Kansas City, Missouri Economy Profile

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Kansas City, Missouri Economy

66.5% of people are in the labor force of Kansas City, Missouri. The total population of Kansas City, Missouri is four hundred and forty-one thousand, five hundred and forty-five people. Per capita income in Kansas City, Missouri is equal to twenty thousand, seven hundred and fifty-three dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Kansas City, Missouri, receive thirty-five thousand, one hundred and thirty-two dollars, female full-time, year-round workers in Kansas City, Missouri, are paid $27,548. There are 7,824 families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up five point zero two percent of workers in Kansas City, Missouri. 81.6% comprise private wage and salary workers in Kansas City, Missouri. There are 418 Unpaid family workers in Kansas City, Missouri. Twelve thousand, forty-six people are involved in public administration. 18.3% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Kansas City, Missouri. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Kansas City, Missouri is as follows: 6.35%.

	Kansas City, Missouri	%, Kansas City, Missouri	United States
Population 16 years and over	340,707		217,168,077
In labor force	226,579	66.5%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	226,242	66.4%	63.39%
- - Employed	212,016	62.23%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	14,226	4.18%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	337	0.1%	0.53%
Not in labor force	114,128	33.5%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	179,442	52.67%	51.66%
In labor force	110,056	32.3%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	110,018	32.29%	29.65%
- - Employed	103,334	30.33%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	34,923	10.25%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	22,186		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	208,554		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	164,213	78.74%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	24,653	11.82%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	7,960	3.82%	4.73%
Walked	4,731	2.27%	2.93%
Other means	1,641	0.79%	1.19%
Worked at home	5,356	2.57%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21.9	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	212,016		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	72,330	34.12%	33.65%
Service occupations	34,423	16.24%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	60,735	28.65%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	215	0.1%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	16,716	7.88%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	27,597	13.02%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	777	0.37%	1.87%
Construction	11,237	5.3%	6.78%
Manufacturing	21,424	10.1%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	8,363	3.94%	3.6%
Retail trade	22,609	10.66%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	13,461	6.35%	5.2%
Information	10,017	4.72%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	19,314	9.11%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	22,961	10.83%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	38,793	18.3%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	19,925	9.4%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	11,089	5.23%	4.87%
Public administration	12,046	5.68%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	173,002	81.6%	78.47%
Government workers	27,950	13.18%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	10,646	5.02%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	418	0.2%	0.31%

	Kansas City, Missouri	%, Kansas City, Missouri	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	184,028		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	21,385	11.62%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	11,745	6.38%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	26,325	14.3%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	27,110	14.73%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	31,731	17.24%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	34,354	18.67%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,037	8.71%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	10,330	5.61%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,213	1.2%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	2,798	1.52%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	37,198		41,994
With earnings	149,227	43.8%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	49,267		56,604
With Social Security income	42,686	12.53%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,156		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	8,041	2.36%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,202		6,320
With public assistance income	7,442	2.18%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,721		3,032
With retirement income	27,322	8.02%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,359		17,376
Families	108,475		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	8,280	7.63%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,759	4.39%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	12,544	11.56%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	14,299	13.18%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	19,177	17.68%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	24,654	22.73%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	12,611	11.63%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	8,103	7.47%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,823	1.68%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	2,225	2.05%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	46,012		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	20,753		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	35,132		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	27,548		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	12,032		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	9,847	81.84%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	5,053	42.0%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	7,824		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	7,121	91.01%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	3,623	46.31%	42.27%
Individuals	61,958		33,899,812
18 years and over	39,429	63.64%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	5,190	8.38%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	21,911	35.36%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	15,161	24.47%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	21,213	34.24%	31.63%

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