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DP4:Income and Poverty Status:1990


Subject

Number

INCOME IN 1989

 

Households

568

Less than $5,000

43

$5,000 to $9,999

63

$10,000 to $14,999

62

$15,000 to $24,999

111

$25,000 to $34,999

80

$35,000 to $49,999

67

$50,000 to $74,999

72

$75,000 to $99,999

27

$100,000 to $149,999

34

$150,000 or more

9
   

Median household income (dollars)

25,521
   

Family households

330

Less than $5,000

7

$5,000 to $9,999

20

$10,000 to $14,999

17

$15,000 to $24,999

66

$25,000 to $34,999

49

$35,000 to $49,999

55

$50,000 to $74,999

63

$75,000 to $99,999

23

$100,000 to $149,999

23

$150,000 or more

7
   

Median family income (dollars)

35,938
   

Nonfamily households

238

Less than $5,000

36

$5,000 to $9,999

43

$10,000 to $14,999

47

$15,000 to $24,999

45

$25,000 to $34,999

29

$35,000 to $49,999

12

$50,000 to $74,999

9

$75,000 to $99,999

7

$100,000 to $149,999

8

$150,000 or more

2
   

Median nonfamily household income (dollars)

14,167
   

Per capita income (dollars)

17,645
   

INCOME TYPE IN 1989

 

Households

568

With wage and salary income

399

With nonfarm self-employment income

183

With farm self-employment income

15

With Interest, Dividend, or Net Rental Income

309

With Social Security income

194

With public assistance income

9

With retirement income

96
   

POVERTY STATUS IN 1989

 

Persons for whom poverty status is determined

1,167

Below poverty level

134

Persons 18 years and over

967

Below poverty level

110

Persons 65 years and over

234

Below poverty level

26
   

Related children under 18 years

200

Below poverty level

24

Related children under 5 years

45

Below poverty level

11

Related children 5 to 17 years

155

Below poverty level

13
   

Unrelated individuals

272

Below poverty level

61
   

Families

330

Below poverty level

24

With related children under 18 years

119

Below poverty level

12

With related children under 5 years

38

Below poverty level

8
   

Female householder, no husband present

32

Below poverty level

1

With related children under 18 years

21

Below poverty level

0

With related children under 5 years

3

Below poverty level

0

 

 
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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