Jersey City, NJ

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3436000, place: Jersey City city, New Jersey)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 186,834 (100%)
In labor force: 114,992 (61.55%)
--Civilian labor force: 114,909 (61.5%)
----Employed: 103,448 (55.37%)
----Unemployed: 11,461 (6.13%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 10%
--Armed Forces: 83 (0.04%)
Not in labor force: 71,842 (38.45%)
Females 16 years and over: 97,287 (52.07%)
In labor force: 54,184 (29%)
--Civilian labor force: 54,136 (28.98%)
----Employed: 48,325 (25.87%)
Own children under 6 years: 17,769 (9.51%)
All parents in family in labor force: 9,746 (5.22%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 100,750 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 36,639 (36.37%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 13,393 (13.29%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 39,835 (39.54%)
Walked: 8,079 (8.02%)
Other means: 993 (0.99%)
Worked at home: 1,811 (1.8%)
Mean travel time to work: 33.8 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 103,448 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 34,111 (32.97%)
Service occupations: 16,436 (15.89%)
Sales and office occupations: 31,502 (30.45%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 81 (0.08%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 5,313 (5.14%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 16,005 (15.47%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 71 (0.07%)
Construction: 2,938 (2.84%)
Manufacturing: 9,892 (9.56%)
Wholesale trade.: 5,053 (4.88%)
Retail trade: 11,120 (10.75%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 10,329 (9.98%)
Information: 4,823 (4.66%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 12,600 (12.18%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 11,834 (11.44%)
Educational, health and social services: 18,810 (18.18%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 7,401 (7.15%)
Other services (except public administration): 4,252 (4.11%)
Public administration: 4,325 (4.18%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 85,116 (82.28%)
Government workers: 14,664 (14.18%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 3,448 (3.33%)
Unpaid family workers: 220 (0.21%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 88,617 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 13,002 (14.67%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 6,188 (6.98%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 10,567 (11.92%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 11,437 (12.91%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 13,759 (15.53%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 15,335 (17.3%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 8,174 (9.22%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 6,523 (7.36%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,851 (2.09%)
$200,000 or more: 1,781 (2.01%)
Median household income: $37,862

With earnings: 71,545 (80.74%)
--Mean earnings: $56,041
With Social Security income: 17,981 (20.29%)
--Mean Social Security income: $9,797
With Supplemental Security Income: 6,001 (6.77%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,143
With public assistance income: 5,977 (6.74%)
--Mean public assistance income: $3,090
With retirement income: 9,338 (10.54%)
--Mean retirement income: $13,883

Families: 56,114 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 6,454 (11.5%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 3,338 (5.95%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 6,520 (11.62%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 7,351 (13.1%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 9,020 (16.07%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 10,687 (19.05%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 5,782 (10.3%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 4,614 (8.22%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,222 (2.18%)
$200,000 or more: 1,126 (2.01%)
Median family income: $41,639

Per capita income: $19,410

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $35,119
Female full-time, year-round workers: $30,494

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 9,227 (16.44%)
--With related children under 18 years: 7,275 (12.96%)
----With related children under 5 years: 3,361 (5.99%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 5,585 (9.95%)
--With related children under 18 years: 4,862 (8.66%)
----With related children under 5 years: 2,210 (3.94%)
Individuals: 44,075 (78.55%)
--18 years and over: 28,060 (50.01%)
----65 years and over: 3,872 (6.9%)
--Related children under 18 years: 15,665 (27.92%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 11,312 (20.16%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 11,861 (21.14%)

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