Income and Poverty in Colfax County, Nebraska

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Colfax County, Nebraska can be recognized as having a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 10.8 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 19.4 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Colfax County, having 17 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Hispanic households in Colfax County, Nebraska , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $44,084, this income level is 5.1 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Colfax County had a median household income level of $59,963, this median was 43 percent greater than the median income level in this area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $57,038. This household income level is 36 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Colfax County, Nebraska White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $41,612 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.8 percent less than the median in 2000.

Compared to counties across the United States, Colfax County accounted a medium-high median income for all households of $41,943 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 9.5 percent lower than the household income median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the median is 17.1 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







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