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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* 40,264 100.00% 53,140 100.00%
In Poverty 24,150 59.98% 27,042 50.89%
Not in Poverty 16,114 40.02% 26,098 49.11%
11 Years and Under 9,966 24.75% 13,756 25.89%
In Poverty 6,787 16.86% 8,317 15.65%
Not in Poverty 3,179 7.90% 5,439 10.24%
12 to 17 Years 5,938 14.75% 6,192 11.65%
In Poverty 4,035 10.02% 3,558 6.70%
Not in Poverty 1,903 4.73% 2,634 4.96%
18 to 64 Years 21,549 53.52% 28,895 54.38%
In Poverty 11,816 29.35% 13,305 25.04%
Not in Poverty 9,733 24.17% 15,590 29.34%
65 Years and Above 2,811 6.98% 4,297 8.09%
In Poverty 1,512 3.76% 1,862 3.50%
Not in Poverty 1,299 3.23% 2,435 4.58%

* 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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