Income and Poverty in Fillmore County, Nebraska

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Fillmore County, Nebraska can be recognized as having a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 7.8 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 22.2 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Fillmore County, having 15.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Fillmore County reported a median household income of $24,278, this level was 41 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Fillmore County, Nebraska White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $41,239 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic households in Fillmore County, Nebraska , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $36,563, this income level is 11.1 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $65,325. This median income level is 58.8 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Fillmore County had a medium-high median income for households of $41,140 (2005 Dollars). This median is 11.6 percent lower than the median in Nebraska of $45,923 and this is 19.4 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.