Spartanburg, South Carolina Economy Profile

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Spartanburg, South Carolina Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 23.0% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 10.65% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Spartanburg, South Carolina is as follows: eight point zero one percent.

In Spartanburg, South Carolina government workers account for 13.86% of workers. 80.98% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Spartanburg, South Carolina is equal to $28,735 while median family income is $36,108. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Spartanburg, South Carolina are thirty thousand, five hundred and eighty-seven dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $23,256.

0.0 of families in Spartanburg, South Carolina are below poverty line (total population in Spartanburg, South Carolina is thirty-nine thousand, six hundred and seventy-three). There are 1,496 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Spartanburg, South Carolina resident is thirty-four point seven years old.

	Spartanburg, South Carolina	%, Spartanburg, South Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	30,660		217,168,077
In labor force	18,074	58.95%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	18,069	58.93%	63.39%
- - Employed	16,400	53.49%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	1,669	5.44%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	9.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	5	0.02%	0.53%
Not in labor force	12,586	41.05%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	17,677	57.65%	51.66%
In labor force	9,468	30.88%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	9,468	30.88%	29.65%
- - Employed	8,558	27.91%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,792	9.11%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,711		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	15,895		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	11,994	75.46%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	2,384	15.0%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	429	2.7%	4.73%
Walked	560	3.52%	2.93%
Other means	152	0.96%	1.19%
Worked at home	376	2.37%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.0	0.12%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	16,400		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	5,299	32.31%	33.65%
Service occupations	2,872	17.51%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	3,970	24.21%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	28	0.17%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	1,089	6.64%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,142	19.16%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	44	0.27%	1.87%
Construction	812	4.95%	6.78%
Manufacturing	3,446	21.01%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	628	3.83%	3.6%
Retail trade	1,829	11.15%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	447	2.73%	5.2%
Information	383	2.34%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	778	4.74%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	1,313	8.01%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	3,772	23.0%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	1,747	10.65%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	773	4.71%	4.87%
Public administration	428	2.61%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	13,280	80.98%	78.47%
Government workers	2,273	13.86%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	800	4.88%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	47	0.29%	0.31%

	Spartanburg, South Carolina	%, Spartanburg, South Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	15,935		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	3,043	19.1%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,370	8.6%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	2,685	16.85%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	2,121	13.31%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	2,441	15.32%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	2,137	13.41%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,020	6.4%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	557	3.5%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	223	1.4%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	338	2.12%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	28,735		41,994
With earnings	11,746	38.31%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	44,463		56,604
With Social Security income	5,206	16.98%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,709		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	962	3.14%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,033		6,320
With public assistance income	677	2.21%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,622		3,032
With retirement income	2,657	8.67%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,966		17,376
Families	9,781		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	1,326	13.56%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	752	7.69%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,406	14.37%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,274	13.03%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,512	15.46%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,721	17.6%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	818	8.36%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	485	4.96%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	192	1.96%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	295	3.02%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	36,108		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	18,136		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	30,587		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	23,256		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	1,896		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	1,627	85.81%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	742	39.14%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	1,496		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	1,400	93.58%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	614	41.04%	42.27%
Individuals	8,733		33,899,812
18 years and over	5,433	62.21%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	909	10.41%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	3,290	37.67%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	2,292	26.25%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	2,603	29.81%	31.63%

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