Alexandria, Virginia Economy Profile

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Alexandria, Virginia Economy

seventy-four point four three percent of people are in the labor force of Alexandria, Virginia. The total population of Alexandria, Virginia is one hundred and twenty-eight thousand, two hundred and eighty-three people. Per capita income in Alexandria, Virginia is equal to thirty-seven thousand, six hundred and forty-five dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Alexandria, Virginia, receive forty-seven thousand, five hundred and fourteen dollars, female full-time, year-round workers in Alexandria, Virginia, are paid $41,254. There are 968 families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up five point one five percent of workers in Alexandria, Virginia. 72.84% comprise private wage and salary workers in Alexandria, Virginia. There are 129 Unpaid family workers in Alexandria, Virginia. Ten thousand, nine hundred and three people are involved in public administration. 12.9% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Alexandria, Virginia. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Alexandria, Virginia is as follows: 4.07%.

	Alexandria, Virginia	%, Alexandria, Virginia	United States
Population 16 years and over	108,764		217,168,077
In labor force	80,949	74.43%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	79,088	72.72%	63.39%
- - Employed	76,584	70.41%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	2,504	2.3%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	3.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	1,861	1.71%	0.53%
Not in labor force	27,815	25.57%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	56,660	52.09%	51.66%
In labor force	39,411	36.24%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	38,959	35.82%	29.65%
- - Employed	37,655	34.62%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	8,857	8.14%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	4,992		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	77,190		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	48,487	62.82%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	10,158	13.16%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	12,637	16.37%	4.73%
Walked	2,289	2.97%	2.93%
Other means	927	1.2%	1.19%
Worked at home	2,692	3.49%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	29.7	0.04%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	76,584		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	43,053	56.22%	33.65%
Service occupations	9,132	11.92%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	16,253	21.22%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	49	0.06%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	4,135	5.4%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,962	5.17%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	119	0.16%	1.87%
Construction	3,840	5.01%	6.78%
Manufacturing	2,188	2.86%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	1,214	1.59%	3.6%
Retail trade	5,469	7.14%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	3,115	4.07%	5.2%
Information	5,312	6.94%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	5,423	7.08%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	16,862	22.02%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	9,882	12.9%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	5,640	7.36%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	6,617	8.64%	4.87%
Public administration	10,903	14.24%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	55,782	72.84%	78.47%
Government workers	16,726	21.84%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	3,947	5.15%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	129	0.17%	0.31%

	Alexandria, Virginia	%, Alexandria, Virginia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	61,968		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	3,408	5.5%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,949	3.15%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	4,754	7.67%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	6,625	10.69%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	10,248	16.54%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	13,244	21.37%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,091	13.06%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	7,585	12.24%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,825	4.56%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	3,239	5.23%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	56,054		41,994
With earnings	55,114	50.67%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	73,284		56,604
With Social Security income	8,035	7.39%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,378		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,049	0.96%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,914		6,320
With public assistance income	886	0.81%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,770		3,032
With retirement income	8,343	7.67%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	29,394		17,376
Families	28,153		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	1,213	4.31%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	866	3.08%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	2,114	7.51%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	2,739	9.73%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	3,536	12.56%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	4,972	17.66%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	3,700	13.14%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	4,547	16.15%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,998	7.1%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	2,468	8.77%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	67,023		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	37,645		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	47,514		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	41,254		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	1,921		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	1,445	75.22%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	765	39.82%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	968		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	845	87.29%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	341	35.23%	42.27%
Individuals	11,279		33,899,812
18 years and over	8,252	73.16%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	939	8.33%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	2,907	25.77%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	1,870	16.58%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	4,838	42.89%	31.63%

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