Income and Poverty in Pope County, Minnesota

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Pope County, Minnesota can be understood to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 8.8 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 11.8 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Pope County, having 16.5 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

In Pope County, Minnesota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $41,709 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic Householders in Pope County, Minnesota recorded a median income of $19,013, which is 54.4 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 19.3 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $33,638. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $55,941. This income level is 34.2 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Pope County had a median income of $57,038, this was 36.8 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Pope County reported a medium-high median income for households of $41,691 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 32.2 percent lower than the median in Minnesota of $55,120 and this is 17.9 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.