Income and Poverty in Wayne County, Tennessee
In Wayne County, Tennessee White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $31,363 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.9 percent greater than the median income in 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $41,316. This median is 32.9 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic in Wayne County, Tennessee reported a median household income of $16,088, which is 48.3 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 20 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $24,863. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Wayne County reported a median household income of $21,938, this was 29.4 percent less than the areas median level for all households.
When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Wayne County, Tennessee can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 16.3 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 75 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Wayne County, accounting 24.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.
Compared to counties across the United States, Wayne County was reported to have a relatively low household income of $31,094 (2005 Dollars). This median is 36.8 percent lower than the median in Tennessee of $42,541 and the median household income is 58 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Wayne County, Tennessee can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 16.3 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 75 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Wayne County, accounting 24.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.
Compared to counties across the United States, Wayne County was reported to have a relatively low household income of $31,094 (2005 Dollars). This median is 36.8 percent lower than the median in Tennessee of $42,541 and the median household income is 58 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
