Economic Characteristics (SF3)
 

Census 2000 Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics for The Colony, Texas

Subject

Number

Percent

   

Subject

Number

Percent
             

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      

INCOME IN 1999

    

Population 16 years and over

18,744

100.0%

  

Households

8,532

100.0%

In labor force

14,827

79.1%

  

Less than $10,000

159

1.9%

    Civilian labor force

14,827

79.1%

  

$10,000 to $14,999

117

1.4%

        Employed

14,394

76.8%

  

$15,000 to $24,999

285

3.3%

        Unemployed

433

2.3%

  

$25,000 to $34,999

746

8.7%

           Percent of civilian labor force

2.9%

(X)

  

$35,000 to $49,999

1,469

17.2%

    Armed Forces

0

0.0%

  

$50,000 to $74,999

2,555

29.9%

Not in labor force

3,917

20.9%

  

$75,000 to $99,999

1,506

17.7%
       

$100,000 to $149,999

1,431

16.8%

Females 16 years and over

9,549

100.0%

  

$150,000 to $199,999

171

2.0%

In labor force

6,840

71.6%

  

$200,000 or more

93

1.1%

    Civilian labor force

6,840

71.6%

  

Median household income

$64,080

(X)

        Employed

6,595

69.1%

  

Average household income

$70,730

(X)
             

Own children under 6 years

2,653

100.0%

 

With earnings

8,210

96.2%

All parents in family in labor force

1,602

60.4%

  

    Mean earnings (1)

$68,813

(X)

 

    

 

With Social Security income

677

7.9%

COMMUTING TO WORK

      

    Mean Social Security income (1)

$10,122

(X)

Workers 16 years and over

14,222

100.0%

 

With Supplemental Security Income

158

1.9%

Car, truck, or van - drove alone

12,209

85.8%

  

    Mean Supplemental Security Income (1)

$8,459

(X)

Car, truck, or van - carpooled

1,403

9.9%

 

With public assistance income

136

1.6%

Public transportation (including taxicab)

42

0.3%

  

    Mean public assistance income (1)

$2,339

(X)

Walked

30

0.2%

 

With retirement income

650

7.6%

Other means

93

0.7%

  

    Mean retirement income (1)

$10,640

(X)

Worked at home

445

3.1%

        

Mean travel time to work (minutes) (1)

32.0

(X)

 

Families

7,160

100.0%
       

Less than $10,000

46

0.6%

Employed civilian population

      

$10,000 to $14,999

82

1.1%

16 years and over

14,394

100.0%

  

$15,000 to $24,999

232

3.2%

OCCUPATION

      

$25,000 to $34,999

454

6.3%

Management, professional, and related occupations

5,359

37.2%

  

$35,000 to $49,999

1,198

16.7%

Service occupations

1,335

9.3%

  

$50,000 to $74,999

2,330

32.5%

Sales and office occupations

4,948

34.4%

  

$75,000 to $99,999

1,284

17.9%

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

8

0.1%

  

$100,000 to $149,999

1,301

18.2%

Construction, extraction, and maintenance

 

$150,000 to $199,999

163

2.3%

occupations

1,398

9.7%

  

$200,000 or more

70

1.0%

Production, transportation, and material moving

      

Median family income

$66,203

(X)

occupations

1,346

9.4%

 

      
        Per capita income (1) $22,903 (X)
INDUSTRY       Median earnings:    
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 27 0.2%   Male full-time, year-round workers $44,208 (X)
Construction 901 6.3%   Female full-time, year-round workers $30,530 (X)
Manufacturing 1,686 11.7%  
Wholesale trade 822 5.7%   Subject Number
below
poverty
level		 Percent
below
poverty
level
Retail trade 2,386 16.6%  
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 735 5.1%  
Information 962 6.7%        
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and       POVERTY STATUS IN 1999    
leasing 1,245 8.6%   Families 117 1.6%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative,       With related children under 18 years 106 2.2%
and waste management services 2,086 14.5%       With related children under 5 years 22 1.2%
Educational, health and social services 1,763 12.2%        
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and       Families with female householder,     
food services 793 5.5%   no husband present 72 9.1%
Other services (except public administration) 604 4.2%   With related children under 18 years 67 11.4%
Public administration 384 2.7%       With related children under 5 years 12 10.0%
             
CLASS OF WORKER       Individuals 747 2.8%
Private wage and salary workers 12,605 87.6%   18 years and over 510 2.9%
Government workers 1,091 7.6%       65 years and over 44 5.8%
Self-employed workers in own not-incorporated       Related children under 18 years 216 2.4%
business 687 4.8%       Related children 5 to 17 years 183 2.7%
Unpaid family workers 11 0.1%   Unrelated individuals 15 years and over 302 13.6%
             
- 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