Alaska state Economy Profile

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Alaska state Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Alaska, 21.73% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Eight point five six percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Alaska. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Alaska is as follows: seven point five seven percent.

In Alaska government workers account for twenty-six point seven six percent of workers. Sixty-four point nine four percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Alaska is equal to fifty-one thousand, five hundred and seventy-one dollars while median family income is $59,036. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Alaska are $41,257. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches thirty-one thousand, one hundred and fifty-one dollars.

0.0 of families in Alaska are below poverty line (total population in Alaska is 626,932). There are 4,686 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Alaska resident is thirty-two point four years old.

	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
Population 16 years and over	458,054		217,168,077
In labor force	326,596	71.3%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	309,485	67.57%	63.39%
- - Employed	281,532	61.46%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	27,953	6.1%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	9.0		5.8
- Armed Forces	17,111	3.74%	0.53%
Not in labor force	131,458	28.7%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	220,694	48.18%	51.66%
In labor force	145,422	31.75%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	142,890	31.2%	29.65%
- - Employed	132,498	28.93%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	54,369	11.87%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	32,463		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	290,597		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	193,165	66.47%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	45,012	15.49%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	5,236	1.8%	4.73%
Walked	21,298	7.33%	2.93%
Other means	13,908	4.79%	1.19%
Worked at home	11,978	4.12%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.6	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	281,532		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	96,839	34.4%	33.65%
Service occupations	43,940	15.61%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	73,550	26.12%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	4,168	1.48%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	32,702	11.62%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	30,333	10.77%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	13,774	4.89%	1.87%
Construction	20,534	7.29%	6.78%
Manufacturing	9,220	3.27%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	7,215	2.56%	3.6%
Retail trade	32,638	11.59%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	25,043	8.9%	5.2%
Information	7,652	2.72%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	12,934	4.59%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	21,322	7.57%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	61,165	21.73%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	24,099	8.56%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	15,866	5.64%	4.87%
Public administration	30,070	10.68%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	182,840	64.94%	78.47%
Government workers	75,330	26.76%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	22,520	8.0%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	842	0.3%	0.31%

	Alaska	%, Alaska	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	221,804		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	12,458	5.62%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	10,995	4.96%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	22,917	10.33%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	25,025	11.28%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	35,519	16.01%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	48,912	22.05%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	30,371	13.69%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	25,381	11.44%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,078	2.74%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	4,148	1.87%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	51,571		41,994
With earnings	198,600	43.36%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	57,171		56,604
With Social Security income	30,282	6.61%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,273		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	6,854	1.5%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,259		6,320
With public assistance income	19,230	4.2%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	4,436		3,032
With retirement income	32,555	7.11%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	21,037		17,376
Families	153,611		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	5,664	3.69%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,097	3.32%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	13,452	8.76%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	15,330	9.98%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	23,197	15.1%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	36,299	23.63%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	24,825	16.16%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	21,267	13.84%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,104	3.32%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	3,376	2.2%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	59,036		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	22,660		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	41,257		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	31,151		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	10,270		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	8,812	85.8%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	4,854	47.26%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	4,686		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	4,407	94.05%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	2,428	51.81%	42.27%
Individuals	57,602		33,899,812
18 years and over	35,561	61.74%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	2,330	4.04%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	20,792	36.1%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	14,298	24.82%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	20,113	34.92%	31.63%

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