Income and Poverty in Roseau County, Minnesota

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Roseau County, Minnesota can be considered to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 6.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 29.9 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Roseau County, reporting 17.9 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Roseau County was reported to have a relatively high median income for households of $46,627 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 18.2 percent lower than the median in State of Minnesota of $55,120 and this is 5.4 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 40.4 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $27,788. Hispanic headed households in Roseau County, Minnesota , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $30,713, this median is 34.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $48,994. This median income level is 5.1 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Roseau County reported a median household income of $32,541, this median was 30.2 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Roseau County, Minnesota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $46,896 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.6 percent greater than the median income in 2000.







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