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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* 12,872 100.00% 14,117 100.00%
In Poverty 3,326 25.84% 3,103 21.98%
Not in Poverty 9,546 74.16% 11,014 78.02%
11 Years and Under 2,203 17.11% 2,018 14.29%
In Poverty 746 5.80% 566 4.01%
Not in Poverty 1,457 11.32% 1,452 10.29%
12 to 17 Years 1,079 8.38% 1,247 8.83%
In Poverty 245 1.90% 356 2.52%
Not in Poverty 834 6.48% 891 6.31%
18 to 64 Years 7,434 57.75% 8,626 61.10%
In Poverty 1,739 13.51% 1,875 13.28%
Not in Poverty 5,695 44.24% 6,751 47.82%
65 Years and Above 2,156 16.75% 2,226 15.77%
In Poverty 596 4.63% 306 2.17%
Not in Poverty 1,560 12.12% 1,920 13.60%

* 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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