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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* 465,134 100.00% 547,298 100.00%
In Poverty 73,163 15.73% 97,105 17.74%
Not in Poverty 391,971 84.27% 450,193 82.26%
11 Years and Under 97,823 21.03% 113,008 20.65%
In Poverty 24,107 5.18% 27,952 5.11%
Not in Poverty 73,716 15.85% 85,056 15.54%
12 to 17 Years 40,331 8.67% 57,455 10.50%
In Poverty 8,618 1.85% 13,234 2.42%
Not in Poverty 31,713 6.82% 44,221 8.08%
18 to 64 Years 276,970 59.55% 320,111 58.49%
In Poverty 36,297 7.80% 50,234 9.18%
Not in Poverty 240,673 51.74% 269,877 49.31%
65 Years and Above 50,010 10.75% 56,724 10.36%
In Poverty 4,141 0.89% 5,685 1.04%
Not in Poverty 45,869 9.86% 51,039 9.33%

* 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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