Income and Poverty in Cuming County, Nebraska

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Cuming County accounted a medium-low median income for all households of $38,828 (2005 Dollars). This median is 18.3 percent lower than the median income in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the median household income is 26.5 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Cuming County, Nebraska may be understood as having a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 9.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 32.2 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Cuming County, having 16.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Hispanic headed households in Cuming County, Nebraska , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $27,616, this income level is 28.9 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. In Cuming County, Nebraska White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $39,557 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.9 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Cuming County reported a median household income of $19,615, this median was 49.5 percent less than the median for all households.







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