Montana state Economy Profile

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Montana state Economy

65.36% of people are in the labor force of Montana. The total population of Montana is 902,195 people. Per capita income in Montana is equal to $17,151. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Montana, receive $30,503, female full-time, year-round workers in Montana, are paid $20,914. There are ten thousand, three hundred and forty-three families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 11.76% of workers in Montana. 69.17% comprise private wage and salary workers in Montana. There are 3,111 Unpaid family workers in Montana. 25,295 people are involved in public administration. 21.7% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Montana. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Montana is as follows: 5.42%.

	Montana	%, Montana	United States
Population 16 years and over	701,168		217,168,077
In labor force	458,306	65.36%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	454,687	64.85%	63.39%
- - Employed	425,977	60.75%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	28,710	4.09%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	3,619	0.52%	0.53%
Not in labor force	242,862	34.64%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	355,066	50.64%	51.66%
In labor force	212,734	30.34%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	212,204	30.26%	29.65%
- - Employed	201,044	28.67%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	63,486	9.05%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	41,216		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	422,159		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	311,872	73.88%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	50,192	11.89%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	2,812	0.67%	4.73%
Walked	23,336	5.53%	2.93%
Other means	7,036	1.67%	1.19%
Worked at home	26,911	6.37%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	17.7		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	425,977		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	140,956	33.09%	33.65%
Service occupations	73,316	17.21%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	108,792	25.54%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	9,246	2.17%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	45,770	10.74%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	47,897	11.24%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	33,691	7.91%	1.87%
Construction	31,724	7.45%	6.78%
Manufacturing	25,414	5.97%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	12,937	3.04%	3.6%
Retail trade	54,468	12.79%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	23,109	5.42%	5.2%
Information	9,283	2.18%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	23,351	5.48%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	27,654	6.49%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	92,445	21.7%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	44,135	10.36%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	22,471	5.28%	4.87%
Public administration	25,295	5.94%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	294,631	69.17%	78.47%
Government workers	78,123	18.34%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	50,112	11.76%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	3,111	0.73%	0.31%

	Montana	%, Montana	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	359,070		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	40,535	11.29%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	31,864	8.87%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	61,573	17.15%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	55,217	15.38%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	65,393	18.21%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	61,505	17.13%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	23,007	6.41%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	13,071	3.64%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,182	0.89%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	3,723	1.04%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	33,024		41,994
With earnings	285,897	40.77%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	40,290		56,604
With Social Security income	99,432	14.18%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,074		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	12,844	1.83%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,120		6,320
With public assistance income	11,818	1.69%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,436		3,032
With retirement income	58,637	8.36%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,132		17,376
Families	238,733		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	15,176	6.36%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	13,301	5.57%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	34,241	14.34%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	36,814	15.42%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	49,929	20.91%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	52,176	21.86%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	19,981	8.37%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	11,240	4.71%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,810	1.18%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	3,065	1.28%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	40,487		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	17,151		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	30,503		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	20,914		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	25,004		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	19,427	77.7%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	9,325	37.29%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	10,343		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	9,509	91.94%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	4,596	44.44%	42.27%
Individuals	128,355		33,899,812
18 years and over	85,443	66.57%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	10,369	8.08%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	41,247	32.14%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	29,073	22.65%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	44,615	34.76%	31.63%

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