Payette County

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* 16,205 100.00% 20,447 100.00%
In Poverty 2,889 17.83% 2,691 13.16%
Not in Poverty 13,316 82.17% 17,756 86.84%
11 Years and Under 3,245 20.02% 3,869 18.92%
In Poverty 840 5.18% 698 3.41%
Not in Poverty 2,405 14.84% 3,171 15.51%
12 to 17 Years 1,635 10.09% 2,304 11.27%
In Poverty 323 1.99% 348 1.70%
Not in Poverty 1,312 8.10% 1,956 9.57%
18 to 64 Years 8,726 53.85% 11,585 56.66%
In Poverty 1,248 7.70% 1,317 6.44%
Not in Poverty 7,478 46.15% 10,268 50.22%
65 Years and Above 2,599 16.04% 2,689 13.15%
In Poverty 478 2.95% 328 1.60%
Not in Poverty 2,121 13.09% 2,361 11.55%

* 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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