Thursday, January 11, 2007

Income and Poverty in College Station-Bryan, TX

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the College Station-Bryan metro area may be understood as having a very high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 26.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 38.5 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 18 to 64 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in College Station-Bryan, accounting 30.1 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

In College Station-Bryan, TX White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $36,816 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 8.1 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic households in College Station-Bryan, TX , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $29,779, this median household income is 12.5 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $21,272. This median is 37.5 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in College Station-Bryan reported an income level of $32,614, which was 4.2 percent less than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 31.9 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $23,186.

While the median household income saw a decline in the last five year in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in household income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 43.3 percent since the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in College Station-Bryan, seeing a 48.2 percent increase in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.

The poverty rate in the College Station-Bryan, TX Metro has increased by 1.6 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 26.9 percent to 28.5 percent.

The household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $30,896, which represents a 9.3 percent decline. The College Station-Bryan, TX MSA, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 14 of 22 metro area in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Texas. College Station-Bryan ranks 95 of 233 metro area in terms of the decline in household income across the nation.

Compared to Metro Areas across the United States, the College Station-Bryan metro area accounted a very low median income for all households of $34,052 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 37.2 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 44.3 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

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

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