Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Income and Poverty in Wells County, North Dakota

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Wells County, North Dakota can be considered to have a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 13.5 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 34.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Wells County, accounting 26.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Hispanic headed households in Wells County, North Dakota , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $13,163, this median is 64.7 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Wells County had a median household income level of $44,460, which was 19.1 percent greater than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 92.2 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $2,924. In Wells County, North Dakota White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,390 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Wells County accounted a medium-low median household income of $37,316 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 8.5 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median is 31.7 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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

 

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