High Country Council of Governments

Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	2,378	100.0	Households	1,224	100.0
In labor force	1,501	63.1	Less than $10,000	188	15.4
Civilian labor force	1,496	62.9	$10,000 to $14,999	105	8.6
Employed	1,425	59.9	$15,000 to $24,999	182	14.9
Unemployed	71	3.0	$25,000 to $34,999	166	13.6
Percent of civilian labor force	4.7	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	270	22.1
Armed Forces	5	0.2	$50,000 to $74,999	254	20.8
Not in labor force	877	36.9	$75,000 to $99,999	48	3.9
			$100,000 to $149,999	0	0.0
Females 16 years and over	1,254	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	6	0.5
In labor force	696	55.5	$200,000 or more	5	0.4
Civilian labor force	696	55.5	Median household income (dollars)	33,389	(X)
Employed	635	50.6

Own children under 6 years	272	100.0	With earnings	945	77.2
All parents in family in labor force	173	63.6	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	41,883	(X)
			With Social Security income	350	28.6
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	9,258	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	1,411	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	79	6.5
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,034	73.3	Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	259	18.4	(dollars)	6,830	(X)
Public transportation (including taxicab)	0	0.0	With public assistance income	9	0.7
Walked	26	1.8	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	2,022	(X)
Other means	13	0.9	With retirement income	165	13.5
Worked at home	79	5.6	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	9,676	(X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	30.9	(X)
			Families	947	100.0
Employed civilian population			Less than $10,000	41	4.3
16 years and over	1,425	100.0	$10,000 to $14,999	89	9.4
OCCUPATION			$15,000 to $24,999	150	15.8
Management, professional, and related			$25,000 to $34,999	146	15.4
occupations	243	17.1	$35,000 to $49,999	247	26.1
Service occupations	240	16.8	$50,000 to $74,999	221	23.3
Sales and office occupations	233	16.4	$75,000 to $99,999	48	5.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	28	2.0	$100,000 to $149,999	0	0.0
Construction, extraction, and maintenance			150,000 to $199,999	0	0.0
occupations	261	18.3	$200,000 or more	5	0.5
Production, transportation, and material			Median family income (dollars)	37,241	(X)
moving occupations	420	29.5
			Per capita income (dollars)¹	14,668	(X)
INDUSTRY			*Median earnings (dollars):*
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting			Male full-time, year-round workers	25,350	(X)
and mining	80	5.6	Female full-time, year-round workers	20,968	(X)
Construction	126	8.8	______________________	_______	_______
Manufacturing	460	32.3		Number	Percent
Wholesale trade	57	4.0		below	below
Retail trade	123	8.6		poverty	poverty
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	50	3.5	Subject	level	level
Information	11	0.8	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental			POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
and leasing	52	3.6	Families	97	10.2
Professional, scientific, management, admini-			With related children under 18 years	69	15.3
strative, and waste management services	54	3.8	With related children under 5 years	16	9.7
Educational, health and social services	177	12.4
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation			Families with female householder,
and food services	98	6.9	no husband present	17	19.5
Other services (except public administration)	62	4.4	With related children under 18 years	17	35.4
Public administration	75	5.3	With related children under 5 years	0	N/A
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	412	13.3
Private wage and salary workers	1,126	79.0	18 years and over	285	12.4
Government workers	175	12.3	65 years and over	74	19.5
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated			Related children under 18 years	127	16.0
business	98	6.9	Related children 5 to 17 years	112	19.0
Unpaid family workers	26	1.8	Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	104	33.5

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