District Of Columbia state Economy Profile

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District Of Columbia state Economy

sixty-three point five eight percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in District Of Columbia. Among them 32.36% are females aged 16 and over. 38.4% of 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 District Of Columbia residents work at home.

The total population of District Of Columbia is five hundred and seventy-two thousand, fifty-nine people. The median household income in 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 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 District Of Columbia have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. Zero of families are below poverty level. 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.

	District Of Columbia	%, 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%

	District Of Columbia	%, 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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