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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* 191,992 100.00% 188,116 100.00%
In Poverty 40,103 20.89% 40,185 21.36%
Not in Poverty 151,889 79.11% 147,931 78.64%
11 Years and Under 29,328 15.28% 29,480 15.67%
In Poverty 11,045 5.75% 10,215 5.43%
Not in Poverty 18,283 9.52% 19,265 10.24%
12 to 17 Years 12,036 6.27% 12,588 6.69%
In Poverty 3,774 1.97% 3,825 2.03%
Not in Poverty 8,262 4.30% 8,763 4.66%
18 to 64 Years 121,542 63.31% 120,516 64.06%
In Poverty 20,490 10.67% 22,107 11.75%
Not in Poverty 101,052 52.63% 98,409 52.31%
65 Years and Above 29,086 15.15% 25,532 13.57%
In Poverty 4,794 2.50% 4,038 2.15%
Not in Poverty 24,292 12.65% 21,494 11.43%

* 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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