Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Income and Poverty in Franklin County, Arkansas

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Franklin County, Arkansas can be understood to have a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 15.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 71.4 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Franklin County, reporting 27.6 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Franklin County was reported to have a medium-low household income of $36,092 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 4.3 percent lower than the household income median in State of Arkansas of $37,653 and the median is 36.1 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

In Franklin County, Arkansas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $36,407 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.9 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Franklin County had a median income of $26,743, this median was 25.9 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Hispanic in Franklin County, Arkansas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $39,122, this median household income is 8.4 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 49.9 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $54,113. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $5,119. This median income level is 85.8 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area.







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

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