Income and Poverty in Archer County, Texas

In Archer County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $45,540 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.1 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Archer County reported an income level of $54,113, this median was 20.1 percent greater than the median for all households. Hispanic headed households in Archer County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $28,665, this median is 36.4 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $45,338. This median income level is 0.6 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 93.5 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $2,924.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Archer County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $45,061 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 3.7 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median is 9 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Archer County, Texas can be understood to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.0 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 90.9 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Archer County, with 16.7 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







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