (32.77%)
--18 years and over: 20,177 (21.49%)
----65 years and over: 2,363 (2.52%)
--Related children under 18 years: 10,081 (10.74%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 6,802 (7.24%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 12,029 (12.81%)

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