Ohio

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* 10,574,315 100.00% 11,046,987 100.00%
In Poverty 1,325,768 12.54% 1,170,698 10.60%
Not in Poverty 9,248,547 87.46% 9,876,289 89.40%
11 Years and Under 1,874,273 17.72% 1,872,988 16.95%
In Poverty 362,547 3.43% 297,008 2.69%
Not in Poverty 1,511,726 14.30% 1,575,980 14.27%
12 to 17 Years 892,390 8.44% 965,350 8.74%
In Poverty 130,659 1.24% 111,677 1.01%
Not in Poverty 761,731 7.20% 853,673 7.73%
18 to 64 Years 6,486,686 61.34% 6,786,584 61.43%
In Poverty 691,764 6.54% 646,271 5.85%
Not in Poverty 5,794,922 54.80% 6,140,313 55.58%
65 Years and Above 1,320,966 12.49% 1,422,065 12.87%
In Poverty 140,798 1.33% 115,742 1.05%
Not in Poverty 1,180,168 11.16% 1,306,323 11.83%

* 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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