ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for Mecklenburg County -- Table 3


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	Note: The 2002 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters.

TABLE 3. SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	551,304	548,690	553,918
In labor force	422,677	414,069	431,285
Civilian labor force	422,147	413,549	430,745
Employed	383,926	374,498	393,354
Unemployed	38,221	31,477	44,965
Percent unemployed	9.1	7.6	10.6
Armed Forces	530	0	1,084
Not in labor force	128,627	120,133	137,121

Females 16 years and over	282,523	280,873	284,173
In labor force	196,104	190,309	201,899
Civilian labor force	196,104	190,309	201,899
Employed	178,287	171,809	184,765

Own children under 6 years	70,582	66,445	74,719
All parents in family in labor force	40,312	33,656	46,968

Own children 6 to 17 years	110,723	105,278	116,168
All parents in family in labor force	78,359	71,769	84,949

Population 16 to 19 years	32,360	29,075	35,645
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	3,679	600	6,758
Unemployed or not in the labor force	1,784	565	3,003

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	369,259	358,821	379,697
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	292,726	281,358	304,095
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	44,400	36,759	52,041
Public transportation (including taxicab)	5,980	2,202	9,759
Walked	7,582	3,726	11,438
Other means	2,664	894	4,434
Worked at home	15,907	12,381	19,433
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.1	22.1	24.1

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	383,926	374,498	393,354
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	156,829	146,662	166,996
Service occupations	47,597	39,515	55,679
Sales and office occupations	112,698	103,557	121,839
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	690	0	1,515
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	33,109	26,842	39,376
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	33,003	27,820	38,186

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	1,751	0	3,584
Construction	24,542	18,112	30,972
Manufacturing	32,080	26,912	37,248
Wholesale trade	16,504	12,561	20,448
Retail trade	38,851	31,436	46,266
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	24,468	18,853	30,083
Information	15,073	10,260	19,886
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	58,936	50,998	66,874
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	43,085	37,312	48,858
Educational, health, and social services	70,954	62,694	79,214
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	29,835	23,435	36,235
Other services (except public administration)	17,823	12,523	23,123
Public administration	10,024	6,792	13,256

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	325,725	314,847	336,603
Government workers	40,250	34,719	45,781
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	17,951	14,001	21,901
Unpaid family workers	0	0	581

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2002 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	297,161	291,546	302,776
Less than $10,000	18,816	14,282	23,350
$10,000 to $14,999	12,734	9,162	16,306
$15,000 to $24,999	35,279	28,428	42,130
$25,000 to $34,999	27,528	22,487	32,569
$35,000 to $49,999	47,303	40,914	53,692
$50,000 to $74,999	64,023	56,877	71,169
$75,000 to $99,999	36,810	31,132	42,488
$100,000 to $149,999	32,083	27,524	36,642
$150,000 to $199,999	10,202	7,588	12,816
$200,000 or more	12,383	9,512	15,254
Median household income (dollars)	51,634	50,212	53,056
Mean household income (dollars)	68,679	64,985	72,373

With earnings	265,284	258,927	271,641
Mean earnings (dollars)	68,581	64,981	72,181
With Social Security	50,074	46,005	54,143
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,522	11,742	13,302
With retirement income	33,892	29,883	37,902
Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,476	12,300	16,652

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	29,123	23,391	34,855
With Supplemental Security Income	4,939	2,683	7,195
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	4,265	3,250	5,280
With cash public assistance income	3,280	1,534	5,026
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	2,140	1,099	3,181
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	11,623	7,935	15,311
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	12,748	9,143	16,353

Families	186,135	178,387	193,883
Less than $10,000	9,465	6,030	12,900
$10,000 to $14,999	3,684	1,909	5,459
$15,000 to $24,999	14,653	10,307	18,999
$25,000 to $34,999	15,251	11,456	19,046
$35,000 to $49,999	23,123	18,038	28,208
$50,000 to $74,999	40,305	34,583	46,027
$75,000 to $99,999	30,928	25,457	36,399
$100,000 to $149,999	27,307	23,162	31,452
$150,000 to $199,999	9,776	7,172	12,380
$200,000 or more	11,643	8,756	14,531
Median family income (dollars)	65,151	60,242	70,060
Mean family income (dollars)	84,481	78,921	90,042

Per capita income (dollars)	28,547	27,187	29,907

Nonfamily households	111,026	103,098	118,954
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	35,651	33,128	38,174
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	40,824	38,085	43,563

Median earnings (dollars):	30,225	29,060	31,390
Male full-time, year-round workers	45,177	41,742	48,612
Female full-time, year-round workers	32,492	29,880	35,104

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	13,611	10,057	17,165
With related children under 18 years	11,114	7,873	14,355
With related children under 5 years only	4,211	1,812	6,610

Families with female householder, no husband present	8,703	5,817	11,589
With related children under 18 years	8,431	5,558	11,304
With related children under 5 years only	2,964	892	5,036

Individuals	64,003	52,806	75,200
18 years and over	37,565	30,962	44,168
65 years and over	4,799	2,910	6,688
Related children under 18 years	25,228	18,354	32,102
Related children 5 to 17 years	14,289	8,918	19,660
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	19,008	14,447	23,569

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	8.9	7.3	10.6
18 years and over	7.1	5.8	8.4
65 years and over	8.5	5.2	11.8
Related children under 18 years	13.4	9.8	17.0
Related children under 5 years	18.7	11.3	26.1
Related children 5 to 17 years	11.0	6.9	15.1
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	13.1	10.0	16.2

The 2002 American Community 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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