North Pole, Alaska Economy Profile

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North Pole, Alaska Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in North Pole, Alaska, 20.16% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Ten point seven two percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in North Pole, Alaska. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in North Pole, Alaska is as follows: six point zero eight percent.

In North Pole, Alaska government workers account for 29.76% of workers. Sixty-six point eight eight percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in North Pole, Alaska is equal to $44,583 while median family income is $54,583. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in North Pole, Alaska are thirty-two thousand, nine hundred and seventeen dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-seven thousand, two hundred and forty dollars.

0.0 of families in North Pole, Alaska are below poverty line (total population in North Pole, Alaska is one thousand, five hundred and seventy). There are 14 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a North Pole, Alaska resident is twenty-eight point eight years old.

	North Pole, Alaska	%, North Pole, Alaska	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,201		217,168,077
In labor force	882	73.44%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	711	59.2%	63.39%
- - Employed	625	52.04%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	86	7.16%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	12.1		5.8
- Armed Forces	171	14.24%	0.53%
Not in labor force	319	26.56%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	538	44.8%	51.66%
In labor force	363	30.22%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	322	26.81%	29.65%
- - Employed	302	25.15%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	116	9.66%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	75		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	786		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	611	77.74%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	117	14.89%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	0		4.73%
Walked	20	2.54%	2.93%
Other means	22	2.8%	1.19%
Worked at home	16	2.04%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.2	2.57%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	625		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	199	31.84%	33.65%
Service occupations	95	15.2%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	180	28.8%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0		0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	68	10.88%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	83	13.28%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	10	1.6%	1.87%
Construction	36	5.76%	6.78%
Manufacturing	24	3.84%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	19	3.04%	3.6%
Retail trade	98	15.68%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	45	7.2%	5.2%
Information	14	2.24%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	36	5.76%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	38	6.08%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	126	20.16%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	67	10.72%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	26	4.16%	4.87%
Public administration	86	13.76%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	418	66.88%	78.47%
Government workers	186	29.76%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	21	3.36%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	0		0.31%

	North Pole, Alaska	%, North Pole, Alaska	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	620		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	36	5.81%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	34	5.48%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	85	13.71%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	86	13.87%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	113	18.23%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	131	21.13%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	59	9.52%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	63	10.16%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	7	1.13%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	6	0.97%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	44,583		41,994
With earnings	544	45.3%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	51,101		56,604
With Social Security income	84	6.99%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	8,160		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	13	1.08%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,162		6,320
With public assistance income	41	3.41%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	4,010		3,032
With retirement income	91	7.58%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	36,198		17,376
Families	371		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	13	3.5%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	14	3.77%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	38	10.24%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	32	8.63%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	71	19.14%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	79	21.29%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	53	14.29%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	62	16.71%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	5	1.35%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	4	1.08%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	54,583		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	21,426		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	32,917		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	27,240		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	23		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	19	82.61%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	9	39.13%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	14		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	14	100.0%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	5	35.71%	42.27%
Individuals	139		33,899,812
18 years and over	97	69.78%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	21	15.11%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	38	27.34%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	27	19.42%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	68	48.92%	31.63%

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