Kansas City, Kansas Economy Profile

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Kansas City, Kansas Economy

63.05% of people are in the labor force of Kansas City, Kansas. The total population of Kansas City, Kansas is one hundred and forty-six thousand, eight hundred and sixty-six people. Per capita income in Kansas City, Kansas is equal to fifteen thousand, seven hundred and thirty-seven dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Kansas City, Kansas, receive thirty thousand, nine hundred and ninety-two dollars, female full-time, year-round workers in Kansas City, Kansas, are paid $24,543. There are 2,683 families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up four point five percent of workers in Kansas City, Kansas. 80.17% comprise private wage and salary workers in Kansas City, Kansas. There are 131 Unpaid family workers in Kansas City, Kansas. Three thousand, one hundred and twenty-one people are involved in public administration. 18.34% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Kansas City, Kansas. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Kansas City, Kansas is as follows: 8.54%.

	Kansas City, Kansas	%, Kansas City, Kansas	United States
Population 16 years and over	109,206		217,168,077
In labor force	68,858	63.05%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	68,791	62.99%	63.39%
- - Employed	62,940	57.63%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	5,851	5.36%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	8.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	67	0.06%	0.53%
Not in labor force	40,348	36.95%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	56,961	52.16%	51.66%
In labor force	32,977	30.2%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	32,968	30.19%	29.65%
- - Employed	30,301	27.75%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	13,044	11.94%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	7,737		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	61,601		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	47,670	77.39%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	10,375	16.84%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	954	1.55%	4.73%
Walked	777	1.26%	2.93%
Other means	613	1.0%	1.19%
Worked at home	1,212	1.97%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21.4	0.03%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	62,940		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	13,557	21.54%	33.65%
Service occupations	10,943	17.39%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	17,507	27.82%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	177	0.28%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	7,257	11.53%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13,499	21.45%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	243	0.39%	1.87%
Construction	4,537	7.21%	6.78%
Manufacturing	9,195	14.61%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	2,613	4.15%	3.6%
Retail trade	7,134	11.33%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5,372	8.54%	5.2%
Information	2,000	3.18%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	3,759	5.97%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	5,567	8.84%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	11,544	18.34%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	4,722	7.5%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	3,133	4.98%	4.87%
Public administration	3,121	4.96%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	50,456	80.17%	78.47%
Government workers	9,519	15.12%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	2,834	4.5%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	131	0.21%	0.31%

	Kansas City, Kansas	%, Kansas City, Kansas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	55,533		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	7,289	13.13%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,310	7.76%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	8,784	15.82%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	8,694	15.66%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	9,962	17.94%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	9,683	17.44%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,222	7.6%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,005	3.61%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	280	0.5%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	304	0.55%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	33,011		41,994
With earnings	43,921	40.22%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	41,825		56,604
With Social Security income	14,879	13.62%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,923		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	3,063	2.8%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,774		6,320
With public assistance income	2,545	2.33%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,492		3,032
With retirement income	8,804	8.06%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,900		17,376
Families	36,581		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	3,064	8.38%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,903	5.2%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	5,208	14.24%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	5,718	15.63%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	7,257	19.84%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	7,773	21.25%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	3,561	9.73%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,649	4.51%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	225	0.62%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	223	0.61%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	39,491		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	15,737		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	30,992		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,543		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	4,747		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	3,952	83.25%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	2,138	45.04%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	2,683		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	2,437	90.83%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	1,268	47.26%	42.27%
Individuals	24,820		33,899,812
18 years and over	14,911	60.08%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	1,885	7.59%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	9,719	39.16%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	6,495	26.17%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	7,160	28.85%	31.63%

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