Illinois state Economy Profile

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Illinois state Economy

11.89% Illinois households have a household income of between $25,000 and $34,999.16.23% Illinois households have a household income of between $35,000 to $49,999. Median household income in a Illinois household is $46,590. Illinois households with supplemental security income account for 1.88% of Illinois households. There are 1.6% households with public assistance income in Illinois.

eighty-one point eight one percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers in Illinois. Government workers account for 12.65% of Illinois workers. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Illinois are $40,999. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-nine thousand, one hundred and six dollars.

65.37% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Illinois. Among them 30.57% are females aged 16 and over. 19.41% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 7.16% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Illinois.

	Illinois	%, Illinois	United States
Population 16 years and over	9,530,946		217,168,077
In labor force	6,230,617	65.37%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	6,208,597	65.14%	63.39%
- - Employed	5,833,185	61.2%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	375,412	3.94%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.0		5.8
- Armed Forces	22,020	0.23%	0.53%
Not in labor force	3,300,329	34.63%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	4,934,988	51.78%	51.66%
In labor force	2,913,502	30.57%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	2,909,574	30.53%	29.65%
- - Employed	2,740,019	28.75%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	996,903	10.46%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	581,465		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	5,745,731		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	4,207,339	73.23%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	625,411	10.88%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	497,632	8.66%	4.73%
Walked	180,119	3.13%	2.93%
Other means	58,739	1.02%	1.19%
Worked at home	176,491	3.07%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	28.0		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	5,833,185		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,993,671	34.18%	33.65%
Service occupations	813,479	13.95%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	1,609,939	27.6%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	17,862	0.31%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	480,418	8.24%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	917,816	15.73%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	66,481	1.14%	1.87%
Construction	334,176	5.73%	6.78%
Manufacturing	931,162	15.96%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	222,990	3.82%	3.6%
Retail trade	643,472	11.03%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	352,193	6.04%	5.2%
Information	172,629	2.96%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	462,169	7.92%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	590,913	10.13%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	1,131,987	19.41%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	417,406	7.16%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	275,901	4.73%	4.87%
Public administration	231,706	3.97%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	4,771,930	81.81%	78.47%
Government workers	737,903	12.65%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	307,691	5.27%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	15,661	0.27%	0.31%

	Illinois	%, Illinois	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	4,592,740		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	383,299	8.35%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	252,485	5.5%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	517,812	11.27%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	545,962	11.89%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	745,180	16.23%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	952,940	20.75%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	531,760	11.58%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	415,348	9.04%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	119,056	2.59%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	128,898	2.81%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	46,590		41,994
With earnings	3,754,061	39.39%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	61,954		56,604
With Social Security income	1,132,161	11.88%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,716		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	179,485	1.88%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,559		6,320
With public assistance income	152,667	1.6%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,532		3,032
With retirement income	709,485	7.44%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,770		17,376
Families	3,125,318		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	156,205	5.0%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	105,747	3.38%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	273,712	8.76%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	331,907	10.62%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	506,429	16.2%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	736,897	23.58%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	445,390	14.25%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	356,068	11.39%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	101,955	3.26%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	111,008	3.55%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	55,545		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	23,104		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	40,999		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	29,106		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	244,303		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	192,590	78.83%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	98,467	40.31%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	131,485		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	116,851	88.87%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	57,509	43.74%	42.27%
Individuals	1,291,958		33,899,812
18 years and over	835,057	64.63%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	117,931	9.13%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	443,296	34.31%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	309,030	23.92%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	408,625	31.63%	31.63%

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