Red Lake 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* 4,463 100.00% 4,151 100.00%
In Poverty 675 15.12% 448 10.79%
Not in Poverty 3,788 84.88% 3,703 89.21%
11 Years and Under 875 19.61% 577 13.90%
In Poverty 151 3.38% 100 2.41%
Not in Poverty 724 16.22% 477 11.49%
12 to 17 Years 479 10.73% 481 11.59%
In Poverty 68 1.52% 25 0.60%
Not in Poverty 411 9.21% 456 10.99%
18 to 64 Years 2,328 52.16% 2,374 57.19%
In Poverty 258 5.78% 229 5.52%
Not in Poverty 2,070 46.38% 2,145 51.67%
65 Years and Above 781 17.50% 719 17.32%
In Poverty 198 4.44% 94 2.26%
Not in Poverty 583 13.06% 625 15.06%

* 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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