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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* 1,450,698 100.00% 1,491,423 100.00%
In Poverty 297,617 20.52% 298,231 20.00%
Not in Poverty 1,153,081 79.48% 1,193,192 80.00%
11 Years and Under 166,849 11.50% 172,530 11.57%
In Poverty 60,608 4.18% 53,715 3.60%
Not in Poverty 106,241 7.32% 118,815 7.97%
12 to 17 Years 74,359 5.13% 76,619 5.14%
In Poverty 26,793 1.85% 26,229 1.76%
Not in Poverty 47,566 3.28% 50,390 3.38%
18 to 64 Years 1,017,552 70.14% 1,061,162 71.15%
In Poverty 173,234 11.94% 183,997 12.34%
Not in Poverty 844,318 58.20% 877,165 58.81%
65 Years and Above 191,938 13.23% 181,112 12.14%
In Poverty 36,982 2.55% 34,290 2.30%
Not in Poverty 154,956 10.68% 146,822 9.84%

* 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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