Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Income and Poverty in Boyd County, Nebraska

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Boyd County reported a relatively low median income for all households of $30,508 (2005 Dollars). This median is 50.5 percent lower than the median in Nebraska of $45,923 and the median is 61 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $16,088. This household income level is 47.3 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. In Boyd County, Nebraska White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $30,558 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Boyd County, Nebraska can be considered to have a medium-high poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 15.2 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The White race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 15.2 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Boyd County, with 24 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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

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