Nevada state Economy Profile

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Nevada state Economy

65.21% of people are in the labor force of Nevada. The total population of Nevada is 1,998,257 people. Per capita income in Nevada is equal to twenty-one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-nine dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Nevada, receive $35,794, female full-time, year-round workers in Nevada, are paid twenty-seven thousand, eighty-nine dollars. There are sixteen thousand, five hundred and ninety-eight families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 4.88% of workers in Nevada. Eighty-two point four percent comprise private wage and salary workers in Nevada. There are two thousand, three hundred and fifty-one Unpaid family workers in Nevada. Forty-one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-one people are involved in public administration. 12.85% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Nevada. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Nevada is as follows: 5.15%.

	Nevada	%, Nevada	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,538,516		217,168,077
In labor force	1,003,293	65.21%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	995,200	64.69%	63.39%
- - Employed	933,280	60.66%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	61,920	4.02%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	8,093	0.53%	0.53%
Not in labor force	535,223	34.79%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	758,472	49.3%	51.66%
In labor force	449,315	29.2%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	448,174	29.13%	29.65%
- - Employed	420,054	27.3%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	164,695	10.7%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	94,316		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	923,155		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	687,368	74.46%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	135,874	14.72%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	36,446	3.95%	4.73%
Walked	24,875	2.69%	2.93%
Other means	14,715	1.59%	1.19%
Worked at home	23,877	2.59%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.3		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	933,280		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	239,717	25.69%	33.65%
Service occupations	229,795	24.62%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	257,647	27.61%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	2,499	0.27%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	106,600	11.42%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	97,022	10.4%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	14,938	1.6%	1.87%
Construction	86,327	9.25%	6.78%
Manufacturing	45,794	4.91%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	25,121	2.69%	3.6%
Retail trade	105,382	11.29%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	48,102	5.15%	5.2%
Information	20,969	2.25%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	60,216	6.45%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	82,172	8.8%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	119,967	12.85%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	245,679	26.32%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	36,742	3.94%	4.87%
Public administration	41,871	4.49%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	769,055	82.4%	78.47%
Government workers	116,296	12.46%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	45,578	4.88%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	2,351	0.25%	0.31%

	Nevada	%, Nevada	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	751,977		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	53,981	7.18%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	39,245	5.22%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	92,710	12.33%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	98,362	13.08%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	136,104	18.1%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	163,415	21.73%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	83,304	11.08%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	55,431	7.37%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	13,545	1.8%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	15,880	2.11%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	44,581		41,994
With earnings	628,234	40.83%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	55,463		56,604
With Social Security income	177,571	11.54%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,390		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	22,915	1.49%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,844		6,320
With public assistance income	17,647	1.15%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,809		3,032
With retirement income	130,816	8.5%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,656		17,376
Families	502,508		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	22,385	4.45%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	17,526	3.49%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	51,194	10.19%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	60,990	12.14%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	93,120	18.53%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	123,427	24.56%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	65,609	13.06%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	44,737	8.9%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	10,811	2.15%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	12,709	2.53%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	50,849		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	21,989		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	35,794		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	27,089		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	37,877		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	30,226	79.8%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	16,964	44.79%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	16,598		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	15,085	90.88%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	7,842	47.25%	42.27%
Individuals	205,685		33,899,812
18 years and over	135,908	66.08%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	15,284	7.43%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	66,679	32.42%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	43,634	21.21%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	72,506	35.25%	31.63%

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