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Gonzales, Louisiana Economy Profile

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 Gonzales, Louisiana United States
StateLouisiana
CityGonzales
Total population8,156 281,421,906
Male3,888138,053,563
Female4,268143,368,343
Median age (years)34.035.3
Total households2,966105,480,101
Median household income (dollars)38,17341,994

Gonzales, Louisiana Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Gonzales, Louisiana, 17.55% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 7.85% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Gonzales, Louisiana. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Gonzales, Louisiana is as follows: eight point three percent.

In Gonzales, Louisiana government workers account for 16.47% of workers. Seventy-nine point nine percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Gonzales, Louisiana is equal to $38,173 while median family income is forty-three thousand, one hundred and seventeen dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Gonzales, Louisiana are thirty-eight thousand, seven hundred and thirty-one dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-two thousand, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars.

0.0 of families in Gonzales, Louisiana are below poverty line (total population in Gonzales, Louisiana is eight thousand, one hundred and fifty-six). There are two hundred and twenty-one families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Gonzales, Louisiana resident is thirty-four years old.

 Gonzales, Louisiana %, Gonzales, Louisiana United States
Population 16 years and over6,090  217,168,077
In labor force3,800 62.4%63.92%
- Civilian labor force3,800 62.4%63.39%
- - Employed3,528 57.93%59.73%
- - Unemployed272 4.47%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force7.2  5.8
- Armed Forces0  0.53%
Not in labor force2,290 37.6%36.08%
 
Females 16 years and over3,284 53.92%51.66%
In labor force1,852 30.41%29.72%
- Civilian labor force1,852 30.41%29.65%
- - Employed1,702 27.95%27.92%
 
Own children under 6 years612 10.05%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force397  12,787,501
 
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over3,484  128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone2,929 84.07%75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled354 10.16%12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)0  4.73%
Walked107 3.07%2.93%
Other means77 2.21%1.19%
Worked at home17 0.49%3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)21.6 0.62%25.5
 
Employed civilian population 16 years and over3,528  129,721,512
 
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations1,030 29.2%33.65%
Service occupations431 12.22%14.86%
Sales and office occupations954 27.04%26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations6 0.17%0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations554 15.7%9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations553 15.67%14.62%
 
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining6 0.17%1.87%
Construction460 13.04%6.78%
Manufacturing538 15.25%14.1%
Wholesale trade112 3.17%3.6%
Retail trade485 13.75%11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities142 4.02%5.2%
Information78 2.21%3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing202 5.73%6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services293 8.3%9.3%
Educational, health and social services619 17.55%19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services277 7.85%7.87%
Other services (except public administration)129 3.66%4.87%
Public administration187 5.3%4.79%
 
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers2,819 79.9%78.47%
Government workers581 16.47%14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business122 3.46%6.63%
Unpaid family workers6 0.17%0.31%
 Gonzales, Louisiana %, Gonzales, Louisiana United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households2,978  105,539,122
Less than $10,000368 12.36%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999269 9.03%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999380 12.76%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999372 12.49%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999503 16.89%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999593 19.91%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999271 9.1%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999180 6.04%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,9996 0.2%2.2%
$200,000 or more36 1.21%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)38,173  41,994
With earnings2,441 40.08%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)47,709  56,604
With Social Security income558 9.16%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)10,336  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income196 3.22%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)5,853  6,320
With public assistance income106 1.74%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)1,153  3,032
With retirement income448 7.36%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)14,748  17,376
 
Families2,145  72,261,780
Less than $10,000212 9.88%5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999139 6.48%4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999275 12.82%10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999218 10.16%12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999415 19.35%17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999469 21.86%22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999221 10.3%12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999154 7.18%9.6%
$150,000 to $199,9996 0.28%2.75%
$200,000 or more36 1.68%2.92%
Median family income (dollars)43,117  50,046
 
Per capita income (dollars)17,690  21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers38,731  37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers22,168  27,194
 
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families319  6,620,945
With related children under 18 years268 84.01%77.87%
- With related children under 5 years128 40.13%38.7%
 
Families with female householder, no husband present221  3,315,916
With related children under 18 years200 90.5%88.68%
- With related children under 5 years82 37.1%42.27%
 
Individuals1,311  33,899,812
18 years and over788 60.11%65.35%
- 65 years and over106 8.09%9.7%
Related children under 18 years509 38.83%33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years393 29.98%23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over304 23.19%31.63%
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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.