Marion, MS

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2845160, place: Marion town, Mississippi)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 931 (100%)
In labor force: 522 (56.07%)
--Civilian labor force: 506 (54.35%)
----Employed: 466 (50.05%)
----Unemployed: 40 (4.3%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 7.9%
--Armed Forces: 16 (1.72%)
Not in labor force: 409 (43.93%)
Females 16 years and over: 531 (57.04%)
In labor force: 274 (29.43%)
--Civilian labor force: 273 (29.32%)
----Employed: 239 (25.67%)
Own children under 6 years: 157 (16.86%)
All parents in family in labor force: 83 (8.92%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 461 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 395 (85.68%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 47 (10.2%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 0 (0%)
Walked: 16 (3.47%)
Other means: 3 (0.65%)
Worked at home: 0 (0%)
Mean travel time to work: 22 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 466 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 133 (28.54%)
Service occupations: 91 (19.53%)
Sales and office occupations: 110 (23.61%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 1 (0.21%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 44 (9.44%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 87 (18.67%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 6 (1.29%)
Construction: 9 (1.93%)
Manufacturing: 82 (17.6%)
Wholesale trade.: 11 (2.36%)
Retail trade: 63 (13.52%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 21 (4.51%)
Information: 7 (1.5%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 23 (4.94%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 11 (2.36%)
Educational, health and social services: 107 (22.96%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 47 (10.09%)
Other services (except public administration): 53 (11.37%)
Public administration: 26 (5.58%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 363 (77.9%)
Government workers: 79 (16.95%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 24 (5.15%)
Unpaid family workers: 0 (0%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 452 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 96 (21.24%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 45 (9.96%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 72 (15.93%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 63 (13.94%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 87 (19.25%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 65 (14.38%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 21 (4.65%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 0 (0%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 3 (0.66%)
$200,000 or more: 0 (0%)
Median household income: $26,413

With earnings: 361 (79.87%)
--Mean earnings: $32,286
With Social Security income: 90 (19.91%)
--Mean Social Security income: $9,191
With Supplemental Security Income: 18 (3.98%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $5,428
With public assistance income: 36 (7.96%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,474
With retirement income: 64 (14.16%)
--Mean retirement income: $15,808

Families: 331 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 72 (21.75%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 34 (10.27%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 47 (14.2%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 40 (12.08%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 66 (19.94%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 50 (15.11%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 19 (5.74%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 0 (0%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 3 (0.91%)
$200,000 or more: 0 (0%)
Median family income: $28,438

Per capita income: $10,504

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $27,778
Female full-time, year-round workers: $17,303

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 101 (30.51%)
--With related children under 18 years: 91 (27.49%)
----With related children under 5 years: 51 (15.41%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 92 (27.79%)
--With related children under 18 years: 89 (26.89%)
----With related children under 5 years: 49 (14.8%)
Individuals: 386 (116.62%)
--18 years and over: 174 (52.57%)
----65 years and over: 17 (5.14%)
--Related children under 18 years: 212 (64.05%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 131 (39.58%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 42 (12.69%)

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