Oliver 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* 2,366 100.00% 2,063 100.00%
In Poverty 457 19.32% 307 14.88%
Not in Poverty 1,909 80.68% 1,756 85.12%
11 Years and Under 531 22.44% 305 14.78%
In Poverty 129 5.45% 78 3.78%
Not in Poverty 402 16.99% 227 11.00%
12 to 17 Years 232 9.81% 263 12.75%
In Poverty 31 1.31% 56 2.71%
Not in Poverty 201 8.50% 207 10.03%
18 to 64 Years 1,332 56.30% 1,193 57.83%
In Poverty 202 8.54% 131 6.35%
Not in Poverty 1,130 47.76% 1,062 51.48%
65 Years and Above 271 11.45% 302 14.64%
In Poverty 95 4.02% 42 2.04%
Not in Poverty 176 7.44% 260 12.60%

* 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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