Washington, District Of Columbia Economy Profile

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Washington, District Of Columbia Economy

sixty-three point five eight percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Washington, District Of Columbia. Among them 32.36% are females aged 16 and over. 38.4% of Washington, District Of Columbia workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 33.15% use public transportation (including taxicab). Three point eight one percent of Washington, District Of Columbia residents work at home.

The total population of Washington, District Of Columbia is five hundred and seventy-two thousand, fifty-nine people. The median household income in Washington, District Of Columbia is forty thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 51.08% of all occupations. 4.78% of Washington, District Of Columbia population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 22.79% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 5.22% of occupations.

13.32% of families in Washington, District Of Columbia have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. Zero of families are below poverty level. Washington, District Of Columbia median household income is forty thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive forty thousand, five hundred and thirteen dollars, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid $36,361.

	Washington, District Of Columbia	%, Washington, District Of Columbia	United States
Population 16 years and over	469,041		217,168,077
In labor force	298,225	63.58%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	294,952	62.88%	63.39%
- - Employed	263,108	56.09%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	31,844	6.79%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	3,273	0.7%	0.53%
Not in labor force	170,816	36.42%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	252,087	53.75%	51.66%
In labor force	151,760	32.36%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	151,071	32.21%	29.65%
- - Employed	134,470	28.67%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	34,987	7.46%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	21,779		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	260,884		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	100,168	38.4%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	28,607	10.97%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	86,493	33.15%	4.73%
Walked	30,785	11.8%	2.93%
Other means	4,901	1.88%	1.19%
Worked at home	9,930	3.81%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	29.7	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	263,108		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	134,387	51.08%	33.65%
Service occupations	42,308	16.08%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	59,966	22.79%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	146	0.06%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	12,571	4.78%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13,730	5.22%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	203	0.08%	1.87%
Construction	10,337	3.93%	6.78%
Manufacturing	4,024	1.53%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	2,385	0.91%	3.6%
Retail trade	15,678	5.96%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	9,521	3.62%	5.2%
Information	16,846	6.4%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	19,388	7.37%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	49,564	18.84%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	47,312	17.98%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	23,904	9.09%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	24,445	9.29%	4.87%
Public administration	39,501	15.01%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	180,815	68.72%	78.47%
Government workers	68,256	25.94%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	13,690	5.2%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	347	0.13%	0.31%

	Washington, District Of Columbia	%, Washington, District Of Columbia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	248,590		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	36,939	14.86%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	14,594	5.87%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	28,443	11.44%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	30,592	12.31%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	35,311	14.2%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	39,553	15.91%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	22,437	9.03%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	20,790	8.36%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,292	3.34%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	11,639	4.68%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	40,127		41,994
With earnings	195,434	41.67%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	64,401		56,604
With Social Security income	48,388	10.32%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	8,960		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	11,521	2.46%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,935		6,320
With public assistance income	13,664	2.91%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,307		3,032
With retirement income	44,597	9.51%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	26,348		17,376
Families	115,963		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	14,559	12.55%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,829	5.03%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	12,770	11.01%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	12,521	10.8%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	15,442	13.32%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	17,790	15.34%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	11,792	10.17%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	11,976	10.33%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,209	4.49%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	8,075	6.96%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	46,283		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	28,659		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	40,513		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	36,361		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	19,365		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	15,231	78.65%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	7,662	39.57%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	14,272		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	12,184	85.37%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	6,186	43.34%	42.27%
Individuals	109,500		33,899,812
18 years and over	74,133	67.7%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	10,887	9.94%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	34,350	31.37%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	23,940	21.86%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	42,071	38.42%	31.63%

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