Thursday, January 11, 2007

Income and Poverty in Mansfield, OH

The median household income has sharply declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $39,220, posting a 31.9 percent decline. The Mansfield, OH MSA, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 4 of 8 metro area in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Ohio. Mansfield ranks 127 of 233 metro area when comparing the decline in household income across the nation.

The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $32,405. This household income level is 43.7 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Mansfield had a median income of $50,512, this median was 12.3 percent less than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 42.9 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $32,881. In Mansfield, OH White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $59,585 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.5 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Mansfield, OH reported a median household income of $40,469, this income level is 29.7 percent less than the areas median income level for all households.

As the median household income witnessed a decline in the last five year in the Mansfield, OH metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in household income was the category. This group felt a of . percent since 2000. The population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Mansfield, experiencing a . percent in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Mansfield metro area had a relatively high household income of $57,591 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 16.8 percent higher than the household income median in State of Ohio of $47,919 and the income level is 14.7 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Mansfield metro area can be considered to have a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 9.4 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 27.7 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 18 to 64 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Mansfield, accounting 10.7 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The poverty rate in the Mansfield, OH Metro has increased by 1.5 percent since the amount published in 2000, moving from 9.4 percent to 10.9 percent.

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

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