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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* 424,164 100.00% 460,919 100.00%
In Poverty 27,853 6.57% 30,649 6.65%
Not in Poverty 396,311 93.43% 430,270 93.35%
11 Years and Under 76,617 18.06% 82,911 17.99%
In Poverty 7,593 1.79% 7,521 1.63%
Not in Poverty 69,024 16.27% 75,390 16.36%
12 to 17 Years 35,744 8.43% 41,717 9.05%
In Poverty 2,614 0.62% 3,281 0.71%
Not in Poverty 33,130 7.81% 38,436 8.34%
18 to 64 Years 265,400 62.57% 284,527 61.73%
In Poverty 13,712 3.23% 15,782 3.42%
Not in Poverty 251,688 59.34% 268,745 58.31%
65 Years and Above 46,403 10.94% 51,764 11.23%
In Poverty 3,934 0.93% 4,065 0.88%
Not in Poverty 42,469 10.01% 47,699 10.35%

* 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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