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Over 10
Percent of In-Home Workers Are 65 or Older, Says Census Bureau
Oct.
20, 2004 – A report released by the Census Bureau today estimates about
4.2 million Americans worked at home in 2000, and about ten percent of
those were 65 or older. Senior citizens were only three percent of those
working outside the home. (See table below story)
These
estimates and population estimates indicate about 12 percent of
Americans 65 and older are employed. Surprisingly, almost one percent of
all in-home workers were 80 years old or older.
The
Census 200 tabulations say nearly 4.2 million people worked at home in
2000, up from 3.4 million in 1990. This 23 percent increase in
home-based workers age 16 and older was double the growth in the overall
work force during the decade.
The
data includes information on home-based workers by age, sex, educational
attainment, race and Hispanic origin, industry, occupation, disability
status and earnings at the national and state levels. More recent
estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) (
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ ) show 4.4 million people worked at
home in 2002.
The
Census 2000 estimates represent people who reported that they usually
worked at home. "Usually" was defined to mean most days during the week.
People who worked at home part of the week, but elsewhere more days than
at home, were not counted as at-home workers. Thus, the census estimates
may be lower than other estimates that count at-home workers
differently.
The
data contained in the tables are based on responses from a sample of
households who received the census long form. Nationally, about 1-in-6
households were included in the Census 2000 sample. The data are subject
to sampling and nonsampling errors.
The
Census Bureau cautions against confusing the census estimates with
estimates from the ACS. Estimates may differ because of different
questions, survey concepts, data processing and estimation methods. For
further information, see
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf for Census 2000
sample data and
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ for ACS data.
|
Characteristics of Workers for the United States: 2000 |
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|
Selected Characteristics |
Workers who worked at home |
Workers who did not work at home |
All Workers |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Total |
Percent |
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|
|
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|
Workers 16 and older |
4,184,223 |
100.0 |
124,095,005 |
100.0 |
128,279,228 |
100.0% |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
.Male |
1,972,231 |
47.1 |
66,915,793 |
53.9 |
68,888,024 |
53.7% |
|
.Female |
2,211,992 |
52.9 |
57,179,212 |
46.1 |
59,391,204 |
46.3% |
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AGE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
.16 and 17 years |
36,244 |
0.9 |
2,347,406 |
1.9 |
2,383,650 |
1.9% |
|
.18 to 20 years |
91,912 |
2.2 |
6,342,686 |
5.1 |
6,434,598 |
5.0% |
|
.21 to 24 years |
132,665 |
3.2 |
9,928,358 |
8.0 |
10,061,023 |
7.8% |
|
.25 to 29 years |
257,982 |
6.2 |
13,802,270 |
11.1 |
14,060,252 |
11.0% |
|
.30 to 34 years |
405,488 |
9.7 |
14,627,981 |
11.8 |
15,033,469 |
11.7% |
|
.35 to 39 years |
535,255 |
12.8 |
16,691,472 |
13.5 |
17,226,727 |
13.4% |
|
.40 to 44 years |
572,836 |
13.7 |
16,798,927 |
13.5 |
17,371,763 |
13.5% |
|
.45 to 49 years |
539,710 |
12.9 |
14,909,855 |
12.0 |
15,449,565 |
12.0% |
|
.50 to 54 years |
498,020 |
11.9 |
12,285,720 |
9.9 |
12,783,740 |
10.0% |
|
.55 to 59 years |
400,461 |
9.6 |
8,090,774 |
6.5 |
8,491,235 |
6.6% |
|
.60 and 61 years |
124,931 |
3.0 |
2,225,014 |
1.8 |
2,349,945 |
1.8% |
|
.62 to 64 years |
152,617 |
3.6 |
2,229,223 |
1.8 |
2,381,840 |
1.9% |
|
.65 and 66 years |
82,738 |
2.0 |
952,421 |
0.8 |
1,035,159 |
0.8% |
|
.67 to 69 years |
109,401 |
2.6 |
1,065,038 |
0.9 |
1,174,439 |
0.9% |
|
.70 to 74 years |
129,361 |
3.1 |
1,057,066 |
0.9 |
1,186,427 |
0.9% |
|
.75 to 79 years |
72,994 |
1.7 |
509,041 |
0.4 |
582,035 |
0.5% |
|
.80 to 84 years |
29,114 |
0.7 |
165,055 |
0.1 |
194,169 |
0.2% |
|
.85 years and over |
12,494 |
0.3 |
66,698 |
0.1 |
79,192 |
0.1% |
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|
65 and older |
436,102 |
10.4% |
3,815,319 |
3.07% |
4,251,421 |
3.3% |
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