Goliad 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* 5,915 100.00% 6,806 100.00%
In Poverty 1,058 17.89% 1,119 16.44%
Not in Poverty 4,857 82.11% 5,687 83.56%
11 Years and Under 1,133 19.15% 1,096 16.10%
In Poverty 222 3.75% 319 4.69%
Not in Poverty 911 15.40% 777 11.42%
12 to 17 Years 486 8.22% 706 10.37%
In Poverty 100 1.69% 148 2.17%
Not in Poverty 386 6.53% 558 8.20%
18 to 64 Years 3,334 56.37% 3,837 56.38%
In Poverty 456 7.71% 522 7.67%
Not in Poverty 2,878 48.66% 3,315 48.71%
65 Years and Above 962 16.26% 1,167 17.15%
In Poverty 280 4.73% 130 1.91%
Not in Poverty 682 11.53% 1,037 15.24%

* 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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