Income and Poverty in Ellis County, Texas
The median household income in the area has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $50,585, representing a 14.1 percent decline. Ellis County, Texas, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 12 of 46 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Texas. Ellis County ranks 67 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income in the US.
Compared to counties across the United States, Ellis County had a relatively high median household income of $58,910 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 20.7 percent higher than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median is 16.6 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.
While household income level experienced a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Ellis County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Asian category. This group felt a decline of 1092865.2 percent since the year 2000. The White Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Ellis County, undergoing a 12.9 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.
The poverty rate in Ellis County, Texas has increased by 1.8 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 8.6 percent to 10.4 percent.
Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 38.9 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $35,994. In Ellis County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $61,787 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 4.9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $61,007. This household income level is 3.6 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic Householders in Ellis County, Texas reported a median household income of $47,406, this income level is 19.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Ellis County had a median household income level of $47,845, this median was 18.8 percent less than the median income level in this area.
When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Ellis County, Texas can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 8.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 20.1 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Ellis County, reporting 15.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
Compared to counties across the United States, Ellis County had a relatively high median household income of $58,910 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 20.7 percent higher than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median is 16.6 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.
While household income level experienced a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Ellis County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Asian category. This group felt a decline of 1092865.2 percent since the year 2000. The White Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Ellis County, undergoing a 12.9 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.
The poverty rate in Ellis County, Texas has increased by 1.8 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 8.6 percent to 10.4 percent.
Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 38.9 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $35,994. In Ellis County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $61,787 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 4.9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $61,007. This household income level is 3.6 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic Householders in Ellis County, Texas reported a median household income of $47,406, this income level is 19.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Ellis County had a median household income level of $47,845, this median was 18.8 percent less than the median income level in this area.
When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Ellis County, Texas can be understood to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 8.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 20.1 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Ellis County, reporting 15.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
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