Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Income and Poverty in Lancaster County, Nebraska

The poverty rate in Lancaster County, Nebraska has increased by 1.8 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 9.5 percent to 11.3 percent.

As the median income level saw a decline since 2000 in Lancaster County, Nebraska, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 11.2 percent in the last five years. The American Indian and Alaska Native population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Lancaster County, experiencing a 101 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $47,190. This income level is 3.6 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Lancaster County, Nebraska White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $49,967 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 2 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 34.6 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $32,018. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Lancaster County reported an income level of $26,471, this level was 45.9 percent less than the median for all households. Hispanic headed households in Lancaster County, Nebraska recorded a median income of $36,573, this median household income is 25.3 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Lancaster County, Nebraska can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.5 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 27.1 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Lancaster County, reporting 13.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Lancaster County accounted a relatively high median income for households of $48,965 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 6.2 percent higher than the household income median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the median household income is 0.3 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $47,039, posting a 3.9 percent decline. Lancaster County, Nebraska, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 3 of 3 counties in percent of decline for household income in Nebraska. Lancaster County ranks 516 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median household income in the United States.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

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