Income and Poverty in Chicot County, Arkansas
Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Chicot County had a very low median income for households of $25,768 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 46.1 percent lower than the median in State of Arkansas of $37,653 and the median household income is 90.7 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.
Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Chicot County, Arkansas may be understood as having a very high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 28.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 56.5 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Chicot County, reporting 45 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.
Hispanic headed households in Chicot County, Arkansas recorded a median income of $21,938, this median household income is 14.9 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Chicot County had a median household income level of $234,001, which was 808.1 percent greater than the median income level in this area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $40,585. This median is 57.5 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 29.1 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $18,267. In Chicot County, Arkansas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $37,272 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 44.6 percent greater than the median in 2000.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Chicot County, Arkansas may be understood as having a very high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 28.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 56.5 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Chicot County, reporting 45 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.
Hispanic headed households in Chicot County, Arkansas recorded a median income of $21,938, this median household income is 14.9 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Chicot County had a median household income level of $234,001, which was 808.1 percent greater than the median income level in this area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $40,585. This median is 57.5 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 29.1 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $18,267. In Chicot County, Arkansas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $37,272 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 44.6 percent greater than the median in 2000.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
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