Omaha, NE

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3137000, place: Omaha city, Nebraska)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 301,033 (100%)
In labor force: 208,767 (69.35%)
--Civilian labor force: 208,009 (69.1%)
----Employed: 199,054 (66.12%)
----Unemployed: 8,955 (2.97%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 4.3%
--Armed Forces: 758 (0.25%)
Not in labor force: 92,266 (30.65%)
Females 16 years and over: 156,299 (51.92%)
In labor force: 100,244 (33.3%)
--Civilian labor force: 100,125 (33.26%)
----Employed: 95,922 (31.86%)
Own children under 6 years: 31,680 (10.52%)
All parents in family in labor force: 21,474 (7.13%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 196,801 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 159,961 (81.28%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 21,899 (11.13%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 3,723 (1.89%)
Walked: 4,659 (2.37%)
Other means: 1,523 (0.77%)
Worked at home: 5,036 (2.56%)
Mean travel time to work: 18.2 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 199,054 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 69,305 (34.82%)
Service occupations: 28,354 (14.24%)
Sales and office occupations: 59,910 (30.1%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 433 (0.22%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 16,022 (8.05%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 25,030 (12.57%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 743 (0.37%)
Construction: 12,811 (6.44%)
Manufacturing: 19,177 (9.63%)
Wholesale trade.: 7,875 (3.96%)
Retail trade: 24,988 (12.55%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 11,188 (5.62%)
Information: 6,519 (3.27%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 22,873 (11.49%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 21,706 (10.9%)
Educational, health and social services: 40,316 (20.25%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 16,622 (8.35%)
Other services (except public administration): 9,328 (4.69%)
Public administration: 4,908 (2.47%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 168,712 (84.76%)
Government workers: 20,654 (10.38%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 9,353 (4.7%)
Unpaid family workers: 335 (0.17%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 157,034 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 13,842 (8.81%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 9,203 (5.86%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 22,319 (14.21%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 23,026 (14.66%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 27,310 (17.39%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 30,643 (19.51%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 14,953 (9.52%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 10,128 (6.45%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 2,471 (1.57%)
$200,000 or more: 3,139 (2%)
Median household income: $40,006

With earnings: 129,793 (82.65%)
--Mean earnings: $52,283
With Social Security income: 37,029 (23.58%)
--Mean Social Security income: $11,663
With Supplemental Security Income: 4,823 (3.07%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,379
With public assistance income: 5,482 (3.49%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,582
With retirement income: 21,579 (13.74%)
--Mean retirement income: $16,609

Families: 95,793 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 4,705 (4.91%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 3,250 (3.39%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 9,832 (10.26%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 11,568 (12.08%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 17,485 (18.25%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 22,949 (23.96%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 12,499 (13.05%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 8,742 (9.13%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 2,106 (2.2%)
$200,000 or more: 2,657 (2.77%)
Median family income: $50,821

Per capita income: $21,756

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $34,301
Female full-time, year-round workers: $26,652

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 7,519 (7.85%)
--With related children under 18 years: 6,291 (6.57%)
----With related children under 5 years: 3,460 (3.61%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 4,816 (5.03%)
--With related children under 18 years: 4,440 (4.63%)
----With related children under 5 years: 2,341 (2.44%)
Individuals: 43,037 (44.93%)
--18 years and over: 27,438 (28.64%)
----65 years and over: 3,222 (3.36%)
--Related children under 18 years: 15,111 (15.77%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 10,452 (10.91%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 16,107 (16.81%)

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