Income and Poverty in Banner County, Nebraska

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Banner County, Nebraska can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 13.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 56.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Banner County, reporting 26.7 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Banner County accounted a medium-low median income for households of $36,667 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 25.2 percent lower than the median in Nebraska of $45,923 and the median household income is 34 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Hispanic Householders in Banner County, Nebraska recorded a median income of $21,938, this median is 40.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Banner County, Nebraska White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $36,441 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.6 percent less than the median household income in 2000.







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