Arizona state Economy Profile

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Arizona state Economy

sixty-one point one percent of people are in the labor force of Arizona. The total population of Arizona is five million, one hundred and thirty thousand, six hundred and thirty-two people. Per capita income in Arizona is equal to twenty thousand, two hundred and seventy-five dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Arizona, receive thirty-five thousand, one hundred and eighty-four dollars, female full-time, year-round workers in Arizona, are paid twenty-six thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars. There are 52,017 families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up six point four three percent of workers in Arizona. Seventy-eight point zero nine percent comprise private wage and salary workers in Arizona. There are six thousand, one hundred and nine Unpaid family workers in Arizona. One hundred and twenty-one thousand, six hundred and eighteen people are involved in public administration. 18.01% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Arizona. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Arizona is as follows: 4.98%.

	Arizona	%, Arizona	United States
Population 16 years and over	3,907,229		217,168,077
In labor force	2,387,139	61.1%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,366,372	60.56%	63.39%
- - Employed	2,233,004	57.15%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	133,368	3.41%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	20,767	0.53%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,520,090	38.9%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,977,757	50.62%	51.66%
In labor force	1,074,588	27.5%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,071,563	27.43%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,011,126	25.88%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	429,041	10.98%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	229,045		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,210,395		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,638,752	74.14%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	340,447	15.4%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	41,105	1.86%	4.73%
Walked	58,015	2.62%	2.93%
Other means	50,918	2.3%	1.19%
Worked at home	81,158	3.67%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.9		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	2,233,004		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	730,001	32.69%	33.65%
Service occupations	362,547	16.24%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	636,970	28.53%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	13,893	0.62%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	245,578	11.0%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	244,015	10.93%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	32,676	1.46%	1.87%
Construction	193,464	8.66%	6.78%
Manufacturing	228,590	10.24%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	73,441	3.29%	3.6%
Retail trade	273,864	12.26%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	111,186	4.98%	5.2%
Information	62,577	2.8%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	175,311	7.85%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	229,660	10.28%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	402,183	18.01%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	225,129	10.08%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	103,305	4.63%	4.87%
Public administration	121,618	5.45%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,743,777	78.09%	78.47%
Government workers	339,554	15.21%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	143,564	6.43%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	6,109	0.27%	0.31%

	Arizona	%, Arizona	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,901,625		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	163,221	8.58%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	120,770	6.35%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	264,392	13.9%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	265,645	13.97%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	332,857	17.5%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	365,024	19.2%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	184,026	9.68%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	131,068	6.89%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	35,926	1.89%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	38,696	2.03%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	40,558		41,994
With earnings	1,496,606	38.3%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	52,835		56,604
With Social Security income	515,892	13.2%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,955		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	69,281	1.77%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,529		6,320
With public assistance income	54,645	1.4%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,596		3,032
With retirement income	351,587	9.0%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,248		17,376
Families	1,296,593		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	73,164	5.64%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	57,940	4.47%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	157,508	12.15%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	171,160	13.2%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	234,708	18.1%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	279,982	21.59%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	149,831	11.56%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	109,198	8.42%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	30,271	2.33%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	32,831	2.53%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	46,723		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	20,275		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	35,184		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,777		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	128,318		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	102,378	79.78%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	56,623	44.13%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	52,017		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	46,150	88.72%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	23,205	44.61%	42.27%
Individuals	698,669		33,899,812
18 years and over	440,959	63.11%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	54,737	7.83%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	249,327	35.69%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	170,524	24.41%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	203,211	29.09%	31.63%

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