Nebraska state Economy Profile

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Nebraska state Economy

The number of private wage and salary workers in Nebraska equals 676,384. Government workers comprise 13.7% of workers in Nebraska. Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 8.68% of Nebraska labor force. There are four thousand, five hundred and forty-four unpaid family workers in Nebraska.

six point four seven percent of population are involved in construction, 12.25% are in manufacturing, and 3.56% are in wholesale trade. 7.26% of labor force provide professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Nebraska. 7.25% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, in Nebraska.

sixty-nine point seven three percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Nebraska. 80.01% of Nebraska workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. Four point six four percent of Nebraska residents work at home. 0.72% use public transportation (including taxicab).

	Nebraska	%, Nebraska	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,315,715		217,168,077
In labor force	917,470	69.73%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	909,524	69.13%	63.39%
- - Employed	877,237	66.67%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	32,287	2.45%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	3.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	7,946	0.6%	0.53%
Not in labor force	398,245	30.27%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	675,106	51.31%	51.66%
In labor force	431,509	32.8%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	430,135	32.69%	29.65%
- - Employed	414,732	31.52%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	135,904	10.33%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	94,858		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	873,197		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	698,680	80.01%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	91,901	10.52%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	6,260	0.72%	4.73%
Walked	28,003	3.21%	2.93%
Other means	7,837	0.9%	1.19%
Worked at home	40,516	4.64%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	18.0		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	877,237		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	289,073	32.95%	33.65%
Service occupations	127,865	14.58%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	231,800	26.42%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	14,136	1.61%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	81,626	9.3%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	132,737	15.13%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	48,942	5.58%	1.87%
Construction	56,794	6.47%	6.78%
Manufacturing	107,439	12.25%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	31,265	3.56%	3.6%
Retail trade	106,303	12.12%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	53,922	6.15%	5.2%
Information	21,732	2.48%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	67,370	7.68%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	63,663	7.26%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	181,833	20.73%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	63,635	7.25%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	40,406	4.61%	4.87%
Public administration	33,933	3.87%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	676,384	77.1%	78.47%
Government workers	120,159	13.7%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	76,150	8.68%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	4,544	0.52%	0.31%

	Nebraska	%, Nebraska	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	666,995		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	55,340	8.3%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	43,915	6.58%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	98,663	14.79%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	97,932	14.68%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	122,654	18.39%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	136,141	20.41%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	58,361	8.75%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	36,565	5.48%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,551	1.28%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	8,873	1.33%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	39,250		41,994
With earnings	550,074	41.81%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	48,160		56,604
With Social Security income	175,925	13.37%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,447		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	19,743	1.5%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,370		6,320
With public assistance income	18,640	1.42%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,324		3,032
With retirement income	85,493	6.5%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,163		17,376
Families	446,551		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	18,223	4.08%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	16,748	3.75%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	49,310	11.04%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	59,142	13.24%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	90,440	20.25%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	113,544	25.43%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	51,468	11.53%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	32,514	7.28%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,539	1.69%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	7,623	1.71%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	48,032		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	19,613		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	31,965		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	23,598		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	29,977		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	23,367	77.95%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	12,094	40.34%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	14,126		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	13,078	92.58%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	6,718	47.56%	42.27%
Individuals	161,269		33,899,812
18 years and over	106,792	66.22%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	17,385	10.78%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	52,019	32.26%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	36,073	22.37%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	59,653	36.99%	31.63%

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