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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* 7,105 100.00% 6,636 100.00%
In Poverty 859 12.09% 513 7.73%
Not in Poverty 6,246 87.91% 6,123 92.27%
11 Years and Under 1,284 18.07% 1,123 16.92%
In Poverty 171 2.41% 104 1.57%
Not in Poverty 1,113 15.67% 1,019 15.36%
12 to 17 Years 568 7.99% 631 9.51%
In Poverty 130 1.83% 52 0.78%
Not in Poverty 438 6.16% 579 8.73%
18 to 64 Years 3,749 52.77% 3,452 52.02%
In Poverty 349 4.91% 246 3.71%
Not in Poverty 3,400 47.85% 3,206 48.31%
65 Years and Above 1,504 21.17% 1,430 21.55%
In Poverty 209 2.94% 111 1.67%
Not in Poverty 1,295 18.23% 1,319 19.88%

* 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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