Beaufort, South Carolina county Economy Profile

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Beaufort, South Carolina county Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Beaufort, South Carolina, 17.03% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 14.15% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Beaufort, South Carolina. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Beaufort, South Carolina is as follows: nine point four eight percent.

In Beaufort, South Carolina government workers account for sixteen point seven five percent of workers. Seventy-four point two five percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Beaufort, South Carolina is equal to forty-six thousand, nine hundred and ninety-two dollars while median family income is $52,704. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Beaufort, South Carolina are $30,541. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-five thousand, two hundred and eighty-four dollars.

0.0 of families in Beaufort, South Carolina are below poverty line (total population in Beaufort, South Carolina is 120,937). There are 1,373 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Beaufort, South Carolina resident is thirty-five point eight years old.

	Beaufort, South Carolina	%, Beaufort, South Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	95,640		217,168,077
In labor force	59,093	61.79%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	49,996	52.28%	63.39%
- - Employed	47,862	50.04%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	2,134	2.23%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	9,097	9.51%	0.53%
Not in labor force	36,547	38.21%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	47,427	49.59%	51.66%
In labor force	25,002	26.14%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	23,691	24.77%	29.65%
- - Employed	22,539	23.57%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	9,137	9.55%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	5,197		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	55,790		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	39,709	71.18%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	8,021	14.38%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	663	1.19%	4.73%
Walked	3,063	5.49%	2.93%
Other means	1,724	3.09%	1.19%
Worked at home	2,610	4.68%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.3	0.04%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	47,862		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	15,454	32.29%	33.65%
Service occupations	9,085	18.98%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	12,742	26.62%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	325	0.68%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	6,401	13.37%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,855	8.05%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	445	0.93%	1.87%
Construction	6,508	13.6%	6.78%
Manufacturing	2,158	4.51%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	1,149	2.4%	3.6%
Retail trade	6,451	13.48%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	1,698	3.55%	5.2%
Information	1,303	2.72%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	3,752	7.84%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	4,538	9.48%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	8,149	17.03%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	6,771	14.15%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	2,190	4.58%	4.87%
Public administration	2,750	5.75%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	35,538	74.25%	78.47%
Government workers	8,017	16.75%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	4,129	8.63%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	178	0.37%	0.31%

	Beaufort, South Carolina	%, Beaufort, South Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	45,518		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	3,148	6.92%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,194	4.82%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	5,019	11.03%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	5,831	12.81%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	7,929	17.42%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	9,395	20.64%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,920	10.81%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,952	8.68%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,365	3.0%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,765	3.88%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	46,992		41,994
With earnings	34,958	36.55%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	55,744		56,604
With Social Security income	13,859	14.49%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,891		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,422	1.49%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,781		6,320
With public assistance income	864	0.9%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,320		3,032
With retirement income	11,574	12.1%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	28,523		17,376
Families	33,397		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	1,583	4.74%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,193	3.57%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	3,350	10.03%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	3,911	11.71%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	5,658	16.94%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	7,302	21.86%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,157	12.45%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,416	10.23%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,225	3.67%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	1,602	4.8%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	52,704		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	25,377		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	30,541		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	25,284		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	2,681		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	2,150	80.19%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	875	32.64%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	1,373		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	1,254	91.33%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	419	30.52%	42.27%
Individuals	12,194		33,899,812
18 years and over	7,848	64.36%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	1,240	10.17%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	4,249	34.85%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	3,097	25.4%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	3,074	25.21%	31.63%

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