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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* 4,970,573 100.00% 5,433,293 100.00%
In Poverty 663,075 13.34% 637,891 11.74%
Not in Poverty 4,307,498 86.66% 4,795,402 88.26%
11 Years and Under 884,689 17.80% 917,505 16.89%
In Poverty 168,017 3.38% 155,163 2.86%
Not in Poverty 716,672 14.42% 762,342 14.03%
12 to 17 Years 411,679 8.28% 483,328 8.90%
In Poverty 62,041 1.25% 65,393 1.20%
Not in Poverty 349,638 7.03% 417,935 7.69%
18 to 64 Years 3,003,319 60.42% 3,321,043 61.12%
In Poverty 333,711 6.71% 346,859 6.38%
Not in Poverty 2,669,608 53.71% 2,974,184 54.74%
65 Years and Above 670,886 13.50% 711,417 13.09%
In Poverty 99,306 2.00% 70,476 1.30%
Not in Poverty 571,580 11.50% 640,941 11.80%

* 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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