Mcdowell, North Carolina county Neighborhood Info

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Mcdowell, North Carolina county QuickFacts

	Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
Total population	42,151	281,421,906
State	North Carolina
County	MCDOWELL

Mcdowell, North Carolina county Population

	Mcdowell, North Carolina	%, Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
Male	21,002	49.83%	49.06%
Female	21,149	50.17%	50.94%
Median age (years)	38.0		35.3

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	Mcdowell, North Carolina	%, Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
18 years and over	32,533	77.18%	74.31%
21 years and over	31,126	73.84%	69.97%
62 years and over	7,293	17.3%	14.66%
65 years and over	6,009	14.26%	12.43%

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	Mcdowell, North Carolina	%, Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
White	38,853	92.18%	75.14%
Black or African American	1,753	4.16%	12.32%
Asian	388	0.92%	3.64%
Some other race	805	1.91%	5.46%
Two or more races	352	0.84%	2.43%

Mcdowell, North Carolina county Housing

	Mcdowell, North Carolina	%, Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
Total households	16,604		105,480,101
Family households (families)	11,962	72.04%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	4,642	27.96%	31.94%

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	Mcdowell, North Carolina	%, Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
Total housing units	18,377		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	1,773	9.65%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	16,604	90.35%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	12,822	69.77%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	3,782	20.58%	30.77%

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	Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	1,877	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	4,111	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,158	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	467	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	149	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	38	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	35	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	72,000	119,600

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	Mcdowell, North Carolina	%, Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	2,496	15.03%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	4,391	26.45%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	2,542	15.31%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	2,838	17.09%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	2,024	12.19%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	2,313	13.93%	9.65%

Mcdowell, North Carolina county Education

	Mcdowell, North Carolina	%, Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,182		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	551	6.0%	6.47%
Kindergarten	496	5.4%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,536	49.4%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	2,281	24.84%	21.38%
College or graduate school	1,318	14.35%	22.81%

Mcdowell, North Carolina county Economy

	Mcdowell, North Carolina	%, Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	33,547		217,168,077
In labor force	20,540	61.23%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	20,511	61.14%	63.39%
- - Employed	19,581	58.37%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	930	2.77%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	29	0.09%	0.53%
Not in labor force	13,007	38.77%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	16,956	50.54%	51.66%
In labor force	9,327	27.8%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	9,326	27.8%	29.65%
- - Employed	8,887	26.49%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,891	8.62%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,875		12,787,501

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	Mcdowell, North Carolina	%, Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	16,586		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	2,039	12.29%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,206	7.27%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	2,972	17.92%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	2,705	16.31%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	3,307	19.94%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	2,805	16.91%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	822	4.96%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	511	3.08%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	116	0.7%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	103	0.62%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	32,396		41,994

	Mcdowell, North Carolina	%, Mcdowell, North Carolina	United States
With earnings	12,853	38.31%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	41,706		56,604
With Social Security income	5,077	15.13%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,534		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	854	2.55%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,677		6,320
With public assistance income	424	1.26%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,458		3,032
With retirement income	2,766	8.25%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	13,536		17,376

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