DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Lamar County (part) 044
[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 18,857 100.0     Households 9,287 100.0
In labor force 12,921 68.5   Less than $10,000 774 8.3
     Civilian labor force 12,787 67.8   $10,000 to $14,999 491 5.3
          Employed 12,349 65.5   $15,000 to $24,999 1,323 14.2
          Unemployed 438 2.3   $25,000 to $34,999 1,152 12.4
               Percent of civilian labor force 3.4 (X)   $35,000 to $49,999 1,550 16.7
     Armed Forces 134 0.7   $50,000 to $74,999 1,969 21.2
Not in labor force 5,936 31.5   $75,000 to $99,999 959 10.3
        $100,000 to $149,999 573 6.2
   Females 16 years and over 9,835 100.0   $150,000 to $199,999 220 2.4
In labor force 5,921 60.2   $200,000 or more 276 3.0
     Civilian labor force 5,893 59.9   Median household income (dollars) 42,777 (X)
          Employed 5,713 58.1        
             
  Own children under 6 years 2,068 100.0   With earnings 7,883 84.9
All parents in family in labor force 1,152 55.7        Mean earnings (dollars)¹ 54,854 (X)
        With Social Security income 1,902 20.5
COMMUTING TO WORK            Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹ 11,582 (X)
  Workers 16 years and over 12,214 100.0   With Supplemental Security Income 256 2.8
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone 10,494 85.9        Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)¹ 5,962 (X)
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled 1,066 8.7   With public assistance income 191 2.1
Public transportation (including taxicab) 88 0.7        Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹ 3,094 (X)
Walked 105 0.9   With retirement income 1,377 14.8
Other means 108 0.9        Mean retirement income (dollars)¹ 19,616 (X)
Worked at home 353 2.9        
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹ 22.8 (X)        
          Families 6,875 100.0
  Employed civilian population 16 years and over 12,349 100.0   Less than $10,000 348 5.1
OCCUPATION       $10,000 to $14,999 235 3.4
Management, professional, and related occupations 4,533 36.7   $15,000 to $24,999 712 10.4
Service occupations 1,685 13.6   $25,000 to $34,999 843 12.3
Sales and office occupations 3,700 30.0    $35,000 to $49,999 1,200 17.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 81 0.7   $50,000 to $74,999 1,693 24.6
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations 1,017 8.2   $75,000 to $99,999 887 12.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 1,333 10.8   $100,000 to $149,999 517 7.5
        150,000 to $199,999 211 3.1
        $200,000 or more 229 3.3
INDUSTRY       Median family income (dollars) 50,885 (X)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 346 2.8   Per capita income (dollars)¹ 21,042 (X)
Construction 749 6.1   Median earnings (dollars):    
Manufacturing 1,003 8.1   Male full-time, year-round workers 36,539 (X)
Wholesale trade 545 4.4   Female full-time, year-round workers 22,473 (X)
Retail trade 1,796 14.5   ______________________ _______ _______
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 626 5.1                 Subject Number below poverty level Percent below poverty level
Information 271 2.2   ______________________ _______ _______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 887 7.2   POVERTY STATUS IN 1999    
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services 746 6.0     Families 521 7.6
Educational, health and social services 3,236 26.2   With related children under 18 years 360 9.7
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 940 7.6        With related children under 5 years 139 9.7
Other services (except public administration) 720 5.8        
Public administration 484 3.9     Families with female householder, no husband present 268 30.0
        With related children under 18 years 233 40.3
             With related children under 5 years 64 37.9
CLASS OF WORKER         Individuals 2,555 10.3
Private wage and salary workers 9,508 77.0   18 years and over 1,745 9.7
Government workers 1,995 16.2        65 years and over 177 8.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 766 6.2   Related children under 18 years 783 11.5
Unpaid family workers 80 0.6        Related children 5 to 17 years 608 12.0
        Unrelated individuals 15 years and over 922 27.0
             
 
Date: April 5, 2007
 
-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.