Pend Oreille 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* 8,808 100.00% 11,559 100.00%
In Poverty 1,776 20.16% 2,095 18.12%
Not in Poverty 7,032 79.84% 9,464 81.88%
11 Years and Under 1,648 18.71% 1,841 15.93%
In Poverty 497 5.64% 550 4.76%
Not in Poverty 1,151 13.07% 1,291 11.17%
12 to 17 Years 963 10.93% 1,150 9.95%
In Poverty 242 2.75% 301 2.60%
Not in Poverty 721 8.19% 849 7.34%
18 to 64 Years 5,012 56.90% 6,841 59.18%
In Poverty 900 10.22% 1,133 9.80%
Not in Poverty 4,112 46.68% 5,708 49.38%
65 Years and Above 1,185 13.45% 1,727 14.94%
In Poverty 137 1.56% 111 0.96%
Not in Poverty 1,048 11.90% 1,616 13.98%

* 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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