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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* 77,032 100.00% 83,620 100.00%
In Poverty 3,164 4.11% 3,732 4.46%
Not in Poverty 73,868 95.89% 79,888 95.54%
11 Years and Under 11,041 14.33% 12,370 14.79%
In Poverty 449 0.58% 725 0.87%
Not in Poverty 10,592 13.75% 11,645 13.93%
12 to 17 Years 6,689 8.68% 6,911 8.26%
In Poverty 217 0.28% 311 0.37%
Not in Poverty 6,472 8.40% 6,600 7.89%
18 to 64 Years 49,894 64.77% 51,997 62.18%
In Poverty 1,573 2.04% 2,094 2.50%
Not in Poverty 48,321 62.73% 49,903 59.68%
65 Years and Above 9,408 12.21% 12,342 14.76%
In Poverty 925 1.20% 602 0.72%
Not in Poverty 8,483 11.01% 11,740 14.04%

* 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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