Schoolcraft County

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* 8,218 100.00% 8,518 100.00%
In Poverty 1,365 16.61% 1,036 12.16%
Not in Poverty 6,853 83.39% 7,482 87.84%
11 Years and Under 1,357 16.51% 1,290 15.14%
In Poverty 321 3.91% 203 2.38%
Not in Poverty 1,036 12.61% 1,087 12.76%
12 to 17 Years 756 9.20% 699 8.21%
In Poverty 117 1.42% 125 1.47%
Not in Poverty 639 7.78% 574 6.74%
18 to 64 Years 4,623 56.25% 4,954 58.16%
In Poverty 700 8.52% 588 6.90%
Not in Poverty 3,923 47.74% 4,366 51.26%
65 Years and Above 1,482 18.03% 1,575 18.49%
In Poverty 227 2.76% 120 1.41%
Not in Poverty 1,255 15.27% 1,455 17.08%

* 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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