DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Bledsoe County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject | Number | Percent | Subject | Number | Percent | |
EMPLOYMENT STATUS | INCOME IN 1999 | |||||
Population 16 years and over | 9,864 | 100.0 | Households | 4,412 | 100.0 | |
In labor force | 5,310 | 53.8 | Less than $10,000 | 746 | 16.9 | |
Civilian labor force | 5,310 | 53.8 | $10,000 to $14,999 | 434 | 9.8 | |
Employed | 4,957 | 50.3 | $15,000 to $24,999 | 731 | 16.6 | |
Unemployed | 353 | 3.6 | $25,000 to $34,999 | 681 | 15.4 | |
Percent of civilian labor force | 6.6 | (X) | $35,000 to $49,999 | 766 | 17.4 | |
Armed Forces | 0 | 0.0 | $50,000 to $74,999 | 674 | 15.3 | |
Not in labor force | 4,554 | 46.2 | $75,000 to $99,999 | 211 | 4.8 | |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 115 | 2.6 | ||||
Females 16 years and over | 4,441 | 100.0 | $150,000 to $199,999 | 20 | 0.5 | |
In labor force | 2,330 | 52.5 | $200,000 or more | 34 | 0.8 | |
Civilian labor force | 2,330 | 52.5 | Median household income (dollars) | 28,982 | (X) | |
Employed | 2,149 | 48.4 | ||||
Own children under 6 years | 842 | 100.0 | With earnings | 3,309 | 75.0 | |
All parents in family in labor force | 525 | 62.4 | Mean earnings (dollars)� | 41,021 | (X) | |
With Social Security income | 1,313 | 29.8 | ||||
COMMUTING TO WORK | Mean Social Security income (dollars)� | 9,686 | (X) | |||
Workers 16 years and over | 4,830 | 100.0 | With Supplemental Security Income | 368 | 8.3 | |
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone | 3,682 | 76.2 | Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)� | 5,805 | (X) | |
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled | 934 | 19.3 | With public assistance income | 144 | 3.3 | |
Public transportation (including taxicab) | 0 | 0.0 | Mean public assistance income (dollars)� | 1,276 | (X) | |
Walked | 64 | 1.3 | With retirement income | 714 | 16.2 | |
Other means | 41 | 0.8 | Mean retirement income (dollars)� | 14,625 | (X) | |
Worked at home | 109 | 2.3 | ||||
Mean travel time to work (minutes)� | 33.0 | (X) | ||||
Families | 3,340 | 100.0 | ||||
Employed civilian population 16 years and over | 4,957 | 100.0 | Less than $10,000 | 366 | 11.0 | |
OCCUPATION | $10,000 to $14,999 | 276 | 8.3 | |||
Management, professional, and related occupations | 900 | 18.2 | $15,000 to $24,999 | 481 | 14.4 | |
Service occupations | 627 | 12.6 | $25,000 to $34,999 | 569 | 17.0 | |
Sales and office occupations | 907 | 18.3 | $35,000 to $49,999 | 680 | 20.4 | |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 159 | 3.2 | $50,000 to $74,999 | 609 | 18.2 | |
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations | 696 | 14.0 | $75,000 to $99,999 | 200 | 6.0 | |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations | 1,668 | 33.6 | $100,000 to $149,999 | 113 | 3.4 | |
150,000 to $199,999 | 20 | 0.6 | ||||
$200,000 or more | 26 | 0.8 | ||||
INDUSTRY | Median family income (dollars) | 34,593 | (X) | |||
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining | 315 | 6.4 | Per capita income (dollars)� | 13,889 | (X) | |
Construction | 510 | 10.3 | Median earnings (dollars): | |||
Manufacturing | 1,602 | 32.3 | Male full-time, year-round workers | 26,648 | (X) | |
Wholesale trade | 55 | 1.1 | Female full-time, year-round workers | 20,639 | (X) | |
Retail trade | 400 | 8.1 | ______________________ | _______ | _______ | |
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities | 248 | 5.0 | Subject | Number below poverty level | Percent below poverty level | |
Information | 113 | 2.3 | ______________________ | _______ | _______ | |
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing | 181 | 3.7 | POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 | |||
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services | 148 | 3.0 | Families | 498 | 14.9 | |
Educational, health and social services | 667 | 13.5 | With related children under 18 years | 289 | 18.0 | |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services | 248 | 5.0 | With related children under 5 years | 118 | 21.3 | |
Other services (except public administration) | 180 | 3.6 | ||||
Public administration | 290 | 5.9 | Families with female householder, no husband present | 141 | 36.2 | |
With related children under 18 years | 118 | 45.2 | ||||
With related children under 5 years | 41 | 50.6 | ||||
CLASS OF WORKER | Individuals | 2,024 | 18.1 | |||
Private wage and salary workers | 3,547 | 71.6 | 18 years and over | 1,416 | 16.8 | |
Government workers | 779 | 15.7 | 65 years and over | 320 | 23.2 | |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business | 568 | 11.5 | Related children under 18 years | 572 | 21.0 | |
Unpaid family workers | 63 | 1.3 | Related children 5 to 17 years | 394 | 19.6 | |
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over | 505 | 37.7 | ||||
Date: July 7, 2006 | ||||||
-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. | ||||||
� If the denominator of a mean value or per capita value is less than 30, then that value is calculated using a rounded aggregate in the numerator. See text. | ||||||
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. | ||||||
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