Pittsburgh, PA

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4261000, place: Pittsburgh city, Pennsylvania)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 275,396 (100%)
In labor force: 161,182 (58.53%)
--Civilian labor force: 160,996 (58.46%)
----Employed: 144,768 (52.57%)
----Unemployed: 16,228 (5.89%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 10.1%
--Armed Forces: 186 (0.07%)
Not in labor force: 114,214 (41.47%)
Females 16 years and over: 146,637 (53.25%)
In labor force: 79,906 (29.01%)
--Civilian labor force: 79,862 (29%)
----Employed: 71,997 (26.14%)
Own children under 6 years: 20,281 (7.36%)
All parents in family in labor force: 12,368 (4.49%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 141,844 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 77,787 (54.84%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 16,131 (11.37%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 29,062 (20.49%)
Walked: 13,870 (9.78%)
Other means: 1,635 (1.15%)
Worked at home: 3,359 (2.37%)
Mean travel time to work: 23.1 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 144,768 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 53,398 (36.89%)
Service occupations: 28,871 (19.94%)
Sales and office occupations: 39,835 (27.52%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 145 (0.1%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 8,994 (6.21%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 13,525 (9.34%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 265 (0.18%)
Construction: 6,185 (4.27%)
Manufacturing: 8,807 (6.08%)
Wholesale trade.: 3,159 (2.18%)
Retail trade: 14,876 (10.28%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 6,699 (4.63%)
Information: 4,934 (3.41%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 11,520 (7.96%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 16,013 (11.06%)
Educational, health and social services: 43,319 (29.92%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 14,993 (10.36%)
Other services (except public administration): 7,489 (5.17%)
Public administration: 6,509 (4.5%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 119,525 (82.56%)
Government workers: 18,127 (12.52%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 6,887 (4.76%)
Unpaid family workers: 229 (0.16%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 143,752 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 25,927 (18.04%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 13,668 (9.51%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 24,606 (17.12%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 19,228 (13.38%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 21,441 (14.92%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 20,482 (14.25%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 8,366 (5.82%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 5,843 (4.06%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,797 (1.25%)
$200,000 or more: 2,394 (1.67%)
Median household income: $28,588

With earnings: 104,142 (72.45%)
--Mean earnings: $43,862
With Social Security income: 43,059 (29.95%)
--Mean Social Security income: $10,765
With Supplemental Security Income: 8,977 (6.24%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,227
With public assistance income: 7,916 (5.51%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,824
With retirement income: 24,876 (17.3%)
--Mean retirement income: $15,009

Families: 74,708 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 8,202 (10.98%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 4,486 (6%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 10,808 (14.47%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 10,353 (13.86%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 12,954 (17.34%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 14,285 (19.12%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 6,311 (8.45%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 4,175 (5.59%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,376 (1.84%)
$200,000 or more: 1,758 (2.35%)
Median family income: $38,795

Per capita income: $18,816

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $32,128
Female full-time, year-round workers: $25,500

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 11,228 (15.03%)
--With related children under 18 years: 8,682 (11.62%)
----With related children under 5 years: 4,245 (5.68%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 7,768 (10.4%)
--With related children under 18 years: 6,811 (9.12%)
----With related children under 5 years: 3,334 (4.46%)
Individuals: 63,866 (85.49%)
--18 years and over: 45,730 (61.21%)
----65 years and over: 7,046 (9.43%)
--Related children under 18 years: 17,868 (23.92%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 12,359 (16.54%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 28,830 (38.59%)

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