Idaho

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* 985,553 100.00% 1,263,205 100.00%
In Poverty 130,588 13.25% 148,732 11.77%
Not in Poverty 854,965 86.75% 1,114,473 88.23%
11 Years and Under 205,314 20.83% 235,490 18.64%
In Poverty 36,051 3.66% 36,390 2.88%
Not in Poverty 169,263 17.17% 199,100 15.76%
12 to 17 Years 98,655 10.01% 127,142 10.07%
In Poverty 13,108 1.33% 15,478 1.23%
Not in Poverty 85,547 8.68% 111,664 8.84%
18 to 64 Years 566,306 57.46% 759,929 60.16%
In Poverty 68,206 6.92% 85,229 6.75%
Not in Poverty 498,100 50.54% 674,700 53.41%
65 Years and Above 115,278 11.70% 140,644 11.13%
In Poverty 13,223 1.34% 11,635 0.92%
Not in Poverty 102,055 10.36% 129,009 10.21%

* 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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