Los Angeles, California Economy Profile

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Los Angeles, California Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Los Angeles, California, 17.34% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 9.62% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Los Angeles, California. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Los Angeles, California is as follows: 12.92%.

In Los Angeles, California government workers account for 10.6% of workers. 78.97% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Los Angeles, California is equal to $36,687 while median family income is thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred and forty-two dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Los Angeles, California are $31,880. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $30,197.

0.0 of families in Los Angeles, California are below poverty line (total population in Los Angeles, California is 3,694,820). There are fifty-nine thousand, three hundred and ninety-six families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Los Angeles, California resident is 31.6 years old.

	Los Angeles, California	%, Los Angeles, California	United States
Population 16 years and over	2,809,852		217,168,077
In labor force	1,690,316	60.16%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,688,652	60.1%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,532,074	54.53%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	156,578	5.57%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	9.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	1,664	0.06%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,119,536	39.84%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,426,430	50.77%	51.66%
In labor force	756,303	26.92%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	755,972	26.9%	29.65%
- - Employed	680,733	24.23%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	313,831	11.17%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	145,998		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,494,895		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	982,735	65.74%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	220,408	14.74%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	152,435	10.2%	4.73%
Walked	53,386	3.57%	2.93%
Other means	24,236	1.62%	1.19%
Worked at home	61,695	4.13%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	29.6		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,532,074		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	524,440	34.23%	33.65%
Service occupations	245,498	16.02%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	409,696	26.74%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,511	0.16%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	117,561	7.67%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	232,368	15.17%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	3,158	0.21%	1.87%
Construction	81,032	5.29%	6.78%
Manufacturing	202,277	13.2%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	60,691	3.96%	3.6%
Retail trade	158,118	10.32%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	60,867	3.97%	5.2%
Information	107,285	7.0%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	108,032	7.05%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	197,876	12.92%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	265,613	17.34%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	147,462	9.62%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	105,037	6.86%	4.87%
Public administration	34,626	2.26%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,209,942	78.97%	78.47%
Government workers	162,402	10.6%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	153,551	10.02%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	6,179	0.4%	0.31%

	Los Angeles, California	%, Los Angeles, California	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,276,609		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	169,738	13.3%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	96,131	7.53%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	182,068	14.26%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	163,520	12.81%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	185,855	14.56%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	198,145	15.52%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	107,198	8.4%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	94,558	7.41%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	32,418	2.54%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	46,978	3.68%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	36,687		41,994
With earnings	1,052,073	37.44%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	58,641		56,604
With Social Security income	234,939	8.36%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,831		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	76,925	2.74%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,968		6,320
With public assistance income	88,017	3.13%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	4,772		3,032
With retirement income	132,472	4.71%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,336		17,376
Families	807,039		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	80,406	9.96%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	59,912	7.42%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	117,692	14.58%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	102,635	12.72%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	117,119	14.51%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	128,202	15.89%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	74,400	9.22%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	67,897	8.41%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	23,631	2.93%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	35,145	4.35%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	39,942		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	20,671		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	31,880		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	30,197		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	147,516		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	122,289	82.9%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	66,008	44.75%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	59,396		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	52,131	87.77%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	25,351	42.68%	42.27%
Individuals	801,050		33,899,812
18 years and over	507,021	63.29%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	43,550	5.44%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	288,496	36.01%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	202,296	25.25%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	209,431	26.14%	31.63%

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