HUMAN RESOURCES
POPULATION BY AGE
Companies by “themselves don’t
55 yrs to 64 yrs 10.6%
determine their success. Any organization’s success is dependent upon the abilities and will of its people to produce.
25 yrs to 54 yrs 45.1%
65 yrs and Over 10.8%
”
~ Dr. Tony Zeiss, President, Central Piedmont Community College
Under 15 yrs 21.6%
15 yrs to 24 yrs 12.7% Source: ESRI 2006
2 0 0 6 - 2 0 1 1 PROJECTED % CHANGE IN POPULATION GROWTH
cent. The finance, insurance and real estate sector, with about 95,000 workers, ranks behind retail, which counts more than 120,000.
25.1
15.7
REGIONAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES The Art Institute of Charlotte Belmont Abbey College Catawba College Catawba Valley Community College Carolinas College of Health Sciences Central Piedmont Community College Cleveland Community College Davidson College DeVry University Gardner-Webb University Gaston College Johnson C. Smith University Johnson & Wales University King’s College Lenoir-Rhyne College Livingstone College Mitchell Community College Montreat College Northeastern Technical College Pfeiffer University Queens University Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Southern Piedmont Community College Stanly Community College Strayer University UNC Charlotte University of Phoenix USC Lancaster Wake Forest University/MBA School Wingate University Winthrop University York Technical College
13.8
13.2
12.8 9.4
6.0
5.0
4.7 2.7
2.3 1.5
2.7
3.1
1.8
1.9
Source: ESRI 2006-2011 forecasts
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME 2011
2011
$62,597
$53,014
2006
$43,301
$29,525
Source: U.S. Census; ESRI 2006-2011 forecasts
Charlotte Regional Economic Development Guide 2007
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