Tuscaloosa, Alabama Economy Profile

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 32.38% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Nine point three nine percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is as follows: seven point three eight percent.

In Tuscaloosa, Alabama government workers account for twenty-four point two three percent of workers. 72.21% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is equal to twenty-seven thousand, seven hundred and thirty-one dollars while median family income is forty-one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-three dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama are $31,614. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $24,507.

zero of families in Tuscaloosa, Alabama are below poverty line (total population in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is 77,906). There are one thousand, eight hundred and seven families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Tuscaloosa, Alabama resident is twenty-eight point four years old.

	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	%, Tuscaloosa, Alabama	United States
Population 16 years and over	64,457		217,168,077
In labor force	37,127	57.6%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	37,085	57.53%	63.39%
- - Employed	34,279	53.18%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	2,806	4.35%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	42	0.07%	0.53%
Not in labor force	27,330	42.4%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	34,388	53.35%	51.66%
In labor force	18,390	28.53%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	18,390	28.53%	29.65%
- - Employed	16,931	26.27%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	4,828	7.49%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	3,285		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	33,706		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	27,452	81.45%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	3,645	10.81%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	290	0.86%	4.73%
Walked	1,391	4.13%	2.93%
Other means	176	0.52%	1.19%
Worked at home	752	2.23%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	17.1	0.05%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	34,279		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	12,453	36.33%	33.65%
Service occupations	5,462	15.93%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	9,605	28.02%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	74	0.22%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	1,949	5.69%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	4,736	13.82%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	370	1.08%	1.87%
Construction	1,361	3.97%	6.78%
Manufacturing	3,908	11.4%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	890	2.6%	3.6%
Retail trade	4,706	13.73%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	924	2.7%	5.2%
Information	771	2.25%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	1,717	5.01%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	2,530	7.38%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	11,099	32.38%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	3,220	9.39%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	1,576	4.6%	4.87%
Public administration	1,207	3.52%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	24,753	72.21%	78.47%
Government workers	8,307	24.23%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	1,009	2.94%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	210	0.61%	0.31%

	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	%, Tuscaloosa, Alabama	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	31,602		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	6,767	21.41%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,917	9.23%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	4,811	15.22%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	3,843	12.16%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	4,260	13.48%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	4,321	13.67%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,083	6.59%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,487	4.71%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	545	1.72%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	568	1.8%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	27,731		41,994
With earnings	24,643	38.23%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	42,980		56,604
With Social Security income	7,724	11.98%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,658		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,654	2.57%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,359		6,320
With public assistance income	694	1.08%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,036		3,032
With retirement income	5,147	7.99%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	19,530		17,376
Families	17,302		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	1,695	9.8%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,068	6.17%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	2,272	13.13%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	2,276	13.15%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	2,701	15.61%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	3,273	18.92%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,763	10.19%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,325	7.66%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	485	2.8%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	444	2.57%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	41,753		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	19,129		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	31,614		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,507		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	2,461		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	1,859	75.54%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	973	39.54%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	1,807		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	1,522	84.23%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	787	43.55%	42.27%
Individuals	16,585		33,899,812
18 years and over	12,605	76.0%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	1,159	6.99%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	3,915	23.61%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	2,622	15.81%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	8,753	52.78%	31.63%

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