Central, South Carolina Economy Profile

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Central, South Carolina Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Central, South Carolina, 35.68% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 13.17% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Central, South Carolina. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Central, South Carolina is as follows: 5.9%.

In Central, South Carolina government workers account for 29.73% of workers. 66.67% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Central, South Carolina is equal to $23,869 while median family income is $39,524. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Central, South Carolina are twenty-six thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $22,207.

0.0 of families in Central, South Carolina are below poverty line (total population in Central, South Carolina is three thousand, five hundred and twenty-two). There are 21 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Central, South Carolina resident is 24.3 years old.

	Central, South Carolina	%, Central, South Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	3,009		217,168,077
In labor force	1,982	65.87%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,979	65.77%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,830	60.82%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	149	4.95%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	3	0.1%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,027	34.13%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,380	45.86%	51.66%
In labor force	855	28.41%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	855	28.41%	29.65%
- - Employed	793	26.35%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	158	5.25%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	90		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,776		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,472	82.88%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	216	12.16%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	8	0.45%	4.73%
Walked	30	1.69%	2.93%
Other means	15	0.84%	1.19%
Worked at home	35	1.97%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.1	1.08%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,830		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	741	40.49%	33.65%
Service occupations	347	18.96%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	367	20.05%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	7	0.38%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	118	6.45%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	250	13.66%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	14	0.77%	1.87%
Construction	88	4.81%	6.78%
Manufacturing	325	17.76%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	20	1.09%	3.6%
Retail trade	174	9.51%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	37	2.02%	5.2%
Information	23	1.26%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	35	1.91%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	108	5.9%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	653	35.68%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	241	13.17%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	61	3.33%	4.87%
Public administration	51	2.79%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,220	66.67%	78.47%
Government workers	544	29.73%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	60	3.28%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	6	0.33%	0.31%

	Central, South Carolina	%, Central, South Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,543		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	316	20.48%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	162	10.5%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	322	20.87%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	207	13.42%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	246	15.94%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	198	12.83%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	59	3.82%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	25	1.62%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	4	0.26%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	4	0.26%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	23,869		41,994
With earnings	1,288	42.8%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	29,994		56,604
With Social Security income	295	9.8%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,616		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	26	0.86%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,642		6,320
With public assistance income	13	0.43%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,146		3,032
With retirement income	159	5.28%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	10,504		17,376
Families	584		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	48	8.22%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	33	5.65%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	100	17.12%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	69	11.82%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	121	20.72%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	141	24.14%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	53	9.08%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	15	2.57%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	2	0.34%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	2	0.34%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	39,524		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	14,394		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	26,855		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	22,207		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	66		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	39	59.09%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	19	28.79%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	21		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	19	90.48%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	8	38.1%	42.27%
Individuals	981		33,899,812
18 years and over	885	90.21%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	29	2.96%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	92	9.38%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	69	7.03%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	775	79.0%	31.63%

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