ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for North Carolina -- Table 3

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile North Carolina

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	6,080,963	6,068,948	6,092,978
In labor force	4,009,095	3,965,449	4,052,741
Civilian labor force	3,946,727	3,880,018	4,013,437
Employed	3,685,597	3,628,784	3,742,410
Unemployed	261,130	238,009	284,251
Percent unemployed	6.6	6.1	7.1
Armed Forces	62,368	17,569	107,167
Not in labor force	2,071,868	2,025,188	2,118,548

Females 16 years and over	3,156,801	3,149,777	3,163,825
In labor force	1,868,065	1,837,664	1,898,466
Civilian labor force	1,862,129	1,829,352	1,894,906
Employed	1,734,173	1,706,017	1,762,329

Own children under 6 years	665,144	649,636	680,652
All parents in family in labor force	413,750	398,750	428,750

Own children 6 to 17 years	1,247,935	1,230,491	1,265,379
All parents in family in labor force	897,231	866,666	927,796

Population 16 to 19 years	378,840	363,893	393,787
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	52,931	41,914	63,948
Unemployed or not in the labor force	30,223	21,848	38,598

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	3,642,225	3,599,406	3,685,044
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,982,766	2,942,306	3,023,226
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	428,254	395,576	460,932
Public transportation (including taxicab)	32,492	26,306	38,678
Walked	53,746	40,615	66,877
Other means	37,445	30,626	44,264
Worked at home	107,522	97,952	117,092
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.9	22.2	23.6

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	3,685,597	3,628,784	3,742,410
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,180,194	1,145,564	1,214,824
Service occupations	487,323	458,192	516,454
Sales and office occupations	925,271	894,371	956,171
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	30,862	18,164	43,560
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	404,009	383,671	424,347
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	657,938	617,157	698,719

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	64,799	43,976	85,622
Construction	311,173	292,863	329,483
Manufacturing	686,815	632,448	741,183
Wholesale trade	124,633	110,177	139,089
Retail trade	459,225	439,536	478,914
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	176,149	159,169	193,129
Information	82,029	74,304	89,754
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	225,404	205,657	245,151
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	282,464	267,833	297,095
Educational, health, and social services	704,655	662,679	746,631
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	239,085	220,328	257,842
Other services (except public administration)	169,245	158,207	180,284
Public administration	159,921	137,981	181,861

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	2,871,441	2,786,128	2,956,754
Government workers	544,152	502,783	585,521
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	260,219	239,488	280,950
Unpaid family workers	9,785	6,452	13,118

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	3,191,757	3,149,167	3,234,347
Less than $10,000	343,576	323,159	363,993
$10,000 to $14,999	226,513	206,315	246,711
$15,000 to $24,999	431,441	404,508	458,374
$25,000 to $34,999	438,358	413,293	463,423
$35,000 to $49,999	541,717	520,567	562,867
$50,000 to $74,999	615,239	584,440	646,038
$75,000 to $99,999	285,668	266,553	304,783
$100,000 to $149,999	215,707	198,928	232,486
$150,000 to $199,999	52,015	43,803	60,227
$200,000 or more	41,523	36,243	46,803
Median household income (dollars)	38,832	37,116	40,548
Mean household income (dollars)	49,813	48,439	51,187

With earnings	2,568,278	2,530,600	2,605,956
Mean earnings (dollars)	50,573	48,897	52,249
With Social Security	845,085	823,894	866,276
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,514	11,212	11,816
With retirement income	519,106	479,985	558,228
Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,561	13,898	15,224

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	542,765	512,870	572,660
With Supplemental Security Income	121,980	103,678	140,282
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,803	5,516	6,090
With cash public assistance income	48,502	43,813	53,191
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,473	1,927	3,019
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	206,096	194,577	217,615
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	285,980	271,369	300,591

Families	2,207,613	2,161,875	2,253,351
Less than $10,000	129,159	118,724	139,594
$10,000 to $14,999	113,842	100,309	127,375
$15,000 to $24,999	264,667	245,963	283,371
$25,000 to $34,999	287,226	264,171	310,281
$35,000 to $49,999	392,875	377,906	407,844
$50,000 to $74,999	491,955	467,350	516,560
$75,000 to $99,999	254,446	235,445	273,447
$100,000 to $149,999	188,694	174,933	202,455
$150,000 to $199,999	47,533	40,243	54,823
$200,000 or more	37,216	31,654	42,778
Median family income (dollars)	46,242	44,590	47,894
Mean family income (dollars)	57,597	55,815	59,379

Per capita income (dollars)	20,087	19,592	20,582

Nonfamily households	984,144	940,094	1,028,194
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	23,333	22,018	24,648
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	30,822	29,751	31,893

Median earnings (dollars):	23,360	22,665	24,055
Male full-time, year-round workers	35,027	33,422	36,632
Female full-time, year-round workers	25,956	25,431	26,481

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	231,288	212,575	250,001
With related children under 18 years	181,397	167,958	194,836
With related children under 5 years only	34,474	27,853	41,095

Families with female householder, no husband present	128,488	117,285	139,692
With related children under 18 years	118,398	107,686	129,110
With related children under 5 years only	23,016	17,208	28,824

Individuals	1,110,217	1,038,965	1,181,469
18 years and over	711,123	664,309	757,937
65 years and over	123,633	111,027	136,239
Related children under 18 years	392,139	359,291	424,987
Related children 5 to 17 years	268,473	244,786	292,160
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	331,116	302,530	359,702

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	14.1	13.1	15.1
18 years and over	12.1	11.3	12.9
65 years and over	13.3	12.0	14.6
Related children under 18 years	19.5	17.9	21.2
Related children under 5 years	21.6	19.1	24.1
Related children 5 to 17 years	18.6	17.0	20.3
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	25.7	24.1	27.4

The 2001 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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