Connecticut state Economy Profile

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Connecticut state Economy

The number of private wage and salary workers in Connecticut equals one million, three hundred and thirty thousand, three hundred and sixty-eight. Government workers comprise thirteen point three percent of workers in Connecticut. Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up six point five five percent of Connecticut labor force. There are 3,715 unpaid family workers in Connecticut.

6.0% of population are involved in construction, fourteen point eight two percent are in manufacturing, and 3.2% are in wholesale trade. Ten point one one percent of labor force provide professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Connecticut. 6.69% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, in Connecticut.

sixty-six point five six percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Connecticut. 80.0% of Connecticut workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. Three point one three percent of Connecticut residents work at home. 4.01% use public transportation (including taxicab).

	Connecticut	%, Connecticut	United States
Population 16 years and over	2,652,316		217,168,077
In labor force	1,765,319	66.56%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,757,108	66.25%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,664,440	62.75%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	92,668	3.49%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	8,211	0.31%	0.53%
Not in labor force	886,997	33.44%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,390,047	52.41%	51.66%
In labor force	839,492	31.65%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	838,665	31.62%	29.65%
- - Employed	796,380	30.03%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	258,382	9.74%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	159,876		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,640,823		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,312,700	80.0%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	154,400	9.41%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	65,827	4.01%	4.73%
Walked	44,348	2.7%	2.93%
Other means	12,130	0.74%	1.19%
Worked at home	51,418	3.13%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.4		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,664,440		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	651,385	39.14%	33.65%
Service occupations	237,406	14.26%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	440,288	26.45%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	3,446	0.21%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	132,878	7.98%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	199,037	11.96%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	7,445	0.45%	1.87%
Construction	99,913	6.0%	6.78%
Manufacturing	246,607	14.82%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	53,231	3.2%	3.6%
Retail trade	185,633	11.15%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	64,662	3.88%	5.2%
Information	55,202	3.32%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	163,568	9.83%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	168,334	10.11%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	366,568	22.02%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	111,424	6.69%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	74,499	4.48%	4.87%
Public administration	67,354	4.05%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,330,368	79.93%	78.47%
Government workers	221,412	13.3%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	108,945	6.55%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	3,715	0.22%	0.31%

	Connecticut	%, Connecticut	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,302,227		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	91,721	7.04%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	64,895	4.98%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	126,157	9.69%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	130,916	10.05%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	188,021	14.44%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	265,470	20.39%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	172,569	13.25%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	152,405	11.7%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	48,533	3.73%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	61,540	4.73%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	53,935		41,994
With earnings	1,057,417	39.87%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	74,838		56,604
With Social Security income	351,235	13.24%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,180		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	43,618	1.64%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,708		6,320
With public assistance income	47,914	1.81%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,511		3,032
With retirement income	229,679	8.66%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,121		17,376
Families	885,747		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	33,423	3.77%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	23,593	2.66%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	63,262	7.14%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	75,413	8.51%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	120,134	13.56%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	198,924	22.46%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	141,981	16.03%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	132,177	14.92%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	42,472	4.8%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	54,368	6.14%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	65,521		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	28,766		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	45,787		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	33,318		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	49,983		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	39,015	78.06%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	19,314	38.64%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	29,897		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	26,802	89.65%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	13,097	43.81%	42.27%
Individuals	259,514		33,899,812
18 years and over	173,606	66.9%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	30,818	11.88%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	82,866	31.93%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	58,246	22.44%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	95,731	36.89%	31.63%

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