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Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	4,700	100.0	Households	2,416	100.0
In labor force	2,818	60.0	Less than $10,000	400	16.6
Civilian labor force	2,818	60.0	$10,000 to $14,999	128	5.3
Employed	2,746	58.4	$15,000 to $24,999	339	14.0
Unemployed	72	1.5	$25,000 to $34,999	388	16.1
Percent of civilian labor force	2.6	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	540	22.4
Armed Forces	0	0.0	$50,000 to $74,999	470	19.5
Not in labor force	1,882	40.0	$75,000 to $99,999	102	4.2
			$100,000 to $149,999	17	0.7
Females 16 years and over	2,420	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	14	0.6
In labor force	1,304	53.9	$200,000 or more	18	0.7
Civilian labor force	1,304	53.9	Median household income (dollars)	34,190	(X)
Employed	1,267	52.4

Own children under 6 years	472	100.0	With earnings	1,821	75.4
All parents in family in labor force	293	62.1	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	42,315	(X)
			With Social Security income	698	28.9
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	11,010	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	2,725	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	133	5.5
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,249	82.5	Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	378	13.9	(dollars)	6,157	(X)
Public transportation (including taxicab)	0	0.0	With public assistance income	71	2.9
Walked	22	0.8	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	682	(X)
Other means	9	0.3	With retirement income	304	12.6
Worked at home	67	2.5	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	12,482	(X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	24.8	(X)
			Families	1,870	100.0
Employed civilian population			Less than $10,000	188	10.1
16 years and over	2,746	100.0	$10,000 to $14,999	61	3.3
OCCUPATION			$15,000 to $24,999	243	13.0
Management, professional, and related			$25,000 to $34,999	378	20.2
occupations	487	17.7	$35,000 to $49,999	444	23.7
Service occupations	359	13.1	$50,000 to $74,999	446	23.9
Sales and office occupations	669	24.4	$75,000 to $99,999	97	5.2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	56	2.0	$100,000 to $149,999	8	0.4
Construction, extraction, and maintenance			150,000 to $199,999	5	0.3
occupations	283	10.3	$200,000 or more	0	0.0
Production, transportation, and material			Median family income (dollars)	37,951	(X)
moving occupations	892	32.5
			Per capita income (dollars)¹	16,493	(X)
INDUSTRY			*Median earnings (dollars):*
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting			Male full-time, year-round workers	26,399	(X)
and mining	88	3.2	Female full-time, year-round workers	21,696	(X)
Construction	197	7.2	______________________	_______	_______
Manufacturing	879	32.0		Number	Percent
Wholesale trade	119	4.3		below	below
Retail trade	518	18.9		poverty	poverty
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	80	2.9	Subject	level	level
Information	19	0.7	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental			POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
and leasing	82	3.0	Families	231	12.4
Professional, scientific, management, admini-			With related children under 18 years	173	18.8
strative, and waste management services	214	7.8	With related children under 5 years	100	27.2
Educational, health and social services	236	8.6
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation			Families with female householder,
and food services	142	5.2	no husband present	72	30.1
Other services (except public administration)	136	5.0	With related children under 18 years	64	41.3
Public administration	36	1.3	With related children under 5 years	38	79.2
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	927	15.6
Private wage and salary workers	2,363	86.1	18 years and over	657	14.4
Government workers	159	5.8	65 years and over	111	15.2
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated			Related children under 18 years	270	19.4
business	217	7.9	Related children 5 to 17 years	155	15.7
Unpaid family workers	7	0.3	Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	279	38.5

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