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Data Report 5
High Country
Poverty--2000-2003
|
Mitchell
County
|
North Carolina
|
| |
July
1, 2000 |
July
1, 2003 |
# Change 2000-03 |
% Change 2000-03 |
July
1, 2000 |
July
1, 2003 |
# Change 2000-03 |
% Change 2000-03 |
|
Estimated Population |
15,725
|
15,801
|
76 |
0.5% |
8,078,373
|
8,311,899
|
342,817 |
4.2% |
|
# All Persons Below Poverty |
1,951
|
2,228
|
77 |
3.9% |
934,374
|
1,117,407
|
183,033 |
19.6% |
| %
All Persons Below Poverty |
12.4% |
14.1% |
|
|
11.6%
|
13.4%
|
|
|
|
# Persons 0-17 Years of Age Below Poverty |
595
|
709
|
114 |
19.2% |
330,226
|
401,814
|
71,588 |
21.7% |
|
# Persons 5-17 Years of Age Below Poverty in Families
|
411
|
469
|
58 |
14.1% |
210,029
|
247,890
|
37,861 |
18.0% |
|
Median Household Income |
$31,719
|
$31,190
|
-$529 |
-1.7% |
$38,889
|
$39,438
|
$549 |
1.4% |
Source: US Bureau of
the Census
Data Report 5: Narrative
Data for Other Units
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