Strafford 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* 97,476 100.00% 106,246 100.00%
In Poverty 7,980 8.19% 9,733 9.16%
Not in Poverty 89,496 91.81% 96,513 90.84%
11 Years and Under 17,283 17.73% 16,785 15.80%
In Poverty 1,610 1.65% 1,718 1.62%
Not in Poverty 15,673 16.08% 15,067 14.18%
12 to 17 Years 6,643 6.82% 9,100 8.57%
In Poverty 435 0.45% 791 0.74%
Not in Poverty 6,208 6.37% 8,309 7.82%
18 to 64 Years 63,122 64.76% 68,441 64.42%
In Poverty 4,915 5.04% 6,437 6.06%
Not in Poverty 58,207 59.71% 62,004 58.36%
65 Years and Above 10,428 10.70% 11,920 11.22%
In Poverty 1,020 1.05% 787 0.74%
Not in Poverty 9,408 9.65% 11,133 10.48%

* 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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