Springfield, MO

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2970000, place: Springfield city, Missouri)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 125,002 (100%)
In labor force: 80,648 (64.52%)
--Civilian labor force: 80,538 (64.43%)
----Employed: 75,199 (60.16%)
----Unemployed: 5,339 (4.27%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 6.6%
--Armed Forces: 110 (0.09%)
Not in labor force: 44,354 (35.48%)
Females 16 years and over: 65,835 (52.67%)
In labor force: 38,653 (30.92%)
--Civilian labor force: 38,639 (30.91%)
----Employed: 36,137 (28.91%)
Own children under 6 years: 10,134 (8.11%)
All parents in family in labor force: 6,298 (5.04%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 73,930 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 59,224 (80.11%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 8,116 (10.98%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 928 (1.26%)
Walked: 2,667 (3.61%)
Other means: 1,070 (1.45%)
Worked at home: 1,925 (2.6%)
Mean travel time to work: 17 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 75,199 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 20,837 (27.71%)
Service occupations: 13,974 (18.58%)
Sales and office occupations: 22,769 (30.28%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 140 (0.19%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 5,847 (7.78%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 11,632 (15.47%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 245 (0.33%)
Construction: 3,990 (5.31%)
Manufacturing: 8,123 (10.8%)
Wholesale trade.: 3,268 (4.35%)
Retail trade: 11,011 (14.64%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 3,775 (5.02%)
Information: 2,412 (3.21%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 4,965 (6.6%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 5,684 (7.56%)
Educational, health and social services: 16,570 (22.03%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 8,882 (11.81%)
Other services (except public administration): 4,383 (5.83%)
Public administration: 1,891 (2.51%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 62,870 (83.6%)
Government workers: 7,672 (10.2%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 4,481 (5.96%)
Unpaid family workers: 176 (0.23%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 64,779 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 8,147 (12.58%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 6,313 (9.75%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 12,835 (19.81%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 10,759 (16.61%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 11,440 (17.66%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 8,399 (12.97%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 3,356 (5.18%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 2,030 (3.13%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 610 (0.94%)
$200,000 or more: 890 (1.37%)
Median household income: $29,563

With earnings: 50,659 (78.2%)
--Mean earnings: $38,168
With Social Security income: 17,710 (27.34%)
--Mean Social Security income: $11,291
With Supplemental Security Income: 3,109 (4.8%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $5,860
With public assistance income: 2,646 (4.08%)
--Mean public assistance income: $1,899
With retirement income: 9,819 (15.16%)
--Mean retirement income: $16,306

Families: 35,931 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 2,267 (6.31%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 2,105 (5.86%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 5,499 (15.3%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 6,199 (17.25%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 7,882 (21.94%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 6,411 (17.84%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 2,681 (7.46%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 1,739 (4.84%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 468 (1.3%)
$200,000 or more: 680 (1.89%)
Median family income: $38,114

Per capita income: $17,711

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $27,778
Female full-time, year-round workers: $20,980

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 3,570 (9.94%)
--With related children under 18 years: 2,749 (7.65%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,436 (4%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 1,956 (5.44%)
--With related children under 18 years: 1,756 (4.89%)
----With related children under 5 years: 822 (2.29%)
Individuals: 22,437 (62.44%)
--18 years and over: 16,712 (46.51%)
----65 years and over: 1,681 (4.68%)
--Related children under 18 years: 5,536 (15.41%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 3,537 (9.84%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 11,351 (31.59%)

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