Emmet County

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* 11,097 100.00% 10,474 100.00%
In Poverty 1,447 13.04% 861 8.22%
Not in Poverty 9,650 86.96% 9,613 91.78%
11 Years and Under 1,961 17.67% 1,494 14.26%
In Poverty 386 3.48% 132 1.26%
Not in Poverty 1,575 14.19% 1,362 13.00%
12 to 17 Years 1,019 9.18% 968 9.24%
In Poverty 93 0.84% 108 1.03%
Not in Poverty 926 8.34% 860 8.21%
18 to 64 Years 6,166 55.56% 6,101 58.25%
In Poverty 750 6.76% 448 4.28%
Not in Poverty 5,416 48.81% 5,653 53.97%
65 Years and Above 1,951 17.58% 1,911 18.25%
In Poverty 218 1.96% 173 1.65%
Not in Poverty 1,733 15.62% 1,738 16.59%

* 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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