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

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Middlesex County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	573,644	569,382	577,906
In labor force	381,461	371,076	391,846
Civilian labor force	381,461	371,076	391,846
Employed	366,097	354,897	377,297
Unemployed	15,364	10,934	19,794
Percent unemployed	4.0	2.8	5.2
Armed Forces	0	0	543
Not in labor force	192,183	181,717	202,649

Females 16 years and over	297,501	293,252	301,750
In labor force	174,191	165,974	182,408
Civilian labor force	174,191	165,974	182,408
Employed	166,359	157,690	175,028

Own children under 6 years	59,411	56,165	62,657
All parents in family in labor force	33,966	28,826	39,106

Own children 6 to 17 years	110,325	106,522	114,128
All parents in family in labor force	75,751	67,216	84,286

Population 16 to 19 years	35,290	30,045	40,535
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	3,830	1,216	6,444
Unemployed or not in the labor force	1,275	206	2,344

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	357,404	346,379	368,429
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	262,241	249,757	274,725
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	34,443	26,738	42,149
Public transportation (including taxicab)	40,637	32,829	48,445
Walked	8,662	5,667	11,657
Other means	3,395	1,473	5,317
Worked at home	8,026	5,391	10,661
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	30.9	29.3	32.6

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	366,097	354,897	377,297
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	157,982	148,442	167,522
Service occupations	33,457	27,001	39,913
Sales and office occupations	107,068	96,686	117,450
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0	0	543
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	23,030	18,293	27,767
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	44,560	37,689	51,431

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	1,806	227	3,385
Construction	15,157	11,471	18,843
Manufacturing	54,926	47,399	62,453
Wholesale trade	21,811	17,125	26,497
Retail trade	35,702	29,468	41,936
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	23,003	18,667	27,339
Information	14,213	10,644	17,782
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	34,724	29,112	40,336
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	46,540	40,768	52,312
Educational, health, and social services	62,779	55,276	70,282
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	26,579	19,002	34,156
Other services (except public administration)	12,660	8,946	16,374
Public administration	16,197	11,384	21,010

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	293,614	279,622	307,606
Government workers	54,430	45,723	63,137
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	17,185	12,912	21,459
Unpaid family workers	868	175	1,561

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	261,173	256,906	265,440
Less than $10,000	14,231	10,672	17,790
$10,000 to $14,999	8,418	5,915	10,921
$15,000 to $24,999	20,857	16,661	25,053
$25,000 to $34,999	21,033	17,007	25,059
$35,000 to $49,999	37,887	32,587	43,187
$50,000 to $74,999	55,848	48,982	62,714
$75,000 to $99,999	41,579	36,878	46,280
$100,000 to $149,999	39,699	34,625	44,773
$150,000 to $199,999	13,253	9,372	17,134
$200,000 or more	8,368	5,959	10,777
Median household income (dollars)	61,144	57,082	65,206
Mean household income (dollars)	72,733	69,755	75,711

With earnings	218,343	213,419	223,267
Mean earnings (dollars)	75,093	71,923	78,263
With Social Security	64,500	60,845	68,155
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	13,636	12,961	14,311
With retirement income	45,458	40,561	50,355
Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,246	12,365	16,127

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	23,200	18,156	28,244
With Supplemental Security Income	3,923	2,215	5,631
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,695	4,372	7,018
With cash public assistance income	3,143	1,260	5,026
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,557	1,546	3,568
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	4,074	2,277	5,871
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	11,868	8,395	15,341

Families	181,216	172,917	189,516
Less than $10,000	4,557	2,207	6,907
$10,000 to $14,999	3,702	1,783	5,621
$15,000 to $24,999	10,110	6,850	13,370
$25,000 to $34,999	11,613	8,414	14,812
$35,000 to $49,999	23,979	19,826	28,132
$50,000 to $74,999	40,474	34,786	46,162
$75,000 to $99,999	35,439	31,020	39,858
$100,000 to $149,999	32,289	28,326	36,252
$150,000 to $199,999	11,458	8,203	14,713
$200,000 or more	7,595	5,343	9,847
Median family income (dollars)	72,118	68,597	75,639
Mean family income (dollars)	83,065	79,308	86,822

Per capita income (dollars)	27,372	26,347	28,397

Nonfamily households	79,957	72,776	87,138
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	37,298	34,627	39,969
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	47,671	42,917	52,425

Median earnings (dollars):	33,629	31,426	35,832
Male full-time, year-round workers	50,195	47,034	53,356
Female full-time, year-round workers	36,964	35,133	38,796

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	7,123	4,168	10,078
With related children under 18 years	5,032	2,392	7,672
With related children under 5 years only	1,130	0	2,359

Families with female householder, no husband present	2,544	625	4,463
With related children under 18 years	1,992	255	3,729
With related children under 5 years only	218	0	589

Individuals	46,876	34,475	59,277
18 years and over	38,340	28,732	47,948
65 years and over	6,374	3,871	8,877
Related children under 18 years	8,367	4,084	12,650
Related children 5 to 17 years	5,940	2,592	9,288
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	23,605	17,228	29,982

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	6.5	4.9	8.2
18 years and over	6.9	5.1	8.7
65 years and over	7.1	4.3	9.9
Related children under 18 years	4.8	2.3	7.3
Related children under 5 years	5.0	0.9	9.1
Related children 5 to 17 years	4.8	2.2	7.4
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	19.7	15.2	24.2

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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