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

2001 Supplementary Survey Profile Mecklenburg County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	534,555	531,371	537,740
In labor force	390,368	381,948	398,788
Civilian labor force	390,162	381,704	398,620
Employed	366,291	357,193	375,389
Unemployed	23,871	18,542	29,201
Percent unemployed	6.1	4.8	7.4
Armed Forces	206	0	556
Not in labor force	144,187	135,904	152,470

Females 16 years and over	272,309	269,979	274,639
In labor force	185,351	178,837	191,865
Civilian labor force	185,351	178,837	191,865
Employed	175,096	167,905	182,287

Own children under 6 years	62,943	58,396	67,490
All parents in family in labor force	39,917	33,662	46,172

Own children 6 to 17 years	109,308	104,226	114,390
All parents in family in labor force	78,937	72,132	85,742

Population 16 to 19 years	32,786	28,998	36,574
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	2,999	1,290	4,708
Unemployed or not in the labor force	1,008	193	1,823

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	358,565	349,813	367,317
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	294,169	283,076	305,262
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	34,643	28,654	40,633
Public transportation (including taxicab)	9,222	6,041	12,403
Walked	6,208	3,172	9,244
Other means	1,796	634	2,958
Worked at home	12,527	9,395	15,659
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.5	22.5	24.5

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	366,291	357,193	375,389
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	151,566	141,722	161,410
Service occupations	40,418	34,711	46,125
Sales and office occupations	105,680	96,374	114,986
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	707	0	1,822
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	28,997	23,537	34,457
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	38,923	32,737	45,109

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	931	0	2,109
Construction	27,510	22,684	32,336
Manufacturing	39,530	32,686	46,374
Wholesale trade	13,490	10,304	16,676
Retail trade	42,909	37,782	48,036
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	20,928	16,485	25,371
Information	11,179	7,518	14,840
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	49,922	43,566	56,278
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	45,252	38,942	51,562
Educational, health, and social services	64,767	58,172	71,362
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	24,022	18,767	29,277
Other services (except public administration)	16,187	12,329	20,045
Public administration	9,664	6,369	12,959

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	308,709	297,393	320,025
Government workers	39,219	32,946	45,492
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	17,683	13,032	22,334
Unpaid family workers	680	0	1,385

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	290,195	285,720	294,670
Less than $10,000	17,531	13,530	21,532
$10,000 to $14,999	11,482	8,096	14,868
$15,000 to $24,999	28,983	23,949	34,017
$25,000 to $34,999	35,907	30,442	41,372
$35,000 to $49,999	48,061	41,771	54,351
$50,000 to $74,999	63,063	57,121	69,005
$75,000 to $99,999	30,649	26,488	34,810
$100,000 to $149,999	34,029	28,351	39,707
$150,000 to $199,999	10,419	7,855	12,983
$200,000 or more	10,071	7,583	12,559
Median household income (dollars)	50,808	48,577	53,039
Mean household income (dollars)	66,429	63,573	69,285

With earnings	255,862	250,871	260,853
Mean earnings (dollars)	65,592	62,536	68,648
With Social Security	51,956	48,328	55,584
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,855	12,099	13,611
With retirement income	35,716	31,791	39,641
Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,794	14,834	18,754

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	31,903	25,214	38,592
With Supplemental Security Income	6,398	4,212	8,584
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,342	4,803	7,881
With cash public assistance income	3,574	1,772	5,376
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	1,674	999	2,349
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	11,239	7,964	14,514
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	16,485	11,946	21,024

Families	180,572	172,966	188,179
Less than $10,000	7,768	4,577	10,959
$10,000 to $14,999	3,516	1,373	5,659
$15,000 to $24,999	15,678	11,414	19,942
$25,000 to $34,999	13,608	10,478	16,738
$35,000 to $49,999	25,913	21,050	30,776
$50,000 to $74,999	41,419	36,147	46,691
$75,000 to $99,999	25,033	20,984	29,082
$100,000 to $149,999	29,040	23,499	34,581
$150,000 to $199,999	9,135	6,681	11,589
$200,000 or more	9,462	7,033	11,891
Median family income (dollars)	62,499	57,242	67,756
Mean family income (dollars)	80,105	75,967	84,243

Per capita income (dollars)	26,888	25,794	27,982

Nonfamily households	109,623	102,520	116,726
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	34,928	32,181	37,675
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	42,972	40,139	45,805

Median earnings (dollars):	30,484	29,727	31,241
Male full-time, year-round workers	42,275	39,968	44,582
Female full-time, year-round workers	31,523	30,789	32,257

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	12,876	7,391	18,361
With related children under 18 years	9,801	5,051	14,551
With related children under 5 years only	2,986	770	5,202

Families with female householder, no husband present	8,220	4,380	12,060
With related children under 18 years	7,694	3,942	11,446
With related children under 5 years only	2,394	228	4,560

Individuals	63,104	44,429	81,779
18 years and over	40,044	30,446	49,642
65 years and over	2,732	1,580	3,884
Related children under 18 years	20,673	10,799	30,547
Related children 5 to 17 years	13,506	5,009	22,004
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	22,896	17,977	27,815

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	9.0	6.4	11.6
18 years and over	7.8	6.0	9.6
65 years and over	4.9	2.9	6.9
Related children under 18 years	11.3	5.9	16.7
Related children under 5 years	13.1	6.2	20.0
Related children 5 to 17 years	10.6	4.0	17.2
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	15.9	12.9	18.9

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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