California state Economy Profile

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California state Economy

sixty-two point four two percent of people are in the labor force of California. The total population of California is 33,871,648 people. Per capita income in California is equal to $22,711. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in California, receive $40,627, female full-time, year-round workers in California, are paid $31,722. There are three hundred and fifty thousand, one hundred and thirty-eight families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 8.49% of workers in California. 76.48% comprise private wage and salary workers in California. There are 53,934 Unpaid family workers in California. 668,811 people are involved in public administration. 18.51% of workers provide educational, health and social services in California. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in California is as follows: 4.68%.

	California	%, California	United States
Population 16 years and over	25,596,144		217,168,077
In labor force	15,977,879	62.42%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	15,829,202	61.84%	63.39%
- - Employed	14,718,928	57.5%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	1,110,274	4.34%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.0		5.8
- Armed Forces	148,677	0.58%	0.53%
Not in labor force	9,618,265	37.58%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	12,998,409	50.78%	51.66%
In labor force	7,212,610	28.18%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	7,195,990	28.11%	29.65%
- - Employed	6,673,578	26.07%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,782,416	10.87%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,441,714		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	14,525,322		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	10,432,462	71.82%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	2,113,313	14.55%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	736,037	5.07%	4.73%
Walked	414,581	2.85%	2.93%
Other means	271,893	1.87%	1.19%
Worked at home	557,036	3.83%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.7		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	14,718,928		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	5,295,069	35.97%	33.65%
Service occupations	2,173,874	14.77%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	3,939,383	26.76%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	196,695	1.34%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	1,239,160	8.42%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,874,747	12.74%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	282,717	1.92%	1.87%
Construction	915,023	6.22%	6.78%
Manufacturing	1,930,141	13.11%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	596,309	4.05%	3.6%
Retail trade	1,641,243	11.15%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	689,387	4.68%	5.2%
Information	577,463	3.92%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	1,016,916	6.91%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	1,711,625	11.63%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	2,723,928	18.51%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	1,204,211	8.18%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	761,154	5.17%	4.87%
Public administration	668,811	4.54%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	11,257,393	76.48%	78.47%
Government workers	2,158,071	14.66%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	1,249,530	8.49%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	53,934	0.37%	0.31%

	California	%, California	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	11,512,020		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	967,089	8.4%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	648,780	5.64%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,318,246	11.45%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,315,085	11.42%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,745,961	15.17%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	2,202,873	19.14%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,326,569	11.52%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,192,618	10.36%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	385,248	3.35%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	409,551	3.56%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	47,493		41,994
With earnings	9,502,776	37.13%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	64,725		56,604
With Social Security income	2,565,234	10.02%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,331		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	607,106	2.37%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,990		6,320
With public assistance income	563,409	2.2%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	4,819		3,032
With retirement income	1,774,452	6.93%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,826		17,376
Families	7,985,489		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	457,118	5.72%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	365,527	4.58%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	834,317	10.45%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	873,396	10.94%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,207,938	15.13%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,615,410	20.23%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,034,671	12.96%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	955,377	11.96%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	310,407	3.89%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	331,328	4.15%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	53,025		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	22,711		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	40,627		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	31,722		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	845,991		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	699,159	82.64%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	366,529	43.33%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	350,138		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	310,533	88.69%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	147,900	42.24%	42.27%
Individuals	4,706,130		33,899,812
18 years and over	2,949,030	62.66%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	280,411	5.96%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	1,705,797	36.25%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	1,216,541	25.85%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	1,321,169	28.07%	31.63%

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