Income and Poverty in Big Stone County, Minnesota

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Big Stone County, Minnesota may be understood as having a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 12.0 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 75 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 12 to 17 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Big Stone County, reporting 17.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Big Stone County reported a medium-low median income for all households of $35,944 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 53.3 percent lower than the median income in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and this is 36.7 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Hispanic Householders in Big Stone County, Minnesota recorded a median income of $5,850, which is 83.7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Big Stone County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $36,093 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.4 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Big Stone County had a median income of $20,963, this median was 41.7 percent less than the median for all households.







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