Thursday, January 11, 2007

Income and Poverty in Duluth, MN-WI

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 48.2 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $21,881. In Duluth, MN-WI White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $42,712 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 1.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $34,891. This median income level is 17.3 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Duluth had a median income of $25,004, this median was 40.8 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Hispanic headed households in Duluth, MN-WI , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $34,036, this median is 19.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.

While household income level experienced a decline since 2000 in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 13 percent in the last five years. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Duluth, undergoing a 5 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

Compared to Metro Areas across the United States, the Duluth metro area had a medium-low median income for all households of $42,215 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 30.6 percent lower than the median in Minnesota of $55,120 and the income level is 16.4 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

When compared to other Metro Areas across the United States, the Duluth metro area can be considered to have a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 11.9 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 38.4 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Duluth, with 18.4 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The poverty rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro has increased by 0.4 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 11.9 percent to 12.3 percent.

The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $40,641, posting a 3.7 percent decline. The Duluth, MN-WI MSA, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 4 of 7 metro area in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Minnesota. Duluth ranks 194 of 233 metro area when analyzing the decline in household income across the nation.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

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