United States - Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005

United States

Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005

Data Set: 2005 American Community Survey
Survey: American Community Survey

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NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005	Estimate	Margin of Error
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	223,524,814	+/-32,677
In labor force	147,299,391	+/-106,495
Civilian labor force	146,576,413	+/-106,300
Employed	136,458,810	+/-109,090
Unemployed	10,117,603	+/-57,773
Armed Forces	722,978	+/-15,209
Not in labor force	76,225,423	+/-112,297

Civilian labor force	146,576,413	+/-106,300
Unemployed	6.9%	+/-0.1

Females 16 years and over	115,417,143	+/-26,479
In labor force	68,207,700	+/-85,663
Civilian labor force	68,101,126	+/-85,090
Employed	63,223,388	+/-90,338

Own children under 6 years	23,088,234	+/-41,708
All parents in family in labor force	13,846,668	+/-57,992

Own children 6 to 17 years	45,615,761	+/-56,031
All parents in family in labor force	31,172,623	+/-72,078

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	133,091,043	+/-117,391
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	102,458,267	+/-123,290
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	14,200,426	+/-73,423
Public transportation (excluding taxicab)	6,202,014	+/-44,268
Walked	3,291,401	+/-34,086
Other means	2,142,757	+/-30,305
Worked at home	4,796,178	+/-32,730

Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.1	+/-0.1

Civilian employed population 16 years and over	136,458,810	+/-109,090
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	46,514,512	+/-131,697
Service occupations	22,224,170	+/-86,694
Sales and office occupations	35,352,046	+/-88,745
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	929,636	+/-20,852
Construction, extraction, maintenance and repair occupations	13,630,934	+/-75,627
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	17,807,512	+/-73,335

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	2,383,293	+/-30,974
Construction	10,532,912	+/-61,740
Manufacturing	16,273,893	+/-60,429
Wholesale trade	4,829,662	+/-39,467
Retail trade	15,864,275	+/-71,797
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	6,877,585	+/-45,378
Information	3,387,849	+/-35,901
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing	9,905,115	+/-53,240
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services	13,457,013	+/-61,223
Educational services, and health care, and social assistance	28,225,662	+/-86,516
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services	11,555,579	+/-68,758
Other services, except public administration	6,596,459	+/-44,871
Public administration	6,569,513	+/-45,000

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	106,775,699	+/-135,983
Government workers	19,921,824	+/-77,129
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	9,444,809	+/-58,845
Unpaid family workers	316,478	+/-8,929

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2005 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	111,090,617	+/-143,575
Less than $10,000	9,610,611	+/-57,542
$10,000 to $14,999	6,888,391	+/-44,009
$15,000 to $24,999	13,286,246	+/-53,659
$25,000 to $34,999	12,747,507	+/-56,907
$35,000 to $49,999	16,749,666	+/-72,044
$50,000 to $74,999	21,001,281	+/-84,354
$75,000 to $99,999	12,647,974	+/-67,479
$100,000 to $149,999	11,257,536	+/-64,728
$150,000 to $199,999	3,543,795	+/-30,202
$200,000 or more	3,357,610	+/-31,283
Median household income (dollars)	46,242	+/-104
Mean household income (dollars)	62,556	+/-133

With earnings	89,180,556	+/-122,447
Mean earnings (dollars)	63,834	+/-139
With Social Security	29,581,066	+/-90,012
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	13,371	+/-22
With retirement income	19,181,294	+/-93,399
Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,391	+/-68

With Supplemental Security Income	4,419,947	+/-29,615
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,148	+/-31
With cash public assistance income	2,837,411	+/-27,336
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	3,048	+/-40
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	8,918,469	+/-53,474

Families	74,341,149	+/-183,254
Less than $10,000	3,947,368	+/-41,391
$10,000 to $14,999	2,910,702	+/-32,145
$15,000 to $24,999	7,156,570	+/-42,100
$25,000 to $34,999	7,814,671	+/-45,431
$35,000 to $49,999	11,176,914	+/-55,263
$50,000 to $74,999	15,590,258	+/-81,719
$75,000 to $99,999	10,255,086	+/-60,615
$100,000 to $149,999	9,540,685	+/-63,144
$150,000 to $199,999	3,048,261	+/-26,934
$200,000 or more	2,900,634	+/-28,416
Median family income (dollars)	55,832	+/-122
Mean family income (dollars)	72,585	+/-166

Per capita income (dollars)	25,035	+/-50

Nonfamily households	36,749,468	+/-92,060
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	28,050	+/-111
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	39,741	+/-143

Median earnings for workers (dollars)	27,299	+/-43
Median earnings for male full-time, year-round workers (dollars)	41,965	+/-61
Median earnings for female full-time, year-round workers (dollars)	32,168	+/-54

PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL
All families	10.2%	+/-0.1
With related children under 18 years	15.6%	+/-0.1
With related children under 5 years only	17.1%	+/-0.2
Married couple families	5.0%	+/-0.1
With related children under 18 years	6.9%	+/-0.1
With related children under 5 years only	6.6%	+/-0.2
Families with female householder, no husband present	29.4%	+/-0.2
With related children under 18 years	37.7%	+/-0.3
With related children under 5 years only	47.4%	+/-0.7

All people	13.3%	+/-0.1
Under 18 years	18.5%	+/-0.2
Related children under 18 years	18.2%	+/-0.2
Related children under 5 years	21.3%	+/-0.3
Related children 5 to 17 years	17.0%	+/-0.2
18 years and over	11.6%	+/-0.1
18 to 64 years	11.9%	+/-0.1
65 years and over	9.9%	+/-0.1
People in families	11.2%	+/-0.1
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	23.1%	+/-0.1

Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005	Estimate	Margin of Error

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Notes:
�The number of householders does not necessarily equal the number of households because of differences in the weighting schemes for the population and occupied housing units.
�Employment and unemployment estimates may vary from the official labor force data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics because of differences in survey design and data collection. For guidance on differences in employment and unemployment estimates from different sources go to Labor Force Guidance.
�Workers include members of the Armed Forces and civilians who were at work last week.
�Occupation codes are 4-digit codes, but are still based on Standard Occupational Classification 2000.
�Industry codes are 4-digit codes and are based on the North American Industry Classification System 2002. However, the Industry categories adhere to the guidelines issued in Clarification Memorandum No. 2, "NAICS Alternate Aggregation Structure for Use By U.S. Statistical Agencies," issued by the Office of Management and Budget.

Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '*' entry in the margin of error column indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
9. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

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