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Wharton, Texas county Economy Profile

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 Wharton, Texas United States
StateTexas
CountyWharton
Total population41,188 281,421,906
Male20,265138,053,563
Female20,923143,368,343
Median age (years)35.335.3
Total households14,799105,480,101
Median household income (dollars)32,20841,994

Wharton, Texas county Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Wharton, Texas, 22.54% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Five point two six percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Wharton, Texas. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Wharton, Texas is as follows: four point eight nine percent.

In Wharton, Texas government workers account for 16.07% of workers. Seventy-four point eight three percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Wharton, Texas is equal to $32,208 while median family income is thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred and nineteen dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Wharton, Texas are thirty thousand, four hundred and eighty dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty thousand, one hundred and one dollars.

zero of families in Wharton, Texas are below poverty line (total population in Wharton, Texas is forty-one thousand, one hundred and eighty-eight). There are five hundred and forty families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Wharton, Texas resident is thirty-five point three years old.

 Wharton, Texas %, Wharton, Texas United States
Population 16 years and over30,818  217,168,077
In labor force18,682 60.62%63.92%
- Civilian labor force18,682 60.62%63.39%
- - Employed17,563 56.99%59.73%
- - Unemployed1,119 3.63%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force6.0  5.8
- Armed Forces0  0.53%
Not in labor force12,136 39.38%36.08%
 
Females 16 years and over15,939 51.72%51.66%
In labor force8,265 26.82%29.72%
- Civilian labor force8,265 26.82%29.65%
- - Employed7,752 25.15%27.92%
 
Own children under 6 years3,125 10.14%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force1,687  12,787,501
 
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over17,356  128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone13,543 78.03%75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled2,615 15.07%12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)14 0.08%4.73%
Walked321 1.85%2.93%
Other means356 2.05%1.19%
Worked at home507 2.92%3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)23.8 0.14%25.5
 
Employed civilian population 16 years and over17,563  129,721,512
 
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations4,789 27.27%33.65%
Service occupations2,921 16.63%14.86%
Sales and office occupations3,748 21.34%26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations588 3.35%0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations1,816 10.34%9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations3,701 21.07%14.62%
 
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining2,025 11.53%1.87%
Construction1,056 6.01%6.78%
Manufacturing2,546 14.5%14.1%
Wholesale trade778 4.43%3.6%
Retail trade1,887 10.74%11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities910 5.18%5.2%
Information229 1.3%3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing764 4.35%6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services858 4.89%9.3%
Educational, health and social services3,958 22.54%19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services923 5.26%7.87%
Other services (except public administration)928 5.28%4.87%
Public administration701 3.99%4.79%
 
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers13,143 74.83%78.47%
Government workers2,823 16.07%14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business1,532 8.72%6.63%
Unpaid family workers65 0.37%0.31%
 Wharton, Texas %, Wharton, Texas United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households14,807  105,539,122
Less than $10,0002,071 13.99%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,9991,222 8.25%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,9992,545 17.19%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,9992,155 14.55%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,9992,308 15.59%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,9992,423 16.36%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,9991,130 7.63%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999670 4.52%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999167 1.13%2.2%
$200,000 or more116 0.78%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)32,208  41,994
With earnings11,547 37.47%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)42,693  56,604
With Social Security income4,370 14.18%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)10,462  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income942 3.06%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)5,424  6,320
With public assistance income398 1.29%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)2,634  3,032
With retirement income1,762 5.72%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)14,062  17,376
 
Families10,774  72,261,780
Less than $10,000888 8.24%5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999623 5.78%4.31%
$15,000 to $24,9991,652 15.33%10.74%
$25,000 to $34,9991,604 14.89%12.02%
$35,000 to $49,9991,915 17.77%17.13%
$50,000 to $74,9992,194 20.36%22.32%
$75,000 to $99,9991,023 9.5%12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999642 5.96%9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999145 1.35%2.75%
$200,000 or more88 0.82%2.92%
Median family income (dollars)39,919  50,046
 
Per capita income (dollars)15,388  21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers30,480  37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers20,101  27,194
 
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families1,430  6,620,945
With related children under 18 years990 69.23%77.87%
- With related children under 5 years523 36.57%38.7%
 
Families with female householder, no husband present540  3,315,916
With related children under 18 years425 78.7%88.68%
- With related children under 5 years197 36.48%42.27%
 
Individuals6,703  33,899,812
18 years and over4,534 67.64%65.35%
- 65 years and over956 14.26%9.7%
Related children under 18 years2,140 31.93%33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years1,455 21.71%23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over1,710 25.51%31.63%
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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.