Income and Poverty in Logan County, Nebraska

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Logan County, Nebraska can be recognized as having a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 10.5 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The White race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 10.2 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Logan County, reporting 17.5 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Logan County reported a medium-low median income for households of $38,756 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 18.5 percent lower than the household income median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the income level is 26.8 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

In Logan County, Nebraska White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $38,885 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.3 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic headed households in Logan County, Nebraska , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $42,413, which is 9.4 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.







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