Portsmouth, VA

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5164000, place: Portsmouth city, Virginia)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 77,524 (100%)
In labor force: 48,163 (62.13%)
--Civilian labor force: 43,705 (56.38%)
----Employed: 40,353 (52.05%)
----Unemployed: 3,352 (4.32%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 7.7%
--Armed Forces: 4,458 (5.75%)
Not in labor force: 29,361 (37.87%)
Females 16 years and over: 40,728 (52.54%)
In labor force: 22,879 (29.51%)
--Civilian labor force: 22,260 (28.71%)
----Employed: 20,483 (26.42%)
Own children under 6 years: 7,635 (9.85%)
All parents in family in labor force: 5,117 (6.6%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 43,922 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 31,996 (72.85%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 6,873 (15.65%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 1,301 (2.96%)
Walked: 1,438 (3.27%)
Other means: 1,114 (2.54%)
Worked at home: 1,200 (2.73%)
Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 40,353 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 11,193 (27.74%)
Service occupations: 6,756 (16.74%)
Sales and office occupations: 11,222 (27.81%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 83 (0.21%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 5,185 (12.85%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 5,914 (14.66%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 153 (0.38%)
Construction: 3,257 (8.07%)
Manufacturing: 5,655 (14.01%)
Wholesale trade.: 1,220 (3.02%)
Retail trade: 4,799 (11.89%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 2,077 (5.15%)
Information: 1,067 (2.64%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 2,096 (5.19%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 3,260 (8.08%)
Educational, health and social services: 8,339 (20.67%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 2,875 (7.12%)
Other services (except public administration): 2,494 (6.18%)
Public administration: 3,061 (7.59%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 27,969 (69.31%)
Government workers: 10,638 (26.36%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 1,702 (4.22%)
Unpaid family workers: 44 (0.11%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 38,137 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 4,633 (12.15%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 2,899 (7.6%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 6,158 (16.15%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 5,987 (15.7%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 6,982 (18.31%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 7,008 (18.38%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 2,642 (6.93%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 1,313 (3.44%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 302 (0.79%)
$200,000 or more: 213 (0.56%)
Median household income: $33,742

With earnings: 29,428 (77.16%)
--Mean earnings: $40,236
With Social Security income: 10,742 (28.17%)
--Mean Social Security income: $9,532
With Supplemental Security Income: 2,479 (6.5%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $5,696
With public assistance income: 1,765 (4.63%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,513
With retirement income: 9,028 (23.67%)
--Mean retirement income: $17,615

Families: 25,628 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 2,270 (8.86%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 1,339 (5.22%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 3,725 (14.53%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 3,801 (14.83%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 5,023 (19.6%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 5,782 (22.56%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 2,278 (8.89%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 1,030 (4.02%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 236 (0.92%)
$200,000 or more: 144 (0.56%)
Median family income: $39,577

Per capita income: $16,507

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $30,122
Female full-time, year-round workers: $23,375

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 3,412 (13.31%)
--With related children under 18 years: 2,879 (11.23%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,522 (5.94%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 2,551 (9.95%)
--With related children under 18 years: 2,309 (9.01%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,177 (4.59%)
Individuals: 15,471 (60.37%)
--18 years and over: 9,107 (35.54%)
----65 years and over: 1,444 (5.63%)
--Related children under 18 years: 6,114 (23.86%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 4,144 (16.17%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 3,896 (15.2%)

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