Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Income and Poverty in Hamilton County, Nebraska

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Hamilton County had a relatively high median household income of $47,124 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 2.5 percent higher than the household income median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the median household income is 4.3 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Hamilton County, Nebraska can be recognized as having a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 7.5 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 78.9 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Hamilton County, accounting 11.6 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 10 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $42,413. Hispanic Householders in Hamilton County, Nebraska recorded a median income of $22,355, this median household income is 52.6 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. In Hamilton County, Nebraska White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $47,094 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.1 percent less than the median income in 2000.







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

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