Houston, Texas Economy Profile

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Houston, Texas Economy

sixty-three point two four percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Houston, Texas. Among them 28.3% are females aged 16 and over. 71.84% of Houston, Texas workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 5.87% use public transportation (including taxicab). Two point three four percent of Houston, Texas residents work at home.

The total population of Houston, Texas is 1,953,631 people. The median household income in Houston, Texas is thirty-six thousand, six hundred and sixteen dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 33.86% of all occupations. 11.0% of Houston, Texas population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 26.45% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 12.87% of occupations.

15.73% of families in Houston, Texas have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. Zero of families are below poverty level. Houston, Texas median household income is thirty-six thousand, six hundred and sixteen dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive $32,084, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid twenty-seven thousand, three hundred and seventy-one dollars.

	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,472,506		217,168,077
In labor force	931,236	63.24%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	930,478	63.19%	63.39%
- - Employed	859,961	58.4%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	70,517	4.79%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.6		5.8
- Armed Forces	758	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	541,270	36.76%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	744,436	50.56%	51.66%
In labor force	416,702	28.3%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	416,544	28.29%	29.65%
- - Employed	381,348	25.9%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	177,908	12.08%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	86,813		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	841,686		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	604,686	71.84%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	133,983	15.92%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	49,441	5.87%	4.73%
Walked	19,413	2.31%	2.93%
Other means	14,457	1.72%	1.19%
Worked at home	19,706	2.34%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.4		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	859,961		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	291,220	33.86%	33.65%
Service occupations	134,831	15.68%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	227,417	26.45%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,210	0.14%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	94,569	11.0%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	110,714	12.87%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	16,404	1.91%	1.87%
Construction	75,086	8.73%	6.78%
Manufacturing	85,703	9.97%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	39,639	4.61%	3.6%
Retail trade	91,982	10.7%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	53,547	6.23%	5.2%
Information	21,037	2.45%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	62,025	7.21%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	116,926	13.6%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	153,096	17.8%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	69,438	8.07%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	50,846	5.91%	4.87%
Public administration	24,232	2.82%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	708,790	82.42%	78.47%
Government workers	95,871	11.15%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	53,331	6.2%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	1,969	0.23%	0.31%

	Houston, Texas	%, Houston, Texas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	718,897		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	83,410	11.6%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	49,047	6.82%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	105,887	14.73%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	104,792	14.58%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	117,451	16.34%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	116,362	16.19%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	57,368	7.98%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	49,446	6.88%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	16,419	2.28%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	18,715	2.6%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	36,616		41,994
With earnings	613,491	41.66%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	53,217		56,604
With Social Security income	125,273	8.51%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,809		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	27,321	1.86%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,091		6,320
With public assistance income	21,363	1.45%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,294		3,032
With retirement income	69,468	4.72%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	19,003		17,376
Families	461,937		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	42,839	9.27%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	28,527	6.18%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	66,757	14.45%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	63,998	13.85%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	72,650	15.73%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	78,601	17.02%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	42,340	9.17%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	37,950	8.22%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	13,230	2.86%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	15,045	3.26%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	40,443		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	20,101		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	32,084		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	27,371		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	73,800		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	59,498	80.62%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	32,249	43.7%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	32,503		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	28,282	87.01%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	13,547	41.68%	42.27%
Individuals	369,045		33,899,812
18 years and over	229,558	62.2%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	22,537	6.11%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	137,140	37.16%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	93,644	25.37%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	85,922	23.28%	31.63%

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