Kiowa 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* 1,657 100.00% 1,598 100.00%
In Poverty 228 13.76% 195 12.20%
Not in Poverty 1,429 86.24% 1,403 87.80%
11 Years and Under 304 18.35% 248 15.52%
In Poverty 43 2.60% 28 1.75%
Not in Poverty 261 15.75% 220 13.77%
12 to 17 Years 183 11.04% 171 10.70%
In Poverty 9 0.54% 22 1.38%
Not in Poverty 174 10.50% 149 9.32%
18 to 64 Years 864 52.14% 919 57.51%
In Poverty 102 6.16% 109 6.82%
Not in Poverty 762 45.99% 810 50.69%
65 Years and Above 306 18.47% 260 16.27%
In Poverty 74 4.47% 36 2.25%
Not in Poverty 232 14.00% 224 14.02%

* 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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