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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	5,485	100.0	Households	2,950	100.0
In labor force	3,283	59.9	Less than $10,000	572	19.4
Civilian labor force	3,277	59.7	$10,000 to $14,999	249	8.4
Employed	3,061	55.8	$15,000 to $24,999	524	17.8
Unemployed	216	3.9	$25,000 to $34,999	504	17.1
Percent of civilian labor force	6.6	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	431	14.6
Armed Forces	6	0.1	$50,000 to $74,999	411	13.9
Not in labor force	2,202	40.1	$75,000 to $99,999	141	4.8
			$100,000 to $149,999	76	2.6
Females 16 years and over	2,903	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	4	0.1
In labor force	1,531	52.7	$200,000 or more	38	1.3
Civilian labor force	1,531	52.7	Median household income (dollars)	26,747	(X)
Employed	1,425	49.1

Own children under 6 years	455	100.0	With earnings	2,194	74.4
All parents in family in labor force	270	59.3	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	36,106	(X)
			With Social Security income	977	33.1
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	9,431	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	2,999	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	138	4.7
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,222	74.1	Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	649	21.6	(dollars)	4,857	(X)
Public transportation (including taxicab)	0	0.0	With public assistance income	84	2.8
Walked	36	1.2	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	1,638	(X)
Other means	31	1.0	With retirement income	372	12.6
Worked at home	61	2.0	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	14,913	(X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	18.9	(X)
			Families	1,845	100.0
Employed civilian population			Less than $10,000	166	9.0
16 years and over	3,061	100.0	$10,000 to $14,999	89	4.8
OCCUPATION			$15,000 to $24,999	332	18.0
Management, professional, and related			$25,000 to $34,999	354	19.2
occupations	631	20.6	$35,000 to $49,999	344	18.6
Service occupations	401	13.1	$50,000 to $74,999	331	17.9
Sales and office occupations	705	23.0	$75,000 to $99,999	126	6.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	10	0.3	$100,000 to $149,999	76	4.1
Construction, extraction, and maintenance			150,000 to $199,999	0	0.0
occupations	321	10.5	$200,000 or more	27	1.5
Production, transportation, and material			Median family income (dollars)	34,189	(X)
moving occupations	993	32.4
			Per capita income (dollars)¹	15,564	(X)
INDUSTRY			*Median earnings (dollars):*
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting			Male full-time, year-round workers	25,389	(X)
and mining	63	2.1	Female full-time, year-round workers	18,563	(X)
Construction	212	6.9	______________________	_______	_______
Manufacturing	916	29.9		Number	Percent
Wholesale trade	118	3.9		below	below
Retail trade	475	15.5		poverty	poverty
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	64	2.1	Subject	level	level
Information	73	2.4	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental			POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
and leasing	129	4.2	Families	253	13.7
Professional, scientific, management, admini-			With related children under 18 years	167	18.7
strative, and waste management services	167	5.5	With related children under 5 years	67	19.4
Educational, health and social services	386	12.6
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation			Families with female householder,
and food services	217	7.1	no husband present	116	32.0
Other services (except public administration)	163	5.3	With related children under 18 years	106	42.9
Public administration	78	2.5	With related children under 5 years	47	47.5
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	1,123	16.6
Private wage and salary workers	2,496	81.5	18 years and over	835	16.1
Government workers	307	10.0	65 years and over	267	23.8
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated			Related children under 18 years	271	17.4
business	252	8.2	Related children 5 to 17 years	194	16.7
Unpaid family workers	6	0.2	Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	433	33.2

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