Monday, December 18, 2006

Income and Poverty in Screven County, Georgia

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Screven County, Georgia can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 20.1 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 26.9 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Screven County, accounting 35.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $82,875. This household income level is 141.7 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Screven County reported an income level of $71,663, this was 109 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. In Screven County, Georgia White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $39,079 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 13.9 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Screven County, Georgia , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $35,880, this income level is 4.6 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 15 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $29,162.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Screven County was reported to have a relatively low median income for households of $34,295 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 44.8 percent lower than the household income median in State of Georgia of $49,647 and the income level is 43.3 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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

 

About - © 2007 Ecanned.com  - Contact