Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Income and Poverty in Wheeler County, Oregon

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Wheeler County, Oregon can be understood to have a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 15.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 59.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Wheeler County, reporting 42.9 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 429.9 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $178,235. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Wheeler County reported an income level of $54,113, this was 60.9 percent greater than the median income level in this area. In Wheeler County, Oregon White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $33,560 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.2 percent less than the median income in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Wheeler County, Oregon , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $28,080, this median is 16.5 percent less than the areas median income level for all households.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Wheeler County reported a relatively low median income for households of $33,638 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 42.3 percent lower than the median income in State of Oregon of $47,872 and the median is 46.1 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.







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

 

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