Oregon state Economy Profile

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Oregon state Economy

65.18% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Oregon. Among them 29.86% are females aged 16 and over. 73.16% of Oregon workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 4.17% use public transportation (including taxicab). Four point nine eight percent of Oregon residents work at home.

The total population of Oregon is three million, four hundred and twenty-one thousand, three hundred and ninety-nine people. The median household income in Oregon is forty thousand, nine hundred and sixteen dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 33.05% of all occupations. 9.13% of Oregon population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 26.06% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 14.74% of occupations.

18.57% of families in Oregon have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. Zero of families are below poverty level. Oregon median household income is forty thousand, nine hundred and sixteen dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive thirty-six thousand, five hundred and eighty-eight dollars, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid $26,980.

	Oregon	%, Oregon	United States
Population 16 years and over	2,673,782		217,168,077
In labor force	1,742,638	65.18%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,740,298	65.09%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,627,769	60.88%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	112,529	4.21%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	2,340	0.09%	0.53%
Not in labor force	931,144	34.82%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,361,822	50.93%	51.66%
In labor force	798,426	29.86%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	798,055	29.85%	29.65%
- - Employed	749,040	28.01%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	254,587	9.52%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	150,032		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,601,378		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,171,641	73.16%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	195,950	12.24%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	66,788	4.17%	4.73%
Walked	57,217	3.57%	2.93%
Other means	29,996	1.87%	1.19%
Worked at home	79,786	4.98%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.2		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,627,769		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	538,029	33.05%	33.65%
Service occupations	248,999	15.3%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	424,192	26.06%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	28,102	1.73%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	148,541	9.13%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	239,906	14.74%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	52,069	3.2%	1.87%
Construction	112,726	6.93%	6.78%
Manufacturing	233,853	14.37%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	66,017	4.06%	3.6%
Retail trade	202,698	12.45%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	77,122	4.74%	5.2%
Information	39,476	2.43%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	99,888	6.14%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	144,236	8.86%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	313,884	19.28%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	134,094	8.24%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	80,151	4.92%	4.87%
Public administration	71,555	4.4%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,241,364	76.26%	78.47%
Government workers	234,613	14.41%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	145,020	8.91%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	6,772	0.42%	0.31%

	Oregon	%, Oregon	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,335,109		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	115,129	8.62%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	86,695	6.49%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	179,053	13.41%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	185,595	13.9%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	236,282	17.7%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	269,492	20.19%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	129,488	9.7%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	87,218	6.53%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	22,650	1.7%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	23,507	1.76%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	40,916		41,994
With earnings	1,071,158	40.06%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	51,450		56,604
With Social Security income	344,689	12.89%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,815		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	46,878	1.75%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,534		6,320
With public assistance income	47,402	1.77%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,697		3,032
With retirement income	229,129	8.57%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,269		17,376
Families	884,875		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	43,067	4.87%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	36,777	4.16%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	96,173	10.87%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	114,823	12.98%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	164,346	18.57%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	209,570	23.68%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	106,977	12.09%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	73,550	8.31%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	19,594	2.21%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	19,998	2.26%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	48,680		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	20,940		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	36,588		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,980		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	70,032		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	54,931	78.44%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	28,794	41.12%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	32,276		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	29,589	91.67%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	14,730	45.64%	42.27%
Individuals	388,740		33,899,812
18 years and over	267,280	68.76%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	32,120	8.26%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	114,777	29.53%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	76,985	19.8%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	155,661	40.04%	31.63%

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