Minnesota state Economy Profile

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Minnesota state Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Minnesota, 20.9% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Seven point two one percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Minnesota. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Minnesota is as follows: eight point eight percent.

In Minnesota government workers account for 12.36% of workers. 80.4% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Minnesota is equal to $47,111 while median family income is fifty-six thousand, eight hundred and seventy-four dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Minnesota are thirty-nine thousand, three hundred and sixty-four dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $28,708.

0.0 of families in Minnesota are below poverty line (total population in Minnesota is four million, nine hundred and nineteen thousand, four hundred and seventy-nine). There are thirty-one thousand, two hundred and thirty-three families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Minnesota resident is thirty-five point four years old.

	Minnesota	%, Minnesota	United States
Population 16 years and over	3,781,756		217,168,077
In labor force	2,691,709	71.18%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,689,115	71.11%	63.39%
- - Employed	2,580,046	68.22%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	109,069	2.88%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.1		5.8
- Armed Forces	2,594	0.07%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,090,047	28.82%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,931,097	51.06%	51.66%
In labor force	1,275,413	33.73%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,275,090	33.72%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,231,124	32.55%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	384,991	10.18%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	264,979		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,541,611		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,971,668	77.58%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	264,690	10.41%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	81,276	3.2%	4.73%
Walked	84,148	3.31%	2.93%
Other means	23,175	0.91%	1.19%
Worked at home	116,654	4.59%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21.9		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	2,580,046		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	923,768	35.8%	33.65%
Service occupations	354,147	13.73%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	683,389	26.49%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	17,674	0.69%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	217,294	8.42%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	383,774	14.87%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	67,883	2.63%	1.87%
Construction	153,267	5.94%	6.78%
Manufacturing	419,271	16.25%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	92,854	3.6%	3.6%
Retail trade	307,714	11.93%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	131,683	5.1%	5.2%
Information	65,460	2.54%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	184,874	7.17%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	227,064	8.8%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	539,111	20.9%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	186,001	7.21%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	118,322	4.59%	4.87%
Public administration	86,542	3.35%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	2,074,432	80.4%	78.47%
Government workers	318,932	12.36%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	178,586	6.92%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	8,096	0.31%	0.31%

	Minnesota	%, Minnesota	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,896,209		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	127,955	6.75%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	102,205	5.39%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	216,089	11.4%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	234,300	12.36%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	322,529	17.01%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	424,867	22.41%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	228,834	12.07%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	156,565	8.26%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	40,734	2.15%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	42,131	2.22%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	47,111		41,994
With earnings	1,580,573	41.79%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	59,189		56,604
With Social Security income	453,443	11.99%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,471		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	54,348	1.44%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,501		6,320
With public assistance income	65,144	1.72%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,094		3,032
With retirement income	260,169	6.88%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,034		17,376
Families	1,262,953		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	39,374	3.12%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	35,957	2.85%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	103,126	8.17%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	132,108	10.46%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	215,891	17.09%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	334,735	26.5%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	193,868	15.35%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	136,084	10.78%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	35,640	2.82%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	36,170	2.86%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	56,874		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	23,198		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	39,364		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	28,708		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	64,181		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	49,818	77.62%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	25,426	39.62%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	31,233		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	28,878	92.46%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	14,824	47.46%	42.27%
Individuals	380,476		33,899,812
18 years and over	258,785	68.02%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	45,405	11.93%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	115,441	30.34%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	81,089	21.31%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	160,379	42.15%	31.63%

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