New Bedford, MA

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2545000, place: New Bedford city, Massachusetts)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 73,287 (100%)
In labor force: 42,308 (57.73%)
--Civilian labor force: 42,169 (57.54%)
----Employed: 38,482 (52.51%)
----Unemployed: 3,687 (5.03%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 8.7%
--Armed Forces: 139 (0.19%)
Not in labor force: 30,979 (42.27%)
Females 16 years and over: 39,660 (54.12%)
In labor force: 20,670 (28.2%)
--Civilian labor force: 20,639 (28.16%)
----Employed: 19,033 (25.97%)
Own children under 6 years: 7,051 (9.62%)
All parents in family in labor force: 4,517 (6.16%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 37,537 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 27,830 (74.14%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 6,049 (16.11%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 1,041 (2.77%)
Walked: 1,577 (4.2%)
Other means: 590 (1.57%)
Worked at home: 450 (1.2%)
Mean travel time to work: 22.9 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 38,482 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 7,995 (20.78%)
Service occupations: 7,610 (19.78%)
Sales and office occupations: 9,067 (23.56%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 379 (0.98%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 3,778 (9.82%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 9,653 (25.08%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 407 (1.06%)
Construction: 2,749 (7.14%)
Manufacturing: 7,983 (20.74%)
Wholesale trade.: 1,709 (4.44%)
Retail trade: 4,663 (12.12%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 1,417 (3.68%)
Information: 897 (2.33%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 1,592 (4.14%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 2,283 (5.93%)
Educational, health and social services: 8,041 (20.9%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 2,856 (7.42%)
Other services (except public administration): 1,950 (5.07%)
Public administration: 1,935 (5.03%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 31,918 (82.94%)
Government workers: 5,030 (13.07%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 1,485 (3.86%)
Unpaid family workers: 49 (0.13%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 38,240 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 7,144 (18.68%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 4,105 (10.73%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 6,411 (16.77%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 4,606 (12.04%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 6,125 (16.02%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 5,948 (15.55%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 2,284 (5.97%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 1,235 (3.23%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 146 (0.38%)
$200,000 or more: 236 (0.62%)
Median household income: $27,569

With earnings: 26,479 (69.24%)
--Mean earnings: $41,237
With Social Security income: 12,133 (31.73%)
--Mean Social Security income: $9,216
With Supplemental Security Income: 4,035 (10.55%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $5,966
With public assistance income: 2,703 (7.07%)
--Mean public assistance income: $3,586
With retirement income: 6,659 (17.41%)
--Mean retirement income: $12,080

Families: 24,266 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 2,776 (11.44%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 2,191 (9.03%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 3,814 (15.72%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 3,074 (12.67%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 4,520 (18.63%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 4,688 (19.32%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 1,862 (7.67%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 1,035 (4.27%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 133 (0.55%)
$200,000 or more: 173 (0.71%)
Median family income: $35,708

Per capita income: $15,602

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $31,388
Female full-time, year-round workers: $22,278

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 4,206 (17.33%)
--With related children under 18 years: 3,365 (13.87%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,786 (7.36%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 2,716 (11.19%)
--With related children under 18 years: 2,547 (10.5%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,403 (5.78%)
Individuals: 18,553 (76.46%)
--18 years and over: 11,859 (48.87%)
----65 years and over: 2,296 (9.46%)
--Related children under 18 years: 6,550 (26.99%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 4,395 (18.11%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 5,690 (23.45%)

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