Omaha, Nebraska Economy Profile

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Omaha, Nebraska Economy

14.66% Omaha, Nebraska households have a household income of between $25,000 and $34,999.17.39% Omaha, Nebraska households have a household income of between $35,000 to $49,999. Median household income in a Omaha, Nebraska household is forty thousand, six dollars. Omaha, Nebraska households with supplemental security income account for 1.6% of Omaha, Nebraska households. There are 1.82% households with public assistance income in Omaha, Nebraska.

84.76% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers in Omaha, Nebraska. Government workers account for ten point three eight percent of Omaha, Nebraska workers. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Omaha, Nebraska are $34,301. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $26,652.

69.35% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Omaha, Nebraska. Among them 33.3% are females aged 16 and over. 20.25% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 8.35% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Omaha, Nebraska.

	Omaha, Nebraska	%, Omaha, Nebraska	United States
Population 16 years and over	301,033		217,168,077
In labor force	208,767	69.35%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	208,009	69.1%	63.39%
- - Employed	199,054	66.12%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	8,955	2.97%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	758	0.25%	0.53%
Not in labor force	92,266	30.65%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	156,299	51.92%	51.66%
In labor force	100,244	33.3%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	100,125	33.26%	29.65%
- - Employed	95,922	31.86%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	31,680	10.52%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	21,474		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	196,801		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	159,961	81.28%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	21,899	11.13%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	3,723	1.89%	4.73%
Walked	4,659	2.37%	2.93%
Other means	1,523	0.77%	1.19%
Worked at home	5,036	2.56%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	18.2	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	199,054		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	69,305	34.82%	33.65%
Service occupations	28,354	14.24%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	59,910	30.1%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	433	0.22%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	16,022	8.05%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	25,030	12.57%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	743	0.37%	1.87%
Construction	12,811	6.44%	6.78%
Manufacturing	19,177	9.63%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	7,875	3.96%	3.6%
Retail trade	24,988	12.55%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	11,188	5.62%	5.2%
Information	6,519	3.27%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	22,873	11.49%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	21,706	10.9%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	40,316	20.25%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	16,622	8.35%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	9,328	4.69%	4.87%
Public administration	4,908	2.47%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	168,712	84.76%	78.47%
Government workers	20,654	10.38%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	9,353	4.7%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	335	0.17%	0.31%

	Omaha, Nebraska	%, Omaha, Nebraska	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	157,034		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	13,842	8.81%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,203	5.86%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	22,319	14.21%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	23,026	14.66%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	27,310	17.39%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	30,643	19.51%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	14,953	9.52%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	10,128	6.45%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,471	1.57%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	3,139	2.0%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	40,006		41,994
With earnings	129,793	43.12%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	52,283		56,604
With Social Security income	37,029	12.3%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,663		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	4,823	1.6%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,379		6,320
With public assistance income	5,482	1.82%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,582		3,032
With retirement income	21,579	7.17%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,609		17,376
Families	95,793		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	4,705	4.91%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,250	3.39%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	9,832	10.26%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	11,568	12.08%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	17,485	18.25%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	22,949	23.96%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	12,499	13.05%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	8,742	9.13%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,106	2.2%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	2,657	2.77%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	50,821		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	21,756		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	34,301		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,652		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	7,519		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	6,291	83.67%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	3,460	46.02%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	4,816		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	4,440	92.19%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	2,341	48.61%	42.27%
Individuals	43,037		33,899,812
18 years and over	27,438	63.75%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	3,222	7.49%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	15,111	35.11%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	10,452	24.29%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	16,107	37.43%	31.63%

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