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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* 3,510 100.00% 2,784 100.00%
In Poverty 860 24.50% 565 20.29%
Not in Poverty 2,650 75.50% 2,219 79.71%
11 Years and Under 612 17.44% 379 13.61%
In Poverty 198 5.64% 103 3.70%
Not in Poverty 414 11.79% 276 9.91%
12 to 17 Years 344 9.80% 287 10.31%
In Poverty 92 2.62% 91 3.27%
Not in Poverty 252 7.18% 196 7.04%
18 to 64 Years 1,839 52.39% 1,476 53.02%
In Poverty 390 11.11% 237 8.51%
Not in Poverty 1,449 41.28% 1,239 44.50%
65 Years and Above 715 20.37% 642 23.06%
In Poverty 180 5.13% 134 4.81%
Not in Poverty 535 15.24% 508 18.25%

* 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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