Colorado state Economy Profile

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Colorado state Economy

The number of private wage and salary workers in Colorado equals one million, seven hundred and twenty-two thousand, three hundred and fifty. Government workers comprise thirteen point eight seven percent of workers in Colorado. Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up seven point six eight percent of Colorado labor force. There are seven thousand, six hundred and twenty-four unpaid family workers in Colorado.

nine point zero eight percent of population are involved in construction, nine point one two percent are in manufacturing, and three point four six percent are in wholesale trade. 11.68% of labor force provide professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Colorado. Nine point zero five percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, in Colorado.

70.13% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Colorado. 75.12% of Colorado workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. Four point nine three percent of Colorado residents work at home. 3.17% use public transportation (including taxicab).

	Colorado	%, Colorado	United States
Population 16 years and over	3,325,197		217,168,077
In labor force	2,331,898	70.13%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,304,454	69.3%	63.39%
- - Employed	2,205,194	66.32%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	99,260	2.99%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	27,444	0.83%	0.53%
Not in labor force	993,299	29.87%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,661,660	49.97%	51.66%
In labor force	1,057,949	31.82%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,053,941	31.7%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,008,433	30.33%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	339,553	10.21%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	200,096		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,191,626		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,646,454	75.12%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	268,168	12.24%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	69,515	3.17%	4.73%
Walked	65,668	3.0%	2.93%
Other means	33,689	1.54%	1.19%
Worked at home	108,132	4.93%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.3		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	2,205,194		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	823,731	37.35%	33.65%
Service occupations	306,268	13.89%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	599,509	27.19%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	13,069	0.59%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	232,021	10.52%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	230,596	10.46%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	44,658	2.03%	1.87%
Construction	200,174	9.08%	6.78%
Manufacturing	201,169	9.12%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	76,339	3.46%	3.6%
Retail trade	259,845	11.78%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	107,155	4.86%	5.2%
Information	108,955	4.94%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	169,285	7.68%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	257,548	11.68%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	374,486	16.98%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	199,513	9.05%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	104,885	4.76%	4.87%
Public administration	101,182	4.59%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,722,350	78.1%	78.47%
Government workers	305,805	13.87%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	169,415	7.68%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	7,624	0.35%	0.31%

	Colorado	%, Colorado	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,659,308		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	114,658	6.91%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	82,584	4.98%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	185,997	11.21%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	208,982	12.59%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	281,889	16.99%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	351,663	21.19%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	197,339	11.89%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	150,572	9.07%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	42,707	2.57%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	42,917	2.59%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	47,203		41,994
With earnings	1,422,905	42.79%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	59,313		56,604
With Social Security income	330,024	9.92%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,995		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	49,727	1.5%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,294		6,320
With public assistance income	41,066	1.23%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,420		3,032
With retirement income	241,630	7.27%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	19,342		17,376
Families	1,092,352		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	41,627	3.81%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	33,492	3.07%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	94,312	8.63%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	119,039	10.9%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	184,521	16.89%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	261,989	23.98%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	159,402	14.59%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	125,381	11.48%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	35,915	3.29%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	36,674	3.36%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	55,883		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	24,049		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	38,446		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	29,324		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	67,614		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	54,061	79.96%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	28,693	42.44%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	31,283		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	28,478	91.03%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	14,217	45.45%	42.27%
Individuals	388,952		33,899,812
18 years and over	267,338	68.73%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	29,661	7.63%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	115,626	29.73%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	78,587	20.2%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	156,428	40.22%	31.63%

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