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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* 6,615 100.00% 6,706 100.00%
In Poverty 1,248 18.87% 803 11.97%
Not in Poverty 5,367 81.13% 5,903 88.03%
11 Years and Under 1,148 17.35% 1,119 16.69%
In Poverty 315 4.76% 167 2.49%
Not in Poverty 833 12.59% 952 14.20%
12 to 17 Years 489 7.39% 653 9.74%
In Poverty 115 1.74% 84 1.25%
Not in Poverty 374 5.65% 569 8.48%
18 to 64 Years 3,459 52.29% 3,561 53.10%
In Poverty 539 8.15% 410 6.11%
Not in Poverty 2,920 44.14% 3,151 46.99%
65 Years and Above 1,519 22.96% 1,373 20.47%
In Poverty 279 4.22% 142 2.12%
Not in Poverty 1,240 18.75% 1,231 18.36%

* 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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