Arlington, Virginia Economy Profile

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Arlington, Virginia Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Arlington, Virginia, 12.62% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Eight point two four percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Arlington, Virginia. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Arlington, Virginia is as follows: 23.47%.

In Arlington, Virginia government workers account for twenty-four point zero four percent of workers. 71.2% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Arlington, Virginia is equal to sixty-three thousand, one dollars while median family income is seventy-eight thousand, eight hundred and seventy-seven dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Arlington, Virginia are $51,011. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $41,552.

zero of families in Arlington, Virginia are below poverty line (total population in Arlington, Virginia is 189,453). There are seven hundred and forty-two families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Arlington, Virginia resident is 34.0 years old.

	Arlington, Virginia	%, Arlington, Virginia	United States
Population 16 years and over	161,333		217,168,077
In labor force	120,803	74.88%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	117,328	72.72%	63.39%
- - Employed	114,040	70.69%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	3,288	2.04%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	2.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	3,475	2.15%	0.53%
Not in labor force	40,530	25.12%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	80,303	49.77%	51.66%
In labor force	55,676	34.51%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	55,053	34.12%	29.65%
- - Employed	53,470	33.14%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	11,531	7.15%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	7,064		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	116,046		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	63,726	54.91%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	13,339	11.49%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	27,048	23.31%	4.73%
Walked	6,475	5.58%	2.93%
Other means	1,570	1.35%	1.19%
Worked at home	3,888	3.35%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.3	0.02%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	114,040		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	69,912	61.3%	33.65%
Service occupations	12,888	11.3%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	20,613	18.08%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	105	0.09%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	6,645	5.83%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,877	3.4%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	188	0.16%	1.87%
Construction	6,299	5.52%	6.78%
Manufacturing	2,694	2.36%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	1,088	0.95%	3.6%
Retail trade	6,334	5.55%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	2,807	2.46%	5.2%
Information	7,931	6.95%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	8,073	7.08%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	26,769	23.47%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	14,395	12.62%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	9,402	8.24%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	9,059	7.94%	4.87%
Public administration	19,001	16.66%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	81,195	71.2%	78.47%
Government workers	27,418	24.04%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	5,244	4.6%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	183	0.16%	0.31%

	Arlington, Virginia	%, Arlington, Virginia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	86,474		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	4,485	5.19%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,306	2.67%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	5,459	6.31%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	7,914	9.15%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	12,300	14.22%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	18,604	21.51%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	12,292	14.21%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	13,327	15.41%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,062	5.85%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	4,725	5.46%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	63,001		41,994
With earnings	76,171	47.21%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	78,025		56,604
With Social Security income	11,847	7.34%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,585		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,598	0.99%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,707		6,320
With public assistance income	1,485	0.92%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,569		3,032
With retirement income	13,031	8.08%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	30,472		17,376
Families	39,903		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	1,311	3.29%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	765	1.92%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	2,215	5.55%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	3,212	8.05%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	4,434	11.11%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	6,951	17.42%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,128	15.36%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	8,050	20.17%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,377	8.46%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	3,460	8.67%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	78,877		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	37,706		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	51,011		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	41,552		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	1,987		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	1,359	68.39%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	624	31.4%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	742		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	638	85.98%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	239	32.21%	42.27%
Individuals	14,371		33,899,812
18 years and over	11,472	79.83%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	1,145	7.97%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	2,761	19.21%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	1,973	13.73%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	7,712	53.66%	31.63%

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