Auburn, Alabama Economy Profile

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Auburn, Alabama Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Auburn, Alabama, 36.43% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Fourteen point four four percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Auburn, Alabama. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Auburn, Alabama is as follows: seven point seven percent.

In Auburn, Alabama government workers account for 28.05% of workers. 66.03% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Auburn, Alabama is equal to $17,206 while median family income is fifty-five thousand, six hundred and nineteen dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Auburn, Alabama are $41,012. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $26,209.

0.0 of families in Auburn, Alabama are below poverty line (total population in Auburn, Alabama is 42,987). There are five hundred and twenty-five families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Auburn, Alabama resident is twenty-two point six years old.

	Auburn, Alabama	%, Auburn, Alabama	United States
Population 16 years and over	36,842		217,168,077
In labor force	20,684	56.14%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	20,607	55.93%	63.39%
- - Employed	19,077	51.78%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	1,530	4.15%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	77	0.21%	0.53%
Not in labor force	16,158	43.86%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	18,380	49.89%	51.66%
In labor force	9,577	25.99%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	9,577	25.99%	29.65%
- - Employed	8,756	23.77%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,002	5.43%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,121		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	18,610		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	15,273	82.07%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	1,741	9.36%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	217	1.17%	4.73%
Walked	726	3.9%	2.93%
Other means	211	1.13%	1.19%
Worked at home	442	2.38%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	16.2	0.09%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	19,077		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	8,682	45.51%	33.65%
Service occupations	3,356	17.59%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	4,832	25.33%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	149	0.78%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	697	3.65%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,361	7.13%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	239	1.25%	1.87%
Construction	636	3.33%	6.78%
Manufacturing	1,359	7.12%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	315	1.65%	3.6%
Retail trade	2,284	11.97%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	299	1.57%	5.2%
Information	623	3.27%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	785	4.11%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	1,469	7.7%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	6,949	36.43%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	2,754	14.44%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	721	3.78%	4.87%
Public administration	644	3.38%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	12,596	66.03%	78.47%
Government workers	5,351	28.05%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	995	5.22%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	135	0.71%	0.31%

	Auburn, Alabama	%, Auburn, Alabama	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	18,398		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	6,352	34.53%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,045	11.12%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	2,207	12.0%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,447	7.86%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,573	8.55%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,981	10.77%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,333	7.25%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,022	5.55%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	239	1.3%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	199	1.08%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	17,206		41,994
With earnings	15,647	42.47%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	35,809		56,604
With Social Security income	2,298	6.24%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,893		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	287	0.78%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,591		6,320
With public assistance income	149	0.4%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,332		3,032
With retirement income	1,641	4.45%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	24,070		17,376
Families	7,320		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	722	9.86%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	457	6.24%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	621	8.48%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	697	9.52%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	776	10.6%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,540	21.04%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,193	16.3%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	942	12.87%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	216	2.95%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	156	2.13%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	55,619		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	16,431		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	41,012		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,209		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	1,028		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	528	51.36%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	265	25.78%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	525		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	345	65.71%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	173	32.95%	42.27%
Individuals	14,859		33,899,812
18 years and over	13,775	92.7%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	235	1.58%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	1,079	7.26%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	749	5.04%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	11,941	80.36%	31.63%

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