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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* 1,189,534 100.00% 1,240,893 100.00%
In Poverty 128,466 10.80% 135,501 10.92%
Not in Poverty 1,061,068 89.20% 1,105,392 89.08%
11 Years and Under 206,346 17.35% 185,360 14.94%
In Poverty 30,644 2.58% 27,072 2.18%
Not in Poverty 175,702 14.77% 158,288 12.76%
12 to 17 Years 97,512 8.20% 108,772 8.77%
In Poverty 11,253 0.95% 13,099 1.06%
Not in Poverty 86,259 7.25% 95,673 7.71%
18 to 64 Years 732,070 61.54% 771,763 62.19%
In Poverty 65,090 5.47% 77,451 6.24%
Not in Poverty 666,980 56.07% 694,312 55.95%
65 Years and Above 153,606 12.91% 174,998 14.10%
In Poverty 21,479 1.81% 17,879 1.44%
Not in Poverty 132,127 11.11% 157,119 12.66%

* 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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