New Haven, Connecticut Economy Profile

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New Haven, Connecticut Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in New Haven, Connecticut, 35.26% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 7.59% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in New Haven, Connecticut. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in New Haven, Connecticut is as follows: eight point nine seven percent.

In New Haven, Connecticut government workers account for sixteen point five two percent of workers. Seventy-nine point six four percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in New Haven, Connecticut is equal to twenty-nine thousand, six hundred and four dollars while median family income is $35,950. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in New Haven, Connecticut are thirty-three thousand, six hundred and five dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-eight thousand, four hundred and twenty-four dollars.

zero of families in New Haven, Connecticut are below poverty line (total population in New Haven, Connecticut is one hundred and twenty-three thousand, six hundred and twenty-six). There are 3,610 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a New Haven, Connecticut resident is twenty-nine point three years old.

	New Haven, Connecticut	%, New Haven, Connecticut	United States
Population 16 years and over	95,568		217,168,077
In labor force	57,314	59.97%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	57,265	59.92%	63.39%
- - Employed	49,358	51.65%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	7,907	8.27%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	13.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	49	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	38,254	40.03%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	50,876	53.24%	51.66%
In labor force	29,564	30.94%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	29,559	30.93%	29.65%
- - Employed	25,718	26.91%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	9,103	9.53%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	5,514		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	47,857		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	26,655	55.7%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	7,188	15.02%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	5,295	11.06%	4.73%
Walked	6,522	13.63%	2.93%
Other means	932	1.95%	1.19%
Worked at home	1,265	2.64%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.2	0.05%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	49,358		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	18,411	37.3%	33.65%
Service occupations	9,272	18.79%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	11,613	23.53%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	132	0.27%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	2,924	5.92%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	7,006	14.19%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	192	0.39%	1.87%
Construction	1,708	3.46%	6.78%
Manufacturing	5,664	11.48%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	1,094	2.22%	3.6%
Retail trade	4,658	9.44%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	1,961	3.97%	5.2%
Information	2,070	4.19%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	1,881	3.81%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	4,426	8.97%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	17,403	35.26%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	3,746	7.59%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	2,673	5.42%	4.87%
Public administration	1,882	3.81%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	39,311	79.64%	78.47%
Government workers	8,155	16.52%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	1,826	3.7%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	66	0.13%	0.31%

	New Haven, Connecticut	%, New Haven, Connecticut	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	47,193		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	9,447	20.02%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,335	9.19%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	7,041	14.92%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	5,895	12.49%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	6,999	14.83%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	6,924	14.67%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	3,314	7.02%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,052	4.35%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	561	1.19%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	625	1.32%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	29,604		41,994
With earnings	35,730	37.39%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	44,634		56,604
With Social Security income	10,758	11.26%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,998		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	3,391	3.55%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,005		6,320
With public assistance income	5,307	5.55%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,707		3,032
With retirement income	5,148	5.39%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,628		17,376
Families	26,272		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	3,661	13.93%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,034	7.74%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	3,871	14.73%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	3,258	12.4%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	3,968	15.1%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	4,501	17.13%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,522	9.6%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,576	6.0%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	417	1.59%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	464	1.77%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	35,950		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	16,393		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	33,605		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	28,424		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	5,381		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	4,559	84.72%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	2,380	44.23%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	3,610		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	3,333	92.33%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	1,707	47.29%	42.27%
Individuals	27,613		33,899,812
18 years and over	17,650	63.92%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	2,131	7.72%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	9,785	35.44%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	6,888	24.94%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	9,354	33.88%	31.63%

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