Texas state Economy Profile

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Texas state Economy

13.47% Texas households have a household income of between $25,000 and $34,999.16.48% Texas households have a household income of between $35,000 to $49,999. Median household income in a Texas household is thirty-nine thousand, nine hundred and twenty-seven dollars. Texas households with supplemental security income account for 1.83% of Texas households. There are 1.5% households with public assistance income in Texas.

seventy-eight percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers in Texas. Government workers account for fourteen point five eight percent of Texas workers. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Texas are thirty-four thousand, nine hundred and twenty-five dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-six thousand, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars.

63.63% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Texas. Among them 28.64% are females aged 16 and over. 19.27% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Seven point two nine percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Texas.

	Texas	%, Texas	United States
Population 16 years and over	15,617,373		217,168,077
In labor force	9,937,150	63.63%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	9,830,559	62.95%	63.39%
- - Employed	9,234,372	59.13%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	596,187	3.82%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.1		5.8
- Armed Forces	106,591	0.68%	0.53%
Not in labor force	5,680,223	36.37%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	7,960,900	50.97%	51.66%
In labor force	4,473,242	28.64%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	4,454,434	28.52%	29.65%
- - Employed	4,165,686	26.67%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,827,869	11.7%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	974,015		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	9,157,875		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	7,115,590	77.7%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	1,326,012	14.48%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	170,268	1.86%	4.73%
Walked	173,670	1.9%	2.93%
Other means	120,311	1.31%	1.19%
Worked at home	252,024	2.75%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.4		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	9,234,372		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	3,078,757	33.34%	33.65%
Service occupations	1,351,270	14.63%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	2,515,596	27.24%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	61,486	0.67%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	1,008,353	10.92%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,218,910	13.2%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	247,697	2.68%	1.87%
Construction	743,606	8.05%	6.78%
Manufacturing	1,093,752	11.84%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	362,928	3.93%	3.6%
Retail trade	1,108,004	12.0%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	535,568	5.8%	5.2%
Information	283,256	3.07%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	630,133	6.82%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	878,726	9.52%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	1,779,801	19.27%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	673,016	7.29%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	480,785	5.21%	4.87%
Public administration	417,100	4.52%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	7,202,769	78.0%	78.47%
Government workers	1,346,738	14.58%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	653,527	7.08%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	31,338	0.34%	0.31%

	Texas	%, Texas	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	7,397,294		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	767,505	10.38%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	491,154	6.64%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,004,123	13.57%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	996,141	13.47%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,219,358	16.48%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,359,437	18.38%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	705,684	9.54%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	536,018	7.25%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	153,492	2.07%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	164,382	2.22%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	39,927		41,994
With earnings	6,202,954	39.72%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	53,870		56,604
With Social Security income	1,595,861	10.22%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,719		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	286,092	1.83%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,837		6,320
With public assistance income	234,081	1.5%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,285		3,032
With retirement income	973,718	6.23%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,437		17,376
Families	5,283,474		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	367,617	6.96%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	279,191	5.28%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	649,599	12.29%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	677,221	12.82%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	887,527	16.8%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,084,983	20.54%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	598,225	11.32%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	462,866	8.76%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	134,343	2.54%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	141,902	2.69%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	45,861		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	19,617		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	34,925		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,168		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	632,676		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	503,911	79.65%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	263,002	41.57%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	266,954		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	235,353	88.16%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	111,163	41.64%	42.27%
Individuals	3,117,609		33,899,812
18 years and over	1,927,674	61.83%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	251,172	8.06%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	1,162,141	37.28%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	806,427	25.87%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	730,618	23.44%	31.63%

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