Shreveport, Louisiana Economy Profile

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Shreveport, Louisiana Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Shreveport, Louisiana, 25.56% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 11.98% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Shreveport, Louisiana. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Shreveport, Louisiana is as follows: 7.77%.

In Shreveport, Louisiana government workers account for seventeen point seven five percent of workers. 77.01% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Shreveport, Louisiana is equal to thirty thousand, five hundred and twenty-six dollars while median family income is thirty-seven thousand, one hundred and twenty-six dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Shreveport, Louisiana are thirty-one thousand, two hundred and seventy-eight dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $21,659.

0.0 of families in Shreveport, Louisiana are below poverty line (total population in Shreveport, Louisiana is two hundred thousand, one hundred and forty-five). There are six thousand, six hundred and nine families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Shreveport, Louisiana resident is 34.3 years old.

	Shreveport, Louisiana	%, Shreveport, Louisiana	United States
Population 16 years and over	152,931		217,168,077
In labor force	93,039	60.84%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	91,783	60.02%	63.39%
- - Employed	82,432	53.9%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	9,351	6.11%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	1,256	0.82%	0.53%
Not in labor force	59,892	39.16%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	84,148	55.02%	51.66%
In labor force	46,723	30.55%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	46,486	30.4%	29.65%
- - Employed	41,505	27.14%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	15,544	10.16%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	10,067		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	82,134		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	64,786	78.88%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	11,317	13.78%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	2,325	2.83%	4.73%
Walked	1,386	1.69%	2.93%
Other means	779	0.95%	1.19%
Worked at home	1,541	1.88%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.3	0.02%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	82,432		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	24,925	30.24%	33.65%
Service occupations	17,094	20.74%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	21,991	26.68%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	156	0.19%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	6,702	8.13%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	11,564	14.03%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	998	1.21%	1.87%
Construction	4,301	5.22%	6.78%
Manufacturing	8,694	10.55%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	2,895	3.51%	3.6%
Retail trade	9,513	11.54%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	3,619	4.39%	5.2%
Information	2,177	2.64%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	4,266	5.18%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	6,406	7.77%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	21,070	25.56%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	9,873	11.98%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	5,017	6.09%	4.87%
Public administration	3,603	4.37%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	63,485	77.01%	78.47%
Government workers	14,635	17.75%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	4,098	4.97%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	214	0.26%	0.31%

	Shreveport, Louisiana	%, Shreveport, Louisiana	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	78,735		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	12,788	16.24%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,062	8.97%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	12,936	16.43%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	11,182	14.2%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	12,005	15.25%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	11,502	14.61%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,422	6.89%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,488	4.43%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	968	1.23%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,382	1.76%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	30,526		41,994
With earnings	60,713	39.7%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	44,584		56,604
With Social Security income	20,847	13.63%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,263		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	4,778	3.12%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,692		6,320
With public assistance income	2,965	1.94%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,821		3,032
With retirement income	12,803	8.37%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,813		17,376
Families	50,961		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	6,034	11.84%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,053	7.95%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	7,422	14.56%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	6,543	12.84%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	8,576	16.83%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	8,728	17.13%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,534	8.9%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,043	5.97%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	820	1.61%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	1,208	2.37%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	37,126		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	17,759		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	31,278		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	21,659		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	9,514		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	7,746	81.42%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	3,660	38.47%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	6,609		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	5,881	88.98%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	2,673	40.44%	42.27%
Individuals	44,505		33,899,812
18 years and over	26,609	59.79%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	4,240	9.53%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	17,583	39.51%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	12,387	27.83%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	10,655	23.94%	31.63%

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