Fort Worth Texas Economic and demographic information


Fort Worth Texas Economic and demographic information

Fort Worth Texas 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: Fort Worth city

Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent

EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	399,651	100.0	Households	195,309	100.0
In labor force	256,942	64.3	Less than $10,000	20,658	10.6
Civilian labor force	255,438	63.9	$10,000 to $14,999	13,486	6.9
Employed	240,119	60.1	$15,000 to $24,999	28,887	14.8
Unemployed	15,319	3.8	$25,000 to $34,999	28,592	14.6
Percent of civilian labor force	6.0	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	34,179	17.5
Armed Forces	1,504	0.4	$50,000 to $74,999	35,369	18.1
Not in labor force	142,709	35.7	$75,000 to $99,999	16,814	8.6
			$100,000 to $149,999	11,123	5.7
Females 16 years and over	206,085	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	2,822	1.4
In labor force	116,716	56.6	$200,000 or more	3,379	1.7
Civilian labor force	116,545	56.6	Median household income (dollars)	37,074	(X)
Employed	108,832	52.8

Own children under 6 years	49,954	100.0	With earnings	163,443	83.7
All parents in family in labor force	26,120	52.3	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	49,235	(X)
			With Social Security income	39,858	20.4
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	10,789	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	235,799	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	7,323	3.7
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	181,653	77.0	Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)¹	5,868	(X)
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	39,269	16.7	With public assistance income	6,102	3.1
Public transportation (including taxicab)	3,439	1.5	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	2,194	(X)
Walked	4,036	1.7	With retirement income	23,821	12.2
Other means	2,503	1.1	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	18,757	(X)
Worked at home	4,899	2.1
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	24.6	(X)
			Families	128,416	100.0
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	240,119	100.0	Less than $10,000	9,682	7.5
OCCUPATION			$10,000 to $14,999	6,817	5.3
Management, professional, and related occupations	72,590	30.2	$15,000 to $24,999	16,649	13.0
Service occupations	35,605	14.8	$25,000 to $34,999	17,753	13.8
Sales and office occupations	65,430	27.2	$35,000 to $49,999	23,053	18.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	292	0.1	$50,000 to $74,999	26,284	20.5
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	27,527	11.5	$75,000 to $99,999	13,490	10.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	38,675	16.1	$100,000 to $149,999	9,436	7.3
			150,000 to $199,999	2,342	1.8
			$200,000 or more	2,910	2.3
INDUSTRY			Median family income (dollars)	42,939	(X)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	1,301	0.5	Per capita income (dollars)¹	18,800	(X)
Construction	20,728	8.6	Median earnings (dollars):
Manufacturing	35,132	14.6	Male full-time, year-round workers	31,663	(X)
Wholesale trade	9,854	4.1	Female full-time, year-round workers	25,917	(X)
Retail trade	29,736	12.4	______________________	_______	_______
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	16,271	6.8	Subject	Number below poverty level	Percent below poverty level
Information	7,206	3.0	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	16,244	6.8	POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	22,506	9.4	Families	16,331	12.7
Educational, health and social services	42,800	17.8	With related children under 18 years	13,541	17.6
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	18,287	7.6	With related children under 5 years	7,770	21.7
Other services (except public administration)	12,246	5.1
Public administration	7,808	3.3	Families with female householder, no husband present	8,320	29.5
			With related children under 18 years	7,383	36.0
			With related children under 5 years	3,833	46.8
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	82,953	15.9
Private wage and salary workers	199,988	83.3	18 years and over	50,503	13.6
Government workers	26,790	11.2	65 years and over	5,599	11.7
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	12,920	5.4	Related children under 18 years	31,682	21.4
Unpaid family workers	421	0.2	Related children 5 to 17 years	21,056	20.4
			Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	20,969	22.4


Date: December 30, 2004

-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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