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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* 2,142 100.00% 2,159 100.00%
In Poverty 456 21.29% 440 20.38%
Not in Poverty 1,686 78.71% 1,719 79.62%
11 Years and Under 334 15.59% 301 13.94%
In Poverty 88 4.11% 26 1.20%
Not in Poverty 246 11.48% 275 12.74%
12 to 17 Years 207 9.66% 209 9.68%
In Poverty 53 2.47% 58 2.69%
Not in Poverty 154 7.19% 151 6.99%
18 to 64 Years 1,165 54.39% 1,217 56.37%
In Poverty 231 10.78% 289 13.39%
Not in Poverty 934 43.60% 928 42.98%
65 Years and Above 436 20.35% 432 20.01%
In Poverty 84 3.92% 67 3.10%
Not in Poverty 352 16.43% 365 16.91%

* 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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