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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* 5,023,523 100.00% 5,285,159 100.00%
In Poverty 713,255 14.20% 713,040 13.49%
Not in Poverty 4,310,268 85.80% 4,572,119 86.51%
11 Years and Under 861,359 17.15% 931,731 17.63%
In Poverty 198,917 3.96% 187,421 3.55%
Not in Poverty 662,442 13.19% 744,310 14.08%
12 to 17 Years 401,202 7.99% 439,124 8.31%
In Poverty 82,552 1.64% 76,766 1.45%
Not in Poverty 318,650 6.34% 362,358 6.86%
18 to 64 Years 3,157,227 62.85% 3,310,413 62.64%
In Poverty 363,888 7.24% 386,830 7.32%
Not in Poverty 2,793,339 55.61% 2,923,583 55.32%
65 Years and Above 603,735 12.02% 603,891 11.43%
In Poverty 67,898 1.35% 62,023 1.17%
Not in Poverty 535,837 10.67% 541,868 10.25%

* 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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