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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* 4,419 100.00% 5,022 100.00%
In Poverty 789 17.85% 590 11.75%
Not in Poverty 3,630 82.15% 4,432 88.25%
11 Years and Under 812 18.38% 869 17.30%
In Poverty 249 5.63% 128 2.55%
Not in Poverty 563 12.74% 741 14.76%
12 to 17 Years 345 7.81% 575 11.45%
In Poverty 39 0.88% 81 1.61%
Not in Poverty 306 6.92% 494 9.84%
18 to 64 Years 2,445 55.33% 2,794 55.64%
In Poverty 349 7.90% 291 5.79%
Not in Poverty 2,096 47.43% 2,503 49.84%
65 Years and Above 817 18.49% 784 15.61%
In Poverty 152 3.44% 90 1.79%
Not in Poverty 665 15.05% 694 13.82%

* 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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