Seattle, WA

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5363000, place: Seattle city, Washington)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 485,170 (100%)
In labor force: 339,956 (70.07%)
--Civilian labor force: 338,866 (69.84%)
----Employed: 321,524 (66.27%)
----Unemployed: 17,342 (3.57%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 5.1%
--Armed Forces: 1,090 (0.22%)
Not in labor force: 145,214 (29.93%)
Females 16 years and over: 243,647 (50.22%)
In labor force: 159,561 (32.89%)
--Civilian labor force: 159,437 (32.86%)
----Employed: 152,244 (31.38%)
Own children under 6 years: 29,143 (6.01%)
All parents in family in labor force: 17,918 (3.69%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 316,493 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 178,964 (56.55%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 35,387 (11.18%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 55,652 (17.58%)
Walked: 23,291 (7.36%)
Other means: 8,586 (2.71%)
Worked at home: 14,613 (4.62%)
Mean travel time to work: 24.8 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 321,524 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 155,636 (48.41%)
Service occupations: 44,533 (13.85%)
Sales and office occupations: 78,605 (24.45%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 915 (0.28%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 15,605 (4.85%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 26,230 (8.16%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 1,103 (0.34%)
Construction: 12,892 (4.01%)
Manufacturing: 26,753 (8.32%)
Wholesale trade.: 10,471 (3.26%)
Retail trade: 35,645 (11.09%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 13,492 (4.2%)
Information: 19,175 (5.96%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 22,171 (6.9%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 51,813 (16.11%)
Educational, health and social services: 69,507 (21.62%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 31,762 (9.88%)
Other services (except public administration): 15,538 (4.83%)
Public administration: 11,202 (3.48%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 248,060 (77.15%)
Government workers: 50,254 (15.63%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 22,598 (7.03%)
Unpaid family workers: 612 (0.19%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 258,635 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 23,130 (8.94%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 14,422 (5.58%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 29,028 (11.22%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 31,698 (12.26%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 41,045 (15.87%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 48,882 (18.9%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 29,387 (11.36%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 24,413 (9.44%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 7,618 (2.95%)
$200,000 or more: 9,012 (3.48%)
Median household income: $45,736

With earnings: 213,726 (82.64%)
--Mean earnings: $62,602
With Social Security income: 50,817 (19.65%)
--Mean Social Security income: $11,933
With Supplemental Security Income: 9,428 (3.65%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,135
With public assistance income: 7,638 (2.95%)
--Mean public assistance income: $3,510
With retirement income: 34,197 (13.22%)
--Mean retirement income: $18,513

Families: 115,498 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 5,192 (4.5%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 3,524 (3.05%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 8,594 (7.44%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 10,558 (9.14%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 16,344 (14.15%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 25,631 (22.19%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 17,952 (15.54%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 15,790 (13.67%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 5,444 (4.71%)
$200,000 or more: 6,469 (5.6%)
Median family income: $62,195

Per capita income: $30,306

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $40,929
Female full-time, year-round workers: $35,134

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 7,942 (6.88%)
--With related children under 18 years: 5,735 (4.97%)
----With related children under 5 years: 2,756 (2.39%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 3,930 (3.4%)
--With related children under 18 years: 3,405 (2.95%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,563 (1.35%)
Individuals: 64,068 (55.47%)
--18 years and over: 51,733 (44.79%)
----65 years and over: 6,709 (5.81%)
--Related children under 18 years: 11,585 (10.03%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 8,253 (7.15%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 38,842 (33.63%)

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