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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* 1,755,331 100.00% 1,763,866 100.00%
In Poverty 345,093 19.66% 315,794 17.90%
Not in Poverty 1,410,238 80.34% 1,448,072 82.10%
11 Years and Under 276,737 15.77% 255,298 14.47%
In Poverty 78,665 4.48% 66,263 3.76%
Not in Poverty 198,072 11.28% 189,035 10.72%
12 to 17 Years 162,370 9.25% 139,520 7.91%
In Poverty 36,408 2.07% 29,833 1.69%
Not in Poverty 125,962 7.18% 109,687 6.22%
18 to 64 Years 1,058,337 60.29% 1,103,289 62.55%
In Poverty 186,826 10.64% 188,143 10.67%
Not in Poverty 871,511 49.65% 915,146 51.88%
65 Years and Above 257,887 14.69% 265,759 15.07%
In Poverty 43,194 2.46% 31,555 1.79%
Not in Poverty 214,693 12.23% 234,204 13.28%

* 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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