Scioto 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* 76,736 100.00% 75,683 100.00%
In Poverty 19,792 25.79% 14,600 19.29%
Not in Poverty 56,944 74.21% 61,083 80.71%
11 Years and Under 13,826 18.02% 11,857 15.67%
In Poverty 5,609 7.31% 3,199 4.23%
Not in Poverty 8,217 10.71% 8,658 11.44%
12 to 17 Years 7,421 9.67% 6,963 9.20%
In Poverty 2,391 3.12% 1,656 2.19%
Not in Poverty 5,030 6.55% 5,307 7.01%
18 to 64 Years 44,491 57.98% 45,994 60.77%
In Poverty 10,172 13.26% 8,354 11.04%
Not in Poverty 34,319 44.72% 37,640 49.73%
65 Years and Above 10,998 14.33% 10,869 14.36%
In Poverty 1,620 2.11% 1,391 1.84%
Not in Poverty 9,378 12.22% 9,478 12.52%

* 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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