Income and Poverty in Hayes County, Nebraska

Hispanic in Hayes County, Nebraska , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $54,113, which is 73.4 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Hayes County, Nebraska White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $31,200 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly equal to the median income in 2000.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Hayes County reported a relatively low household income of $31,200 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 47.2 percent lower than the median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the median household income is 57.5 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Hayes County, Nebraska may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 18.4 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 41.4 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 12 to 17 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Hayes County, accounting 30 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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