Income and Poverty in Keya Paha County, Nebraska

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Keya Paha County, Nebraska can be recognized as having a very high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 26.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The White race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 27 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Keya Paha County, having 45.8 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Keya Paha County was reported to have a relatively low median household income of $29,146 (2005 Dollars). This median is 57.6 percent lower than the median in Nebraska of $45,923 and the median is 68.6 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Hispanic headed households in Keya Paha County, Nebraska recorded a median income of $71,663, this median household income is 145.9 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Keya Paha County, Nebraska White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $29,146 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was only slightly equal to the median in 2000.







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