Western New York Region

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Western New York Region Census 2000
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Educational Attainment of the Population 25
Years and OverWestern New York RegionCensus
2000
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Employment by Industry Residents 16 Years of
Age and OverCensus 2000BUFFALO-NIAGARA FALLS MSA
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Employment by Industry Residents 16 Years of
Age and OverCensus 2000ALLEGANY COUNTY
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Employment by Industry Residents 16 Years of
Age and OverCensus 2000CATTARAUGUS COUNTY
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Employment by Industry Residents 16 Years of
Age and OverCensus 2000CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
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Employment by Industry Residents 16 Years of
Age and OverCensus 2000ERIE COUNTY
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Employment by Industry Residents 16 Years of
Age and OverCensus 2000NIAGARA COUNTY
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Class of WorkerNew York State and the Western
New York RegionCensus 2000
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Selected Labor-Related Trends of Allegany County
Residents Based on Decennial Census
Data1990-2000

• Category 1990
  2000 Net
  Change 1990 to 2000
• Educational Attainment of Persons 25 Over
• Percent High School graduate or higher
  76.9 83.2 6.3
• Percent Associate Degree or higher
  24.8 27.4 2.5
• Percent Bachelors Degree or higher
  15.6 17.2 1.6
• Labor Force Participation Rates (Persons 16 and
  Over)
• Total, both sexes 58.7
  60.1 1.4
• Males 67.0
  65.7 -1.3
• Females
  50.7
  54.5 3.8
• Class of Worker (Percent of Total)
• Private sector workers 72.4
  72.9 0.5
• Government workers 17.7
  18.4 0.7
• Self-employed workers 9.1
  8.1 -1.0
• Unpaid family workers 0.8
  0.6 -0.2

Source U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Adapted
by the New York State Department of Labor,
Research and Statistics Division.
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Selected Labor-Related Trends of Cattaraugus
County Residents Based on Decennial Census
Data1990-2000

• Category 1990
  2000 Net Change 1990 to
  2000
• Educational Attainment of Persons 25 Over
• Percent High School graduate or higher
  74.5 81.2 6.7
• Percent Associate Degree or higher
  20.1 23.4 3.3
• Percent Bachelors Degree or higher
  12.8 14.9 2.1
• Labor Force Participation Rates (Persons 16 and
  Over)
• Total, both sexes 61.3
  63.1 1.8
• Males 70.7 69.2
  -1.5
• Females 52.8 57.4
  4.6
• Class of Worker (Percent of Total)
• Private sector workers 73.9
  74.8 0.9
• Government workers 17.5
  17.3 -0.2
• Self-employed workers 7.7
  7.3 -0.4
• Unpaid family workers 0.9
  0.7 -0.2

Source U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Adapted
by the New York State Department of Labor,
Research and Statistics Division.
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Selected Labor-Related Trends of Chautauqua
County Residents Based on Decennial Census
Data1990-2000

• Category 1990
  2000 Net Change
  1990 to 2000
• Educational Attainment of Persons 25 Over
• Percent High School graduate or higher
  74.4 81.2 6.8
• Percent Associate Degree or higher
  24.8 26.4 1.6
• Percent Bachelors Degree or higher
  15.6 16.9 1.3
• Labor Force Participation Rates (Persons 16 and
  Over)
• Total, both sexes 61.1
  61.2 0.1
• Males 70.8 67.8
  -3.0
• Females 52.4 55.1
  2.7
• Class of Worker (Percent of Total)
• Private sector workers 75.9
  75.9 0.0
• Government workers 16.0
  16.1 0.1
• Self-employed workers 7.3
  7.6 0.3
• Unpaid family workers 0.7
  0.4 -0.3

Source U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Adapted
by the New York State Department of Labor,
Research and Statistics Division.
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Selected Labor-Related Trends of Erie County
Residents Based on Decennial Census
Data1990-2000

• Category 1990
  2000 Net
  Change 1990 to 2000
• Educational Attainment of Persons 25 Over
• Percent High School graduate or higher
  76.4 82.9 6.5
• Percent Associate Degree or higher
  28.3 34.0
  5.7
• Percent Bachelors Degree or higher
  20.0 24.5 4.5
• Labor Force Participation Rates (Persons 16 and
  Over)
• Total, both sexes 62.0
  62.3 0.3
• Males 70.9 68.3
  -2.6
• Females 54.2
  57.1 2.9
• Class of Worker (Percent of Total)
• Private sector workers 78.1
  77.8 -0.3
• Government workers 17.1
  17.4 0.3
• Self-employed workers 4.5
  4.5 0.0
• Unpaid family workers 0.3
  0.2 -0.1

Source U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Adapted
by the New York State Department of Labor,
Research and Statistics Division.
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Selected Labor-Related Trends of Niagara County
Residents Based on Decennial Census
Data1990-2000

• Category 1990
  2000 Net
  Change 1990 to 2000
• Educational Attainment of Persons 25 Over
  
• Percent High School graduate or higher
  75.8 83.3 7.5
• Percent Associate Degree or higher
  22.4 27.6 5.2
• Percent Bachelors Degree or higher
  13.6 17.4 3.8
• Labor Force Participation Rates (Persons 16 and
  Over)
• Total, both sexes 63.1
  62.5 -0.6
• Males 72.7 68.7
  -4.0
• Females 54.6
  56.9 2.3
• Class of Worker (Percent of Total)
• Private sector 81.9
  81.6 -0.3
• Government 13.2
  13.8 0.6
• Self-employed 4.6
  4.4 -0.2
• Unpaid family worker 0.3
  0.2 -0.1

Source U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Adapted
by the New York State Department of Labor,
Research and Statistics Division.