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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* 279,595 100.00% 300,183 100.00%
In Poverty 48,508 17.35% 49,330 16.43%
Not in Poverty 231,087 82.65% 250,853 83.57%
11 Years and Under 52,162 18.66% 48,936 16.30%
In Poverty 14,126 5.05% 11,659 3.88%
Not in Poverty 38,036 13.60% 37,277 12.42%
12 to 17 Years 20,713 7.41% 23,878 7.95%
In Poverty 4,839 1.73% 5,273 1.76%
Not in Poverty 15,874 5.68% 18,605 6.20%
18 to 64 Years 177,987 63.66% 192,127 64.00%
In Poverty 24,486 8.76% 27,937 9.31%
Not in Poverty 153,501 54.90% 164,190 54.70%
65 Years and Above 28,733 10.28% 35,242 11.74%
In Poverty 5,057 1.81% 4,461 1.49%
Not in Poverty 23,676 8.47% 30,781 10.25%

* 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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