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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* 54,705 100.00% 62,602 100.00%
In Poverty 6,852 12.53% 7,825 12.50%
Not in Poverty 47,853 87.47% 54,777 87.50%
11 Years and Under 9,131 16.69% 8,647 13.81%
In Poverty 1,769 3.23% 1,727 2.76%
Not in Poverty 7,362 13.46% 6,920 11.05%
12 to 17 Years 4,328 7.91% 5,125 8.19%
In Poverty 568 1.04% 703 1.12%
Not in Poverty 3,760 6.87% 4,422 7.06%
18 to 64 Years 30,143 55.10% 35,270 56.34%
In Poverty 3,568 6.52% 4,469 7.14%
Not in Poverty 26,575 48.58% 30,801 49.20%
65 Years and Above 11,103 20.30% 13,560 21.66%
In Poverty 947 1.73% 926 1.48%
Not in Poverty 10,156 18.57% 12,634 20.18%

* 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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