Little Rock, Arkansas Economy Profile

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Little Rock, Arkansas Economy

The number of private wage and salary workers in Little Rock, Arkansas equals 66,078. Government workers comprise 20.52% of workers in Little Rock, Arkansas. Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 4.8% of Little Rock, Arkansas labor force. There are 150 unpaid family workers in Little Rock, Arkansas.

three point nine nine percent of population are involved in construction, seven point five nine percent are in manufacturing, and 3.45% are in wholesale trade. 9.44% of labor force provide professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Little Rock, Arkansas. 6.98% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

65.97% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eighty point nine eight percent of Little Rock, Arkansas workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. Two point one five percent of Little Rock, Arkansas residents work at home. 1.85% use public transportation (including taxicab).

	Little Rock, Arkansas	%, Little Rock, Arkansas	United States
Population 16 years and over	143,404		217,168,077
In labor force	94,605	65.97%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	94,344	65.79%	63.39%
- - Employed	88,680	61.84%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	5,664	3.95%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.0		5.8
- Armed Forces	261	0.18%	0.53%
Not in labor force	48,799	34.03%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	77,344	53.93%	51.66%
In labor force	47,462	33.1%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	47,426	33.07%	29.65%
- - Employed	44,373	30.94%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	14,595	10.18%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	9,177		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	87,711		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	71,031	80.98%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	11,147	12.71%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1,624	1.85%	4.73%
Walked	1,341	1.53%	2.93%
Other means	680	0.78%	1.19%
Worked at home	1,888	2.15%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.5	0.02%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	88,680		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	36,877	41.58%	33.65%
Service occupations	12,258	13.82%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	25,725	29.01%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	109	0.12%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	5,025	5.67%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	8,686	9.79%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	341	0.38%	1.87%
Construction	3,540	3.99%	6.78%
Manufacturing	6,733	7.59%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	3,061	3.45%	3.6%
Retail trade	10,006	11.28%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	4,201	4.74%	5.2%
Information	4,782	5.39%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	7,251	8.18%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	8,374	9.44%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	22,890	25.81%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	6,188	6.98%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	5,079	5.73%	4.87%
Public administration	6,234	7.03%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	66,078	74.51%	78.47%
Government workers	18,194	20.52%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	4,258	4.8%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	150	0.17%	0.31%

	Little Rock, Arkansas	%, Little Rock, Arkansas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	77,521		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	8,416	10.86%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,267	6.79%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	11,626	15.0%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	10,820	13.96%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	12,567	16.21%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	13,184	17.01%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,683	8.62%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	4,992	6.44%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,721	2.22%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	2,245	2.9%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	37,572		41,994
With earnings	64,197	44.77%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	52,841		56,604
With Social Security income	16,965	11.83%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,243		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	3,157	2.2%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,759		6,320
With public assistance income	2,063	1.44%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,030		3,032
With retirement income	11,043	7.7%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,329		17,376
Families	47,155		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	3,483	7.39%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,263	4.8%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	5,734	12.16%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	5,624	11.93%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	7,529	15.97%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	9,276	19.67%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,508	11.68%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	4,288	9.09%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,424	3.02%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	2,026	4.3%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	47,446		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	23,209		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	35,689		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,802		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	5,238		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	4,284	81.79%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	2,267	43.28%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	3,496		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	3,223	92.19%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	1,682	48.11%	42.27%
Individuals	25,621		33,899,812
18 years and over	16,090	62.8%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	1,853	7.23%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	9,189	35.87%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	6,134	23.94%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	8,091	31.58%	31.63%

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