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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* 395,528 100.00% 471,192 100.00%
In Poverty 51,201 12.94% 60,953 12.94%
Not in Poverty 344,327 87.06% 410,239 87.06%
11 Years and Under 65,361 16.52% 75,406 16.00%
In Poverty 13,629 3.45% 15,523 3.29%
Not in Poverty 51,732 13.08% 59,883 12.71%
12 to 17 Years 30,712 7.76% 39,720 8.43%
In Poverty 5,059 1.28% 7,083 1.50%
Not in Poverty 25,653 6.49% 32,637 6.93%
18 to 64 Years 226,836 57.35% 270,637 57.44%
In Poverty 24,191 6.12% 31,413 6.67%
Not in Poverty 202,645 51.23% 239,224 50.77%
65 Years and Above 72,619 18.36% 85,429 18.13%
In Poverty 8,322 2.10% 6,934 1.47%
Not in Poverty 64,297 16.26% 78,495 16.66%

* 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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