Florida state Economy Profile

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Florida state Economy

The number of private wage and salary workers in Florida equals 5,579,314. Government workers comprise 13.73% of workers in Florida. Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 6.23% of Florida labor force. There are nineteen thousand, five hundred and three unpaid family workers in Florida.

8.04% of population are involved in construction, 7.26% are in manufacturing, and three point nine eight percent are in wholesale trade. 10.57% of labor force provide professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Florida. 10.47% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, in Florida.

58.63% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Florida. Seventy-eight point eight percent of Florida workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. Three percent of Florida residents work at home. 1.87% use public transportation (including taxicab).

	Florida	%, Florida	United States
Population 16 years and over	12,744,825		217,168,077
In labor force	7,471,977	58.63%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	7,407,458	58.12%	63.39%
- - Employed	6,995,047	54.89%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	412,411	3.24%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	64,519	0.51%	0.53%
Not in labor force	5,272,848	41.37%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	6,615,066	51.9%	51.66%
In labor force	3,491,052	27.39%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	3,482,224	27.32%	29.65%
- - Employed	3,275,775	25.7%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,069,643	8.39%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	645,389		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	6,910,168		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	5,445,527	78.8%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	893,766	12.93%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	129,075	1.87%	4.73%
Walked	118,386	1.71%	2.93%
Other means	116,325	1.68%	1.19%
Worked at home	207,089	3.0%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	26.2		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	6,995,047		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	2,206,193	31.54%	33.65%
Service occupations	1,183,660	16.92%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	2,066,191	29.54%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	63,572	0.91%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	717,333	10.25%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	758,098	10.84%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	92,463	1.32%	1.87%
Construction	562,111	8.04%	6.78%
Manufacturing	507,870	7.26%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	278,360	3.98%	3.6%
Retail trade	943,449	13.49%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	374,179	5.35%	5.2%
Information	215,787	3.08%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	563,552	8.06%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	739,516	10.57%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	1,264,965	18.08%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	732,460	10.47%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	359,425	5.14%	4.87%
Public administration	360,910	5.16%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	5,579,314	79.76%	78.47%
Government workers	960,611	13.73%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	435,619	6.23%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	19,503	0.28%	0.31%

	Florida	%, Florida	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	6,341,121		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	606,995	9.57%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	427,050	6.73%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	918,455	14.48%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	901,454	14.22%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,103,554	17.4%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,170,569	18.46%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	552,379	8.71%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	398,860	6.29%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	114,432	1.8%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	147,373	2.32%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	38,819		41,994
With earnings	4,739,369	37.19%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	51,993		56,604
With Social Security income	2,072,258	16.26%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,814		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	265,883	2.09%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,295		6,320
With public assistance income	178,166	1.4%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,449		3,032
With retirement income	1,262,325	9.9%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,701		17,376
Families	4,238,409		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	243,787	5.75%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	195,528	4.61%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	524,009	12.36%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	579,514	13.67%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	782,918	18.47%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	907,388	21.41%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	452,986	10.69%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	332,735	7.85%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	96,551	2.28%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	122,993	2.9%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	45,625		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	21,557		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	32,212		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	25,480		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	383,131		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	281,303	73.42%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	132,180	34.5%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	187,257		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	164,596	87.9%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	75,752	40.45%	42.27%
Individuals	1,952,629		33,899,812
18 years and over	1,324,632	67.84%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	246,641	12.63%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	607,607	31.12%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	434,180	22.24%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	663,080	33.96%	31.63%

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