Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Economy Profile

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17.98% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Eight point eight six percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is as follows: nine point four six percent.

In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania government workers account for 23.11% of workers. 72.74% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is equal to $26,920 while median family income is $29,556. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania are twenty-seven thousand, six hundred and seventy dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $24,405.

zero of families in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania are below poverty line (total population in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is forty-eight thousand, nine hundred and fifty). There are 1,889 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania resident is thirty-three years old.

	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	%, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	United States
Population 16 years and over	36,625		217,168,077
In labor force	23,292	63.6%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	23,283	63.57%	63.39%
- - Employed	20,991	57.31%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	2,292	6.26%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	9.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	9	0.02%	0.53%
Not in labor force	13,333	36.4%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	19,813	54.1%	51.66%
In labor force	11,728	32.02%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	11,728	32.02%	29.65%
- - Employed	10,740	29.32%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	4,237	11.57%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	2,811		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	20,520		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	12,008	58.52%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	3,914	19.07%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1,902	9.27%	4.73%
Walked	1,999	9.74%	2.93%
Other means	308	1.5%	1.19%
Worked at home	389	1.9%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.2	0.09%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	20,991		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	5,255	25.03%	33.65%
Service occupations	4,222	20.11%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	6,465	30.8%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	89	0.42%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	1,156	5.51%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,804	18.12%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	93	0.44%	1.87%
Construction	769	3.66%	6.78%
Manufacturing	1,595	7.6%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	646	3.08%	3.6%
Retail trade	2,189	10.43%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	1,453	6.92%	5.2%
Information	780	3.72%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	1,565	7.46%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	1,986	9.46%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	3,775	17.98%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	1,860	8.86%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	1,064	5.07%	4.87%
Public administration	3,216	15.32%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	15,268	72.74%	78.47%
Government workers	4,852	23.11%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	821	3.91%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	50	0.24%	0.31%

	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	%, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	20,613		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	3,786	18.37%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,054	9.96%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	3,790	18.39%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	3,215	15.6%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	3,151	15.29%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	2,691	13.05%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,045	5.07%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	581	2.82%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	145	0.7%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	155	0.75%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	26,920		41,994
With earnings	16,235	44.33%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	37,497		56,604
With Social Security income	4,598	12.55%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	8,886		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,448	3.95%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,559		6,320
With public assistance income	1,572	4.29%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,882		3,032
With retirement income	3,446	9.41%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,389		17,376
Families	11,070		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	1,830	16.53%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,001	9.04%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,955	17.66%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,599	14.44%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,758	15.88%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,656	14.96%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	686	6.2%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	366	3.31%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	111	1.0%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	108	0.98%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	29,556		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	15,787		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	27,670		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,405		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	2,590		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	2,241	86.53%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	1,233	47.61%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	1,889		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	1,730	91.58%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	978	51.77%	42.27%
Individuals	11,849		33,899,812
18 years and over	7,108	59.99%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	835	7.05%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	4,683	39.52%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	3,071	25.92%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	3,280	27.68%	31.63%

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