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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* 1,259,757 100.00% 1,355,401 100.00%
In Poverty 76,487 6.07% 102,489 7.56%
Not in Poverty 1,183,270 93.93% 1,252,912 92.44%
11 Years and Under 183,777 14.59% 223,262 16.47%
In Poverty 17,283 1.37% 22,619 1.67%
Not in Poverty 166,494 13.22% 200,643 14.80%
12 to 17 Years 90,735 7.20% 102,907 7.59%
In Poverty 7,496 0.60% 9,829 0.73%
Not in Poverty 83,239 6.61% 93,078 6.87%
18 to 64 Years 807,291 64.08% 843,063 62.20%
In Poverty 38,969 3.09% 57,218 4.22%
Not in Poverty 768,322 60.99% 785,845 57.98%
65 Years and Above 177,954 14.13% 186,169 13.74%
In Poverty 12,739 1.01% 12,823 0.95%
Not in Poverty 165,215 13.11% 173,346 12.79%

* 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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