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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* 252,741 100.00% 312,518 100.00%
In Poverty 35,434 14.02% 36,937 11.82%
Not in Poverty 217,307 85.98% 275,581 88.18%
11 Years and Under 42,695 16.89% 50,284 16.09%
In Poverty 7,966 3.15% 7,858 2.51%
Not in Poverty 34,729 13.74% 42,426 13.58%
12 to 17 Years 20,396 8.07% 25,656 8.21%
In Poverty 2,530 1.00% 3,428 1.10%
Not in Poverty 17,866 7.07% 22,228 7.11%
18 to 64 Years 157,536 62.33% 196,961 63.02%
In Poverty 20,238 8.01% 22,438 7.18%
Not in Poverty 137,298 54.32% 174,523 55.84%
65 Years and Above 32,114 12.71% 39,617 12.68%
In Poverty 4,700 1.86% 3,213 1.03%
Not in Poverty 27,414 10.85% 36,404 11.65%

* 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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