[Vision2020] Mapping Poverty In The Inland Northwest

Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 9 21:17:43 PST 2014


I suspect that the Whitman county and Latah county numbers are skewed by 
the student populations, which is why the poverty numbers are so high 
compared to the rest of their respective states.

Paul

On 01/09/2014 08:36 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
> Courtesy of KHQ at:
>
> http://www.khq.com/story/24412550/mapping-poverty-in-the-inland-northwest
>
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>
>   Mapping Poverty In The Inland Northwest
>
> The New York Times released an article last week mapping out poverty 
> in the United States. The data was compiled from the Census Bureau of 
> those living below the poverty line. The Census Bureau defined the 
> poverty line as: $23,283/year for a family of four or $11,945 for an 
> individual person under 65.
>
> Taking a look at the Inland Northwest, Whitman County shows up as 
> having the highest percentage of people living in poverty in the state 
> with nearly a third of the population at 32.3% or 12,848 people. 
> Spokane County was listed as having 16% of the population living below 
> the poverty line, or 73,788 people. Larger counties such as King and 
> Pierce on the west side of the state came in at 11.9% or 234,813 
> people and 12.8% or 101,716 people, respectively.
>
> In Idaho, Kootenai County was listed as have 13.4% or its population 
> or 18,911 people living below the poverty line. Bonner and Boundary 
> County both came in at about 17% of their population, while Latah 
> County right across the state line from Whitman County, came in at 
> 22.1% or 7,739 people living below the poverty line.
>
> If you would like take a look at the map, and see the poverty level 
> for any county in the country, click this link: 
> http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/01/05/poverty-map/?ref=us
>
> *COUNTY POVERTY RATE                                    POOR POPULATION*
>
> WASHINGTON:
>
> Spokane County:                     16%                               
>  73,788
>
> WHITMAN COUNTY: 
> 32.3%                                                      12,848
>
> Stevens County ;                     18.5%                           7,965
>
> Lincoln County : 14.3% 1,478
>
> Grant County: 
>  18.8%                                                     17,003
>
> Pend Oreille County: 
> 20%                                                         2,572
>
> Ferry County: 21% 1,601
>
> Okanogan County: 
>  22%                                                        8,931
>
> Chelan County: 
> 14.9%                                                     10,810
>
> Asotin County - 
> 14.6%                                                     3,159
>
> IDAHO:
>
> Kootenai County: 13.4% 18,911
>
> Bonner County: 
> 17.6%                                                       7,068
>
> Boundary County:  17.8% 1,904
>
> Shoshone County:  19.7% 2,459
>
> Benewah County: -                       18%                           
>             1,629
>
> Latah County: - 22.1% 7,739
>
> Nez Perce County:                         12.7%                       
>               4,904
>
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