ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for Mercer County -- Table 3

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Mercer County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	264,439	262,639	266,239
In labor force	172,638	166,540	178,736
Civilian labor force	172,297	166,301	178,293
Employed	165,173	158,802	171,544
Unemployed	7,124	4,718	9,530
Percent unemployed	4.1	2.8	5.4
Armed Forces	341	0	914
Not in labor force	91,801	85,686	97,916

Females 16 years and over	139,511	137,627	141,395
In labor force	78,004	73,285	82,723
Civilian labor force	78,004	73,285	82,723
Employed	74,765	69,982	79,548

Own children under 6 years	24,145	21,170	27,120
All parents in family in labor force	14,005	11,116	16,894

Own children 6 to 17 years	49,953	46,729	53,177
All parents in family in labor force	28,283	23,699	32,867

Population 16 to 19 years	17,050	13,935	20,165
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	1,051	10	2,092
Unemployed or not in the labor force	776	0	1,710

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	162,980	156,149	169,811
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	124,569	117,802	131,336
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	14,516	9,261	19,771
Public transportation (including taxicab)	12,771	9,101	16,441
Walked	2,762	967	4,557
Other means	2,858	690	5,026
Worked at home	5,504	3,036	7,972
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	26.7	24.7	28.7

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	165,173	158,802	171,544
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	65,247	59,203	71,291
Service occupations	26,901	21,185	32,617
Sales and office occupations	43,811	38,097	49,525
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0	0	531
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	12,593	9,148	16,038
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,621	12,377	20,865

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	0	0	531
Construction	9,477	6,306	12,648
Manufacturing	18,315	14,294	22,336
Wholesale trade	4,438	2,648	6,228
Retail trade	14,841	10,652	19,030
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5,419	3,175	7,663
Information	10,125	6,761	13,489
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	14,387	10,444	18,331
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	24,398	19,590	29,206
Educational, health, and social services	35,703	30,200	41,206
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	8,391	5,144	11,638
Other services (except public administration)	6,668	3,845	9,491
Public administration	13,011	9,531	16,491

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	128,355	121,379	135,331
Government workers	28,772	23,896	33,648
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	7,858	5,546	10,170
Unpaid family workers	188	0	500

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	123,534	120,199	126,869
Less than $10,000	7,772	5,233	10,311
$10,000 to $14,999	5,365	3,039	7,692
$15,000 to $24,999	12,812	9,628	15,997
$25,000 to $34,999	15,577	12,482	18,672
$35,000 to $49,999	19,338	15,371	23,305
$50,000 to $74,999	21,063	17,509	24,617
$75,000 to $99,999	14,152	11,265	17,040
$100,000 to $149,999	14,354	11,107	17,601
$150,000 to $199,999	5,601	3,636	7,566
$200,000 or more	7,500	5,235	9,765
Median household income (dollars)	50,520	47,284	53,756
Mean household income (dollars)	77,465	70,514	84,416

With earnings	100,898	97,009	104,787
Mean earnings (dollars)	77,530	71,262	83,798
With Social Security	33,067	29,572	36,562
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	13,573	12,431	14,715
With retirement income	24,028	20,877	27,180
Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,492	13,510	17,474

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	19,970	16,726	23,214
With Supplemental Security Income	2,354	1,113	3,595
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	9,096	4,512	13,680
With cash public assistance income	2,040	405	3,675
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	3,497	2,037	4,957
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	4,753	2,497	7,009
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	10,301	7,509	13,093

Families	85,604	79,974	91,234
Less than $10,000	3,474	1,661	5,287
$10,000 to $14,999	2,798	703	4,894
$15,000 to $24,999	6,157	3,944	8,370
$25,000 to $34,999	9,945	7,508	12,382
$35,000 to $49,999	14,414	11,053	17,775
$50,000 to $74,999	12,783	10,077	15,489
$75,000 to $99,999	11,770	8,955	14,585
$100,000 to $149,999	12,548	9,570	15,526
$150,000 to $199,999	5,583	3,682	7,484
$200,000 or more	6,132	4,140	8,124
Median family income (dollars)	60,168	48,757	71,579
Mean family income (dollars)	88,084	79,250	96,918

Per capita income (dollars)	31,787	29,142	34,432

Nonfamily households	37,930	32,883	42,977
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	33,279	27,893	38,665
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	50,002	39,183	60,821

Median earnings (dollars):	31,991	30,018	33,964
Male full-time, year-round workers	51,648	46,541	56,755
Female full-time, year-round workers	32,993	28,282	37,704

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	6,428	3,788	9,068
With related children under 18 years	5,862	3,161	8,563
With related children under 5 years only	701	0	1,534

Families with female householder, no husband present	5,111	2,483	7,739
With related children under 18 years	5,111	2,483	7,739
With related children under 5 years only	432	0	1,125

Individuals	35,671	26,954	44,388
18 years and over	22,340	16,303	28,377
65 years and over	3,003	1,261	4,745
Related children under 18 years	13,085	8,590	17,580
Related children 5 to 17 years	9,393	6,814	11,972
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	11,900	7,409	16,391

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	10.7	8.1	13.3
18 years and over	8.8	6.3	11.3
65 years and over	7.5	3.2	11.8
Related children under 18 years	17.0	11.2	22.8
Related children under 5 years	18.5	7.0	30.1
Related children 5 to 17 years	16.4	11.8	21.0
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	21.6	14.8	28.4

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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