Sarasota, Florida Economy Profile

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Sarasota, Florida Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Sarasota, Florida, 17.7% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 15.34% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Sarasota, Florida. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Sarasota, Florida is as follows: twelve point two eight percent.

In Sarasota, Florida government workers account for nine point four seven percent of workers. 81.42% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Sarasota, Florida is equal to thirty-four thousand, seventy-seven dollars while median family income is forty thousand, three hundred and ninety-eight dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Sarasota, Florida are $26,604. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $23,510.

0.0 of families in Sarasota, Florida are below poverty line (total population in Sarasota, Florida is 52,715). There are eight hundred and sixty-eight families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Sarasota, Florida resident is forty-one point one years old.

	Sarasota, Florida	%, Sarasota, Florida	United States
Population 16 years and over	43,834		217,168,077
In labor force	24,747	56.46%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	24,747	56.46%	63.39%
- - Employed	23,298	53.15%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	1,449	3.31%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.9		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	19,087	43.54%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	22,652	51.68%	51.66%
In labor force	11,587	26.43%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	11,587	26.43%	29.65%
- - Employed	10,945	24.97%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,955	6.74%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,718		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	22,820		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	17,353	76.04%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	2,783	12.2%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	569	2.49%	4.73%
Walked	607	2.66%	2.93%
Other means	711	3.12%	1.19%
Worked at home	797	3.49%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.0	0.09%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	23,298		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	6,760	29.02%	33.65%
Service occupations	5,393	23.15%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	6,186	26.55%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	93	0.4%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	2,582	11.08%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	2,284	9.8%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	135	0.58%	1.87%
Construction	2,157	9.26%	6.78%
Manufacturing	1,628	6.99%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	584	2.51%	3.6%
Retail trade	3,142	13.49%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	715	3.07%	5.2%
Information	610	2.62%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	1,702	7.31%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	2,860	12.28%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	4,124	17.7%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	3,573	15.34%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	1,266	5.43%	4.87%
Public administration	802	3.44%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	18,970	81.42%	78.47%
Government workers	2,206	9.47%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	1,979	8.49%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	143	0.61%	0.31%

	Sarasota, Florida	%, Sarasota, Florida	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	23,534		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	2,734	11.62%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,612	6.85%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	4,144	17.61%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	3,549	15.08%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	4,173	17.73%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	3,804	16.16%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,365	5.8%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,184	5.03%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	277	1.18%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	692	2.94%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	34,077		41,994
With earnings	16,656	38.0%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	45,918		56,604
With Social Security income	8,693	19.83%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,759		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,169	2.67%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,572		6,320
With public assistance income	692	1.58%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,133		3,032
With retirement income	4,241	9.68%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,255		17,376
Families	12,192		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	1,013	8.31%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	527	4.32%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,881	15.43%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,742	14.29%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	2,296	18.83%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	2,376	19.49%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	934	7.66%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	701	5.75%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	208	1.71%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	514	4.22%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	40,398		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	23,197		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	26,604		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	23,510		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	1,506		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	1,204	79.95%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	612	40.64%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	868		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	794	91.47%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	375	43.2%	42.27%
Individuals	8,271		33,899,812
18 years and over	5,559	67.21%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	823	9.95%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	2,616	31.63%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	1,810	21.88%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	3,175	38.39%	31.63%

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