Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Income and Poverty in Logan County, Arkansas

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Logan County had a relatively low household income of $33,162 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 13.5 percent lower than the median income in State of Arkansas of $37,653 and the median is 48.2 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Logan County, Arkansas can be considered to have a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 15.4 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 19.6 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Logan County, having 21.2 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

In Logan County, Arkansas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $33,016 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.4 percent less than the median income in 2000. Hispanic households in Logan County, Arkansas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $35,222, this median is 6.2 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Logan County had a median income of $42,203, this median was 27.3 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 16.2 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $27,788. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $59,475. This median income level is 79.3 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.







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

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