ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for Mercer County -- Table 3

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Mercer County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	255,411	253,984	256,838
In labor force	176,274	170,237	182,311
Civilian labor force	175,918	169,929	181,908
Employed	169,148	162,961	175,336
Unemployed	6,770	3,932	9,608
Percent unemployed	3.8	2.2	5.5
Armed Forces	356	0	945
Not in labor force	79,137	73,095	85,179

Females 16 years and over	135,509	133,951	137,067
In labor force	83,017	78,348	87,687
Civilian labor force	83,017	78,348	87,687
Employed	80,828	75,942	85,714

Own children under 6 years	23,988	21,262	26,714
All parents in family in labor force	13,994	11,402	16,586

Own children 6 to 17 years	51,982	47,562	56,402
All parents in family in labor force	39,193	33,431	44,955

Population 16 to 19 years	16,642	13,817	19,467
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	864	0	1,740
Unemployed or not in the labor force	303	0	795

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	164,551	158,723	170,379
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	119,503	112,396	126,610
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	18,858	13,723	23,993
Public transportation (including taxicab)	12,573	7,706	17,441
Walked	5,567	2,465	8,669
Other means	4,256	464	8,048
Worked at home	3,794	2,165	5,423
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.9	23.3	26.6

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	169,148	162,961	175,336
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	71,060	64,538	77,582
Service occupations	25,869	20,015	31,723
Sales and office occupations	47,121	41,166	53,076
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0	0	543
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	9,293	6,407	12,179
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,805	11,243	20,367

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	284	0	763
Construction	6,456	4,245	8,667
Manufacturing	20,111	15,506	24,716
Wholesale trade	5,638	3,378	7,899
Retail trade	15,962	11,870	20,054
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	4,446	2,167	6,725
Information	6,880	4,288	9,472
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	13,335	9,118	17,552
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	18,401	14,467	22,335
Educational, health, and social services	37,564	31,088	44,040
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	13,477	8,647	18,307
Other services (except public administration)	8,080	4,938	11,222
Public administration	18,514	13,843	23,185

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	122,162	115,211	129,113
Government workers	37,170	31,189	43,151
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	7,674	5,166	10,182
Unpaid family workers	2,142	317	3,967

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	120,065	116,183	123,947
Less than $10,000	5,491	3,473	7,509
$10,000 to $14,999	7,396	4,480	10,312
$15,000 to $24,999	10,716	7,538	13,894
$25,000 to $34,999	11,484	8,400	14,568
$35,000 to $49,999	15,626	12,644	18,608
$50,000 to $74,999	25,384	20,828	29,940
$75,000 to $99,999	14,618	11,410	17,826
$100,000 to $149,999	15,784	11,973	19,596
$150,000 to $199,999	7,830	5,155	10,505
$200,000 or more	5,736	3,606	7,866
Median household income (dollars)	57,167	52,549	61,785
Mean household income (dollars)	76,464	70,272	82,656

With earnings	100,896	96,855	104,937
Mean earnings (dollars)	76,362	69,500	83,224
With Social Security	33,314	30,535	36,093
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	13,051	12,030	14,072
With retirement income	21,565	18,211	24,919
Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,407	11,772	17,042

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	16,241	12,934	19,548
With Supplemental Security Income	3,297	1,822	4,772
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,087	3,452	6,722
With cash public assistance income	4,505	2,188	6,822
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,954	1,710	4,198
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	4,235	2,470	6,001
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	5,249	3,059	7,439

Families	77,191	71,350	83,032
Less than $10,000	2,995	1,395	4,596
$10,000 to $14,999	615	54	1,176
$15,000 to $24,999	4,793	2,429	7,157
$25,000 to $34,999	7,560	4,871	10,250
$35,000 to $49,999	7,867	5,493	10,241
$50,000 to $74,999	16,204	12,551	19,857
$75,000 to $99,999	12,753	9,798	15,708
$100,000 to $149,999	12,041	8,964	15,118
$150,000 to $199,999	6,817	4,200	9,434
$200,000 or more	5,546	3,398	7,694
Median family income (dollars)	71,242	65,155	77,329
Mean family income (dollars)	92,589	83,458	101,720

Per capita income (dollars)	30,670	28,195	33,145

Nonfamily households	42,874	37,444	48,304
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	38,712	32,701	44,723
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	46,329	40,506	52,152

Median earnings (dollars):	33,074	29,500	36,648
Male full-time, year-round workers	49,535	44,653	54,417
Female full-time, year-round workers	37,150	34,479	39,821

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	3,837	1,941	5,733
With related children under 18 years	2,250	452	4,049
With related children under 5 years only	0	0	543

Families with female householder, no husband present	2,720	872	4,568
With related children under 18 years	2,250	452	4,049
With related children under 5 years only	0	0	543

Individuals	21,539	14,630	28,448
18 years and over	15,718	10,628	20,808
65 years and over	2,806	554	5,058
Related children under 18 years	4,706	1,479	7,933
Related children 5 to 17 years	3,590	1,199	5,981
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	9,861	6,195	13,527

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	6.6	4.5	8.7
18 years and over	6.4	4.3	8.5
65 years and over	7.0	1.4	12.6
Related children under 18 years	5.9	1.9	9.9
Related children under 5 years	5.4	0.5	10.4
Related children 5 to 17 years	6.0	2.0	10.0
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	16.0	10.9	21.1

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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