Economic Characteristics (SF3)
 

Census 2000 Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics for Richardson, Texas

Subject

Number

Percent

   

Subject

Number

Percent
             

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      

INCOME IN 1999

    

Population 16 years and over

71,347

100.0%

  

Households

35,109

100.0%

In labor force

51,213

71.8%

  

Less than $10,000

1,267

3.6%

    Civilian labor force

51,213

71.8%

  

$10,000 to $14,999

1,089

3.1%

        Employed

49,592

69.5%

  

$15,000 to $24,999

2,510

7.1%

        Unemployed

1,621

2.3%

  

$25,000 to $34,999

3,367

9.6%

           Percent of civilian labor force

3.2%

(X)

  

$35,000 to $49,999

5,076

14.5%

    Armed Forces

0

0.0%

  

$50,000 to $74,999

7,648

21.8%

Not in labor force

20,134

28.2%

  

$75,000 to $99,999

5,715

16.3%
       

$100,000 to $149,999

5,380

15.3%

Females 16 years and over

36,309

100.0%

  

$150,000 to $199,999

1,862

5.3%

In labor force

22,874

63.0%

  

$200,000 or more

1,195

3.4%

    Civilian labor force

22,874

63.0%

  

Median household income

$62,392

(X)

        Employed

22,205

61.2%

  

Average household income

$76,206

(X)
             

Own children under 6 years

7,127

100.0%

 

With earnings

31,387

89.4%

All parents in family in labor force

3,805

53.4%

  

    Mean earnings (1)

$73,608

(X)

 

    

 

With Social Security income

6,082

17.3%

COMMUTING TO WORK

      

    Mean Social Security income (1)

$12,899

(X)

Workers 16 years and over

48,908

100.0%

 

With Supplemental Security Income

485

1.4%

Car, truck, or van - drove alone

40,063

81.9%

  

    Mean Supplemental Security Income (1)

$7,564

(X)

Car, truck, or van - carpooled

4,660

9.5%

 

With public assistance income

377

1.1%

Public transportation (including taxicab)

817

1.7%

  

    Mean public assistance income (1)

$3,803

(X)

Walked

884

1.8%

 

With retirement income

4,336

12.4%

Other means

364

0.7%

  

    Mean retirement income (1)

$23,640

(X)

Worked at home

2,120

4.3%

        

Mean travel time to work (minutes) (1)

23.5

(X)

 

Families

24,857

100.0%
       

Less than $10,000

404

1.6%

Employed civilian population

      

$10,000 to $14,999

433

1.7%

16 years and over

49,592

100.0%

  

$15,000 to $24,999

1,431

5.8%

OCCUPATION

      

$25,000 to $34,999

1,872

7.5%

Management, professional, and related occupations

25,762

51.9%

  

$35,000 to $49,999

3,116

12.5%

Service occupations

4,747

9.6%

  

$50,000 to $74,999

5,560

22.4%

Sales and office occupations

13,470

27.2%

  

$75,000 to $99,999

4,652

18.7%

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

31

0.1%

  

$100,000 to $149,999

4,669

18.8%

Construction, extraction, and maintenance

 

$150,000 to $199,999

1,590

6.4%

occupations

2,486

5.0%

  

$200,000 or more

1,130

4.5%

Production, transportation, and material moving

      

Median family income

$72,876

(X)

occupations

3,096

6.2%

 

      
        Per capita income (1) $29,551 (X)
INDUSTRY       Median earnings:    
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 319 0.6%   Male full-time, year-round workers $52,381 (X)
Construction 2,245 4.5%   Female full-time, year-round workers $35,255 (X)
Manufacturing 6,841 13.8%  
Wholesale trade 2,146 4.3%   Subject Number
below
poverty
level		 Percent
below
poverty
level
Retail trade 6,095 12.3%  
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 1,429 2.9%  
Information 3,395 6.8%        
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and       POVERTY STATUS IN 1999    
leasing 4,842 9.8%   Families 811 3.3%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative,       With related children under 18 years 623 4.9%
and waste management services 7,553 15.2%       With related children under 5 years 323 6.5%
Educational, health and social services 8,012 16.2%        
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and       Families with female householder,     
food services 3,524 7.1%   no husband present 235 8.5%
Other services (except public administration) 2,189 4.4%   With related children under 18 years 201 10.4%
Public administration 1,002 2.0%       With related children under 5 years 91 16.9%
             
CLASS OF WORKER       Individuals 5,688 6.3%
Private wage and salary workers 40,941 82.6%   18 years and over 4,164 6.1%
Government workers 4,865 9.8%       65 years and over 283 3.4%
Self-employed workers in own not-incorporated       Related children under 18 years 1,448 6.4%
business 3,568 7.2%       Related children 5 to 17 years 917 5.6%
Unpaid family workers 218 0.4%   Unrelated individuals 15 years and over 2,557 17.5%
             
- Represents 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.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
Compiled by the North Central Texas Council of Governments