DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Colonie town
[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 63,991 100.0     Households 31,026 100.0
In labor force 42,143 65.9   Less than $10,000 1,441 4.6
     Civilian labor force 42,037 65.7   $10,000 to $14,999 1,289 4.2
          Employed 40,167 62.8   $15,000 to $24,999 3,078 9.9
          Unemployed 1,870 2.9   $25,000 to $34,999 3,955 12.7
               Percent of civilian labor force 4.4 (X)   $35,000 to $49,999 5,045 16.3
     Armed Forces 106 0.2   $50,000 to $74,999 7,439 24.0
Not in labor force 21,848 34.1   $75,000 to $99,999 4,177 13.5
        $100,000 to $149,999 3,081 9.9
   Females 16 years and over 33,568 100.0   $150,000 to $199,999 799 2.6
In labor force 20,084 59.8   $200,000 or more 722 2.3
     Civilian labor force 20,059 59.8   Median household income (dollars) 51,817 (X)
          Employed 19,180 57.1        
             
  Own children under 6 years 4,764 100.0   With earnings 25,039 80.7
All parents in family in labor force 3,470 72.8        Mean earnings (dollars)¹ 62,087 (X)
        With Social Security income 9,372 30.2
COMMUTING TO WORK            Mean Social Security income (dollars)¹ 12,561 (X)
  Workers 16 years and over 39,641 100.0   With Supplemental Security Income 694 2.2
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone 33,089 83.5        Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)¹ 6,308 (X)
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled 3,713 9.4   With public assistance income 412 1.3
Public transportation (including taxicab) 1,026 2.6        Mean public assistance income (dollars)¹ 2,229 (X)
Walked 868 2.2   With retirement income 7,093 22.9
Other means 130 0.3        Mean retirement income (dollars)¹ 17,112 (X)
Worked at home 815 2.1        
Mean travel time to work (minutes)¹ 18.5 (X)        
          Families 20,620 100.0
  Employed civilian population 16 years and over 40,167 100.0   Less than $10,000 426 2.1
OCCUPATION       $10,000 to $14,999 351 1.7
Management, professional, and related occupations 16,497 41.1   $15,000 to $24,999 1,234 6.0
Service occupations 4,992 12.4   $25,000 to $34,999 1,947 9.4
Sales and office occupations 12,504 31.1    $35,000 to $49,999 3,259 15.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 36 0.1   $50,000 to $74,999 5,651 27.4
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations 2,600 6.5   $75,000 to $99,999 3,625 17.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 3,538 8.8   $100,000 to $149,999 2,813 13.6
        150,000 to $199,999 709 3.4
        $200,000 or more 605 2.9
INDUSTRY       Median family income (dollars) 62,649 (X)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 115 0.3   Per capita income (dollars)¹ 25,231 (X)
Construction 1,910 4.8   Median earnings (dollars):    
Manufacturing 2,162 5.4   Male full-time, year-round workers 41,453 (X)
Wholesale trade 1,231 3.1   Female full-time, year-round workers 30,763 (X)
Retail trade 4,162 10.4   ______________________ _______ _______
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 1,990 5.0                 Subject Number below poverty level Percent below poverty level
Information 1,218 3.0   ______________________ _______ _______
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 3,675 9.1   POVERTY STATUS IN 1999    
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services 3,604 9.0     Families 623 3.0
Educational, health and social services 8,618 21.5   With related children under 18 years 450 4.7
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 3,108 7.7        With related children under 5 years 223 6.6
Other services (except public administration) 2,061 5.1        
Public administration 6,313 15.7     Families with female householder, no husband present 327 12.3
        With related children under 18 years 292 18.3
             With related children under 5 years 152 36.5
CLASS OF WORKER         Individuals 3,552 4.7
Private wage and salary workers 27,221 67.8   18 years and over 2,765 4.7
Government workers 11,043 27.5        65 years and over 719 6.0
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 1,869 4.7   Related children under 18 years 754 4.5
Unpaid family workers 34 0.1        Related children 5 to 17 years 499 3.9
        Unrelated individuals 15 years and over 1,776 12.9
             
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-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.