New Jersey - Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005

New Jersey

Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005

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

Demographic - Sex and Age, Race, Relationship, Household by Type
Social - Education, Marital Status, Fertility, Grandparents...
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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	6,612,823	+/-3,954
In labor force	4,398,275	+/-20,508
Civilian labor force	4,389,993	+/-20,679
Employed	4,113,240	+/-20,845
Unemployed	276,753	+/-9,472
Armed Forces	8,282	+/-1,624
Not in labor force	2,214,548	+/-19,681

Civilian labor force	4,389,993	+/-20,679
Unemployed	6.3%	+/-0.2

Females 16 years and over	3,448,815	+/-3,613
In labor force	2,045,075	+/-15,934
Civilian labor force	2,043,733	+/-15,907
Employed	1,912,334	+/-15,957

Own children under 6 years	674,484	+/-6,663
All parents in family in labor force	392,418	+/-9,723

Own children 6 to 17 years	1,375,831	+/-7,184
All parents in family in labor force	945,574	+/-14,950

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	3,984,819	+/-21,855
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,901,307	+/-23,046
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	369,248	+/-13,513
Public transportation (excluding taxicab)	409,797	+/-12,704
Walked	122,068	+/-7,277
Other means	61,609	+/-4,893
Worked at home	120,790	+/-5,343

Mean travel time to work (minutes)	29.5	+/-0.3

Civilian employed population 16 years and over	4,113,240	+/-20,845
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,583,370	+/-20,479
Service occupations	628,698	+/-15,294
Sales and office occupations	1,125,706	+/-16,555
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	6,803	+/-1,749
Construction, extraction, maintenance and repair occupations	345,985	+/-9,905
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	422,678	+/-12,172

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	13,740	+/-2,056
Construction	254,172	+/-8,344
Manufacturing	422,579	+/-11,285
Wholesale trade	168,903	+/-7,708
Retail trade	454,210	+/-10,326
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	236,576	+/-9,506
Information	139,216	+/-6,300
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing	388,984	+/-11,313
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services	480,774	+/-12,466
Educational services, and health care, and social assistance	870,232	+/-17,090
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services	301,884	+/-11,530
Other services, except public administration	184,130	+/-8,437
Public administration	197,840	+/-6,804

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	3,297,403	+/-21,965
Government workers	595,432	+/-12,186
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	213,475	+/-8,608
Unpaid family workers	6,930	+/-1,190

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2005 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	3,141,956	+/-9,862
Less than $10,000	198,079	+/-8,251
$10,000 to $14,999	147,438	+/-6,225
$15,000 to $24,999	275,388	+/-7,503
$25,000 to $34,999	262,183	+/-8,539
$35,000 to $49,999	396,467	+/-9,520
$50,000 to $74,999	570,648	+/-13,534
$75,000 to $99,999	424,496	+/-11,484
$100,000 to $149,999	493,019	+/-10,879
$150,000 to $199,999	184,699	+/-5,230
$200,000 or more	189,539	+/-6,479
Median household income (dollars)	61,672	+/-526
Mean household income (dollars)	82,386	+/-785

With earnings	2,554,208	+/-13,057
Mean earnings (dollars)	85,738	+/-875
With Social Security	868,752	+/-8,198
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	14,509	+/-130
With retirement income	556,751	+/-9,384
Mean retirement income (dollars)	19,143	+/-509

With Supplemental Security Income	94,246	+/-5,261
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,083	+/-259
With cash public assistance income	65,117	+/-4,767
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	3,387	+/-241
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	129,203	+/-6,708

Families	2,172,279	+/-15,751
Less than $10,000	77,450	+/-5,389
$10,000 to $14,999	55,866	+/-4,829
$15,000 to $24,999	141,511	+/-6,831
$25,000 to $34,999	155,584	+/-6,671
$35,000 to $49,999	250,146	+/-7,365
$50,000 to $74,999	400,890	+/-11,586
$75,000 to $99,999	330,293	+/-8,848
$100,000 to $149,999	426,615	+/-10,253
$150,000 to $199,999	164,482	+/-5,463
$200,000 or more	169,442	+/-6,295
Median family income (dollars)	75,311	+/-751
Mean family income (dollars)	96,120	+/-1,041

Per capita income (dollars)	31,471	+/-290

Nonfamily households	969,677	+/-15,329
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	35,246	+/-719
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	48,406	+/-924

Median earnings for workers (dollars)	35,468	+/-279
Median earnings for male full-time, year-round workers (dollars)	52,654	+/-618
Median earnings for female full-time, year-round workers (dollars)	40,219	+/-313

PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL
All families	6.8%	+/-0.3
With related children under 18 years	9.9%	+/-0.6
With related children under 5 years only	10.2%	+/-1.2
Married couple families	3.2%	+/-0.3
With related children under 18 years	3.7%	+/-0.5
With related children under 5 years only	3.0%	+/-0.9
Families with female householder, no husband present	20.9%	+/-1.4
With related children under 18 years	28.8%	+/-1.9
With related children under 5 years only	38.9%	+/-4.7

All people	8.7%	+/-0.3
Under 18 years	11.8%	+/-0.7
Related children under 18 years	11.5%	+/-0.7
Related children under 5 years	13.7%	+/-1.2
Related children 5 to 17 years	10.7%	+/-0.7
18 years and over	7.6%	+/-0.3
18 to 64 years	7.5%	+/-0.3
65 years and over	8.5%	+/-0.6
People in families	7.1%	+/-0.4
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	17.6%	+/-0.8

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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