TOWN OF CARY

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Demographics


Employment & Labor Force Characteristics

Employment By Place of Work

Growth Trends

Labor Force

Population Characteristics

Cost of Living Index


Employment & Labor Force Characteristics

   

Labor Force

%Chg.

Employment

%Chg.

Unemp.

CARY

1992

29,610

N/A

28,840

N/A

2.6%

 

1993

30,230

2.09%

29,510

2.32%

2.4%

 

1994

31,660

4.73%

30,980

4.98%

2.1%

 

1995

31,990

1.04%

31,450

1.52%

1.7%

North Carolina

1992

3,550,000

N/A

3,340,000

N/A

7.4%

 

1993

3,559,000

0.25%

2,386,000

1.38%

6.8%

 

1994

3,609,000

1.40%

3,478,600

0.80%

6.1%

 

1995

3,636,200

0.75%

3,478,600

0.80%

5.6%

RDU MSA

1992

519,600

N/A

498.900

N/A

4.0%

 

1993

528,700

1.75%

510,500

2.33%

3.4%

 

1994

552,800

4.56%

536,000

5.00%

3.0%

 

1995

550,300

-0.45%

536,200

0.04%

2.7%

 

1997

585,100

5.95%

571,300

6.14%

2.4%

 


Employment By Place of Work

Cary, NC 1992 1993 1994 1995
Government 5,768 5,902 6,196 6,290
Service 7,698 7,967 8,365 8,492
Retail Trade 4,903 5,017 5,267 5,347
Manufacturing / Durable & Non-Durable 4,614 4,722 4,957 5,037
Trans.,Comm., Public Util. 1,442 1,476 1,549 1,573
Finance, Insurance 1,442 1,476 1,549 1,573
Real EstateConstruction 1,442 1,476 1,549 1,573
WholesaleTrade 1,154 1,180 1,239 1,258
Agricul.,Forestry,Fishing 288 295 310 315

 


Growth Trends

1970-2000 1970 1980 1990 1996 2000
Town of Cary 7,640 21,763 43,858 76,800 106,000
Wake County 229,006 301,429 426,301 510,647 558,976
MSA 537,365 664,778 858,485 994,920 1,071,307
North Carolina 5,084,411 5,880,415 6,628,637 7,259,273 7,444,961

 


Labor Force

Annual Unemployment Rate Average 1990-1996

  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
NorthCarolina 5.50% 6.70% 7.40% 6.80% 6.10% 5.60% 5.10%
UnitedStates 4.10% 5.80% 5.90% 4.90% 4.40% 4.10% 4.10%
Cary,ChapelHill,Raleigh-DurhamMSA 2.28% 3.09% 4.00% 3.40% 3.00% 2.70% 2.30%
WakeCounty 2.70% 3.40% 3.60% 3.40% 3.00% 2.40% 2.20%
Cary 1.48% 2.53% 2.60% 2.40% 2.10% 1.70% 1.50%

 


Population Charateristics

Total Population (April, 1999est.) 88,640

Median Age 33.4

Households (April 1999est.) 32,952

Gender 1993 Special Census 1998 est.
Male 27,879 41,797
Percent of Total 49.24% 50.31%
Female 28,742 41,288
Percent of Total 50.76% 49.69%

 

Age 1993 Special Census 1998 est.
Under19 16,494 20,210
20-24 3,562 5,236
20-64 37,420 50,467
Upto64 53,914 77,677
65&Over 2,707 5,408

 

Age (Percentage) 1993 Special Census 1998 est.
Under19 29.1% 24.3%
20-24 6.3% 6.3%
20-64 66.1% 60.7%
Upto64 95.2% 93.5%
65&Over 4.8% 6.5%

 


Cost of Living Index

 

Composite Index

Grocery Items

Housing Utilities Trans-

portation

Health Care

Misc. Goods & Serivces
Cary,Raleigh,Durham 100.8 98.8 110.3 102.6 93.2 97.3 96.2
United States 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Charlotte, NC 100.1 101.4 101.3 96.9 99.6 94.2 100.3
Atlanta, GA 103.3 106.0 101.1 97.5 100.7 109.2 104.6
Cincinnati, OH 97.8 93.7 99.9 100.5 99.7 95.7 97.2
Dallas, TX 100.6 97.9 99.4 97.9 104.1 107.3 101.6
Denver, CO 109.1 112.6 121.6 85.3 112.6 125.2 99.0
Philadelphia, PA 121.9 106.9 145.2 155.5 115.0 98.0 107.1
Boston, MA 144.4 113.0 213.8 124.2 117.5 133.3 115.5
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 107.7 104.2 112.0 109.0 99.8 111.8 107.3
Los Angels, CA 128.5 116.1 164.3 121.2 117.2 117.2 111.1

Fourth Quarter 1998 ACCRA Cost of Living Index




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