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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* 67,535 100.00% 70,426 100.00%
In Poverty 9,664 14.31% 9,255 13.14%
Not in Poverty 57,871 85.69% 61,171 86.86%
11 Years and Under 10,652 15.77% 10,503 14.91%
In Poverty 2,363 3.50% 2,158 3.06%
Not in Poverty 8,289 12.27% 8,345 11.85%
12 to 17 Years 5,454 8.08% 5,804 8.24%
In Poverty 871 1.29% 866 1.23%
Not in Poverty 4,583 6.79% 4,938 7.01%
18 to 64 Years 41,305 61.16% 42,874 60.88%
In Poverty 5,134 7.60% 5,243 7.44%
Not in Poverty 36,171 53.56% 37,631 53.43%
65 Years and Above 10,124 14.99% 11,245 15.97%
In Poverty 1,296 1.92% 988 1.40%
Not in Poverty 8,828 13.07% 10,257 14.56%

* 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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