Durham, NC

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3719000, place: Durham city, North Carolina)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 148,244 (100%)
In labor force: 100,438 (67.75%)
--Civilian labor force: 100,330 (67.68%)
----Employed: 94,705 (63.88%)
----Unemployed: 5,625 (3.79%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 5.6%
--Armed Forces: 108 (0.07%)
Not in labor force: 47,806 (32.25%)
Females 16 years and over: 78,263 (52.79%)
In labor force: 49,365 (33.3%)
--Civilian labor force: 49,324 (33.27%)
----Employed: 46,561 (31.41%)
Own children under 6 years: 14,847 (10.02%)
All parents in family in labor force: 9,567 (6.45%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 93,057 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 67,661 (72.71%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 15,830 (17.01%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 3,275 (3.52%)
Walked: 2,881 (3.1%)
Other means: 920 (0.99%)
Worked at home: 2,490 (2.68%)
Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 94,705 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 44,072 (46.54%)
Service occupations: 13,138 (13.87%)
Sales and office occupations: 21,629 (22.84%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 140 (0.15%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 7,280 (7.69%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 8,446 (8.92%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 216 (0.23%)
Construction: 6,023 (6.36%)
Manufacturing: 9,855 (10.41%)
Wholesale trade.: 1,636 (1.73%)
Retail trade: 7,562 (7.98%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 3,028 (3.2%)
Information: 3,834 (4.05%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 5,375 (5.68%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 11,753 (12.41%)
Educational, health and social services: 30,730 (32.45%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 6,916 (7.3%)
Other services (except public administration): 3,964 (4.19%)
Public administration: 3,813 (4.03%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 74,340 (78.5%)
Government workers: 15,783 (16.67%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 4,320 (4.56%)
Unpaid family workers: 262 (0.28%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 74,993 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 8,489 (11.32%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 4,113 (5.48%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 9,602 (12.8%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 9,787 (13.05%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 12,045 (16.06%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 14,722 (19.63%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 7,494 (9.99%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 5,727 (7.64%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,468 (1.96%)
$200,000 or more: 1,546 (2.06%)
Median household income: $41,160

With earnings: 63,425 (84.57%)
--Mean earnings: $53,718
With Social Security income: 13,875 (18.5%)
--Mean Social Security income: $10,896
With Supplemental Security Income: 2,400 (3.2%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,232
With public assistance income: 2,192 (2.92%)
--Mean public assistance income: $2,958
With retirement income: 10,205 (13.61%)
--Mean retirement income: $19,076

Families: 44,191 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 3,474 (7.86%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 1,933 (4.37%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 4,599 (10.41%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 4,806 (10.88%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 6,739 (15.25%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 10,011 (22.65%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 5,528 (12.51%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 4,617 (10.45%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 1,222 (2.77%)
$200,000 or more: 1,262 (2.86%)
Median family income: $51,162

Per capita income: $22,526

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $35,202
Female full-time, year-round workers: $30,359

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 5,010 (11.34%)
--With related children under 18 years: 4,087 (9.25%)
----With related children under 5 years: 2,261 (5.12%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 3,133 (7.09%)
--With related children under 18 years: 2,804 (6.35%)
----With related children under 5 years: 1,444 (3.27%)
Individuals: 26,605 (60.2%)
--18 years and over: 18,317 (41.45%)
----65 years and over: 2,154 (4.87%)
--Related children under 18 years: 8,104 (18.34%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 5,238 (11.85%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 10,317 (23.35%)

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