Nashville-davidson, TN

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4752006, place: Nashville-Davidson (balance), Tennessee)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 437,491 (100%)
In labor force: 295,217 (67.48%)
--Civilian labor force: 294,830 (67.39%)
----Employed: 279,196 (63.82%)
----Unemployed: 15,634 (3.57%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 5.3%
--Armed Forces: 387 (0.09%)
Not in labor force: 142,274 (32.52%)
Females 16 years and over: 229,088 (52.36%)
In labor force: 141,144 (32.26%)
--Civilian labor force: 141,076 (32.25%)
----Employed: 133,734 (30.57%)
Own children under 6 years: 40,364 (9.23%)
All parents in family in labor force: 25,300 (5.78%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 274,028 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 215,008 (78.46%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 36,890 (13.46%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 4,951 (1.81%)
Walked: 6,509 (2.38%)
Other means: 2,350 (0.86%)
Worked at home: 8,320 (3.04%)
Mean travel time to work: 23.3 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 279,196 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 102,290 (36.64%)
Service occupations: 39,259 (14.06%)
Sales and office occupations: 79,921 (28.63%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 348 (0.12%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 23,730 (8.5%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 33,648 (12.05%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 646 (0.23%)
Construction: 18,540 (6.64%)
Manufacturing: 26,048 (9.33%)
Wholesale trade.: 10,976 (3.93%)
Retail trade: 30,620 (10.97%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 13,001 (4.66%)
Information: 13,814 (4.95%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 23,180 (8.3%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 27,697 (9.92%)
Educational, health and social services: 57,909 (20.74%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 28,494 (10.21%)
Other services (except public administration): 15,179 (5.44%)
Public administration: 13,092 (4.69%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 225,530 (80.78%)
Government workers: 34,257 (12.27%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 18,779 (6.73%)
Unpaid family workers: 630 (0.23%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 227,559 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 23,404 (10.28%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 13,316 (5.85%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 30,873 (13.57%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 33,863 (14.88%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 40,219 (17.67%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 43,207 (18.99%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 20,355 (8.94%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 14,075 (6.19%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 3,696 (1.62%)
$200,000 or more: 4,551 (2%)
Median household income: $39,232

With earnings: 191,066 (83.96%)
--Mean earnings: $50,918
With Social Security income: 48,606 (21.36%)
--Mean Social Security income: $11,017
With Supplemental Security Income: 8,705 (3.83%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,135
With public assistance income: 8,335 (3.66%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,046
With retirement income: 31,864 (14%)
--Mean retirement income: $17,176

Families: 132,254 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 9,326 (7.05%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 5,436 (4.11%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 13,624 (10.3%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 16,627 (12.57%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 23,310 (17.63%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 30,641 (23.17%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 15,688 (11.86%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 11,107 (8.4%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 2,813 (2.13%)
$200,000 or more: 3,682 (2.78%)
Median family income: $48,448

Per capita income: $22,018

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $33,114
Female full-time, year-round workers: $27,659

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 13,541 (10.24%)
--With related children under 18 years: 10,877 (8.22%)
----With related children under 5 years: 5,919 (4.48%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 8,886 (6.72%)
--With related children under 18 years: 7,932 (6%)
----With related children under 5 years: 4,287 (3.24%)
Individuals: 69,247 (52.36%)
--18 years and over: 45,766 (34.6%)
----65 years and over: 6,206 (4.69%)
--Related children under 18 years: 22,949 (17.35%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 15,108 (11.42%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 24,741 (18.71%)

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