Hartford 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* 829,007 100.00% 830,542 100.00%
In Poverty 65,521 7.90% 77,440 9.32%
Not in Poverty 763,486 92.10% 753,102 90.68%
11 Years and Under 130,764 15.77% 138,773 16.71%
In Poverty 18,585 2.24% 19,212 2.31%
Not in Poverty 112,179 13.53% 119,561 14.40%
12 to 17 Years 59,090 7.13% 68,548 8.25%
In Poverty 6,750 0.81% 8,243 0.99%
Not in Poverty 52,340 6.31% 60,305 7.26%
18 to 64 Years 527,847 63.67% 507,050 61.05%
In Poverty 31,959 3.86% 41,182 4.96%
Not in Poverty 495,888 59.82% 465,868 56.09%
65 Years and Above 111,306 13.43% 116,171 13.99%
In Poverty 8,227 0.99% 8,803 1.06%
Not in Poverty 103,079 12.43% 107,368 12.93%

* 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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