Virginia state Economy Profile

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Virginia state Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Virginia, 18.35% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 7.21% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Virginia. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Virginia is as follows: eleven point five nine percent.

In Virginia government workers account for nineteen point five nine percent of workers. Seventy-four point six six percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Virginia is equal to forty-six thousand, six hundred and seventy-seven dollars while median family income is fifty-four thousand, one hundred and sixty-nine dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Virginia are thirty-seven thousand, seven hundred and sixty-four dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-eight thousand, thirty-five dollars.

0.0 of families in Virginia are below poverty line (total population in Virginia is seven million, seventy-eight thousand, five hundred and fifteen). There are seventy-one thousand, three hundred and ninety-seven families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Virginia resident is thirty-five point seven years old.

	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
Population 16 years and over	5,529,980		217,168,077
In labor force	3,694,663	66.81%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	3,563,772	64.44%	63.39%
- - Employed	3,412,647	61.71%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	151,125	2.73%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	130,891	2.37%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,835,317	33.19%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	2,854,288	51.61%	51.66%
In labor force	1,730,072	31.29%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,709,933	30.92%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,633,989	29.55%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	531,130	9.6%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	329,968		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	3,481,820		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,685,914	77.14%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	441,093	12.67%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	124,166	3.57%	4.73%
Walked	80,487	2.31%	2.93%
Other means	40,093	1.15%	1.19%
Worked at home	110,067	3.16%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.0		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	3,412,647		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,304,906	38.24%	33.65%
Service occupations	468,179	13.72%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	868,527	25.45%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	16,336	0.48%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	327,733	9.6%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	426,966	12.51%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	43,425	1.27%	1.87%
Construction	250,155	7.33%	6.78%
Manufacturing	387,104	11.34%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	93,477	2.74%	3.6%
Retail trade	389,437	11.41%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	158,477	4.64%	5.2%
Information	130,592	3.83%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	226,222	6.63%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	395,681	11.59%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	626,156	18.35%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	245,967	7.21%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	183,695	5.38%	4.87%
Public administration	282,259	8.27%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	2,547,990	74.66%	78.47%
Government workers	668,575	19.59%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	188,035	5.51%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	8,047	0.24%	0.31%

	Virginia	%, Virginia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	2,700,335		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	214,076	7.93%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	141,948	5.26%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	308,532	11.43%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	326,821	12.1%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	444,682	16.47%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	549,412	20.35%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	307,107	11.37%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	254,948	9.44%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	80,046	2.96%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	72,763	2.69%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	46,677		41,994
With earnings	2,252,777	40.74%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	59,822		56,604
With Social Security income	631,530	11.42%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,868		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	95,716	1.73%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,770		6,320
With public assistance income	66,492	1.2%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,242		3,032
With retirement income	507,879	9.18%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	20,920		17,376
Families	1,859,983		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	84,736	4.56%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	66,086	3.55%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	177,583	9.55%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	207,152	11.14%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	308,169	16.57%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	419,782	22.57%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	249,758	13.43%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	215,044	11.56%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	69,414	3.73%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	62,259	3.35%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	54,169		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	23,975		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	37,764		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	28,035		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	129,890		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	98,963	76.19%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	45,898	35.34%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	71,397		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	63,280	88.63%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	28,548	39.98%	42.27%
Individuals	656,641		33,899,812
18 years and over	447,109	68.09%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	71,545	10.9%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	202,174	30.79%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	142,391	21.68%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	235,697	35.89%	31.63%

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