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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* 5,878 100.00% 6,925 100.00%
In Poverty 1,511 25.71% 1,247 18.01%
Not in Poverty 4,367 74.29% 5,678 81.99%
11 Years and Under 988 16.81% 967 13.96%
In Poverty 403 6.86% 246 3.55%
Not in Poverty 585 9.95% 721 10.41%
12 to 17 Years 542 9.22% 607 8.77%
In Poverty 148 2.52% 135 1.95%
Not in Poverty 394 6.70% 472 6.82%
18 to 64 Years 3,157 53.71% 4,129 59.62%
In Poverty 722 12.28% 720 10.40%
Not in Poverty 2,435 41.43% 3,409 49.23%
65 Years and Above 1,191 20.26% 1,222 17.65%
In Poverty 238 4.05% 146 2.11%
Not in Poverty 953 16.21% 1,076 15.54%

* 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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