Wichita Kansas Economic and demographic information


Wichita Kansas Economic and demographic information

Wichita Kansas 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: Wichita city

Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent

EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	260,390	100.0	Households	139,127	100.0
In labor force	176,448	67.8	Less than $10,000	12,440	8.9
Civilian labor force	175,148	67.3	$10,000 to $14,999	8,713	6.3
Employed	165,868	63.7	$15,000 to $24,999	19,750	14.2
Unemployed	9,280	3.6	$25,000 to $34,999	20,164	14.5
Percent of civilian labor force	5.3	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	24,812	17.8
Armed Forces	1,300	0.5	$50,000 to $74,999	28,464	20.5
Not in labor force	83,942	32.2	$75,000 to $99,999	13,287	9.6
			$100,000 to $149,999	7,887	5.7
Females 16 years and over	133,769	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	1,670	1.2
In labor force	80,792	60.4	$200,000 or more	1,940	1.4
Civilian labor force	80,542	60.2	Median household income (dollars)	39,939	(X)
Employed	76,103	56.9

Own children under 6 years	30,983	100.0	With earnings	114,048	82.0
All parents in family in labor force	18,781	60.6	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	49,736	(X)
			With Social Security income	32,634	23.5
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	12,124	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	164,725	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	4,828	3.5
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	139,036	84.4	Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)¹	6,161	(X)
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	16,744	10.2	With public assistance income	4,293	3.1
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1,370	0.8	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	2,643	(X)
Walked	2,357	1.4	With retirement income	20,453	14.7
Other means	1,416	0.9	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	15,324	(X)
Worked at home	3,802	2.3
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	18.1	(X)
			Families	88,473	100.0
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	165,868	100.0	Less than $10,000	4,471	5.1
OCCUPATION			$10,000 to $14,999	3,523	4.0
Management, professional, and related occupations	52,475	31.6	$15,000 to $24,999	9,285	10.5
Service occupations	23,653	14.3	$25,000 to $34,999	11,269	12.7
Sales and office occupations	45,156	27.2	$35,000 to $49,999	16,466	18.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	338	0.2	$50,000 to $74,999	21,839	24.7
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	17,710	10.7	$75,000 to $99,999	11,649	13.2
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	26,536	16.0	$100,000 to $149,999	6,830	7.7
			150,000 to $199,999	1,418	1.6
			$200,000 or more	1,723	1.9
INDUSTRY			Median family income (dollars)	49,247	(X)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	806	0.5	Per capita income (dollars)¹	20,647	(X)
Construction	9,738	5.9	Median earnings (dollars):
Manufacturing	39,074	23.6	Male full-time, year-round workers	36,457	(X)
Wholesale trade	5,242	3.2	Female full-time, year-round workers	25,844	(X)
Retail trade	19,578	11.8	______________________	_______	_______
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	6,278	3.8	Subject	Number below poverty level	Percent below poverty level
Information	3,909	2.4	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	9,225	5.6	POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	12,699	7.7	Families	7,397	8.4
Educational, health and social services	32,571	19.6	With related children under 18 years	6,156	12.7
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	13,656	8.2	With related children under 5 years	3,421	16.0
Other services (except public administration)	7,609	4.6
Public administration	5,483	3.3	Families with female householder, no husband present	3,975	25.3
			With related children under 18 years	3,622	31.5
			With related children under 5 years	1,983	46.4
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	38,018	11.2
Private wage and salary workers	138,370	83.4	18 years and over	24,405	9.9
Government workers	18,800	11.3	65 years and over	3,005	7.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	8,346	5.0	Related children under 18 years	13,074	14.4
Unpaid family workers	352	0.2	Related children 5 to 17 years	8,571	13.3
			Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	12,898	19.6


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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