Las Vegas, Nevada Economy Profile

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Las Vegas, Nevada Economy

sixty-three point one three percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Las Vegas, Nevada. Among them 28.17% are females aged 16 and over. 73.8% of Las Vegas, Nevada workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 4.78% use public transportation (including taxicab). Two point four four percent of Las Vegas, Nevada residents work at home.

The total population of Las Vegas, Nevada is 478,434 people. The median household income in Las Vegas, Nevada is forty-four thousand, sixty-nine dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 25.55% of all occupations. 11.48% of Las Vegas, Nevada population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 27.51% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 9.01% of occupations.

17.99% of families in Las Vegas, Nevada have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. Zero of families are below poverty level. Las Vegas, Nevada median household income is forty-four thousand, sixty-nine dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive $35,511, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid $27,554.

	Las Vegas, Nevada	%, Las Vegas, Nevada	United States
Population 16 years and over	366,552		217,168,077
In labor force	231,388	63.13%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	230,477	62.88%	63.39%
- - Employed	214,301	58.46%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	16,176	4.41%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.0		5.8
- Armed Forces	911	0.25%	0.53%
Not in labor force	135,164	36.87%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	181,542	49.53%	51.66%
In labor force	103,249	28.17%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	103,166	28.14%	29.65%
- - Employed	96,106	26.22%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	41,467	11.31%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	22,610		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	210,806		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	155,575	73.8%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	31,736	15.05%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	10,069	4.78%	4.73%
Walked	4,545	2.16%	2.93%
Other means	3,746	1.78%	1.19%
Worked at home	5,135	2.44%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.4	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	214,301		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	54,748	25.55%	33.65%
Service occupations	56,420	26.33%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	58,953	27.51%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	273	0.13%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	24,606	11.48%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	19,301	9.01%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	666	0.31%	1.87%
Construction	21,567	10.06%	6.78%
Manufacturing	7,047	3.29%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	4,836	2.26%	3.6%
Retail trade	24,118	11.25%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	9,691	4.52%	5.2%
Information	5,123	2.39%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	16,335	7.62%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	21,375	9.97%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	26,773	12.49%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	60,061	28.03%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	8,707	4.06%	4.87%
Public administration	8,002	3.73%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	181,375	84.64%	78.47%
Government workers	23,188	10.82%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	9,354	4.36%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	384	0.18%	0.31%

	Las Vegas, Nevada	%, Las Vegas, Nevada	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	177,223		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	13,766	7.77%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,523	5.37%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	22,283	12.57%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	23,115	13.04%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	30,839	17.4%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	36,385	20.53%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	19,940	11.25%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	13,665	7.71%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,415	1.93%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	4,292	2.42%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	44,069		41,994
With earnings	145,648	39.73%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	57,334		56,604
With Social Security income	43,856	11.96%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,586		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	5,901	1.61%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,038		6,320
With public assistance income	4,486	1.22%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,966		3,032
With retirement income	31,967	8.72%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,248		17,376
Families	118,540		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	5,956	5.02%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,271	3.6%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	12,609	10.64%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	14,348	12.1%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	21,327	17.99%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	27,058	22.83%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	15,542	13.11%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	11,164	9.42%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,764	2.33%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	3,501	2.95%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	50,465		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	22,060		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	35,511		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	27,554		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	10,166		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	8,228	80.94%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	4,537	44.63%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	4,552		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	4,071	89.43%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	2,012	44.2%	42.27%
Individuals	56,053		33,899,812
18 years and over	36,806	65.66%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	4,469	7.97%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	18,465	32.94%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	12,420	22.16%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	19,346	34.51%	31.63%

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