Kings, New York county Economy Profile

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Kings, New York county Economy

fifty-five point three six percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Kings, New York. Among them 27.27% are females aged 16 and over. 22.43% of Kings, New York workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 57.45% use public transportation (including taxicab). Two point two nine percent of Kings, New York residents work at home.

The total population of Kings, New York is two million, four hundred and sixty-five thousand, three hundred and twenty-six people. The median household income in Kings, New York is thirty-two thousand, one hundred and thirty-five dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 32.53% of all occupations. 7.23% of Kings, New York population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 27.71% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 12.25% of occupations.

14.58% of families in Kings, New York have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. 0.0 of families are below poverty level. Kings, New York median household income is thirty-two thousand, one hundred and thirty-five dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive thirty-four thousand, three hundred and seventeen dollars, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid thirty thousand, five hundred and sixteen dollars.

	Kings, New York	%, Kings, New York	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,877,751		217,168,077
In labor force	1,039,512	55.36%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,038,558	55.31%	63.39%
- - Employed	927,030	49.37%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	111,528	5.94%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.7		5.8
- Armed Forces	954	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	838,239	44.64%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,024,675	54.57%	51.66%
In labor force	512,083	27.27%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	511,903	27.26%	29.65%
- - Employed	454,843	24.22%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	200,196	10.66%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	93,087		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	901,027		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	202,070	22.43%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	72,231	8.02%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	517,635	57.45%	4.73%
Walked	78,933	8.76%	2.93%
Other means	9,495	1.05%	1.19%
Worked at home	20,663	2.29%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	43.2		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	927,030		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	301,569	32.53%	33.65%
Service occupations	187,461	20.22%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	256,891	27.71%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	501	0.05%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	67,024	7.23%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	113,584	12.25%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	571	0.06%	1.87%
Construction	44,696	4.82%	6.78%
Manufacturing	68,428	7.38%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	29,023	3.13%	3.6%
Retail trade	83,926	9.05%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	66,453	7.17%	5.2%
Information	41,639	4.49%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	94,825	10.23%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	96,829	10.45%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	239,467	25.83%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	64,807	6.99%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	52,923	5.71%	4.87%
Public administration	43,443	4.69%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	707,740	76.34%	78.47%
Government workers	171,085	18.46%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	45,971	4.96%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	2,234	0.24%	0.31%

	Kings, New York	%, Kings, New York	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	881,006		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	169,849	19.28%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	74,280	8.43%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	114,571	13.0%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	107,095	12.16%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	126,402	14.35%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	136,962	15.55%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	68,813	7.81%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	53,988	6.13%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	14,663	1.66%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	14,383	1.63%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	32,135		41,994
With earnings	650,532	34.64%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	51,618		56,604
With Social Security income	191,367	10.19%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,197		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	84,626	4.51%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,657		6,320
With public assistance income	80,622	4.29%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,761		3,032
With retirement income	102,994	5.48%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,559		17,376
Families	588,870		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	88,633	15.05%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	47,382	8.05%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	77,426	13.15%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	72,738	12.35%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	85,883	14.58%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	98,635	16.75%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	52,237	8.87%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	42,681	7.25%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	11,798	2.0%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	11,457	1.95%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	36,188		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	16,775		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	34,317		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	30,516		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	129,694		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	99,005	76.34%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	48,203	37.17%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	67,730		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	57,796	85.33%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	25,745	38.01%	42.27%
Individuals	610,476		33,899,812
18 years and over	389,221	63.76%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	59,068	9.68%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	218,490	35.79%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	156,235	25.59%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	137,335	22.5%	31.63%

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