Haines Borough

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* 2,041 100.00% 2,380 100.00%
In Poverty 187 9.16% 254 10.67%
Not in Poverty 1,854 90.84% 2,126 89.33%
11 Years and Under 366 17.93% 368 15.46%
In Poverty 45 2.20% 58 2.44%
Not in Poverty 321 15.73% 310 13.03%
12 to 17 Years 180 8.82% 239 10.04%
In Poverty 28 1.37% 35 1.47%
Not in Poverty 152 7.45% 204 8.57%
18 to 64 Years 1,327 65.02% 1,518 63.78%
In Poverty 101 4.95% 151 6.34%
Not in Poverty 1,226 60.07% 1,367 57.44%
65 Years and Above 168 8.23% 255 10.71%
In Poverty 13 0.64% 10 0.42%
Not in Poverty 155 7.59% 245 10.29%

* 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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