Income and Poverty in Dawson County, Nebraska

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Dawson County, Nebraska can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 10.8 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 39 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Dawson County, with 20.4 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Hispanic headed households in Dawson County, Nebraska reported a median household income of $45,037, this median is 6.5 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $59,829. This median income level is 41.5 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 34.3 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $27,788. In Dawson County, Nebraska White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $42,181 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent less than the median household income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Dawson County reported an income level of $19,835, this level was 53.1 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

Compared to counties across the United States, Dawson County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $42,274 (2005 Dollars). This median is 8.6 percent lower than the median in Nebraska of $45,923 and the income level is 16.2 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







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