ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for New Castle County -- Table 3

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile New Castle County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	372,099	370,962	373,236
In labor force	262,023	258,137	265,909
Civilian labor force	261,463	257,584	265,342
Employed	249,440	244,817	254,063
Unemployed	12,023	9,797	14,249
Percent unemployed	4.6	3.8	5.4
Armed Forces	560	301	819
Not in labor force	110,076	106,367	113,785

Females 16 years and over	195,271	194,492	196,050
In labor force	126,538	123,624	129,452
Civilian labor force	126,338	123,404	129,272
Employed	120,135	117,129	123,141

Own children under 6 years	38,009	36,646	39,372
All parents in family in labor force	25,885	23,908	27,862

Own children 6 to 17 years	80,391	78,381	82,401
All parents in family in labor force	59,286	55,902	62,670

Population 16 to 19 years	25,052	23,560	26,544
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	3,131	1,879	4,383
Unemployed or not in the labor force	1,589	642	2,536

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	242,785	238,153	247,417
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	188,245	182,652	193,839
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	26,205	23,387	29,023
Public transportation (including taxicab)	10,931	8,525	13,337
Walked	6,829	4,951	8,707
Other means	3,325	1,939	4,711
Worked at home	7,250	5,829	8,671
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.9	22.1	23.7

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	249,440	244,817	254,063
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	97,216	92,982	101,450
Service occupations	35,804	32,580	39,028
Sales and office occupations	71,251	66,895	75,607
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	124	0	268
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	20,181	17,566	22,796
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	24,864	22,316	27,412

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	729	249	1,209
Construction	12,631	10,788	14,474
Manufacturing	31,931	28,961	34,901
Wholesale trade	7,102	5,813	8,391
Retail trade	28,403	24,900	31,906
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	9,873	8,413	11,333
Information	5,981	4,265	7,697
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	39,507	35,935	43,079
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	26,066	23,551	28,581
Educational, health, and social services	47,960	44,995	50,925
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	19,403	17,047	21,759
Other services (except public administration)	10,797	9,254	12,340
Public administration	9,057	7,641	10,473

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	209,614	203,973	215,255
Government workers	29,259	26,688	31,830
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	10,201	8,620	11,782
Unpaid family workers	366	114	618

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	187,427	185,231	189,623
Less than $10,000	11,868	9,954	13,782
$10,000 to $14,999	8,215	6,517	9,913
$15,000 to $24,999	18,394	16,087	20,701
$25,000 to $34,999	19,522	17,512	21,532
$35,000 to $49,999	30,878	28,126	33,630
$50,000 to $74,999	42,973	39,747	46,199
$75,000 to $99,999	24,884	22,346	27,422
$100,000 to $149,999	19,654	17,631	21,677
$150,000 to $199,999	5,513	4,462	6,564
$200,000 or more	5,526	4,500	6,552
Median household income (dollars)	51,899	50,365	53,434
Mean household income (dollars)	65,229	62,988	67,470

With earnings	155,008	152,563	157,453
Mean earnings (dollars)	65,504	63,311	67,697
With Social Security	46,717	44,879	48,555
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,097	11,648	12,546
With retirement income	36,780	34,435	39,125
Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,446	15,129	17,763

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	24,599	21,806	27,392
With Supplemental Security Income	5,095	3,674	6,516
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,303	5,981	8,625
With cash public assistance income	4,285	3,196	5,374
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	1,382	882	1,882
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	8,816	7,003	10,629
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	11,793	9,737	13,849

Families	126,065	122,356	129,774
Less than $10,000	4,323	3,000	5,646
$10,000 to $14,999	3,931	2,459	5,403
$15,000 to $24,999	9,645	7,657	11,633
$25,000 to $34,999	10,980	9,411	12,549
$35,000 to $49,999	17,436	15,362	19,510
$50,000 to $74,999	32,351	29,475	35,227
$75,000 to $99,999	20,730	18,557	22,903
$100,000 to $149,999	16,908	15,015	18,801
$150,000 to $199,999	4,948	3,871	6,025
$200,000 or more	4,813	3,909	5,717
Median family income (dollars)	61,254	59,208	63,300
Mean family income (dollars)	75,595	72,734	78,456

Per capita income (dollars)	26,058	25,269	26,847

Nonfamily households	61,362	58,275	64,449
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	32,959	30,083	35,835
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	40,712	38,036	43,388

Median earnings (dollars):	30,387	29,595	31,179
Male full-time, year-round workers	43,074	41,013	45,135
Female full-time, year-round workers	32,247	30,491	34,003

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	8,026	6,140	9,912
With related children under 18 years	6,750	4,948	8,552
With related children under 5 years only	1,455	643	2,267

Families with female householder, no husband present	4,955	3,326	6,584
With related children under 18 years	4,699	3,057	6,341
With related children under 5 years only	1,175	414	1,936

Individuals	42,277	34,946	49,608
18 years and over	30,022	25,278	34,766
65 years and over	4,465	3,396	5,534
Related children under 18 years	12,089	8,941	15,237
Related children 5 to 17 years	7,435	5,204	9,666
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	15,546	13,233	17,859

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	8.8	7.3	10.3
18 years and over	8.4	7.1	9.7
65 years and over	8.1	6.1	10.1
Related children under 18 years	9.9	7.3	12.5
Related children under 5 years	14.1	9.6	18.6
Related children 5 to 17 years	8.3	5.8	10.8
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	17.8	15.5	20.1

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

The number of householders does not necessarily equal the number of households because of differences in the weighting schemes for the population and occupied housing units.

Employment and unemployment estimates may vary from the official labor force data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics because of differences in survey design and data collection.

Industry categories adhere to the guidelines issued in Clarification Memorandum No. 2, "NAICS Alternate Aggregation Structure for Use By U. S. Statistical Agencies," issued by the Office of Management and Budget.

Free or reduced price school meal benefits figures only include households with children under 18 years.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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