Income and Poverty in Hocking County, Ohio

Compared to counties across the United States, Hocking County accounted a medium-high median income for households of $40,085 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 19.5 percent lower than the median in Ohio of $47,919 and the median household income is 22.6 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $56,063. This household income level is 39.9 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. In Hocking County, Ohio White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $40,049 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.1 percent less than the median household income in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Hocking County reported a median household income of $36,145, this was 9.8 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 7.6 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $43,144. Hispanic in Hocking County, Ohio , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $26,116, which is 34.8 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Hocking County, Ohio can be recognized as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 13.5 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 21.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Hocking County, accounting 19.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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