Income and Poverty in Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Tallapoosa County, Alabama may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 16.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 33.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Tallapoosa County, accounting 27.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Tallapoosa County reported a medium-low median household income of $35,972 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 11 percent lower than the median in Alabama of $39,938 and the median is 36.6 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Hispanic headed households in Tallapoosa County, Alabama reported a median household income of $37,862, this income level is 5.3 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $13,650. This income level is 62.1 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. In Tallapoosa County, Alabama White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $40,851 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 13.6 percent greater than the median in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Tallapoosa County reported a median household income of $24,996, which was 30.5 percent less than the median income level in this area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 35.7 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $23,131.







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