Worcester Massachusetts Economic and demographic information


Worcester Massachusetts Economic and demographic information

Worcester Massachusetts Economic information

	Summary - Age, Sex, Race
More Census Data:
Social Demographics - School, Marital, Ancestry	Economic - Employment, Income, Industry	Housing - Occupancy, Mortgage, Rent

Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: Worcester city

Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent

EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	136,269	100.0	Households	67,083	100.0
In labor force	82,812	60.8	Less than $10,000	9,744	14.5
Civilian labor force	82,666	60.7	$10,000 to $14,999	5,126	7.6
Employed	77,475	56.9	$15,000 to $24,999	9,059	13.5
Unemployed	5,191	3.8	$25,000 to $34,999	9,058	13.5
Percent of civilian labor force	6.3	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	10,830	16.1
Armed Forces	146	0.1	$50,000 to $74,999	11,965	17.8
Not in labor force	53,457	39.2	$75,000 to $99,999	5,771	8.6
			$100,000 to $149,999	3,931	5.9
Females 16 years and over	71,841	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	800	1.2
In labor force	39,828	55.4	$200,000 or more	799	1.2
Civilian labor force	39,786	55.4	Median household income (dollars)	35,623	(X)
Employed	37,278	51.9

Own children under 6 years	12,758	100.0	With earnings	50,585	75.4
All parents in family in labor force	7,688	60.3	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	49,505	(X)
			With Social Security income	18,294	27.3
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	10,286	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	75,537	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	5,359	8.0
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	55,588	73.6	Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)¹	6,405	(X)
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	9,438	12.5	With public assistance income	4,049	6.0
Public transportation (including taxicab)	3,236	4.3	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	3,832	(X)
Walked	5,284	7.0	With retirement income	10,065	15.0
Other means	724	1.0	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	14,135	(X)
Worked at home	1,267	1.7
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	21.9	(X)
			Families	39,732	100.0
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	77,475	100.0	Less than $10,000	3,852	9.7
OCCUPATION			$10,000 to $14,999	2,005	5.0
Management, professional, and related occupations	25,694	33.2	$15,000 to $24,999	4,944	12.4
Service occupations	13,831	17.9	$25,000 to $34,999	5,105	12.8
Sales and office occupations	20,378	26.3	$35,000 to $49,999	6,765	17.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	50	0.1	$50,000 to $74,999	8,154	20.5
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	4,927	6.4	$75,000 to $99,999	4,483	11.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	12,595	16.3	$100,000 to $149,999	3,210	8.1
			150,000 to $199,999	665	1.7
			$200,000 or more	549	1.4
INDUSTRY			Median family income (dollars)	42,988	(X)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	123	0.2	Per capita income (dollars)¹	18,614	(X)
Construction	3,166	4.1	Median earnings (dollars):
Manufacturing	11,636	15.0	Male full-time, year-round workers	36,190	(X)
Wholesale trade	2,736	3.5	Female full-time, year-round workers	28,522	(X)
Retail trade	9,156	11.8	______________________	_______	_______
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	3,374	4.4	Subject	Number below poverty level	Percent below poverty level
Information	2,317	3.0	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	5,138	6.6	POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	5,665	7.3	Families	5,592	14.1
Educational, health and social services	21,405	27.6	With related children under 18 years	4,547	20.9
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	5,722	7.4	With related children under 5 years	2,380	24.8
Other services (except public administration)	3,733	4.8
Public administration	3,304	4.3	Families with female householder, no husband present	3,561	33.9
			With related children under 18 years	3,243	43.6
			With related children under 5 years	1,724	57.1
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	29,115	17.9
Private wage and salary workers	62,551	80.7	18 years and over	19,053	15.6
Government workers	11,529	14.9	65 years and over	2,575	11.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	3,150	4.1	Related children under 18 years	9,779	24.6
Unpaid family workers	245	0.3	Related children 5 to 17 years	6,895	24.0
			Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	10,271	26.0


Date: January 11, 2005

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
¹ If the denominator of a mean value or per capita value is less than 30, then that value is calculated using a rounded aggregate in the numerator. See text.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.

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