Washington, DC

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1150000, place: Washington city, District of Columbia)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 469,041 (100%)
In labor force: 298,225 (63.58%)
--Civilian labor force: 294,952 (62.88%)
----Employed: 263,108 (56.09%)
----Unemployed: 31,844 (6.79%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 10.8%
--Armed Forces: 3,273 (0.7%)
Not in labor force: 170,816 (36.42%)
Females 16 years and over: 252,087 (53.75%)
In labor force: 151,760 (32.36%)
--Civilian labor force: 151,071 (32.21%)
----Employed: 134,470 (28.67%)
Own children under 6 years: 34,987 (7.46%)
All parents in family in labor force: 21,779 (4.64%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 260,884 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 100,168 (38.4%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 28,607 (10.97%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 86,493 (33.15%)
Walked: 30,785 (11.8%)
Other means: 4,901 (1.88%)
Worked at home: 9,930 (3.81%)
Mean travel time to work: 29.7 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 263,108 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 134,387 (51.08%)
Service occupations: 42,308 (16.08%)
Sales and office occupations: 59,966 (22.79%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 146 (0.06%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 12,571 (4.78%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 13,730 (5.22%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 203 (0.08%)
Construction: 10,337 (3.93%)
Manufacturing: 4,024 (1.53%)
Wholesale trade.: 2,385 (0.91%)
Retail trade: 15,678 (5.96%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 9,521 (3.62%)
Information: 16,846 (6.4%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 19,388 (7.37%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 49,564 (18.84%)
Educational, health and social services: 47,312 (17.98%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 23,904 (9.09%)
Other services (except public administration): 24,445 (9.29%)
Public administration: 39,501 (15.01%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 180,815 (68.72%)
Government workers: 68,256 (25.94%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 13,690 (5.2%)
Unpaid family workers: 347 (0.13%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 248,590 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 36,939 (14.86%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 14,594 (5.87%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 28,443 (11.44%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 30,592 (12.31%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 35,311 (14.2%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 39,553 (15.91%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 22,437 (9.03%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 20,790 (8.36%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 8,292 (3.34%)
$200,000 or more: 11,639 (4.68%)
Median household income: $40,127

With earnings: 195,434 (78.62%)
--Mean earnings: $64,401
With Social Security income: 48,388 (19.46%)
--Mean Social Security income: $8,960
With Supplemental Security Income: 11,521 (4.63%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $5,935
With public assistance income: 13,664 (5.5%)
--Mean public assistance income: $3,307
With retirement income: 44,597 (17.94%)
--Mean retirement income: $26,348

Families: 115,963 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 14,559 (12.55%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 5,829 (5.03%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 12,770 (11.01%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 12,521 (10.8%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 15,442 (13.32%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 17,790 (15.34%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 11,792 (10.17%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 11,976 (10.33%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 5,209 (4.49%)
$200,000 or more: 8,075 (6.96%)
Median family income: $46,283

Per capita income: $28,659

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $40,513
Female full-time, year-round workers: $36,361

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 19,365 (16.7%)
--With related children under 18 years: 15,231 (13.13%)
----With related children under 5 years: 7,662 (6.61%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 14,272 (12.31%)
--With related children under 18 years: 12,184 (10.51%)
----With related children under 5 years: 6,186 (5.33%)
Individuals: 109,500 (94.43%)
--18 years and over: 74,133 (63.93%)
----65 years and over: 10,887 (9.39%)
--Related children under 18 years: 34,350 (29.62%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 23,940 (20.64%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 42,071 (36.28%)

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