Income and Poverty in Isanti County, Minnesota

Compared to counties across the United States, Isanti County had a relatively high median household income of $58,649 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 6 percent higher than the household income median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the median household income is 16.2 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Hispanic in Isanti County, Minnesota reported a median household income of $29,250, which is 50.1 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $76,599. This income level is 30.6 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Isanti County reported an income level of $58,866, this was 0.4 percent greater than the median income level in this area. In Isanti County, Minnesota White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $58,795 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 75.6 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $14,300.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Isanti County, Minnesota can be recognized as having a very low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 5.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 65.3 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Isanti County, having 13.9 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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