Osceola 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* 7,137 100.00% 6,859 100.00%
In Poverty 699 9.79% 482 7.03%
Not in Poverty 6,438 90.21% 6,377 92.97%
11 Years and Under 1,391 19.49% 1,112 16.21%
In Poverty 207 2.90% 84 1.22%
Not in Poverty 1,184 16.59% 1,028 14.99%
12 to 17 Years 595 8.34% 679 9.90%
In Poverty 72 1.01% 57 0.83%
Not in Poverty 523 7.33% 622 9.07%
18 to 64 Years 3,852 53.97% 3,837 55.94%
In Poverty 302 4.23% 220 3.21%
Not in Poverty 3,550 49.74% 3,617 52.73%
65 Years and Above 1,299 18.20% 1,231 17.95%
In Poverty 118 1.65% 121 1.76%
Not in Poverty 1,181 16.55% 1,110 16.18%

* 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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