Income and Poverty in Bellingham, WA
The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $44,248, representing a 5.5 percent decline. The Bellingham, WA MSA, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 4 of 5 metro area in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Washington. Bellingham ranks 171 of 233 metro area in terms of the decline in median income in the US.
While household income level experienced a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in the Bellingham, WA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in median household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 37.3 percent since 2000. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Bellingham, experiencing a 10.3 percent increase in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.
When put side-by-side with other Metros throughout the United States, the Bellingham metro area may be understood as having a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 14.2 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 29.5 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Bellingham, with 21.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.
The poverty rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro has declined by 0.5 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 14.2 percent to 13.7 percent.
According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $36,406. This median income level is 22.2 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Bellingham reported an income level of $37,318, this level was 20.3 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Bellingham, WA White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $47,556 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.6 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 7.4 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $43,326. Hispanic in Bellingham, WA , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $36,192, this median household income is 22.7 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.
Compared to Metro Areas across the United States, the Bellingham metro area accounted a medium-high household income of $46,806 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 14.4 percent lower than the median in Washington of $53,558 and the median household income is 5 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
While household income level experienced a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in the Bellingham, WA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in median household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 37.3 percent since 2000. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Bellingham, experiencing a 10.3 percent increase in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.
When put side-by-side with other Metros throughout the United States, the Bellingham metro area may be understood as having a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 14.2 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 29.5 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Bellingham, with 21.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.
The poverty rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro has declined by 0.5 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 14.2 percent to 13.7 percent.
According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $36,406. This median income level is 22.2 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Bellingham reported an income level of $37,318, this level was 20.3 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Bellingham, WA White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $47,556 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.6 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 7.4 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $43,326. Hispanic in Bellingham, WA , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $36,192, this median household income is 22.7 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.
Compared to Metro Areas across the United States, the Bellingham metro area accounted a medium-high household income of $46,806 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 14.4 percent lower than the median in Washington of $53,558 and the median household income is 5 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.
Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.
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