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POVERTY BY AGE

While they say little about economic ups and downs in the decade between Censuses, income and poverty data provide us with economic "snapshots" of an area at the time of enumeration that can in turn be compared with economic data gathered from earlier Censuses. Poverty status, as measured in this chart, is determined by Poverty Thresholds, which take into account a number of factors, including income and family size and structure. For example, the 2000 Poverty Threshold for a family of four in the continental United States with two related children was 17,463. However, Poverty Thresholds are misleading because they do not provide an accurate picture of what a “poor” family’s life is like. According to the National Center for Children in poverty, most families of four would have to make twice their assigned Poverty Threshold in order to provide their children with basic necessities, such as housing, food, and health care.

Poverty by Age, 1990 and 2000
1990 2000
Number Percent Number Percent
Total Population* 186,760 100.00% 198,336 100.00%
In Poverty 18,431 9.87% 18,351 9.25%
Not in Poverty 168,329 90.13% 179,985 90.75%
11 Years and Under 32,690 17.50% 32,108 16.19%
In Poverty 4,773 2.56% 4,823 2.43%
Not in Poverty 27,917 14.95% 27,285 13.76%
12 to 17 Years 15,225 8.15% 17,481 8.81%
In Poverty 1,754 0.94% 1,740 0.88%
Not in Poverty 13,471 7.21% 15,741 7.94%
18 to 64 Years 114,187 61.14% 122,608 61.82%
In Poverty 9,374 5.02% 9,902 4.99%
Not in Poverty 104,813 56.12% 112,706 56.83%
65 Years and Above 24,658 13.20% 26,139 13.18%
In Poverty 2,530 1.35% 1,886 0.95%
Not in Poverty 22,128 11.85% 24,253 12.23%

* The total population is the population for which poverty status is determined. Therefore, the total in this table should not be expected to match the total population in the population growth topic.

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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