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Sylva, NC, 28779 QuickFacts

	Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
Total population	13,622	281,421,906
State	North Carolina
City	sylva
Zip(s)	28779

Sylva, NC, 28779 Population

	Sylva, NC, 28779	%, Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
Male	6,504	47.75%	49.06%
Female	7,118	52.25%	50.94%
Median age (years)	41.1		35.3

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	Sylva, NC, 28779	%, Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
18 years and over	10,879	79.86%	74.31%
21 years and over	10,415	76.46%	69.97%
62 years and over	2,765	20.3%	14.66%
65 years and over	2,338	17.16%	12.43%

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	Sylva, NC, 28779	%, Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
White	12,907	94.75%	75.14%
Black or African American	193	1.42%	12.32%
Asian	74	0.54%	3.64%
Some other race	261	1.92%	5.46%
Two or more races	187	1.37%	2.43%

Sylva, NC, 28779 Housing

	Sylva, NC, 28779	%, Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
Total households	5,913		105,480,101
Family households (families)	3,902	65.99%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	2,011	34.01%	31.94%

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	Sylva, NC, 28779	%, Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
Total housing units	7,220		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	1,315	18.21%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	5,913	81.9%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	4,303	59.6%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	1,610	22.3%	30.77%

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	Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	293	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	1,025	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	722	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	423	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	273	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	44	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	24	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	2	0.57%
Median (dollars)	105,100	119,600

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	Sylva, NC, 28779	%, Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	1,186	20.06%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	1,421	24.03%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	799	13.51%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	925	15.64%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	695	11.75%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	869	14.7%	9.65%

Sylva, NC, 28779 Education

	Sylva, NC, 28779	%, Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,924		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	139	4.75%	6.47%
Kindergarten	101	3.45%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,250	42.75%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	636	21.75%	21.38%
College or graduate school	798	27.29%	22.81%

Sylva, NC, 28779 Economy

	Sylva, NC, 28779	%, Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
Population 16 years and over	11,165		217,168,077
In labor force	7,040	63.05%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	7,038	63.04%	63.39%
- - Employed	6,736	60.33%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	302	2.7%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	2	0.02%	0.53%
Not in labor force	4,125	36.95%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	6,009	53.82%	51.66%
In labor force	3,381	30.28%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	3,381	30.28%	29.65%
- - Employed	3,210	28.75%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	835	7.48%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	574		12,787,501

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	Sylva, NC, 28779	%, Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	5,931		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	793	13.37%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	483	8.14%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,032	17.4%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	866	14.6%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,055	17.79%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	950	16.02%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	389	6.56%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	274	4.62%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	36	0.61%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	53	0.89%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	32,046		41,994

	Sylva, NC, 28779	%, Sylva, NC, 28779	United States
With earnings	4,604	41.24%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	40,575		56,604
With Social Security income	1,850	16.57%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,479		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	255	2.28%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,241		6,320
With public assistance income	182	1.63%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,819		3,032
With retirement income	1,156	10.35%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,767		17,376

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