Kansas state Economy Profile

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Kansas state Economy

The number of private wage and salary workers in Kansas equals one million, four thousand, nine hundred and eighty. Government workers comprise fifteen point four nine percent of workers in Kansas. Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up seven point seven eight percent of Kansas labor force. There are five thousand, twenty-seven unpaid family workers in Kansas.

six point four eight percent of population are involved in construction, fifteen point zero four percent are in manufacturing, and three point three three percent are in wholesale trade. 7.2% of labor force provide professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Kansas. Six point nine seven percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, in Kansas.

67.49% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Kansas. 81.48% of Kansas workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. Three point nine five percent of Kansas residents work at home. 0.49% use public transportation (including taxicab).

	Kansas	%, Kansas	United States
Population 16 years and over	2,059,160		217,168,077
In labor force	1,389,770	67.49%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,374,698	66.76%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,316,283	63.92%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	58,415	2.84%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	15,072	0.73%	0.53%
Not in labor force	669,390	32.51%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,054,952	51.23%	51.66%
In labor force	642,163	31.19%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	640,350	31.1%	29.65%
- - Employed	613,506	29.79%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	217,901	10.58%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	136,553		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,311,343		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,068,501	81.48%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	139,348	10.63%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	6,366	0.49%	4.73%
Walked	33,271	2.54%	2.93%
Other means	11,995	0.91%	1.19%
Worked at home	51,862	3.95%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.0		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,316,283		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	445,588	33.85%	33.65%
Service occupations	190,142	14.45%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	340,049	25.83%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	13,255	1.01%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	129,940	9.87%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	197,309	14.99%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	50,508	3.84%	1.87%
Construction	85,298	6.48%	6.78%
Manufacturing	197,960	15.04%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	43,786	3.33%	3.6%
Retail trade	151,262	11.49%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	68,864	5.23%	5.2%
Information	44,030	3.35%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	80,129	6.09%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	94,768	7.2%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	288,200	21.89%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	91,807	6.97%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	61,122	4.64%	4.87%
Public administration	58,549	4.45%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,004,980	76.35%	78.47%
Government workers	203,898	15.49%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	102,378	7.78%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	5,027	0.38%	0.31%

	Kansas	%, Kansas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,038,940		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	88,926	8.56%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	66,264	6.38%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	143,138	13.78%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	145,431	14.0%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	187,850	18.08%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	211,014	20.31%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	99,933	9.62%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	62,926	6.06%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	16,106	1.55%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	17,352	1.67%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	40,624		41,994
With earnings	849,979	41.28%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	51,037		56,604
With Social Security income	272,337	13.23%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,871		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	32,408	1.57%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,986		6,320
With public assistance income	24,486	1.19%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,372		3,032
With retirement income	153,887	7.47%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,030		17,376
Families	706,786		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	28,902	4.09%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	25,110	3.55%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	74,820	10.59%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	90,795	12.85%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	136,865	19.36%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	175,304	24.8%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	88,683	12.55%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	56,325	7.97%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	14,618	2.07%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	15,364	2.17%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	49,624		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	20,506		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	35,104		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	25,249		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	47,299		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	36,722	77.64%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	19,681	41.61%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	21,793		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	19,919	91.4%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	10,209	46.85%	42.27%
Individuals	257,829		33,899,812
18 years and over	173,872	67.44%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	26,840	10.41%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	80,439	31.2%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	53,011	20.56%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	98,217	38.09%	31.63%

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