Wilmington, North Carolina Economy Profile

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Wilmington, North Carolina Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Wilmington, North Carolina, 20.63% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 13.57% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Wilmington, North Carolina. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Wilmington, North Carolina is as follows: 9.59%.

In Wilmington, North Carolina government workers account for fourteen point nine percent of workers. Seventy-seven point five three percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Wilmington, North Carolina is equal to thirty-one thousand, ninety-nine dollars while median family income is $41,891. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Wilmington, North Carolina are $30,803. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-three thousand, four hundred and twenty-three dollars.

0.0 of families in Wilmington, North Carolina are below poverty line (total population in Wilmington, North Carolina is 75,838). There are 1,622 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Wilmington, North Carolina resident is 34.1 years old.

	Wilmington, North Carolina	%, Wilmington, North Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	63,213		217,168,077
In labor force	40,250	63.67%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	40,031	63.33%	63.39%
- - Employed	36,629	57.95%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	3,402	5.38%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	8.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	219	0.35%	0.53%
Not in labor force	22,963	36.33%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	34,136	54.0%	51.66%
In labor force	19,608	31.02%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	19,585	30.98%	29.65%
- - Employed	17,961	28.41%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	4,569	7.23%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	2,864		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	35,912		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	28,409	79.11%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	4,227	11.77%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	674	1.88%	4.73%
Walked	1,074	2.99%	2.93%
Other means	572	1.59%	1.19%
Worked at home	956	2.66%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	18.2	0.05%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	36,629		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	12,068	32.95%	33.65%
Service occupations	7,216	19.7%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	9,630	26.29%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	79	0.22%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	3,440	9.39%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	4,196	11.46%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	99	0.27%	1.87%
Construction	3,193	8.72%	6.78%
Manufacturing	2,839	7.75%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	847	2.31%	3.6%
Retail trade	5,209	14.22%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	1,410	3.85%	5.2%
Information	1,105	3.02%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	2,349	6.41%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	3,514	9.59%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	7,558	20.63%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	4,970	13.57%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	2,100	5.73%	4.87%
Public administration	1,436	3.92%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	28,399	77.53%	78.47%
Government workers	5,456	14.9%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	2,679	7.31%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	95	0.26%	0.31%

	Wilmington, North Carolina	%, Wilmington, North Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	34,268		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	5,591	16.32%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,821	8.23%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	5,488	16.01%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	4,835	14.11%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	5,292	15.44%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	5,099	14.88%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,240	6.54%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,658	4.84%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	586	1.71%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	658	1.92%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	31,099		41,994
With earnings	26,192	41.43%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	43,332		56,604
With Social Security income	9,414	14.89%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,508		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,564	2.47%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,750		6,320
With public assistance income	1,184	1.87%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,702		3,032
With retirement income	5,869	9.28%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	21,223		17,376
Families	17,624		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	1,700	9.65%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,044	5.92%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	2,325	13.19%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	2,194	12.45%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	2,989	16.96%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	3,286	18.65%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,712	9.71%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,372	7.78%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	475	2.7%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	527	2.99%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	41,891		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	21,503		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	30,803		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	23,423		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	2,340		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	1,862	79.57%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	883	37.74%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	1,622		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	1,491	91.92%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	721	44.45%	42.27%
Individuals	14,196		33,899,812
18 years and over	10,646	74.99%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	1,348	9.5%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	3,471	24.45%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	2,368	16.68%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	7,263	51.16%	31.63%

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