Bakersfield, California Economy Profile

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Bakersfield, California Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Bakersfield, California, 23.52% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 7.34% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Bakersfield, California. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Bakersfield, California is as follows: 8.0%.

In Bakersfield, California government workers account for twenty point six three percent of workers. Seventy-one point seven two percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Bakersfield, California is equal to thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred and eighty-two dollars while median family income is $45,556. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Bakersfield, California are thirty-eight thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-seven thousand, one hundred and forty-eight dollars.

0.0 of families in Bakersfield, California are below poverty line (total population in Bakersfield, California is two hundred and forty-seven thousand, fifty-seven). There are 4,416 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Bakersfield, California resident is 30.1 years old.

	Bakersfield, California	%, Bakersfield, California	United States
Population 16 years and over	175,535		217,168,077
In labor force	111,588	63.57%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	111,452	63.49%	63.39%
- - Employed	102,001	58.11%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	9,451	5.38%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	8.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	136	0.08%	0.53%
Not in labor force	63,947	36.43%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	91,796	52.29%	51.66%
In labor force	51,420	29.29%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	51,371	29.27%	29.65%
- - Employed	46,772	26.65%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	24,406	13.9%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	13,551		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	99,769		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	76,885	77.06%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	15,581	15.62%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1,725	1.73%	4.73%
Walked	1,316	1.32%	2.93%
Other means	1,662	1.67%	1.19%
Worked at home	2,600	2.61%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.2	0.02%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	102,001		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	32,626	31.99%	33.65%
Service occupations	17,912	17.56%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	26,729	26.2%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	3,024	2.96%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	9,887	9.69%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	11,823	11.59%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	8,003	7.85%	1.87%
Construction	6,810	6.68%	6.78%
Manufacturing	5,412	5.31%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	5,063	4.96%	3.6%
Retail trade	11,593	11.37%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5,164	5.06%	5.2%
Information	2,336	2.29%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	6,009	5.89%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	8,163	8.0%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	23,993	23.52%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	7,484	7.34%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	5,046	4.95%	4.87%
Public administration	6,925	6.79%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	73,156	71.72%	78.47%
Government workers	21,045	20.63%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	7,507	7.36%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	293	0.29%	0.31%

	Bakersfield, California	%, Bakersfield, California	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	83,601		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	9,154	10.95%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,960	7.13%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	11,430	13.67%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	10,236	12.24%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	13,985	16.73%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	15,748	18.84%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,704	10.41%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	5,931	7.09%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,258	1.5%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,195	1.43%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	39,982		41,994
With earnings	68,335	38.93%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	52,042		56,604
With Social Security income	17,987	10.25%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,954		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	5,648	3.22%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,481		6,320
With public assistance income	5,613	3.2%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	4,614		3,032
With retirement income	11,370	6.48%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,278		17,376
Families	61,798		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	5,306	8.59%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,780	6.12%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	7,503	12.14%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	6,805	11.01%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	10,368	16.78%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	13,068	21.15%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	7,432	12.03%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	5,291	8.56%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,178	1.91%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	1,067	1.73%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	45,556		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	17,678		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	38,834		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	27,148		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	9,014		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	7,799	86.52%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	4,479	49.69%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	4,416		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	4,024	91.12%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	2,043	46.26%	42.27%
Individuals	43,781		33,899,812
18 years and over	24,232	55.35%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	1,714	3.91%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	19,124	43.68%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	13,282	30.34%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	9,264	21.16%	31.63%

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