Abilene, Texas Economy Profile

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Abilene, Texas Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Abilene, Texas, 28.88% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Nine point five percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Abilene, Texas. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Abilene, Texas is as follows: six point one eight percent.

In Abilene, Texas government workers account for seventeen point four four percent of workers. Seventy-five point three nine percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Abilene, Texas is equal to thirty-three thousand, seven dollars while median family income is forty thousand, twenty-eight dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Abilene, Texas are $28,078. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty thousand, nine hundred and eighteen dollars.

zero of families in Abilene, Texas are below poverty line (total population in Abilene, Texas is 115,930). There are one thousand, four hundred and thirty-one families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Abilene, Texas resident is thirty-one point one years old.

	Abilene, Texas	%, Abilene, Texas	United States
Population 16 years and over	89,857		217,168,077
In labor force	56,698	63.1%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	52,464	58.39%	63.39%
- - Employed	47,818	53.22%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	4,646	5.17%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	8.9		5.8
- Armed Forces	4,234	4.71%	0.53%
Not in labor force	33,159	36.9%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	44,695	49.74%	51.66%
In labor force	26,350	29.32%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	25,717	28.62%	29.65%
- - Employed	23,644	26.31%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	9,328	10.38%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	5,780		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	51,233		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	41,434	80.87%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	6,552	12.79%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	294	0.57%	4.73%
Walked	1,330	2.6%	2.93%
Other means	714	1.39%	1.19%
Worked at home	909	1.77%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	15.3	0.03%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	47,818		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	15,537	32.49%	33.65%
Service occupations	9,625	20.13%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	12,814	26.8%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	140	0.29%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	4,648	9.72%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	5,054	10.57%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	721	1.51%	1.87%
Construction	2,897	6.06%	6.78%
Manufacturing	2,798	5.85%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	1,126	2.35%	3.6%
Retail trade	5,854	12.24%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	2,506	5.24%	5.2%
Information	1,071	2.24%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	3,296	6.89%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	2,957	6.18%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	13,809	28.88%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	4,544	9.5%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	3,382	7.07%	4.87%
Public administration	2,857	5.97%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	36,051	75.39%	78.47%
Government workers	8,340	17.44%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	3,223	6.74%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	204	0.43%	0.31%

	Abilene, Texas	%, Abilene, Texas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	41,535		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	4,798	11.55%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,360	8.09%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	7,236	17.42%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	6,518	15.69%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	7,725	18.6%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	6,604	15.9%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,834	6.82%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,500	3.61%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	464	1.12%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	496	1.19%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	33,007		41,994
With earnings	33,977	37.81%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	41,049		56,604
With Social Security income	10,502	11.69%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,968		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,538	1.71%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,881		6,320
With public assistance income	1,347	1.5%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,893		3,032
With retirement income	6,789	7.56%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,979		17,376
Families	28,247		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	1,815	6.43%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,749	6.19%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	4,041	14.31%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	4,314	15.27%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	6,040	21.38%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	5,537	19.6%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,493	8.83%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,384	4.9%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	459	1.62%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	415	1.47%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	40,028		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	16,577		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	28,078		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	20,918		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	3,068		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	2,501	81.52%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	1,429	46.58%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	1,431		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	1,359	94.97%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	715	49.97%	42.27%
Individuals	16,257		33,899,812
18 years and over	10,715	65.91%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	1,189	7.31%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	5,289	32.53%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	3,278	20.16%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	5,840	35.92%	31.63%

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