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NORTHSIDE
 JOBS & INCOME
NorthSide: Jobs & Income
TheNorthSidearea’sjobs,economy,andincomecanbestbedescribedthroughananalysisofitsunemploymentrate,thejobsofitsresidents,itsresidents’medianincomes,andthepovertylevelofthearea.
Unemployment 
Whenanalyzingtheeconomicproductivityofanarea’spopulation,onekeyindicatoristheunemploymentrate;thisrateisthepercentageoftheunemployedrelativetothenumberofpeopleinthelaborforce.Eachyear,theU.S.CensusBureauaskshouseholdswhethertheyareemployed,unemployed,ornotinthelaborforce.Table1containsthetotalpopulationsixteenyearsorolder,thepercentageofthatpopulationthatisinthelaborforce,andtheunemploymentratefortheNorthSidearea,St.
Summary
Ananalysisofthe2010AmericanCommunitySurveydatareportsthattheNorthSideareahasahigherunemploymentrateandalowerpercentageofthesixteenorolderpopulationinthelaborforcethaneitherSt.LouisCity,theSt.Louismetropolitanarea,orMissouri.Thehighconcentrationofresidentswithalessthanhighschooleducationattainmentandthelackoftransportationoptionsavailabletothe47%ofhouseholdsthatdonotownavehiclemaybecontributingfactorsinthishighunemploymentrateandlowlaborforceparticipation.TheNorthSideareapopulationhasamedianincomethatisabouthalfofSt.LouisCity’s,40%ofMissouri’s,andone-thirdoftheSt.Louismetropolitanarea’s.Additionally,theNorthSidepopulation’smedianincomehasgrownataslowerpacesince1970thananyofthethreeareasofcomparison.ThislowmedianincomeisalsoindicativeoftheextremepovertyintheareaastheNorthSidearea’sproportionofresidentswithincomesbelowthefederalpovertylevelisnearlytwiceashighasSt.LouisCity’s,morethanthreetimesashighasMissouri’s,andfourtimestheproportionoftheSt.Louismetropolitanarea’s.
 
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 JOBS & INCOME
LouisCity,theSt.LouisMetropolitanArea,andMissourifor2010.TheunemploymentrateintheNorthSideareais1.7Xtherateofthecityandalmost3XtherateofeithertheSt.LouismetropolitanareaorMissouri.However,oneofthemoreinterestingaspectsofthedataisthepercentageofthepopulationsixteenorolderthatisinthelaborforce.Whilethispercentagerangedfrom65-68%forthethreeareasofcomparison,theNorthSide’spercentagewaslessthan50%.ManyNorthSideresidentsmayhavegivenuplookingforajobanddroppedoutofthelaborforce;iftheseresidentswereinthelaborforce,theunemploymentratemayhavebeenmuchhigher.Area Population16+ InLaborForce UnemployedNorthSide 10,772 48.8% 21.3%STLCity 256,198 65.9% 12.6%STLMetro 1,562,728 67.9% 7.8%Missouri 4,664,019 65.2% 7.4%
Table1:2010
EmploymentandUnemployment 
TheUnemploymentRate
TheBureauofLaborStatisticsdividesthepopulationintothreecategories:employed,unemployed,andnotinthelaborforce.Employed-PeoplewithjobsUnemployed-Peoplewhoarejobless,lookingforjobs,andavailableforwork NotintheLaborForce-PeoplewhoareneitheremployednorunemployedSource:BureauofLaborStatistics,Infotakenverbatimfromwebsite
American Community Survey, 5-year Estimates
 
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OneofthecontributingfactorsfortheextremeunemploymentintheareaistheeducationattainmentoftheNorthSidepopulation.Table2comparestheunemploymentratesforthoseages25-64withlessthanahighschooleducationoftheNorthSidearea,St.LouisCity,theSt.Louismetropolitanarea,andMissouri.Ofthenearly2000residentsintheNorthSidewhoarebetweentheagesof25and64andwhohavealessthanahighschooleducation,morethanhalf(52%)arenotinthelaborforce;ofthosewhoareinthelaborforce,nearlyone-third(31%)areunemployed.Theunemploymentrateismuchhigherforthosethathavelessthanahighschooleducationinthethreeareasofcomparisonaswell.ThisinformationindicatesthattheoveralleducationattainmentoftheNorthSideresidentsislikelyin`luencingtheunemploymentrateinthearea.
Occupations
Themorethan4,000NorthSideresidentsthatdohaveajobworkintheoccupationsandproportionslistedinTable3;theproportionsforSt.LouisCity,theSt.Louismetropolitanarea,andMissouriarelistedaswell.Morethan40%oftheemployedNorthSideresidentsworkintheserviceindustry,amuchhigherpercentagecomparedtothethreeothercomparisonareas.TheNorthSideareahasasigni`icantlysmallershareofjobsinthemanagement,business,and`inancialcategory,thecomputerengineering,andsciencecategory,theeducation,legal,communityservice,artsandmediacategory,andthehealthcarepractitionersandtechnicaloccupationscategorythanSt.LouisCity,theSt.Louismetropolitanarea,andMissouri.AreaPopulation25-64withoutHSEducationInLaborForce UnemployedNorthSide 1,981 48.0% 30.7%STLCity 27,535 55.3% 21.2%STLMetro 92,686 59.7% 14.4%Missouri 336,893 58.0% 13.2%Source:AmericanCommunitySurvey2010,5-yearEstimates
Table2:LaborForceandUnemploymentforAges25-64withLessthanaHighSchoolEducation
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