Houston, TX

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4835000, place: Houston city, Texas)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 1,472,506 (100%)
In labor force: 931,236 (63.24%)
--Civilian labor force: 930,478 (63.19%)
----Employed: 859,961 (58.4%)
----Unemployed: 70,517 (4.79%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 7.6%
--Armed Forces: 758 (0.05%)
Not in labor force: 541,270 (36.76%)
Females 16 years and over: 744,436 (50.56%)
In labor force: 416,702 (28.3%)
--Civilian labor force: 416,544 (28.29%)
----Employed: 381,348 (25.9%)
Own children under 6 years: 177,908 (12.08%)
All parents in family in labor force: 86,813 (5.9%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 841,686 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 604,686 (71.84%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 133,983 (15.92%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 49,441 (5.87%)
Walked: 19,413 (2.31%)
Other means: 14,457 (1.72%)
Worked at home: 19,706 (2.34%)
Mean travel time to work: 27.4 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 859,961 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 291,220 (33.86%)
Service occupations: 134,831 (15.68%)
Sales and office occupations: 227,417 (26.45%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 1,210 (0.14%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 94,569 (11%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 110,714 (12.87%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 16,404 (1.91%)
Construction: 75,086 (8.73%)
Manufacturing: 85,703 (9.97%)
Wholesale trade.: 39,639 (4.61%)
Retail trade: 91,982 (10.7%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 53,547 (6.23%)
Information: 21,037 (2.45%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 62,025 (7.21%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 116,926 (13.6%)
Educational, health and social services: 153,096 (17.8%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 69,438 (8.07%)
Other services (except public administration): 50,846 (5.91%)
Public administration: 24,232 (2.82%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 708,790 (82.42%)
Government workers: 95,871 (11.15%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 53,331 (6.2%)
Unpaid family workers: 1,969 (0.23%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 718,897 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 83,410 (11.6%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 49,047 (6.82%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 105,887 (14.73%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 104,792 (14.58%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 117,451 (16.34%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 116,362 (16.19%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 57,368 (7.98%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 49,446 (6.88%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 16,419 (2.28%)
$200,000 or more: 18,715 (2.6%)
Median household income: $36,616

With earnings: 613,491 (85.34%)
--Mean earnings: $53,217
With Social Security income: 125,273 (17.43%)
--Mean Social Security income: $10,809
With Supplemental Security Income: 27,321 (3.8%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,091
With public assistance income: 21,363 (2.97%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,294
With retirement income: 69,468 (9.66%)
--Mean retirement income: $19,003

Families: 461,937 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 42,839 (9.27%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 28,527 (6.18%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 66,757 (14.45%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 63,998 (13.85%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 72,650 (15.73%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 78,601 (17.02%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 42,340 (9.17%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 37,950 (8.22%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 13,230 (2.86%)
$200,000 or more: 15,045 (3.26%)
Median family income: $40,443

Per capita income: $20,101

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $32,084
Female full-time, year-round workers: $27,371

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 73,800 (15.98%)
--With related children under 18 years: 59,498 (12.88%)
----With related children under 5 years: 32,249 (6.98%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 32,503 (7.04%)
--With related children under 18 years: 28,282 (6.12%)
----With related children under 5 years: 13,547 (2.93%)
Individuals: 369,045 (79.89%)
--18 years and over: 229,558 (49.69%)
----65 years and over: 22,537 (4.88%)
--Related children under 18 years: 137,140 (29.69%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 93,644 (20.27%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 85,922 (18.6%)

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