Baltimore, Maryland Economy Profile

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Baltimore, Maryland Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Baltimore, Maryland, 26.75% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Eight point two seven percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Baltimore, Maryland. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Baltimore, Maryland is as follows: 10.19%.

In Baltimore, Maryland government workers account for 22.31% of workers. Seventy-three point two two percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Baltimore, Maryland is equal to $30,078 while median family income is thirty-five thousand, four hundred and thirty-eight dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Baltimore, Maryland are $31,767. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-six thousand, eight hundred and thirty-two dollars.

0.0 of families in Baltimore, Maryland are below poverty line (total population in Baltimore, Maryland is 651,154). There are nineteen thousand, nine hundred and eighteen families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Baltimore, Maryland resident is 35.0 years old.

	Baltimore, Maryland	%, Baltimore, Maryland	United States
Population 16 years and over	507,534		217,168,077
In labor force	287,159	56.58%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	286,735	56.5%	63.39%
- - Employed	256,036	50.45%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	30,699	6.05%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.7		5.8
- Armed Forces	424	0.08%	0.53%
Not in labor force	220,375	43.42%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	277,132	54.6%	51.66%
In labor force	151,057	29.76%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	150,983	29.75%	29.65%
- - Employed	135,310	26.66%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	43,530	8.58%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	27,065		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	249,373		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	136,378	54.69%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	38,003	15.24%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	48,573	19.48%	4.73%
Walked	17,727	7.11%	2.93%
Other means	2,866	1.15%	1.19%
Worked at home	5,826	2.34%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	31.1	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	256,036		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	83,017	32.42%	33.65%
Service occupations	51,294	20.03%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	69,280	27.06%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	267	0.1%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	17,848	6.97%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	34,330	13.41%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	289	0.11%	1.87%
Construction	12,939	5.05%	6.78%
Manufacturing	20,082	7.84%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	6,911	2.7%	3.6%
Retail trade	22,881	8.94%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	14,285	5.58%	5.2%
Information	8,218	3.21%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	17,453	6.82%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	26,088	10.19%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	68,499	26.75%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	21,174	8.27%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	13,460	5.26%	4.87%
Public administration	23,757	9.28%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	187,469	73.22%	78.47%
Government workers	57,116	22.31%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	10,968	4.28%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	483	0.19%	0.31%

	Baltimore, Maryland	%, Baltimore, Maryland	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	257,788		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	48,249	18.72%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	21,649	8.4%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	40,516	15.72%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	35,520	13.78%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	39,873	15.47%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	38,724	15.02%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,903	6.56%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	10,053	3.9%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,689	1.04%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	3,612	1.4%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	30,078		41,994
With earnings	190,878	37.61%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	44,311		56,604
With Social Security income	71,333	14.05%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,818		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	22,511	4.44%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,221		6,320
With public assistance income	18,780	3.7%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,542		3,032
With retirement income	43,658	8.6%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,837		17,376
Families	148,167		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	19,808	13.37%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,912	6.69%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	22,764	15.36%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	20,785	14.03%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	24,194	16.33%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	26,226	17.7%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	12,464	8.41%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	7,304	4.93%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,014	1.36%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	2,696	1.82%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	35,438		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	16,978		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	31,767		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,832		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	27,864		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	22,106	79.34%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	10,530	37.79%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	19,918		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	17,230	86.5%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	8,173	41.03%	42.27%
Individuals	143,514		33,899,812
18 years and over	94,708	65.99%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	14,819	10.33%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	47,805	33.31%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	33,444	23.3%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	47,738	33.26%	31.63%

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