Meridian Station, MS

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2846680, place: Meridian Station CDP, Mississippi)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 1,314 (100%)
In labor force: 1,092 (83.11%)
--Civilian labor force: 271 (20.62%)
----Employed: 238 (18.11%)
----Unemployed: 33 (2.51%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 12.2%
--Armed Forces: 821 (62.48%)
Not in labor force: 222 (16.89%)
Females 16 years and over: 553 (42.09%)
In labor force: 374 (28.46%)
--Civilian labor force: 175 (13.32%)
----Employed: 162 (12.33%)
Own children under 6 years: 269 (20.47%)
All parents in family in labor force: 99 (7.53%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 1,000 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 503 (50.3%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 51 (5.1%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 0 (0%)
Walked: 432 (43.2%)
Other means: 5 (0.5%)
Worked at home: 9 (0.9%)
Mean travel time to work: 13.9 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 238 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 83 (34.87%)
Service occupations: 39 (16.39%)
Sales and office occupations: 73 (30.67%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 0 (0%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 25 (10.5%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 18 (7.56%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 0 (0%)
Construction: 12 (5.04%)
Manufacturing: 29 (12.18%)
Wholesale trade.: 4 (1.68%)
Retail trade: 48 (20.17%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 0 (0%)
Information: 11 (4.62%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 6 (2.52%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 16 (6.72%)
Educational, health and social services: 65 (27.31%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 20 (8.4%)
Other services (except public administration): 5 (2.1%)
Public administration: 22 (9.24%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 176 (73.95%)
Government workers: 53 (22.27%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 9 (3.78%)
Unpaid family workers: 0 (0%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 362 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 8 (2.21%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 0 (0%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 53 (14.64%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 70 (19.34%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 128 (35.36%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 70 (19.34%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 19 (5.25%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 14 (3.87%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 0 (0%)
$200,000 or more: 0 (0%)
Median household income: $42,024

With earnings: 362 (100%)
--Mean earnings: $43,500
With Social Security income: 0 (0%)
--Mean Social Security income: $0
With Supplemental Security Income: 0 (0%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $0
With public assistance income: 0 (0%)
--Mean public assistance income: $0
With retirement income: 5 (1.38%)
--Mean retirement income: $5,300

Families: 357 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 8 (2.24%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 0 (0%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 53 (14.85%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 65 (18.21%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 128 (35.85%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 70 (19.61%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 19 (5.32%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 14 (3.92%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 0 (0%)
$200,000 or more: 0 (0%)
Median family income: $42,173

Per capita income: $12,353

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $24,348
Female full-time, year-round workers: $17,284

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 19 (5.32%)
--With related children under 18 years: 11 (3.08%)
----With related children under 5 years: 11 (3.08%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 0 (0%)
--With related children under 18 years: 0 (0%)
----With related children under 5 years: 0 (0%)
Individuals: 76 (21.29%)
--18 years and over: 35 (9.8%)
----65 years and over: 0 (0%)
--Related children under 18 years: 35 (9.8%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 10 (2.8%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 6 (1.68%)

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