
DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Colusa County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
| Subject | Number | Percent | Subject | Number | Percent | |
| EMPLOYMENT STATUS | INCOME IN 1999 | |||||
| Population 16 years and over | 13,632 | 100.0 | Households | 6,081 | 100.0 | |
| In labor force | 8,105 | 59.5 | Less than $10,000 | 633 | 10.4 | |
| Civilian labor force | 8,105 | 59.5 | $10,000 to $14,999 | 442 | 7.3 | |
| Employed | 7,237 | 53.1 | $15,000 to $24,999 | 1,017 | 16.7 | |
| Unemployed | 868 | 6.4 | $25,000 to $34,999 | 943 | 15.5 | |
| Percent of civilian labor force | 10.7 | (X) | $35,000 to $49,999 | 1,089 | 17.9 | |
| Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0 | $50,000 to $74,999 | 1,089 | 17.9 | |
| Not in labor force | 5,527 | 40.5 | $75,000 to $99,999 | 486 | 8.0 | |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 250 | 4.1 | ||||
| Females 16 years and over | 6,699 | 100.0 | $150,000 to $199,999 | 68 | 1.1 | |
| In labor force | 3,470 | 51.8 | $200,000 or more | 64 | 1.1 | |
| Civilian labor force | 3,470 | 51.8 | Median household income (dollars) | 35,062 | (X) | |
| Employed | 3,016 | 45.0 | ||||
| Own children under 6 years | 1,786 | 100.0 | With earnings | 4,817 | 79.2 | |
| All parents in family in labor force | 983 | 55.0 | Mean earnings (dollars)¹ | 42,027 | (X) | |
| With Social Security income | 1,733 | 28.5 | ||||
| COMMUTING TO WORK | Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹ | 11,822 | (X) | |||
| Workers 16 years and over | 7,052 | 100.0 | With Supplemental Security Income | 276 | 4.5 | |
| Car, truck, or van -- drove alone | 4,789 | 67.9 | Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)¹ | 5,326 | (X) | |
| Car, truck, or van -- carpooled | 1,354 | 19.2 | With public assistance income | 277 | 4.6 | |
| Public transportation (including taxicab) | 25 | 0.4 | Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹ | 3,920 | (X) | |
| Walked | 394 | 5.6 | With retirement income | 976 | 16.0 | |
| Other means | 236 | 3.3 | Mean retirement income (dollars)¹ | 19,920 | (X) | |
| Worked at home | 254 | 3.6 | ||||
| Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹ | 22.0 | (X) | ||||
| Families | 4,554 | 100.0 | ||||
| Employed civilian population 16 years and over | 7,237 | 100.0 | Less than $10,000 | 303 | 6.7 | |
| OCCUPATION | $10,000 to $14,999 | 266 | 5.8 | |||
| Management, professional, and related occupations | 1,658 | 22.9 | $15,000 to $24,999 | 635 | 13.9 | |
| Service occupations | 1,302 | 18.0 | $25,000 to $34,999 | 724 | 15.9 | |
| Sales and office occupations | 1,499 | 20.7 | $35,000 to $49,999 | 917 | 20.1 | |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 1,069 | 14.8 | $50,000 to $74,999 | 921 | 20.2 | |
| Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations | 695 | 9.6 | $75,000 to $99,999 | 442 | 9.7 | |
| Production, transportation, and material moving occupations | 1,014 | 14.0 | $100,000 to $149,999 | 235 | 5.2 | |
| 150,000 to $199,999 | 61 | 1.3 | ||||
| $200,000 or more | 50 | 1.1 | ||||
| INDUSTRY | Median family income (dollars) | 40,138 | (X) | |||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining | 1,885 | 26.0 | Per capita income (dollars)¹ | 14,730 | (X) | |
| Construction | 320 | 4.4 | Median earnings (dollars): | |||
| Manufacturing | 554 | 7.7 | Male full-time, year-round workers | 32,210 | (X) | |
| Wholesale trade | 351 | 4.9 | Female full-time, year-round workers | 21,521 | (X) | |
| Retail trade | 627 | 8.7 | ______________________ | _______ | _______ | |
| Transportation and warehousing, and utilities | 394 | 5.4 | Subject | Number below poverty level | Percent below poverty level | |
| Information | 35 | 0.5 | ______________________ | _______ | _______ | |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing | 237 | 3.3 | POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 | |||
| Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services | 331 | 4.6 | Families | 594 | 13.0 | |
| Educational, health and social services | 1,131 | 15.6 | With related children under 18 years | 492 | 18.1 | |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services | 614 | 8.5 | With related children under 5 years | 235 | 20.5 | |
| Other services (except public administration) | 361 | 5.0 | ||||
| Public administration | 397 | 5.5 | Families with female householder, no husband present | 218 | 38.2 | |
| With related children under 18 years | 190 | 46.8 | ||||
| With related children under 5 years | 87 | 52.7 | ||||
| CLASS OF WORKER | Individuals | 2,964 | 16.1 | |||
| Private wage and salary workers | 5,002 | 69.1 | 18 years and over | 1,796 | 14.2 | |
| Government workers | 1,298 | 17.9 | 65 years and over | 162 | 8.2 | |
| Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business | 830 | 11.5 | Related children under 18 years | 1,115 | 19.5 | |
| Unpaid family workers | 107 | 1.5 | Related children 5 to 17 years | 800 | 19.1 | |
| Unrelated individuals 15 years and over | 700 | 29.5 | ||||
| Date: July 7, 2006 | ||||||
| -Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. | ||||||
| ¹ If the denominator of a mean value or per capita value is less than 30, then that value is calculated using a rounded aggregate in the numerator. See text. | ||||||
| Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. | ||||||

