Table 1.

Key demographic characteristics of Person County and Chatham County, North Carolina, 2005-2007.

	Person County	Standard Error, Person	Chatham County	Standard Error, Chatham
Population and income
Total Population	37,356	*	59,811	*
Population growth, 2000-07	4.9%	*	24.6%	*
Median family income	$48,877	$4,070	$63,410	$5,624
Selected Industries of Occupation
Agriculture and mining	3.5%	0.9%	1.9%	0.7%
Construction	11.0%	2.6	9.9%	1.9%
Manufacturing	18.8%	3.3%	14.7%	2.2%
Education and healthcare	20.4%	3.1%	25.0%	2.6%
Profession, scientific, and   management services	5.9%	1.7%	11.3%	2.1%
Race and Ethnicity
Black (Non-Hispanic)	27.8%	0.8	14.6%	0.2%
White (Non-Hispanic)	67.4%	0.2	70.6%	0.2%
Hispanic (Any Race)	2.8%	*	12.3%	*
Other (Non-Hispanic)	2.0%	0.3%	3.7%	0.2%
Education (age 25 and over)
No HS degree or GED	21.4%	1.6%	17.1 %	1.2%
HS degree, GED, or some   college	65.8%	2.2%	49.5%	1.8%
Bachelor’s or higher	12.8%	0.9%	32.4%	1.8%
Place of Birth
Foreign-born	2.6%	2.6%	10.7%	0.8%
Born in North Carolina	74.0%	2.6%	58.1%	2.2%
Born in other US state	23.3%	0.5%	30.3%	2.1%

Source: US Census Bureau estimates from the American Community Survey 2005-2007 and Census 2000.

^*= no sampling error information provided.