Delaware state Economy Profile

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Delaware state Economy

65.73% of people are in the labor force of Delaware. The total population of Delaware is 783,600 people. Per capita income in Delaware is equal to twenty-three thousand, three hundred and five dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Delaware, receive $38,961, female full-time, year-round workers in Delaware, are paid twenty-nine thousand, five hundred and forty-four dollars. There are seven thousand, six hundred and seventy-one families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 4.96% of workers in Delaware. Eighty-one point zero five percent comprise private wage and salary workers in Delaware. There are six hundred and sixty-one Unpaid family workers in Delaware. Nineteen thousand, six hundred and five people are involved in public administration. 19.39% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Delaware. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Delaware is as follows: 4.78%.

	Delaware	%, Delaware	United States
Population 16 years and over	610,289		217,168,077
In labor force	401,152	65.73%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	397,360	65.11%	63.39%
- - Employed	376,811	61.74%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	20,549	3.37%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	3,792	0.62%	0.53%
Not in labor force	209,137	34.27%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	319,154	52.3%	51.66%
In labor force	192,201	31.49%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	191,562	31.39%	29.65%
- - Employed	182,023	29.83%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	57,950	9.5%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	37,817		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	373,070		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	295,413	79.18%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	42,990	11.52%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	10,354	2.78%	4.73%
Walked	9,637	2.58%	2.93%
Other means	3,585	0.96%	1.19%
Worked at home	11,091	2.97%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.0	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	376,811		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	132,858	35.26%	33.65%
Service occupations	54,912	14.57%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	104,059	27.62%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,926	0.51%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	35,950	9.54%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	47,106	12.5%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	4,042	1.07%	1.87%
Construction	27,866	7.4%	6.78%
Manufacturing	49,720	13.19%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	10,384	2.76%	3.6%
Retail trade	43,578	11.56%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	18,002	4.78%	5.2%
Information	7,155	1.9%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	43,787	11.62%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	34,885	9.26%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	73,056	19.39%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	28,979	7.69%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	15,752	4.18%	4.87%
Public administration	19,605	5.2%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	305,421	81.05%	78.47%
Government workers	52,043	13.81%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	18,686	4.96%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	661	0.18%	0.31%

	Delaware	%, Delaware	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	298,755		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	21,125	7.07%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	15,284	5.12%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	33,898	11.35%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	36,361	12.17%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	50,582	16.93%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	63,663	21.31%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	35,968	12.04%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	28,145	9.42%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,549	2.53%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	6,180	2.07%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	47,381		41,994
With earnings	242,762	39.78%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	59,142		56,604
With Social Security income	80,457	13.18%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,997		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	10,519	1.72%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,499		6,320
With public assistance income	8,047	1.32%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,516		3,032
With retirement income	62,827	10.29%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,871		17,376
Families	205,775		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	8,659	4.21%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,430	3.12%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	18,583	9.03%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	23,016	11.19%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	34,169	16.61%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	49,324	23.97%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	30,047	14.6%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	23,864	11.6%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,554	3.19%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	5,129	2.49%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	55,257		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	23,305		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	38,961		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	29,544		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	13,306		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	10,403	78.18%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	5,419	40.73%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	7,671		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	6,950	90.6%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	3,413	44.49%	42.27%
Individuals	69,901		33,899,812
18 years and over	46,496	66.52%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	7,633	10.92%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	22,572	32.29%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	15,276	21.85%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	25,725	36.8%	31.63%

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