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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	7,741	100.0	Households	4,028	100.0
In labor force	5,156	66.6	Less than $10,000	725	18.0
Civilian labor force	5,149	66.5	$10,000 to $14,999	451	11.2
Employed	4,828	62.4	$15,000 to $24,999	544	13.5
Unemployed	321	4.1	$25,000 to $34,999	533	13.2
Percent of civilian labor force	6.2	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	689	17.1
Armed Forces	7	0.1	$50,000 to $74,999	632	15.7
Not in labor force	2,585	33.4	$75,000 to $99,999	310	7.7
			$100,000 to $149,999	74	1.8
Females 16 years and over	3,999	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	27	0.7
In labor force	2,501	62.5	$200,000 or more	43	1.1
Civilian labor force	2,501	62.5	Median household income (dollars)	30,214	(X)
Employed	2,382	59.6

Own children under 6 years	447	100.0	With earnings	3,268	81.1
All parents in family in labor force	292	65.3	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	37,170	(X)
			With Social Security income	805	20.0
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	10,067	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	4,777	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	139	3.5
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	3,918	82.0	Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	596	12.5	(dollars)	5,160	(X)
Public transportation (including taxicab)	43	0.9	With public assistance income	81	2.0
Walked	53	1.1	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	1,396	(X)
Other means	9	0.2	With retirement income	464	11.5
Worked at home	158	3.3	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	16,046	(X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	15.9	(X)
			Families	1,979	100.0
Employed civilian population			Less than $10,000	120	6.1
16 years and over	4,828	100.0	$10,000 to $14,999	68	3.4
OCCUPATION			$15,000 to $24,999	162	8.2
Management, professional, and related			$25,000 to $34,999	245	12.4
occupations	1,811	37.5	$35,000 to $49,999	503	25.4
Service occupations	966	20.0	$50,000 to $74,999	490	24.8
Sales and office occupations	1,374	28.5	$75,000 to $99,999	255	12.9
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	17	0.4	$100,000 to $149,999	66	3.3
Construction, extraction, and maintenance			150,000 to $199,999	27	1.4
occupations	387	8.0	$200,000 or more	43	2.2
Production, transportation, and material			Median family income (dollars)	46,466	(X)
moving occupations	273	5.7
			Per capita income (dollars)¹	17,481	(X)
INDUSTRY			*Median earnings (dollars):*
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting			Male full-time, year-round workers	29,426	(X)
and mining	8	0.2	Female full-time, year-round workers	22,063	(X)
Construction	257	5.3	______________________	_______	_______
Manufacturing	255	5.3		Number	Percent
Wholesale trade	53	1.1		below	below
Retail trade	742	15.4		poverty	poverty
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	89	1.8	Subject	level	level
Information	122	2.5	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental			POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
and leasing	285	5.9	Families	147	7.4
Professional, scientific, management, admini-			With related children under 18 years	84	8.6
strative, and waste management services	281	5.8	With related children under 5 years	53	17.4
Educational, health and social services	1,348	27.9
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation			Families with female householder,
and food services	861	17.8	no husband present	68	20.7
Other services (except public administration)	399	8.3	With related children under 18 years	53	23.2
Public administration	128	2.7	With related children under 5 years	29	44.6
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	2,069	23.0
Private wage and salary workers	3,367	69.7	18 years and over	1,914	25.8
Government workers	1,173	24.3	65 years and over	115	10.8
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated			Related children under 18 years	143	9.0
business	253	5.2	Related children 5 to 17 years	83	6.8
Unpaid family workers	35	0.7	Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	1,648	48.7

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.