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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* 37,835 100.00% 40,401 100.00%
In Poverty 6,950 18.37% 6,654 16.47%
Not in Poverty 30,885 81.63% 33,747 83.53%
11 Years and Under 7,650 20.22% 7,329 18.14%
In Poverty 1,983 5.24% 1,649 4.08%
Not in Poverty 5,667 14.98% 5,680 14.06%
12 to 17 Years 3,401 8.99% 3,906 9.67%
In Poverty 762 2.01% 827 2.05%
Not in Poverty 2,639 6.98% 3,079 7.62%
18 to 64 Years 21,158 55.92% 23,301 57.67%
In Poverty 2,914 7.70% 3,206 7.94%
Not in Poverty 18,244 48.22% 20,095 49.74%
65 Years and Above 5,626 14.87% 5,865 14.52%
In Poverty 1,291 3.41% 972 2.41%
Not in Poverty 4,335 11.46% 4,893 12.11%

* 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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