Income and Poverty in Yamhill County, Oregon
While the median household income saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Yamhill County, Oregon, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 43.6 percent in the last five years. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Yamhill County, experiencing a 54.3 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.
The household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $46,238, which amounts to a 10.4 percent decline. Yamhill County, Oregon, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 7 of 14 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Oregon. Yamhill County ranks 203 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income level for the United States.
The poverty rate in Yamhill County, Oregon has increased by 5.2 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 9.2 percent to 14.4 percent.
Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 50.2 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $77,513. Hispanic households in Yamhill County, Oregon recorded a median income of $42,180, this median household income is 18.3 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. In Yamhill County, Oregon White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $52,312 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.4 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Yamhill County reported an income level of $42,900, this was 16.9 percent less than the areas median level for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $37,095. This median income level is 28.1 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.
When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Yamhill County, Oregon may be understood as having a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 20 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Yamhill County, having 12.3 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.
When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Yamhill County accounted a relatively high median household income of $51,610 (2005 Dollars). This median is 7.2 percent higher than the median income in State of Oregon of $47,872 and the median is 4.8 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
The household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $46,238, which amounts to a 10.4 percent decline. Yamhill County, Oregon, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 7 of 14 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Oregon. Yamhill County ranks 203 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income level for the United States.
The poverty rate in Yamhill County, Oregon has increased by 5.2 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 9.2 percent to 14.4 percent.
Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 50.2 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $77,513. Hispanic households in Yamhill County, Oregon recorded a median income of $42,180, this median household income is 18.3 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. In Yamhill County, Oregon White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $52,312 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.4 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Yamhill County reported an income level of $42,900, this was 16.9 percent less than the areas median level for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $37,095. This median income level is 28.1 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.
When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Yamhill County, Oregon may be understood as having a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 20 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Yamhill County, having 12.3 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.
When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Yamhill County accounted a relatively high median household income of $51,610 (2005 Dollars). This median is 7.2 percent higher than the median income in State of Oregon of $47,872 and the median is 4.8 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
