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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* 139,418 100.00% 128,560 100.00%
In Poverty 20,761 14.89% 17,304 13.46%
Not in Poverty 118,657 85.11% 111,256 86.54%
11 Years and Under 20,511 14.71% 17,492 13.61%
In Poverty 5,264 3.78% 3,852 3.00%
Not in Poverty 15,247 10.94% 13,640 10.61%
12 to 17 Years 12,326 8.84% 9,936 7.73%
In Poverty 2,157 1.55% 1,640 1.28%
Not in Poverty 10,169 7.29% 8,296 6.45%
18 to 64 Years 83,745 60.07% 77,807 60.52%
In Poverty 10,729 7.70% 9,835 7.65%
Not in Poverty 73,016 52.37% 67,972 52.87%
65 Years and Above 22,836 16.38% 23,325 18.14%
In Poverty 2,611 1.87% 1,977 1.54%
Not in Poverty 20,225 14.51% 21,348 16.61%

* 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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