Income and Poverty in Bandera County, Texas

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Bandera County had a median household income level of $47,970, this median was 5.1 percent greater than the median income level in this area. Hispanic households in Bandera County, Texas reported a median household income of $38,278, this income level is 16.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $51,188. This household income level is 12.1 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. In Bandera County, Texas White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $46,309 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.5 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 18.2 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $37,360.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Bandera County was reported to have a medium-high median household income of $45,645 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 2.3 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median is 7.6 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Bandera County, Texas may be understood as having a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 10.8 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 20 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Bandera County, accounting 15.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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