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

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Mecklenburg County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	521,409	518,386	524,432
In labor force	389,763	380,313	399,213
Civilian labor force	389,330	379,849	398,811
Employed	376,911	366,867	386,955
Unemployed	12,419	8,812	16,026
Percent unemployed	3.2	2.2	4.2
Armed Forces	433	0	1,212
Not in labor force	131,646	122,388	140,904

Females 16 years and over	267,785	265,071	270,499
In labor force	176,878	169,126	184,630
Civilian labor force	176,878	169,126	184,630
Employed	169,811	161,969	177,653

Own children under 6 years	58,406	53,864	62,948
All parents in family in labor force	36,164	30,792	41,536

Own children 6 to 17 years	102,013	96,908	107,118
All parents in family in labor force	72,576	66,040	79,112

Population 16 to 19 years	26,686	22,051	31,321
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	1,823	579	3,067
Unemployed or not in the labor force	153	0	415

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	368,814	358,351	379,277
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	296,855	286,744	306,966
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	48,221	39,659	56,783
Public transportation (including taxicab)	7,245	4,288	10,202
Walked	2,490	967	4,013
Other means	1,411	457	2,365
Worked at home	12,592	8,614	16,570
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.4	23.4	25.4

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	376,911	366,867	386,955
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	142,189	132,144	152,234
Service occupations	44,158	36,599	51,717
Sales and office occupations	114,725	104,078	125,372
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	214	0	590
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	42,522	34,980	50,064
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	33,103	27,092	39,114

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	1,346	410	2,282
Construction	33,504	25,975	41,033
Manufacturing	36,693	30,436	42,950
Wholesale trade	17,682	13,204	22,160
Retail trade	46,693	40,075	53,311
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	19,525	14,106	24,944
Information	15,482	11,562	19,402
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	55,202	46,294	64,110
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	40,354	35,071	45,637
Educational, health, and social services	58,489	51,229	65,749
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	26,904	21,619	32,189
Other services (except public administration)	18,947	14,363	23,531
Public administration	6,090	3,797	8,384

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	322,924	310,273	335,575
Government workers	31,617	25,868	37,366
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	21,522	16,714	26,330
Unpaid family workers	848	135	1,561

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	272,619	267,248	277,990
Less than $10,000	17,860	13,438	22,282
$10,000 to $14,999	11,415	7,670	15,161
$15,000 to $24,999	30,182	24,574	35,790
$25,000 to $34,999	37,347	31,541	43,153
$35,000 to $49,999	47,473	39,015	55,931
$50,000 to $74,999	51,767	45,319	58,215
$75,000 to $99,999	28,771	24,133	33,409
$100,000 to $149,999	30,342	25,239	35,445
$150,000 to $199,999	8,499	5,894	11,104
$200,000 or more	8,963	6,778	11,148
Median household income (dollars)	46,602	42,865	50,339
Mean household income (dollars)	65,056	61,198	68,914

With earnings	240,382	233,749	247,015
Mean earnings (dollars)	63,788	59,871	67,705
With Social Security	48,796	45,107	52,485
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,704	11,983	13,425
With retirement income	32,518	27,345	37,691
Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,384	12,607	16,161

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	28,278	23,369	33,187
With Supplemental Security Income	5,105	3,122	7,088
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,188	3,927	6,449
With cash public assistance income	4,581	2,453	6,710
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	1,311	760	1,862
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	13,420	9,656	17,184
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	13,059	8,955	17,163

Families	173,549	164,108	182,990
Less than $10,000	7,524	4,518	10,530
$10,000 to $14,999	4,796	2,275	7,317
$15,000 to $24,999	13,864	10,222	17,506
$25,000 to $34,999	19,187	15,346	23,028
$35,000 to $49,999	30,660	21,598	39,722
$50,000 to $74,999	34,480	29,038	39,922
$75,000 to $99,999	23,435	19,056	27,814
$100,000 to $149,999	25,378	20,321	30,435
$150,000 to $199,999	6,427	4,183	8,671
$200,000 or more	7,798	5,709	9,887
Median family income (dollars)	56,038	49,238	62,838
Mean family income (dollars)	75,929	70,215	81,643

Per capita income (dollars)	27,506	26,153	28,859

Nonfamily households	99,070	90,906	107,234
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	31,691	29,526	33,856
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	43,820	40,573	47,067

Median earnings (dollars):	27,174	26,507	27,841
Male full-time, year-round workers	36,528	32,971	40,085
Female full-time, year-round workers	31,157	29,152	33,162

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	13,197	9,521	16,873
With related children under 18 years	12,349	8,858	15,840
With related children under 5 years only	2,811	1,009	4,613

Families with female householder, no husband present	9,435	6,275	12,595
With related children under 18 years	9,008	5,878	12,138
With related children under 5 years only	2,237	434	4,040

Individuals	65,597	51,105	80,089
18 years and over	35,567	27,139	43,995
65 years and over	4,871	2,868	6,874
Related children under 18 years	28,349	20,096	36,602
Related children 5 to 17 years	20,972	13,816	28,128
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	17,633	12,304	22,963

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	9.7	7.6	11.8
18 years and over	7.0	5.4	8.7
65 years and over	8.9	5.3	12.5
Related children under 18 years	16.8	11.9	21.8
Related children under 5 years	14.7	9.1	20.3
Related children 5 to 17 years	17.7	11.8	23.6
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	12.7	9.1	16.3

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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