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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* 7,365 100.00% 7,056 100.00%
In Poverty 1,215 16.50% 713 10.10%
Not in Poverty 6,150 83.50% 6,343 89.90%
11 Years and Under 1,184 16.08% 1,001 14.19%
In Poverty 303 4.11% 145 2.05%
Not in Poverty 881 11.96% 856 12.13%
12 to 17 Years 687 9.33% 634 8.99%
In Poverty 107 1.45% 49 0.69%
Not in Poverty 580 7.88% 585 8.29%
18 to 64 Years 4,126 56.02% 4,133 58.57%
In Poverty 557 7.56% 347 4.92%
Not in Poverty 3,569 48.46% 3,786 53.66%
65 Years and Above 1,368 18.57% 1,288 18.25%
In Poverty 248 3.37% 172 2.44%
Not in Poverty 1,120 15.21% 1,116 15.82%

* 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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