Income and Poverty in Aransas County, Texas
When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Aransas County reported a medium-low median household income of $35,921 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 30 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median is 36.8 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.
Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Aransas County, Texas may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 19.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 45.7 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Aransas County, reporting 33.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.
Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 52.8 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $16,947. Hispanic in Aransas County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $29,007, this median is 19.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Aransas County, Texas White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,005 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 3 percent greater than the median in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Aransas County reported an income level of $36,353, this median was 1.2 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $20,183. This median is 43.8 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Aransas County, Texas may be understood as having a relatively high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 19.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 45.7 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Aransas County, reporting 33.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.
Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 52.8 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $16,947. Hispanic in Aransas County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $29,007, this median is 19.2 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Aransas County, Texas White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,005 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 3 percent greater than the median in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Aransas County reported an income level of $36,353, this median was 1.2 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $20,183. This median is 43.8 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.
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