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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* 7,585 100.00% 7,689 100.00%
In Poverty 1,271 16.76% 975 12.68%
Not in Poverty 6,314 83.24% 6,714 87.32%
11 Years and Under 1,419 18.71% 1,234 16.05%
In Poverty 375 4.94% 194 2.52%
Not in Poverty 1,044 13.76% 1,040 13.53%
12 to 17 Years 544 7.17% 658 8.56%
In Poverty 101 1.33% 81 1.05%
Not in Poverty 443 5.84% 577 7.50%
18 to 64 Years 4,133 54.49% 4,398 57.20%
In Poverty 583 7.69% 482 6.27%
Not in Poverty 3,550 46.80% 3,916 50.93%
65 Years and Above 1,489 19.63% 1,399 18.19%
In Poverty 212 2.79% 218 2.84%
Not in Poverty 1,277 16.84% 1,181 15.36%

* 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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