Income and Poverty in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska can be understood to have a relatively high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 18.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 37.5 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Lake and Peninsula Borough, with 28.6 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Lake and Peninsula Borough had a medium-high median household income of $42,637 (2005 Dollars). This median is 41.5 percent lower than the median in Alaska of $60,338 and the median is 15.2 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Hispanic households in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $36,563, this median is 14.2 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $33,150. This median income level is 22.3 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. In Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $48,417 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 13.6 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Lake and Peninsula Borough had a median household income level of $37,616, this was 11.8 percent less than the median income level in this area.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.