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Data Report 5
High Country
Poverty--2000-2003
|
Watauga
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 |
42,747
|
42,937
|
190 |
0.4% |
8,078,373
|
8,311,899
|
342,817 |
4.2% |
|
# All Persons Below Poverty |
5,344
|
5,550
|
206 |
3.9% |
934,374
|
1,117,407
|
183,033 |
19.6% |
| %
All Persons Below Poverty |
12.5% |
12.9% |
|
|
11.6%
|
13.4%
|
|
|
|
# Persons 0-17 Years of Age Below Poverty |
1,009
|
1,034
|
25 |
2.3% |
330,226
|
401,814
|
71,588 |
21.7% |
|
# Persons 5-17 Years of Age Below Poverty in Families
|
639
|
644
|
5 |
0.8% |
210,029
|
247,890
|
37,861 |
18.0% |
|
Median Household Income |
$33,848
|
$33,090
|
-$758 |
-2.2% |
$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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