Boston, MA

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2507000, place: Boston city, Massachusetts)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 484,995 (100%)
In labor force: 308,395 (63.59%)
--Civilian labor force: 308,107 (63.53%)
----Employed: 285,859 (58.94%)
----Unemployed: 22,248 (4.59%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 7.2%
--Armed Forces: 288 (0.06%)
Not in labor force: 176,600 (36.41%)
Females 16 years and over: 254,891 (52.56%)
In labor force: 152,910 (31.53%)
--Civilian labor force: 152,864 (31.52%)
----Employed: 142,635 (29.41%)
Own children under 6 years: 35,204 (7.26%)
All parents in family in labor force: 19,969 (4.12%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 278,463 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 115,618 (41.52%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 25,662 (9.22%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 89,906 (32.29%)
Walked: 36,323 (13.04%)
Other means: 4,361 (1.57%)
Worked at home: 6,593 (2.37%)
Mean travel time to work: 28.8 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 285,859 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 123,850 (43.33%)
Service occupations: 50,839 (17.78%)
Sales and office occupations: 73,199 (25.61%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 223 (0.08%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 14,118 (4.94%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 23,630 (8.27%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 296 (0.1%)
Construction: 10,848 (3.79%)
Manufacturing: 17,297 (6.05%)
Wholesale trade.: 5,517 (1.93%)
Retail trade: 24,375 (8.53%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 11,645 (4.07%)
Information: 12,675 (4.43%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 29,799 (10.42%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 42,625 (14.91%)
Educational, health and social services: 76,508 (26.76%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 26,227 (9.17%)
Other services (except public administration): 13,365 (4.68%)
Public administration: 14,682 (5.14%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 234,558 (82.05%)
Government workers: 38,004 (13.29%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 12,988 (4.54%)
Unpaid family workers: 309 (0.11%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 239,603 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 37,230 (15.54%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 15,764 (6.58%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 27,276 (11.38%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 27,496 (11.48%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 35,928 (14.99%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 41,496 (17.32%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 23,784 (9.93%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 18,496 (7.72%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 5,491 (2.29%)
$200,000 or more: 6,642 (2.77%)
Median household income: $39,629

With earnings: 189,454 (79.07%)
--Mean earnings: $60,165
With Social Security income: 44,831 (18.71%)
--Mean Social Security income: $9,243
With Supplemental Security Income: 17,158 (7.16%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,569
With public assistance income: 9,766 (4.08%)
--Mean public assistance income: $3,917
With retirement income: 26,234 (10.95%)
--Mean retirement income: $15,498

Families: 116,657 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 12,602 (10.8%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 7,118 (6.1%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 13,348 (11.44%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 13,548 (11.61%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 17,595 (15.08%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 22,545 (19.33%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 12,909 (11.07%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 10,061 (8.62%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 3,175 (2.72%)
$200,000 or more: 3,756 (3.22%)
Median family income: $44,151

Per capita income: $23,353

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $37,435
Female full-time, year-round workers: $32,421

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 17,892 (15.34%)
--With related children under 18 years: 13,811 (11.84%)
----With related children under 5 years: 6,534 (5.6%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 11,275 (9.67%)
--With related children under 18 years: 9,801 (8.4%)
----With related children under 5 years: 4,549 (3.9%)
Individuals: 109,128 (93.55%)
--18 years and over: 79,629 (68.26%)
----65 years and over: 10,432 (8.94%)
--Related children under 18 years: 28,928 (24.8%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 21,062 (18.05%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 49,147 (42.13%)

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