Baltimore, Maryland county Economy Profile

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Baltimore, Maryland county Economy

66.62% of people are in the labor force of Baltimore, Maryland. The total population of Baltimore, Maryland is 754,292 people. Per capita income in Baltimore, Maryland is equal to twenty-six thousand, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Baltimore, Maryland, receive $41,048, female full-time, year-round workers in Baltimore, Maryland, are paid thirty-one thousand, four hundred and twenty-six dollars. There are five thousand, seventy-three families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 4.87% of workers in Baltimore, Maryland. Seventy-six point five three percent comprise private wage and salary workers in Baltimore, Maryland. There are seven hundred and thirty-five Unpaid family workers in Baltimore, Maryland. Twenty-nine thousand, thirty-nine people are involved in public administration. 22.94% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Baltimore, Maryland. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Baltimore, Maryland is as follows: 4.93%.

	Baltimore, Maryland	%, Baltimore, Maryland	United States
Population 16 years and over	595,770		217,168,077
In labor force	396,897	66.62%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	396,226	66.51%	63.39%
- - Employed	379,705	63.73%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	16,521	2.77%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	671	0.11%	0.53%
Not in labor force	198,873	33.38%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	319,871	53.69%	51.66%
In labor force	195,131	32.75%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	195,014	32.73%	29.65%
- - Employed	186,983	31.39%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	51,867	8.71%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	33,008		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	373,496		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	297,552	79.67%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	40,497	10.84%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	15,081	4.04%	4.73%
Walked	7,607	2.04%	2.93%
Other means	2,407	0.64%	1.19%
Worked at home	10,352	2.77%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.6	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	379,705		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	149,884	39.47%	33.65%
Service occupations	50,193	13.22%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	110,226	29.03%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	419	0.11%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	30,346	7.99%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	38,637	10.18%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	914	0.24%	1.87%
Construction	22,494	5.92%	6.78%
Manufacturing	34,029	8.96%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	12,893	3.4%	3.6%
Retail trade	42,862	11.29%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	18,728	4.93%	5.2%
Information	12,314	3.24%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	36,030	9.49%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	40,049	10.55%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	87,102	22.94%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	24,780	6.53%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	18,471	4.86%	4.87%
Public administration	29,039	7.65%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	290,586	76.53%	78.47%
Government workers	69,886	18.41%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	18,498	4.87%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	735	0.19%	0.31%

	Baltimore, Maryland	%, Baltimore, Maryland	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	300,020		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	16,784	5.59%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,875	4.29%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	31,596	10.53%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	36,576	12.19%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	49,581	16.53%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	68,083	22.69%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	38,584	12.86%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	29,269	9.76%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,722	2.57%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	8,950	2.98%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	50,667		41,994
With earnings	243,270	40.83%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	64,064		56,604
With Social Security income	81,407	13.66%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,459		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	9,315	1.56%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,777		6,320
With public assistance income	5,161	0.87%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,785		3,032
With retirement income	61,535	10.33%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,132		17,376
Families	199,946		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	6,444	3.22%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,479	2.24%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	14,516	7.26%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	20,648	10.33%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	31,971	15.99%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	50,561	25.29%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	31,532	15.77%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	25,180	12.59%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,746	3.37%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	7,869	3.94%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	59,998		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	26,167		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	41,048		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	31,426		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	9,058		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	6,557	72.39%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	3,045	33.62%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	5,073		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	4,432	87.36%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	2,024	39.9%	42.27%
Individuals	47,603		33,899,812
18 years and over	34,169	71.78%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	6,910	14.52%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	12,575	26.42%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	8,757	18.4%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	20,266	42.57%	31.63%

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