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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* 158,312 100.00% 159,074 100.00%
In Poverty 23,281 14.71% 20,202 12.70%
Not in Poverty 135,031 85.29% 138,872 87.30%
11 Years and Under 28,873 18.24% 26,654 16.76%
In Poverty 7,248 4.58% 5,474 3.44%
Not in Poverty 21,625 13.66% 21,180 13.31%
12 to 17 Years 13,956 8.82% 14,334 9.01%
In Poverty 2,592 1.64% 2,046 1.29%
Not in Poverty 11,364 7.18% 12,288 7.72%
18 to 64 Years 94,272 59.55% 95,256 59.88%
In Poverty 10,975 6.93% 10,625 6.68%
Not in Poverty 83,297 52.62% 84,631 53.20%
65 Years and Above 21,211 13.40% 22,830 14.35%
In Poverty 2,466 1.56% 2,057 1.29%
Not in Poverty 18,745 11.84% 20,773 13.06%

* 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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