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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	8,110	100.0	Households	4,194	100.0
In labor force	5,482	67.6	Less than $10,000	492	11.7
Civilian labor force	5,482	67.6	$10,000 to $14,999	195	4.6
Employed	5,331	65.7	$15,000 to $24,999	633	15.1
Unemployed	151	1.9	$25,000 to $34,999	694	16.5
Percent of civilian labor force	2.8	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	927	22.1
Armed Forces	0	0.0	$50,000 to $74,999	788	18.8
Not in labor force	2,628	32.4	$75,000 to $99,999	264	6.3
			$100,000 to $149,999	107	2.6
Females 16 years and over	4,108	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	45	1.1
In labor force	2,539	61.8	$200,000 or more	49	1.2
Civilian labor force	2,539	61.8	Median household income (dollars)	36,330	(X)
Employed	2,436	59.3

Own children under 6 years	862	100.0	With earnings	3,424	81.6
All parents in family in labor force	539	62.5	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	43,413	(X)
			With Social Security income	1,213	28.9
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	9,932	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	5,228	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	121	2.9
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	4,335	82.9	Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	734	14.0	(dollars)	5,045	(X)
Public transportation (including taxicab)	10	0.2	With public assistance income	88	2.1
Walked	35	0.7	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	2,363	(X)
Other means	20	0.4	With retirement income	597	14.2
Worked at home	94	1.8	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	14,580	(X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	22.3	(X)
			Families	3,109	100.0
Employed civilian population			Less than $10,000	124	4.0
16 years and over	5,331	100.0	$10,000 to $14,999	144	4.6
OCCUPATION			$15,000 to $24,999	377	12.1
Management, professional, and related			$25,000 to $34,999	486	15.6
occupations	1,218	22.8	$35,000 to $49,999	803	25.8
Service occupations	642	12.0	$50,000 to $74,999	736	23.7
Sales and office occupations	1,494	28.0	$75,000 to $99,999	264	8.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	81	1.5	$100,000 to $149,999	89	2.9
Construction, extraction, and maintenance			150,000 to $199,999	45	1.4
occupations	525	9.8	$200,000 or more	41	1.3
Production, transportation, and material			Median family income (dollars)	41,960	(X)
moving occupations	1,371	25.7
			Per capita income (dollars)¹	17,933	(X)
INDUSTRY			*Median earnings (dollars):*
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting			Male full-time, year-round workers	28,504	(X)
and mining	160	3.0	Female full-time, year-round workers	20,932	(X)
Construction	398	7.5	______________________	_______	_______
Manufacturing	1,202	22.5		Number	Percent
Wholesale trade	198	3.7		below	below
Retail trade	1,067	20.0		poverty	poverty
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	248	4.7	Subject	level	level
Information	95	1.8	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental			POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
and leasing	297	5.6	Families	174	5.6
Professional, scientific, management, admini-			With related children under 18 years	118	8.5
strative, and waste management services	196	3.7	With related children under 5 years	69	12.9
Educational, health and social services	826	15.5
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation			Families with female householder,
and food services	313	5.9	no husband present	44	11.6
Other services (except public administration)	174	3.3	With related children under 18 years	44	24.2
Public administration	157	2.9	With related children under 5 years	28	40.0
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	878	8.6
Private wage and salary workers	4,131	77.5	18 years and over	670	8.5
Government workers	713	13.4	65 years and over	191	15.1
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated			Related children under 18 years	208	9.2
business	470	8.8	Related children 5 to 17 years	103	6.8
Unpaid family workers	17	0.3	Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	375	28.4

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