Thursday, January 11, 2007

Income and Poverty in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota can be understood to have a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 9.6 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 32 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Mille Lacs County, accounting 17.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 24 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $53,625. Hispanic in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $58,988, this median household income is 36.3 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $118,730. This median is 174.4 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Mille Lacs County had a median household income level of $28,480, this was 34.2 percent less than the areas median level for all households. In Mille Lacs County, Minnesota White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $43,674 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Mille Lacs County accounted a medium-high median income for all households of $43,263 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 27.4 percent lower than the median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and the median is 13.6 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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

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