Tuscaloosa, Alabama county Economy Profile

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama county Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 27.5% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 6.95% 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: 6.96%.

In Tuscaloosa, Alabama government workers account for nineteen point nine seven percent of workers. 75.36% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is equal to thirty-four thousand, four hundred and thirty-six dollars while median family income is forty-five thousand, four hundred and eighty-five dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama are $34,807. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $24,128.

zero of families in Tuscaloosa, Alabama are below poverty line (total population in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is 164,875). There are two thousand, nine hundred and ninety families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Tuscaloosa, Alabama resident is 31.9 years old.

	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	%, Tuscaloosa, Alabama	United States
Population 16 years and over	130,752		217,168,077
In labor force	79,425	60.74%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	79,287	60.64%	63.39%
- - Employed	74,397	56.9%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	4,890	3.74%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	138	0.11%	0.53%
Not in labor force	51,327	39.26%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	68,920	52.71%	51.66%
In labor force	37,858	28.95%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	37,856	28.95%	29.65%
- - Employed	35,310	27.01%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	11,993	9.17%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	7,480		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	73,292		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	61,537	83.96%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	7,799	10.64%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	357	0.49%	4.73%
Walked	1,629	2.22%	2.93%
Other means	489	0.67%	1.19%
Worked at home	1,481	2.02%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21.2	0.03%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	74,397		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	23,823	32.02%	33.65%
Service occupations	10,462	14.06%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	20,186	27.13%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	304	0.41%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	7,196	9.67%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	12,426	16.7%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	1,577	2.12%	1.87%
Construction	5,097	6.85%	6.78%
Manufacturing	10,884	14.63%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	2,399	3.22%	3.6%
Retail trade	9,992	13.43%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	2,603	3.5%	5.2%
Information	1,341	1.8%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	3,348	4.5%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	5,175	6.96%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	20,456	27.5%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	5,173	6.95%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	3,684	4.95%	4.87%
Public administration	2,668	3.59%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	56,069	75.36%	78.47%
Government workers	14,859	19.97%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	3,173	4.26%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	296	0.4%	0.31%

	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	%, Tuscaloosa, Alabama	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	64,517		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	10,322	16.0%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,902	7.6%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	9,185	14.24%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	8,228	12.75%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	10,040	15.56%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	11,320	17.55%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,474	8.48%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,261	5.05%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	850	1.32%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	935	1.45%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	34,436		41,994
With earnings	51,184	39.15%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	46,645		56,604
With Social Security income	15,627	11.95%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,688		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	3,242	2.48%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,510		6,320
With public assistance income	1,041	0.8%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,449		3,032
With retirement income	11,343	8.68%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,401		17,376
Families	42,107		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	3,238	7.69%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,137	5.08%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	4,970	11.8%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	5,545	13.17%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	7,409	17.6%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	9,455	22.45%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,908	11.66%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,941	6.98%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	747	1.77%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	757	1.8%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	45,485		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	18,998		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	34,807		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,128		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	4,740		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	3,533	74.54%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	1,805	38.08%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	2,990		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	2,562	85.69%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	1,336	44.68%	42.27%
Individuals	26,633		33,899,812
18 years and over	19,094	71.69%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	2,344	8.8%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	7,439	27.93%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	5,082	19.08%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	11,420	42.88%	31.63%

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