Thursday, January 11, 2007

Income and Poverty in Bexar County, Texas

While household income level experienced a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Bexar County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 12.5 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Asian population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Bexar County, encountering a 7.3 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

Hispanic in Bexar County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $36,539, this median household income is 18.5 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $46,593. This median income level is 3.9 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Bexar County reported an income level of $35,239, this level was 21.4 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 16.3 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $37,516. In Bexar County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $48,626 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 8.4 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Bexar County, Texas can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 15.9 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 21.7 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Bexar County, reporting 24.9 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Bexar County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $44,844 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 4.2 percent lower than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and this is 9.6 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

The areas median household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $42,113, posting a 6.1 percent decline. Bexar County, Texas, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 35 of 46 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Texas. Bexar County ranks 406 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of decline in median household income in the United States.

The poverty rate in Bexar County, Texas has increased by 1.1 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 15.9 percent to 17 percent.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

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