Income and Poverty in Loup County, Nebraska

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Loup County was reported to have a relatively low median household income of $30,713 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 49.5 percent lower than the median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and this is 60 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Hispanic headed households in Loup County, Nebraska , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $62,888, this median household income is 104.8 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area. In Loup County, Nebraska White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $30,713 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly equal to the median in 2000.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Loup County, Nebraska can be recognized as having a relatively high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 17.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The White race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 17.7 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Loup County, having 25.5 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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