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Special Territories and Administrative Regions > District of Columbia > Labor

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Canada–US relations > US Jobs Supported 29,000 [38th of 51]
Employed 259,000 [49th of 50]
Employment Ratio 70.1 [26th of 51]
Mean Travel Time to Work 28 [4th of 51]
Occupational Fatalities > Falls 4 [39th of 41]
    Occupational Fatalities > Falls (per capita) 0.727 per 100,000 people [1st of 41]
Occupational Fatalities > Totals 11 [48th of 51]
    Occupational Fatalities > Totals (per capita) 0.2 per 10,000 people [29th of 51]
Percent of Civilian Employed People in Management, Business and Financial Occupations 21 % [1st of 51]
Percent of Civilian Employed People in Professional and Related Occupations 34.6 % [1st of 51]
Percent of Civilian Employed People in Service Occupations 15 % [42nd of 51]
Percent of Civilian Employed People in the Information Industry 5.2 % [1st of 51]
Percent of Civilian Employed People in the Manufacturing Industry 1 % [51st of 51]
Percent of Civilian Employed People Who are Private Wage and Salary Workers 67.9 % [48th of 51]
Percent of People Who are in the Labor Force (Including Armed Forces) 68.7 % [15th of 51]
Percent of Workers Who Traveled to Work by Car, Truck, or Van Alone 40.5 % [51st of 51]
Percent of Workers Who Traveled to Work by Carpool 8.7 % [41st of 51]
Percent of Workers Who Traveled to Work by Public Transportation 33.6 % [1st of 51]
Percent of Workers Who Worked Outside County of Residence 26.7 % [24th of 51]
Total Manufacturing > Number of employees 1,876 [51st of 51]
    Total Manufacturing > Number of employees (per capita) 0.341 per 100 people [51st of 51]
Total Manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) 1,155 [51st of 51]
    Total Manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) (per capita) 0.21 per 100 people [51st of 51]
Total Manufacturing > Production workers hours 2,443,000 [50th of 51]
    Total Manufacturing > Production workers hours (per capita) 4.438 per capita [49th of 51]
Unemployment Rate > 2004 8.2 [1st of 51]
Unemployment Rate > January, 2006 5.4 [6th of 51]
Union affiliation > Percent Represented by Unions 12.8 [25th of 50]
Union affiliation > Percent Union Members 11.3 [25th of 50]
US minimum wages > State > Level $7.55 [9th of 50]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Canada–United States relations; Wikipedia: Union affiliation by U.S. state; American Community Survey 2004 ; US Department of Labor, 2004.; Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004 ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. minimum wages

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: District of Columbia, Washington (District of Columbia), DC, D.C., Dist. of Col.

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