Tennessee state Economy Profile

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Tennessee state Economy

14.32% Tennessee households have a household income of between $25,000 and $34,999.17.37% Tennessee households have a household income of between $35,000 to $49,999. Median household income in a Tennessee household is thirty-six thousand, three hundred and sixty dollars. Tennessee households with supplemental security income account for 2.62% of Tennessee households. There are 1.74% households with public assistance income in Tennessee.

78.43% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers in Tennessee. Government workers account for thirteen point nine two percent of Tennessee workers. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Tennessee are $32,313. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $23,978.

sixty-three point four nine percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Tennessee. Among them 29.44% are females aged 16 and over. 18.62% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Seven point five one percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Tennessee.

	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
Population 16 years and over	4,445,909		217,168,077
In labor force	2,822,908	63.49%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,805,234	63.1%	63.39%
- - Employed	2,651,638	59.64%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	153,596	3.45%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	17,674	0.4%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,623,001	36.51%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	2,315,733	52.09%	51.66%
In labor force	1,309,051	29.44%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,306,579	29.39%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,229,669	27.66%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	425,940	9.58%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	255,731		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,618,404		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,140,377	81.74%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	328,321	12.54%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	21,168	0.81%	4.73%
Walked	39,689	1.52%	2.93%
Other means	21,351	0.82%	1.19%
Worked at home	67,498	2.58%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.5		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	2,651,638		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	781,153	29.46%	33.65%
Service occupations	362,941	13.69%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	692,499	26.12%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	14,645	0.55%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	272,164	10.26%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	528,236	19.92%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	36,051	1.36%	1.87%
Construction	193,255	7.29%	6.78%
Manufacturing	501,836	18.93%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	101,183	3.82%	3.6%
Retail trade	312,992	11.8%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	166,144	6.27%	5.2%
Information	63,200	2.38%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	153,323	5.78%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	196,702	7.42%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	493,673	18.62%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	199,260	7.51%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	128,068	4.83%	4.87%
Public administration	105,951	4.0%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	2,079,680	78.43%	78.47%
Government workers	369,037	13.92%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	194,497	7.33%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	8,424	0.32%	0.31%

	Tennessee	%, Tennessee	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	2,234,229		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	267,405	11.97%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	161,773	7.24%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	326,134	14.6%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	319,921	14.32%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	388,095	17.37%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	405,364	18.14%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	179,559	8.04%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	116,779	5.23%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	31,095	1.39%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	38,104	1.71%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	36,360		41,994
With earnings	1,781,457	40.07%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	49,056		56,604
With Social Security income	592,983	13.34%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,655		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	116,317	2.62%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,823		6,320
With public assistance income	77,153	1.74%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,984		3,032
With retirement income	361,535	8.13%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,360		17,376
Families	1,557,620		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	106,912	6.86%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	82,164	5.27%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	195,578	12.56%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	216,621	13.91%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	294,910	18.93%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	339,645	21.81%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	158,076	10.15%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	103,571	6.65%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	27,405	1.76%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	32,738	2.1%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	43,517		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	19,393		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	32,313		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	23,978		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	160,717		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	117,726	73.25%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	55,819	34.73%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	82,655		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	72,272	87.44%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	34,539	41.79%	42.27%
Individuals	746,789		33,899,812
18 years and over	499,392	66.87%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	89,985	12.05%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	240,796	32.24%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	165,613	22.18%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	232,456	31.13%	31.63%

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