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Tucson, Arizona Economy Profile

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 Tucson, Arizona United States
StateArizona
CityTucson
Total population486,699 281,421,906
Male238,408138,053,563
Female248,291143,368,343
Median age (years)32.135.3
Total households192,891105,480,101
Median household income (dollars)30,98141,994

Tucson, Arizona Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Tucson, Arizona, 23.2% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Eleven point three six percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Tucson, Arizona. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Tucson, Arizona is as follows: ten point seven nine percent.

In Tucson, Arizona government workers account for eighteen point eight eight percent of workers. Seventy-five point zero seven percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Tucson, Arizona is equal to thirty thousand, nine hundred and eighty-one dollars while median family income is $37,344. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Tucson, Arizona are twenty-eight thousand, five hundred and forty-eight dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-three thousand, eighty-six dollars.

0.0 of families in Tucson, Arizona are below poverty line (total population in Tucson, Arizona is four hundred and eighty-six thousand, six hundred and ninety-nine). There are 7,857 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Tucson, Arizona resident is thirty-two point one years old.

 Tucson, Arizona %, Tucson, Arizona United States
Population 16 years and over379,464  217,168,077
In labor force234,232 61.73%63.92%
- Civilian labor force229,645 60.52%63.39%
- - Employed216,006 56.92%59.73%
- - Unemployed13,639 3.59%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force5.9  5.8
- Armed Forces4,587 1.21%0.53%
Not in labor force145,232 38.27%36.08%
 
Females 16 years and over197,094 51.94%51.66%
In labor force109,766 28.93%29.72%
- Civilian labor force108,993 28.72%29.65%
- - Employed102,840 27.1%27.92%
 
Own children under 6 years39,258 10.35%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force22,211  12,787,501
 
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over216,314  128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone153,493 70.96%75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled33,899 15.67%12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)7,530 3.48%4.73%
Walked7,438 3.44%2.93%
Other means7,714 3.57%1.19%
Worked at home6,240 2.88%3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)21.6 0.01%25.5
 
Employed civilian population 16 years and over216,006  129,721,512
 
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations69,197 32.03%33.65%
Service occupations41,150 19.05%14.86%
Sales and office occupations60,909 28.2%26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations392 0.18%0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations23,528 10.89%9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations20,830 9.64%14.62%
 
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining1,251 0.58%1.87%
Construction17,337 8.03%6.78%
Manufacturing18,592 8.61%14.1%
Wholesale trade4,996 2.31%3.6%
Retail trade26,937 12.47%11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities8,642 4.0%5.2%
Information6,350 2.94%3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing11,338 5.25%6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services23,306 10.79%9.3%
Educational, health and social services50,116 23.2%19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services24,540 11.36%7.87%
Other services (except public administration)10,903 5.05%4.87%
Public administration11,698 5.42%4.79%
 
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers162,147 75.07%78.47%
Government workers40,790 18.88%14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business12,598 5.83%6.63%
Unpaid family workers471 0.22%0.31%
 Tucson, Arizona %, Tucson, Arizona United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households192,884  105,539,122
Less than $10,00025,225 13.08%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,99916,717 8.67%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,99934,714 18.0%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,99931,708 16.44%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,99933,463 17.35%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,99929,487 15.29%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,99911,946 6.19%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,9996,531 3.39%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,9991,713 0.89%2.2%
$200,000 or more1,380 0.72%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)30,981  41,994
With earnings153,621 40.48%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)38,709  56,604
With Social Security income47,249 12.45%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)10,804  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income8,319 2.19%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)6,162  6,320
With public assistance income7,300 1.92%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)2,308  3,032
With retirement income31,569 8.32%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)16,348  17,376
 
Families113,706  72,261,780
Less than $10,0009,291 8.17%5.75%
$10,000 to $14,9997,044 6.19%4.31%
$15,000 to $24,99917,485 15.38%10.74%
$25,000 to $34,99918,641 16.39%12.02%
$35,000 to $49,99922,454 19.75%17.13%
$50,000 to $74,99921,854 19.22%22.32%
$75,000 to $99,9999,343 8.22%12.47%
$100,000 to $149,9995,252 4.62%9.6%
$150,000 to $199,9991,321 1.16%2.75%
$200,000 or more1,021 0.9%2.92%
Median family income (dollars)37,344  50,046
 
Per capita income (dollars)16,322  21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers28,548  37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers23,086  27,194
 
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families15,525  6,620,945
With related children under 18 years12,635 81.38%77.87%
- With related children under 5 years6,762 43.56%38.7%
 
Families with female householder, no husband present7,857  3,315,916
With related children under 18 years6,976 88.79%88.68%
- With related children under 5 years3,374 42.94%42.27%
 
Individuals86,532  33,899,812
18 years and over58,214 67.27%65.35%
- 65 years and over6,293 7.27%9.7%
Related children under 18 years27,279 31.52%33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years18,351 21.21%23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over32,309 37.34%31.63%
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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.