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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* 13,959 100.00% 17,532 100.00%
In Poverty 2,026 14.51% 2,141 12.21%
Not in Poverty 11,933 85.49% 15,391 87.79%
11 Years and Under 2,305 16.51% 2,830 16.14%
In Poverty 336 2.41% 464 2.65%
Not in Poverty 1,969 14.11% 2,366 13.50%
12 to 17 Years 1,232 8.83% 1,637 9.34%
In Poverty 190 1.36% 207 1.18%
Not in Poverty 1,042 7.46% 1,430 8.16%
18 to 64 Years 8,293 59.41% 10,790 61.54%
In Poverty 919 6.58% 1,133 6.46%
Not in Poverty 7,374 52.83% 9,657 55.08%
65 Years and Above 2,129 15.25% 2,275 12.98%
In Poverty 581 4.16% 337 1.92%
Not in Poverty 1,548 11.09% 1,938 11.05%

* 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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