Income and Poverty in Auglaize County, Ohio

According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $106,895. This income level is 110.7 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Auglaize County reported a median household income of $71,175, which was 40.3 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. In Auglaize County, Ohio White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $50,617 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.2 percent less than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 59.1 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $80,730. Hispanic Householders in Auglaize County, Ohio recorded a median income of $44,540, this median is 12.2 percent less than the areas median income level for all households.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Auglaize County accounted a relatively high household income of $50,739 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 5.6 percent higher than the household income median in State of Ohio of $47,919 and the median household income is 3.2 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Auglaize County, Ohio can be understood to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 6.2 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 50 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Auglaize County, with 11.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







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