2000 Census Summary: City of Milwaukee educational and economic data
 

		2000			1990			Percent
Characteristic		Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Change
Educational attainment persons 25 and older
highest grade of school completed
Not high school graduate		88,947	25.2%		108,469	28.5%		-18.0%
High school grad (includes equivalency)		106,575	30.2%		121,286	31.9%		-12.1%
Some college, no degree		73,015	20.7%		72,445	19.0%		0.8%
Associate degree		20,026	5.7%		21,905	5.8%		-8.6%
Bachelor's degree		43,510	12.3%		39,281	10.3%		10.8%
Graduate or professional degree		21,232	6.0%		17,159	4.5%		23.7%
Total		353,305	100.0%		380,545	100.0%		-7.2%
Employment status persons 16 and older
In labor force		283,052	63.9%		301,743	64.0%		-6.2%
Civilian labor force		282,823	63.9%		301,032	63.9%		-6.0%
Employed		256,244	90.6%		274,237	91.1%		-6.6%
Unemployed		26,579	6.0%		26,795	5.7%		-0.8%
% civilian labor force		9.4%			8.9%
Armed forces		229	0.1%		711	0.2%		-67.8%
Not in labor force		159,793	36.1%		169,672	36.0%		-5.8%
Total		442,845	100.0%		471,415	100.0%		-6.1%
Occupation of employed (2000 only)
Management, professional and related		71,684	28.0%
Service		47,570	18.6%
Sales and office		67,047	26.2%
Farming, fishing, and forestry		499	0.2%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance		15,500	6.0%
Production, transportation, and material moving		53,944	21.1%
Industry of employed (2000 only)
Agriculture		948	0.4%
Construction		9,518	3.7%
Manufacturing		47,396	18.5%
Wholesale trade		7,521	2.9%
Retail trade		25,394	9.9%
Information		7,282	2.8%
Transportation, warehousing, utilities		13,152	5.1%
Finance, insurance, real estate		17,902	7.0%
Service -- Professional, scientific, management
administrative, and waste management		22,679	8.9%
Service -- Educational, health and social		59,869	23.4%
Service -- Art, entertainment, recreation
accommodation and food		21,980	8.6%
Other services		10,981	4.3%
Public administration		11,622	4.5%
Means of transportation to work
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone		171,820	68.8%		181,020	67.2%		-5.1%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled		33,980	13.6%		35,638	13.2%		-4.7%
Public transportation (including taxicab)		25,634	10.3%		29,671	11.0%		-13.6%
Walked		11,770	4.7%		16,051	6.0%		-26.7%
Other means		2,317	0.9%		2,595	1.0%		-10.7%
Worked at home		4,368	1.7%		4,426	1.6%		-1.3%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)		22.5			20.1			11.9%
Vehicles available to household for
personal use
None		49,589	21.4%		58,967	24.5%		-15.9%
One		101,177	43.6%		96,207	40.0%		5.2%
Two		63,022	27.1%		65,959	27.4%		-4.5%
Three +		18,390	7.9%		19,407	8.1%		-5.2%
Source of household income
Earnings		184,285	79.3%		179,612	74.5%		2.6%
Interest, dividends, rent		72,590	31.2%		94,250	39.1%		-23.0%
Social Security		55,733	24.0%		65,333	27.1%		-14.7%
Public assistance		10,668	4.6%		36,911	15.3%		-71.1%
Pension		33,733	14.5%		38,051	15.8%		-11.3%
1999 household income
Less than $10,000		32,701	14.1%
$10,000 to $14,999		18,446	7.9%
$15,000 to $24,999		37,867	16.3%
$25,000 to $34,999		35,509	15.3%
$35,000 to $49,999		40,961	17.6%
$50,000 to $74,999		39,490	17.0%
$75,000 to $99,999		16,387	7.1%
$100,000 to $149,999		7,778	3.3%
$150,000 to $199,999		1,599	0.7%
$200,000 or more		1,574	0.7%
Median household income		$32,216			$32,018			0.6%
Average household income		$40,875			$38,506			6.2%
Persons below the poverty level
Total		123,667	21.3%		135,583	22.2%		-8.8%
18 years and older		70,477	17.1%		71,598	16.2%		-1.6%
65 years and older		6,752	11.0%		7,316	10.0%		-7.7%
Related children under 18 years		52,146	31.6%		63,223	37.6%		-17.5%
Related children 5 to 17 years		36,597	30.7%		41,176	35.8%		-11.1%
Average household income
Owner occupants		$53,084
Renter occupants		$30,497
Note: Dollar amounts shown for 1990 are expressed in 1999 or 2000 dollars.
Source:  1990 and 2000 Census Files