Income and Poverty in Antelope County, Nebraska

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Antelope County had a medium-low median household income of $35,233 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 30.3 percent lower than the household income median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and this is 39.5 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Hispanic headed households in Antelope County, Nebraska recorded a median income of $40,219, this median is 14.2 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Antelope County, Nebraska White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $35,168 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent less than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 3.8 percent greater than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $36,563. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Antelope County had a median income of $33,638, which was 4.5 percent less than the median for all households.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Antelope County, Nebraska may be understood as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 13.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 57.1 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Antelope County, accounting 19.6 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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