High Country Council of Governments

Subject	Number	Percent	Subject	Number	Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS			INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over	3,788	100.0	Households	2,009	100.0
In labor force	2,074	54.8	Less than $10,000	345	17.2
Civilian labor force	2,074	54.8	$10,000 to $14,999	204	10.2
Employed	1,932	51.0	$15,000 to $24,999	443	22.1
Unemployed	142	3.7	$25,000 to $34,999	249	12.4
Percent of civilian labor force	6.8	(X)	$35,000 to $49,999	302	15.0
Armed Forces	0	0.0	$50,000 to $74,999	288	14.3
Not in labor force	1,714	45.2	$75,000 to $99,999	103	5.1
			$100,000 to $149,999	37	1.8
Females 16 years and over	2,017	100.0	$150,000 to $199,999	8	0.4
In labor force	906	44.9	$200,000 or more	30	1.5
Civilian labor force	906	44.9	Median household income (dollars)	25,496	(X)
Employed	814	40.4

Own children under 6 years	270	100.0	With earnings	1,351	67.2
All parents in family in labor force	174	64.4	Mean earnings (dollars)¹	40,713	(X)
			With Social Security income	756	37.6
COMMUTING TO WORK			Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹	10,047	(X)
Workers 16 years and over	1,912	100.0	With Supplemental Security Income	129	6.4
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,409	73.7	Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	372	19.5	(dollars)	5,908	(X)
Public transportation (including taxicab)	15	0.8	With public assistance income	72	3.6
Walked	50	2.6	Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹	2,835	(X)
Other means	25	1.3	With retirement income	382	19.0
Worked at home	41	2.1	Mean retirement income (dollars)¹	13,094	(X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹	18.9	(X)
			Families	1,316	100.0
Employed civilian population			Less than $10,000	106	8.1
16 years and over	1,932	100.0	$10,000 to $14,999	100	7.6
OCCUPATION			$15,000 to $24,999	277	21.0
Management, professional, and related			$25,000 to $34,999	198	15.0
occupations	452	23.4	$35,000 to $49,999	224	17.0
Service occupations	308	15.9	$50,000 to $74,999	263	20.0
Sales and office occupations	299	15.5	$75,000 to $99,999	82	6.2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	69	3.6	$100,000 to $149,999	30	2.3
Construction, extraction, and maintenance			150,000 to $199,999	6	0.5
occupations	219	11.3	$200,000 or more	30	2.3
Production, transportation, and material			Median family income (dollars)	33,722	(X)
moving occupations	585	30.3
			Per capita income (dollars)¹	17,265	(X)
INDUSTRY			*Median earnings (dollars):*
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting			Male full-time, year-round workers	26,703	(X)
and mining	91	4.7	Female full-time, year-round workers	21,138	(X)
Construction	206	10.7	______________________	_______	_______
Manufacturing	568	29.4		Number	Percent
Wholesale trade	24	1.2		below	below
Retail trade	204	10.6		poverty	poverty
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	71	3.7	Subject	level	level
Information	23	1.2	______________________	_______	_______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental			POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
and leasing	54	2.8	Families	174	13.2
Professional, scientific, management, admini-			With related children under 18 years	127	22.9
strative, and waste management services	84	4.3	With related children under 5 years	55	26.7
Educational, health and social services	344	17.8
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation			Families with female householder,
and food services	123	6.4	no husband present	90	36.3
Other services (except public administration)	74	3.8	With related children under 18 years	86	46.5
Public administration	66	3.4	With related children under 5 years	46	56.1
CLASS OF WORKER			Individuals	834	18.7
Private wage and salary workers	1,436	74.3	18 years and over	575	16.2
Government workers	303	15.7	65 years and over	142	15.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated			Related children under 18 years	251	27.9
business	193	10.0	Related children 5 to 17 years	166	25.7
Unpaid family workers	0	0.0	Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	276	32.5

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