Garden City, KS

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2025325, place: Garden City city, Kansas)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 19,825 (100%)
In labor force: 13,799 (69.6%)
--Civilian labor force: 13,764 (69.43%)
----Employed: 13,030 (65.73%)
----Unemployed: 734 (3.7%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 5.3%
--Armed Forces: 35 (0.18%)
Not in labor force: 6,026 (30.4%)
Females 16 years and over: 9,923 (50.05%)
In labor force: 6,034 (30.44%)
--Civilian labor force: 6,034 (30.44%)
----Employed: 5,761 (29.06%)
Own children under 6 years: 3,162 (15.95%)
All parents in family in labor force: 1,819 (9.18%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 12,827 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 9,407 (73.34%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 2,624 (20.46%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 53 (0.41%)
Walked: 224 (1.75%)
Other means: 184 (1.43%)
Worked at home: 335 (2.61%)
Mean travel time to work: 14.7 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 13,030 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 3,121 (23.95%)
Service occupations: 1,905 (14.62%)
Sales and office occupations: 2,968 (22.78%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 252 (1.93%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 1,276 (9.79%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 3,508 (26.92%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 551 (4.23%)
Construction: 954 (7.32%)
Manufacturing: 3,116 (23.91%)
Wholesale trade.: 403 (3.09%)
Retail trade: 1,623 (12.46%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 680 (5.22%)
Information: 174 (1.34%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 478 (3.67%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 477 (3.66%)
Educational, health and social services: 2,627 (20.16%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 735 (5.64%)
Other services (except public administration): 622 (4.77%)
Public administration: 590 (4.53%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 10,178 (78.11%)
Government workers: 1,949 (14.96%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 835 (6.41%)
Unpaid family workers: 68 (0.52%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 9,248 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 758 (8.2%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 659 (7.13%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 1,469 (15.88%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 1,392 (15.05%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 1,857 (20.08%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 1,891 (20.45%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 785 (8.49%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 263 (2.84%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 54 (0.58%)
$200,000 or more: 120 (1.3%)
Median household income: $37,752

With earnings: 8,126 (87.87%)
--Mean earnings: $44,312
With Social Security income: 1,835 (19.84%)
--Mean Social Security income: $11,154
With Supplemental Security Income: 244 (2.64%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $7,071
With public assistance income: 202 (2.18%)
--Mean public assistance income: $1,310
With retirement income: 836 (9.04%)
--Mean retirement income: $10,578

Families: 6,688 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 332 (4.96%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 296 (4.43%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 896 (13.4%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 1,020 (15.25%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 1,437 (21.49%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 1,638 (24.49%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 697 (10.42%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 234 (3.5%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 33 (0.49%)
$200,000 or more: 105 (1.57%)
Median family income: $43,471

Per capita income: $15,200

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $29,343
Female full-time, year-round workers: $21,247

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 663 (9.91%)
--With related children under 18 years: 584 (8.73%)
----With related children under 5 years: 427 (6.38%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 201 (3.01%)
--With related children under 18 years: 201 (3.01%)
----With related children under 5 years: 155 (2.32%)
Individuals: 3,927 (58.72%)
--18 years and over: 2,267 (33.9%)
----65 years and over: 250 (3.74%)
--Related children under 18 years: 1,587 (23.73%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 899 (13.44%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 1,125 (16.82%)

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