ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for Charleston--North Charleston, SC MSA -- Table 3

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Charleston--North Charleston, SC MSA

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	404,171	401,011	407,331
In labor force	262,038	253,113	270,963
Civilian labor force	256,614	247,820	265,409
Employed	245,957	237,184	254,730
Unemployed	10,657	7,159	14,155
Percent unemployed	4.2	2.9	5.5
Armed Forces	5,424	3,426	7,422
Not in labor force	142,133	133,683	150,583

Females 16 years and over	211,622	208,989	214,255
In labor force	125,054	118,751	131,357
Civilian labor force	124,854	118,548	131,160
Employed	117,815	111,585	124,045

Own children under 6 years	41,084	37,966	44,203
All parents in family in labor force	22,840	18,839	26,841

Own children 6 to 17 years	87,510	83,067	91,953
All parents in family in labor force	58,725	53,009	64,441

Population 16 to 19 years	30,160	25,175	35,145
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	4,970	2,370	7,570
Unemployed or not in the labor force	3,013	1,271	4,755

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	242,114	232,828	251,400
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	186,240	176,464	196,016
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	36,687	29,929	43,445
Public transportation (including taxicab)	3,502	1,826	5,178
Walked	4,370	2,628	6,112
Other means	5,155	2,484	7,826
Worked at home	6,160	3,698	8,622
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.1	21.6	24.6

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	245,957	237,184	254,730
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	83,338	74,337	92,339
Service occupations	40,917	34,400	47,435
Sales and office occupations	59,160	51,686	66,635
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,757	422	3,092
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	28,894	22,245	35,544
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	31,891	26,017	37,765

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	1,355	740	1,970
Construction	17,696	12,426	22,966
Manufacturing	26,033	21,698	30,368
Wholesale trade	7,242	4,906	9,578
Retail trade	27,404	21,636	33,172
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	17,550	12,968	22,132
Information	2,977	1,456	4,498
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	14,898	11,281	18,515
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	21,783	16,363	27,203
Educational, health, and social services	47,914	41,067	54,762
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	30,110	24,508	35,712
Other services (except public administration)	16,445	11,959	20,931
Public administration	14,550	9,960	19,140

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	185,724	176,197	195,251
Government workers	46,250	38,295	54,205
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	13,624	10,327	16,921
Unpaid family workers	359	0	783

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2000 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	192,586	187,270	197,902
Less than $10,000	28,838	22,702	34,974
$10,000 to $14,999	10,904	8,142	13,666
$15,000 to $24,999	21,796	17,557	26,035
$25,000 to $34,999	23,511	19,172	27,851
$35,000 to $49,999	37,165	31,598	42,732
$50,000 to $74,999	36,151	29,965	42,337
$75,000 to $99,999	16,790	13,186	20,394
$100,000 to $149,999	10,990	8,203	13,777
$150,000 to $199,999	3,494	1,372	5,616
$200,000 or more	2,947	1,472	4,422
Median household income (dollars)	39,714	36,619	42,809
Mean household income (dollars)	49,971	45,691	54,251

With earnings	152,996	146,658	159,334
Mean earnings (dollars)	50,427	45,642	55,212
With Social Security	48,742	44,073	53,412
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,954	9,157	10,751
With retirement income	38,618	34,358	42,878
Mean retirement income (dollars)	20,352	17,268	23,436

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	34,354	28,993	39,715
With Supplemental Security Income	8,427	5,462	11,392
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,752	4,716	6,788
With cash public assistance income	2,511	676	4,346
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	834	529	1,139
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	10,036	6,617	13,455
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	18,813	14,714	22,912

Families	132,722	125,606	139,838
Less than $10,000	10,625	6,906	14,344
$10,000 to $14,999	6,275	3,944	8,606
$15,000 to $24,999	13,033	9,631	16,435
$25,000 to $34,999	17,857	14,281	21,433
$35,000 to $49,999	26,041	21,528	30,554
$50,000 to $74,999	30,465	24,664	36,266
$75,000 to $99,999	13,546	10,366	16,726
$100,000 to $149,999	9,238	6,817	11,659
$150,000 to $199,999	2,940	899	4,981
$200,000 or more	2,702	1,257	4,147
Median family income (dollars)	45,502	41,606	49,398
Mean family income (dollars)	58,194	52,059	64,329

Per capita income (dollars)	19,788	18,049	21,527

Nonfamily households	59,864	52,682	67,046
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	22,254	16,839	27,669
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	28,638	23,962	33,314

Median earnings (dollars):	21,713	20,670	22,756
Male full-time, year-round workers	31,849	30,484	33,214
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,121	22,141	26,101

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	15,022	11,158	18,886
With related children under 18 years	11,006	7,620	14,392
With related children under 5 years only	263	0	623

Families with female householder, no husband present	8,777	5,264	12,290
With related children under 18 years	7,591	4,369	10,813
With related children under 5 years only	165	0	442

Individuals	79,651	65,781	93,521
18 years and over	52,486	43,183	61,789
65 years and over	7,832	5,354	10,310
Related children under 18 years	26,090	18,764	33,416
Related children 5 to 17 years	21,797	15,867	27,727
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	27,611	21,029	34,193

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	15.1	12.5	17.7
18 years and over	13.5	11.2	15.8
65 years and over	14.0	9.7	18.3
Related children under 18 years	18.9	13.6	24.2
Related children under 5 years	11.7	4.9	18.5
Related children 5 to 17 years	21.6	15.8	27.4
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	30.5	24.4	36.6

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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