Fort Wayne, IN

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1825000, place: Fort Wayne city, Indiana)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 156,045 (100%)
In labor force: 107,372 (68.81%)
--Civilian labor force: 107,319 (68.77%)
----Employed: 100,677 (64.52%)
----Unemployed: 6,642 (4.26%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 6.2%
--Armed Forces: 53 (0.03%)
Not in labor force: 48,673 (31.19%)
Females 16 years and over: 81,881 (52.47%)
In labor force: 51,076 (32.73%)
--Civilian labor force: 51,065 (32.72%)
----Employed: 47,890 (30.69%)
Own children under 6 years: 18,656 (11.96%)
All parents in family in labor force: 12,313 (7.89%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 98,784 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 80,763 (81.76%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 12,087 (12.24%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 1,167 (1.18%)
Walked: 2,030 (2.05%)
Other means: 768 (0.78%)
Worked at home: 1,969 (1.99%)
Mean travel time to work: 19.9 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 100,677 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 28,942 (28.75%)
Service occupations: 14,861 (14.76%)
Sales and office occupations: 28,119 (27.93%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 83 (0.08%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 8,153 (8.1%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 20,519 (20.38%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 192 (0.19%)
Construction: 5,559 (5.52%)
Manufacturing: 21,368 (21.22%)
Wholesale trade.: 4,254 (4.23%)
Retail trade: 12,897 (12.81%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 4,655 (4.62%)
Information: 2,765 (2.75%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 7,137 (7.09%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 6,637 (6.59%)
Educational, health and social services: 19,681 (19.55%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 8,096 (8.04%)
Other services (except public administration): 5,050 (5.02%)
Public administration: 2,386 (2.37%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 87,770 (87.18%)
Government workers: 8,961 (8.9%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 3,749 (3.72%)
Unpaid family workers: 197 (0.2%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 83,416 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 7,943 (9.52%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 5,613 (6.73%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 13,334 (15.98%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 12,774 (15.31%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 16,131 (19.34%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 16,283 (19.52%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 6,285 (7.53%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 3,699 (4.43%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 610 (0.73%)
$200,000 or more: 744 (0.89%)
Median household income: $36,518

With earnings: 68,442 (82.05%)
--Mean earnings: $44,780
With Social Security income: 20,703 (24.82%)
--Mean Social Security income: $11,725
With Supplemental Security Income: 3,316 (3.98%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,338
With public assistance income: 2,588 (3.1%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,291
With retirement income: 13,074 (15.67%)
--Mean retirement income: $13,008

Families: 50,856 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 3,125 (6.14%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 2,017 (3.97%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 6,198 (12.19%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 6,933 (13.63%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 10,271 (20.2%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 12,665 (24.9%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 5,380 (10.58%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 3,152 (6.2%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 497 (0.98%)
$200,000 or more: 618 (1.22%)
Median family income: $45,040

Per capita income: $18,517

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $34,704
Female full-time, year-round workers: $25,062

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 4,885 (9.61%)
--With related children under 18 years: 4,149 (8.16%)
----With related children under 5 years: 2,486 (4.89%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 3,187 (6.27%)
--With related children under 18 years: 2,992 (5.88%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,753 (3.45%)
Individuals: 25,204 (49.56%)
--18 years and over: 15,385 (30.25%)
----65 years and over: 1,799 (3.54%)
--Related children under 18 years: 9,476 (18.63%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 6,070 (11.94%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 8,429 (16.57%)

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