Louisiana state Economy Profile

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Louisiana state Economy

59.39% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Louisiana. Among them 27.95% are females aged 16 and over. Seventy-eight point one percent of Louisiana workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 2.36% use public transportation (including taxicab). Two point one five percent of Louisiana residents work at home.

The total population of Louisiana is 4,468,976 people. The median household income in Louisiana is thirty-two thousand, five hundred and sixty-six dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 29.89% of all occupations. 11.7% of Louisiana population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 26.76% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 14.13% of occupations.

17.14% of families in Louisiana have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. 0.0 of families are below poverty level. Louisiana median household income is thirty-two thousand, five hundred and sixty-six dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive $33,399, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid $22,069.

	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
Population 16 years and over	3,394,546		217,168,077
In labor force	2,016,114	59.39%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,997,995	58.86%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,851,777	54.55%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	146,218	4.31%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	18,119	0.53%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,378,432	40.61%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,782,645	52.51%	51.66%
In labor force	948,816	27.95%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	945,838	27.86%	29.65%
- - Employed	873,516	25.73%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	353,949	10.43%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	209,119		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,831,057		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,430,142	78.1%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	249,640	13.63%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	43,277	2.36%	4.73%
Walked	40,184	2.19%	2.93%
Other means	28,485	1.56%	1.19%
Worked at home	39,329	2.15%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.7		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,851,777		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	553,552	29.89%	33.65%
Service occupations	309,227	16.7%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	495,475	26.76%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	15,070	0.81%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	216,742	11.7%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	261,711	14.13%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	78,167	4.22%	1.87%
Construction	145,850	7.88%	6.78%
Manufacturing	187,499	10.13%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	65,247	3.52%	3.6%
Retail trade	220,343	11.9%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	98,798	5.34%	5.2%
Information	36,418	1.97%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	105,353	5.69%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	140,587	7.59%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	402,078	21.71%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	168,593	9.1%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	96,207	5.2%	4.87%
Public administration	106,637	5.76%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,411,149	76.21%	78.47%
Government workers	322,771	17.43%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	112,275	6.06%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	5,582	0.3%	0.31%

	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,657,107		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	258,086	15.57%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	141,930	8.56%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	248,488	15.0%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	223,409	13.48%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	260,622	15.73%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	274,550	16.57%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	126,752	7.65%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	80,237	4.84%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	19,502	1.18%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	23,531	1.42%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	32,566		41,994
With earnings	1,294,222	38.13%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	45,923		56,604
With Social Security income	418,017	12.31%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,041		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	101,442	2.99%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,879		6,320
With public assistance income	54,646	1.61%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,985		3,032
With retirement income	244,481	7.2%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,063		17,376
Families	1,163,191		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	121,494	10.44%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	79,774	6.86%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	157,778	13.56%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	154,133	13.25%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	199,318	17.14%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	229,926	19.77%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	111,397	9.58%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	71,623	6.16%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	17,203	1.48%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	20,545	1.77%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	39,774		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	16,912		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	33,399		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	22,069		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	183,448		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	143,172	78.05%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	66,805	36.42%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	109,526		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	95,891	87.55%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	44,883	40.98%	42.27%
Individuals	851,113		33,899,812
18 years and over	531,443	62.44%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	81,693	9.6%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	313,922	36.88%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	223,312	26.24%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	212,479	24.96%	31.63%

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