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DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Passaic County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS       INCOME IN 1999    
  Population 16 years and over 374,502 100.0     Households 163,917 100.0
In labor force 232,485 62.1   Less than $10,000 13,508 8.2
     Civilian labor force 232,408 62.1   $10,000 to $14,999 8,793 5.4
          Employed 215,508 57.5   $15,000 to $24,999 18,062 11.0
          Unemployed 16,900 4.5   $25,000 to $34,999 18,132 11.1
               Percent of civilian labor force 7.3 (X)   $35,000 to $49,999 24,539 15.0
     Armed Forces 77 0.0   $50,000 to $74,999 31,630 19.3
Not in labor force 142,017 37.9   $75,000 to $99,999 20,815 12.7
        $100,000 to $149,999 18,968 11.6
   Females 16 years and over 196,231 100.0   $150,000 to $199,999 5,457 3.3
In labor force 108,563 55.3   $200,000 or more 4,013 2.4
     Civilian labor force 108,563 55.3   Median household income (dollars) 49,210 (X)
          Employed 100,441 51.2        
             
  Own children under 6 years 41,451 100.0   With earnings 133,400 81.4
All parents in family in labor force 22,960 55.4        Mean earnings (dollars)� 64,745 (X)
        With Social Security income 43,664 26.6
COMMUTING TO WORK            Mean Social Security income (dollars)� 11,751 (X)
  Workers 16 years and over 210,378 100.0   With Supplemental Security Income 8,051 4.9
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone 149,839 71.2        Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)� 6,364 (X)
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled 28,352 13.5   With public assistance income 6,487 4.0
Public transportation (including taxicab) 16,944 8.1        Mean public assistance income (dollars)� 3,222 (X)
Walked 8,134 3.9   With retirement income 23,381 14.3
Other means 2,616 1.2        Mean retirement income (dollars)� 13,607 (X)
Worked at home 4,493 2.1        
Mean travel time to work (minutes)� 26.4 (X)        
          Families 120,455 100.0
  Employed civilian population 16 years and over 215,508 100.0   Less than $10,000 6,887 5.7
OCCUPATION       $10,000 to $14,999 4,496 3.7
Management, professional, and related occupations 64,759 30.0   $15,000 to $24,999 11,594 9.6
Service occupations 31,327 14.5   $25,000 to $34,999 12,783 10.6
Sales and office occupations 61,729 28.6    $35,000 to $49,999 17,545 14.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 238 0.1   $50,000 to $74,999 24,874 20.7
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations 17,862 8.3   $75,000 to $99,999 17,270 14.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 39,593 18.4   $100,000 to $149,999 16,519 13.7
        150,000 to $199,999 4,821 4.0
        $200,000 or more 3,666 3.0
INDUSTRY       Median family income (dollars) 56,054 (X)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 350 0.2   Per capita income (dollars)� 21,370 (X)
Construction 11,738 5.4   Median earnings (dollars):    
Manufacturing 38,426 17.8   Male full-time, year-round workers 38,740 (X)
Wholesale trade 11,963 5.6   Female full-time, year-round workers 29,954 (X)
Retail trade 26,346 12.2   ______________________ _______ _______
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 11,738 5.4                 Subject Number below poverty level Percent below poverty level
Information 7,538 3.5   ______________________ _______ _______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 13,977 6.5   POVERTY STATUS IN 1999    
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services 22,427 10.4     Families 11,308 9.4
Educational, health and social services 41,052 19.0   With related children under 18 years 9,223 14.1
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 12,341 5.7        With related children under 5 years 4,848 17.0
Other services (except public administration) 10,553 4.9        
Public administration 7,059 3.3     Families with female householder, no husband present 6,044 23.8
        With related children under 18 years 5,265 32.7
             With related children under 5 years 2,520 40.2
CLASS OF WORKER         Individuals 59,072 12.3
Private wage and salary workers 179,592 83.3   18 years and over 36,991 10.4
Government workers 26,141 12.1        65 years and over 5,248 9.2
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 9,289 4.3   Related children under 18 years 21,531 17.3
Unpaid family workers 486 0.2        Related children 5 to 17 years 14,924 16.7
        Unrelated individuals 15 years and over 16,182 23.4
             
 
Date: July 7, 2006
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
� 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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