Local Contact:
Gaston County Service Delivery Area
330 N. Marrietta Street
Gastonia, NC 28052
Phone: (704) 862-7930
Fax: (704) 866-3992

Counties:
Gaston

Data Topics:
Population Statistics, 1990-2000
Educational Attainment, 1990
Industry Employment, 1989-1999
Industry Earnings, 1989-1999

Population Statistics, 1990-2000-WIA: Gaston County-North Carolina

	2000		1990		1990-2000 Change
	Population	Percent	Population	Percent	Population	Percent
Total	190,365	100.0	175,093	100.0	15,272	8.7
White*	157,965	83.7	150,868	86.2	7,097	4.7
African American*	26,405	14.0	22,676	13.0	3,729	16.4
Other Races*	4,347	2.3	1,549	.9	2,798	180.6
Hispanic (of any race)**	5,719	3.0	864	3.3	4,855	561.9

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
*Some individuals do not report their race; race category totals do not equal the total population
**Hispanic refers to ethnicity and is not a mutually exclusive category with the race variables

Educational Attainment, 1990-WIA: Gaston County-North Carolina

	Percent of the Population 25 and up
	Less than a High School Diploma	High School Diploma	Some College or Associate's Degree	Bachelor's Degree or Higher
Overall	39.1	27.1	22.9	10.0
White	38.5	26.9	23.4	11.3
African American	44.3	29.0	19.9	6.9
Other Races	37.3	31.6	13.9	17.3
Hispanic (of any race)*	35.3	20.9	33.1	10.7

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
**Hispanic refers to ethnicity and is not a mutually exclusive category with the race variables

Industry Employment, 1989-1999-WIA: Gaston County-North Carolina

Industry	1989	1999	1989-1999
			Change in Number Employed	Percent Change
Total Full and Part Time Employment	94,465	102,699	8,234	8.7
Farm	428	429	1	.2
Nonfarm	94,037	102,270	8,233	8.8
Agricultural Services	536	1,155	619	115.5
Mining	36	133	97	269.4
Construction	4,216	6,325	2,109	50.0
Manufacturing	39,550	29,972	-9,578	-24.2
Transportation and Public Utilities	4,430	2,958	-1,472	-33.2
Wholesale Trade	3,574	4,120	546	15.3
Retail Trade	14,457	17,457	3,000	20.8
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	3,787	5,024	1,237	32.7
Services	15,207	25,420	10,213	67.2
Government and Government Enterprises	8,244	9,706	1,462	17.7

Source: Regional Economic Information System

N/A = Not applicable. Due to missing or suppressed data at the county level, some smaller industries had significant amounts of missing data. WIA's with more than 15% of missing or suppressed data have been excluded. Yearly totals for these industries are underestimated as well.

Industry Earnings, 1989-1999-WIA: Gaston County-North Carolina

Industry	1989	1999	1989-1999
			Change in Earnings	Percent Change
Farm	$3,594	$10,822	$7,228	201.1
Nonfarm	$1,945,964	$2,803,050	$857,086	44.0
Agricultural Services	$7,181	$18,358	$11,177	155.7
Mining	$426	$6,413	$5,987	1405.4
Construction	$87,135	$177,217	$90,082	103.4
Manufacturing	$912,875	$1,070,878	$158,003	17.3
Transportation and Public Utilities	$166,714	$120,173	-$46,541	-27.9
Wholesale Trade	$96,747	$136,296	$39,549	40.9
Retail Trade	$178,830	$280,592	$101,762	56.9
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate	$53,793	$95,319	$41,526	77.2
Services	$269,490	$584,926	$315,436	117.1
Government and Government Enterprises	$172,773	$312,878	$140,105	81.1

Source: Regional Economic Information System

N/A = Not applicable. Due to missing or suppressed data at the county level, some smaller industries had significant amounts of missing data. WIA's with more than 15% of missing or suppressed data have been excluded. Yearly totals for these industries are underestimated as well.