Washington state Economy Profile

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Washington state Economy

sixty-six point four nine percent of people are in the labor force of Washington. The total population of Washington is five million, eight hundred and ninety-four thousand, one hundred and twenty-one people. Per capita income in Washington is equal to twenty-two thousand, nine hundred and seventy-three dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers in Washington, receive forty thousand, six hundred and eighty-seven dollars, female full-time, year-round workers in Washington, are paid thirty thousand, twenty-one dollars. There are 52,290 families with female householder, no husband present.

Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up seven point one five percent of workers in Washington. Seventy-six point zero six percent comprise private wage and salary workers in Washington. There are nine thousand, one hundred and forty-four Unpaid family workers in Washington. One hundred and forty thousand, nine hundred and forty people are involved in public administration. 19.37% of workers provide educational, health and social services in Washington. The percentage of people involved into transportation and warehousing, and utilities in Washington is as follows: 5.4%.

	Washington	%, Washington	United States
Population 16 years and over	4,553,591		217,168,077
In labor force	3,027,734	66.49%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,979,824	65.44%	63.39%
- - Employed	2,793,722	61.35%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	186,102	4.09%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	47,910	1.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,525,857	33.51%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	2,310,313	50.74%	51.66%
In labor force	1,384,349	30.4%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,378,212	30.27%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,294,093	28.42%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	454,165	9.97%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	261,560		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,785,479		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,040,833	73.27%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	357,742	12.84%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	136,278	4.89%	4.73%
Walked	89,739	3.22%	2.93%
Other means	40,057	1.44%	1.19%
Worked at home	120,830	4.34%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.5		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	2,793,722		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	993,198	35.55%	33.65%
Service occupations	416,056	14.89%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	723,256	25.89%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	43,495	1.56%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	263,767	9.44%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	353,950	12.67%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	68,976	2.47%	1.87%
Construction	194,871	6.98%	6.78%
Manufacturing	348,646	12.48%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	113,526	4.06%	3.6%
Retail trade	338,772	12.13%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	150,985	5.4%	5.2%
Information	95,669	3.42%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	170,622	6.11%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	272,466	9.75%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	541,214	19.37%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	221,656	7.93%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	135,379	4.85%	4.87%
Public administration	140,940	5.04%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	2,125,029	76.06%	78.47%
Government workers	459,722	16.46%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	199,827	7.15%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	9,144	0.33%	0.31%

	Washington	%, Washington	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	2,272,261		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	171,863	7.56%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	124,848	5.49%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	265,131	11.67%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	284,630	12.53%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	389,434	17.14%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	486,392	21.41%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	264,498	11.64%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	188,513	8.3%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	47,615	2.1%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	49,337	2.17%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	45,776		41,994
With earnings	1,862,102	40.89%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	57,172		56,604
With Social Security income	521,176	11.45%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,914		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	84,750	1.86%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,466		6,320
With public assistance income	86,741	1.9%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,579		3,032
With retirement income	389,587	8.56%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,241		17,376
Families	1,509,395		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	67,841	4.49%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	52,649	3.49%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	137,182	9.09%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	169,357	11.22%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	259,601	17.2%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	370,458	24.54%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	215,124	14.25%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	156,738	10.38%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	40,059	2.65%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	40,386	2.68%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	53,760		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	22,973		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	40,687		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	30,021		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	110,663		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	88,838	80.28%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	46,276	41.82%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	52,290		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	48,358	92.48%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	24,089	46.07%	42.27%
Individuals	612,370		33,899,812
18 years and over	409,479	66.87%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	47,967	7.83%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	193,569	31.61%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	132,344	21.61%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	232,590	37.98%	31.63%

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