Greensboro, North Carolina Economy Profile

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Greensboro, North Carolina Economy

14.81% Greensboro, North Carolina households have a household income of between $25,000 and $34,999.17.43% Greensboro, North Carolina households have a household income of between $35,000 to $49,999. Median household income in a Greensboro, North Carolina household is thirty-nine thousand, six hundred and sixty-one dollars. Greensboro, North Carolina households with supplemental security income account for 1.62% of Greensboro, North Carolina households. There are 1.27% households with public assistance income in Greensboro, North Carolina.

81.45% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers in Greensboro, North Carolina. Government workers account for thirteen point four eight percent of Greensboro, North Carolina workers. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Greensboro, North Carolina are $34,681. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $26,797.

sixty-eight point six nine percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Greensboro, North Carolina. Among them 33.78% are females aged 16 and over. 20.59% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Eight point eight eight percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Greensboro, North Carolina.

	Greensboro, North Carolina	%, Greensboro, North Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	178,542		217,168,077
In labor force	122,641	68.69%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	122,488	68.6%	63.39%
- - Employed	114,542	64.15%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	7,946	4.45%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	6.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	153	0.09%	0.53%
Not in labor force	55,901	31.31%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	95,987	53.76%	51.66%
In labor force	60,318	33.78%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	60,318	33.78%	29.65%
- - Employed	56,345	31.56%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	15,994	8.96%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	10,265		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	112,625		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	89,333	79.32%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	14,419	12.8%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	1,895	1.68%	4.73%
Walked	2,650	2.35%	2.93%
Other means	1,325	1.18%	1.19%
Worked at home	3,003	2.67%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.4	0.02%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	114,542		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	41,085	35.87%	33.65%
Service occupations	15,935	13.91%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	33,369	29.13%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	93	0.08%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	8,172	7.13%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,888	13.87%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	148	0.13%	1.87%
Construction	6,813	5.95%	6.78%
Manufacturing	18,034	15.74%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	4,732	4.13%	3.6%
Retail trade	12,980	11.33%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	5,834	5.09%	5.2%
Information	3,267	2.85%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	9,884	8.63%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	10,931	9.54%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	23,585	20.59%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	10,168	8.88%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	5,198	4.54%	4.87%
Public administration	2,968	2.59%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	93,291	81.45%	78.47%
Government workers	15,435	13.48%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	5,651	4.93%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	165	0.14%	0.31%

	Greensboro, North Carolina	%, Greensboro, North Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	92,084		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	8,481	9.21%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,512	5.99%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	13,154	14.28%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	13,635	14.81%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	16,054	17.43%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	17,254	18.74%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	7,674	8.33%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	5,967	6.48%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,035	2.21%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	2,318	2.52%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	39,661		41,994
With earnings	77,736	43.54%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	52,438		56,604
With Social Security income	19,945	11.17%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,485		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	2,886	1.62%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,828		6,320
With public assistance income	2,267	1.27%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,552		3,032
With retirement income	13,195	7.39%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,158		17,376
Families	54,065		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	2,968	5.49%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,082	3.85%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	6,054	11.2%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	6,442	11.92%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	9,352	17.3%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	12,115	22.41%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	6,305	11.66%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	4,891	9.05%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,781	3.29%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	2,075	3.84%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	50,192		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	22,986		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	34,681		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,797		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	4,674		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	3,752	80.27%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	2,043	43.71%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	2,873		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	2,595	90.32%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	1,417	49.32%	42.27%
Individuals	26,107		33,899,812
18 years and over	18,100	69.33%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	2,651	10.15%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	7,732	29.62%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	5,107	19.56%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	10,805	41.39%	31.63%

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