Definitions: Children under 18 living below the federal poverty threshold expressed as a percentage of all children under 18.
The poverty threshold for a family of four (two adults and two related children under 18) was $17,463 in 2000 and $22,113 in 2010. Caution should be exercised in comparing poverty data from model-based estimates (as reported herein for 2000 and 2010) between counties and over time (see Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, General Cautions about Comparisons of Estimates, Census Bureau Website, www.census.gov).
Data Source: U. S. Census Bureau, Census Bureau Website, www.census.gov, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for School Districts, Counties, and States, 2000 and 2010, Released November, 2011.
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The poverty threshold for a family of four (two adults and two related children under 18) was $17,463 in 2000 and $21,756 in 2009.
Caution should be exercised in comparing poverty data from model-based estimates (as reported herein for 2000-2009) between counties, over time, and with other data sets (see Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, General Cautions about Comparisons of Estimates, Census Bureau Website, www. census.gov).