Charlotte, North Carolina Economy Profile

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Charlotte, North Carolina Economy

13.34% Charlotte, North Carolina households have a household income of between $25,000 and $34,999.16.83% Charlotte, North Carolina households have a household income of between $35,000 to $49,999. Median household income in a Charlotte, North Carolina household is forty-six thousand, nine hundred and seventy-five dollars. Charlotte, North Carolina households with supplemental security income account for 1.39% of Charlotte, North Carolina households. There are 1.32% households with public assistance income in Charlotte, North Carolina.

85.45% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers in Charlotte, North Carolina. Government workers account for nine point five four percent of Charlotte, North Carolina workers. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Charlotte, North Carolina are $38,767. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $29,218.

seventy-one point eight two percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Charlotte, North Carolina. Among them 33.58% are females aged 16 and over. 15.84% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Eight point two two percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Charlotte, North Carolina.

	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	421,175		217,168,077
In labor force	302,505	71.82%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	302,292	71.77%	63.39%
- - Employed	285,601	67.81%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	16,691	3.96%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	213	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	118,670	28.18%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	217,172	51.56%	51.66%
In labor force	141,434	33.58%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	141,370	33.57%	29.65%
- - Employed	133,067	31.59%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	43,906	10.42%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	25,547		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	280,528		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	218,194	77.78%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	37,639	13.42%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	8,969	3.2%	4.73%
Walked	4,269	1.52%	2.93%
Other means	2,584	0.92%	1.19%
Worked at home	8,873	3.16%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.1	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	285,601		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	108,837	38.11%	33.65%
Service occupations	36,234	12.69%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	83,330	29.18%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	387	0.14%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	23,195	8.12%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	33,618	11.77%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	612	0.21%	1.87%
Construction	20,839	7.3%	6.78%
Manufacturing	30,665	10.74%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	13,101	4.59%	3.6%
Retail trade	30,788	10.78%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	16,663	5.83%	5.2%
Information	10,538	3.69%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	41,940	14.68%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	33,608	11.77%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	45,251	15.84%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	23,481	8.22%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	12,306	4.31%	4.87%
Public administration	5,809	2.03%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	244,046	85.45%	78.47%
Government workers	27,242	9.54%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	13,708	4.8%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	605	0.21%	0.31%

	Charlotte, North Carolina	%, Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	215,803		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	15,422	7.15%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	9,254	4.29%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	24,030	11.14%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	28,791	13.34%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	36,318	16.83%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	44,158	20.46%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	23,612	10.94%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	18,999	8.8%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,404	2.97%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	8,815	4.08%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	46,975		41,994
With earnings	189,933	45.1%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	64,887		56,604
With Social Security income	38,086	9.04%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,238		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	5,842	1.39%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,280		6,320
With public assistance income	5,567	1.32%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,614		3,032
With retirement income	25,184	5.98%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,948		17,376
Families	133,957		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	6,642	4.96%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,436	3.31%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	12,329	9.2%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	13,994	10.45%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	20,819	15.54%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	29,442	21.98%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	17,795	13.28%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	15,408	11.5%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,379	4.02%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	7,713	5.76%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	56,517		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	26,823		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	38,767		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	29,218		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	10,420		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	8,100	77.74%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	4,152	39.85%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	6,058		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	5,243	86.55%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	2,577	42.54%	42.27%
Individuals	56,330		33,899,812
18 years and over	37,660	66.86%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	4,346	7.72%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	18,060	32.06%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	12,502	22.19%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	20,229	35.91%	31.63%

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