Fayette, Kentucky county Economy Profile

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Fayette, Kentucky county Economy

sixty-nine point eight five percent of people are in the labor force of Fayette, Kentucky. The total population of Fayette, Kentucky is two hundred and sixty thousand, five hundred and twelve people. Per capita income in Fayette, Kentucky is equal to $23,109. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Fayette, Kentucky, receive thirty-six thousand, one hundred and sixty-six dollars, female full-time, year-round workers in Fayette, Kentucky, are paid $26,964. There are two thousand, nine hundred and seventy-two families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up four point eight eight percent of workers in Fayette, Kentucky. 77.53% comprise private wage and salary workers in Fayette, Kentucky. There are 385 Unpaid family workers in Fayette, Kentucky. 5,014 people are involved in public administration. 26.58% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Fayette, Kentucky. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Fayette, Kentucky is as follows: 3.45%.

	Fayette, Kentucky	%, Fayette, Kentucky	United States
Population 16 years and over	210,783		217,168,077
In labor force	147,226	69.85%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	147,060	69.77%	63.39%
- - Employed	139,174	66.03%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	7,886	3.74%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	166	0.08%	0.53%
Not in labor force	63,557	30.15%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	108,100	51.28%	51.66%
In labor force	69,952	33.19%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	69,913	33.17%	29.65%
- - Employed	66,376	31.49%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	18,329	8.7%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	12,047		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	136,793		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	109,277	79.88%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	15,324	11.2%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1,764	1.29%	4.73%
Walked	5,513	4.03%	2.93%
Other means	1,477	1.08%	1.19%
Worked at home	3,438	2.51%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.3	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	139,174		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	56,276	40.44%	33.65%
Service occupations	20,365	14.63%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	36,275	26.06%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,353	0.97%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	9,260	6.65%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,645	11.24%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	2,913	2.09%	1.87%
Construction	7,537	5.42%	6.78%
Manufacturing	16,655	11.97%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	4,834	3.47%	3.6%
Retail trade	16,501	11.86%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	4,806	3.45%	5.2%
Information	3,907	2.81%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	7,927	5.7%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	12,609	9.06%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	36,990	26.58%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	13,643	9.8%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	5,838	4.19%	4.87%
Public administration	5,014	3.6%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	107,895	77.53%	78.47%
Government workers	24,101	17.32%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	6,793	4.88%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	385	0.28%	0.31%

	Fayette, Kentucky	%, Fayette, Kentucky	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	108,411		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	11,076	10.22%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,669	7.07%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	15,426	14.23%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	13,862	12.79%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	17,501	16.14%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	20,068	18.51%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	10,334	9.53%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	7,527	6.94%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,227	2.05%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	2,721	2.51%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	39,813		41,994
With earnings	92,603	43.93%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	52,261		56,604
With Social Security income	21,275	10.09%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,027		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	3,571	1.69%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,871		6,320
With public assistance income	2,262	1.07%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,378		3,032
With retirement income	15,947	7.57%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,583		17,376
Families	63,648		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	3,587	5.64%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,655	4.17%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	6,292	9.89%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	6,639	10.43%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	10,485	16.47%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	14,759	23.19%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,498	13.35%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	6,340	9.96%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,032	3.19%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	2,361	3.71%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	53,264		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	23,109		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	36,166		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,964		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	5,218		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	4,039	77.41%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	2,052	39.33%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	2,972		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	2,691	90.55%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	1,370	46.1%	42.27%
Individuals	31,963		33,899,812
18 years and over	23,924	74.85%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	2,114	6.61%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	7,751	24.25%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	5,141	16.08%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	16,057	50.24%	31.63%

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