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Portland city, Oregon
S1701. Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months  More information about this table...
Data Set: 2006 American Community Survey
Survey: American Community Survey

NOTE. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

Subject

Total


Margin of Error

Below poverty level


Margin of Error

Percent below poverty level


Margin of Error

Population for whom poverty status is determined

525,989

+/-7,943

85,193

+/-7,628

16.2%

+/-1.3

AGE

Under 18 years

113,663

+/-4,226

23,187

+/-3,945

20.4%

+/-3.2

Related children under 18 years

113,100

+/-4,115

22,655

+/-3,783

20.0%

+/-3.1

18 to 64 years

359,910

+/-5,614

54,487

+/-4,477

15.1%

+/-1.2

65 years and over

52,416

+/-1,856

7,519

+/-1,183

14.3%

+/-2.2

 

SEX

Male

260,215

+/-4,878

37,371

+/-3,974

14.4%

+/-1.4

Female

265,774

+/-4,176

47,822

+/-4,631

18.0%

+/-1.6

 

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN

One race

N

N

N

N

N

N

White

410,798

+/-6,950

55,832

+/-6,125

13.6%

+/-1.4

Black or African American

34,279

+/-2,352

13,896

+/-3,003

40.5%

+/-8.0

American Indian and Alaska Native

N

N

N

N

N

N

Asian

37,550

+/-2,497

5,478

+/-2,077

14.6%

+/-5.4

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

N

N

N

N

N

N

Some other race

N

N

N

N

N

N

Two or more races

N

N

N

N

N

N

 

Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)

46,799

+/-4,950

12,906

+/-3,241

27.6%

+/-5.6

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino

387,017

+/-5,704

48,616

+/-4,932

12.6%

+/-1.2

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

373,666

+/-4,898

49,816

+/-3,793

13.3%

+/-0.9

Less than high school graduate

42,195

+/-3,630

12,195

+/-2,396

28.9%

+/-4.6

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

77,850

+/-4,195

13,277

+/-1,672

17.1%

+/-2.2

Some college, associate's degree

107,590

+/-4,770

14,007

+/-1,886

13.0%

+/-1.6

Bachelor's degree or higher

146,031

+/-5,102

10,337

+/-1,700

7.1%

+/-1.1

 

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

Civilian labor force 16 years and over

301,173

+/-5,871

32,008

+/-3,705

10.6%

+/-1.1

Employed

282,327

+/-5,730

25,221

+/-3,463

8.9%

+/-1.2

Male

149,900

+/-3,733

11,729

+/-1,952

7.8%

+/-1.3

Female

132,427

+/-3,607

13,492

+/-2,361

10.2%

+/-1.7

Unemployed

18,846

+/-2,435

6,787

+/-1,503

36.0%

+/-5.5

Male

10,573

+/-1,704

3,621

+/-1,099

34.2%

+/-8.1

Female

8,273

+/-1,459

3,166

+/-830

38.3%

+/-7.2

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Population 16 years and over

422,925

+/-5,517

63,937

+/-5,089

15.1%

+/-1.1

Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months

176,238

+/-4,731

5,638

+/-1,473

3.2%

+/-0.8

Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months

142,499

+/-5,717

28,400

+/-3,324

19.9%

+/-2.0

Did not work

104,188

+/-4,191

29,899

+/-3,335

28.7%

+/-2.6

 

All Individuals below:

50 percent of poverty level

36,944

+/-4,656

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

125 percent of poverty level

108,171

+/-8,454

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

150 percent of poverty level

132,461

+/-9,807

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

185 percent of poverty level

164,683

+/-10,112

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

200 percent of poverty level

180,783

+/-10,890

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

 

Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined

165,030

+/-5,689

40,022

+/-3,572

24.3%

+/-1.9

Male

82,718

+/-3,932

19,296

+/-2,288

23.3%

+/-2.6

Female

82,312

+/-3,583

20,726

+/-2,356

25.2%

+/-2.5

 

Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)

5,525

+/-310

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

 

Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months

69,646

+/-4,120

2,935

+/-1,078

4.2%

+/-1.5

Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months

56,339

+/-3,950

18,190

+/-2,255

32.3%

+/-3.0

Did not work

39,045

+/-2,925

18,897

+/-2,599

48.4%

+/-4.4

 

PERCENT IMPUTED

Poverty status for individuals

14.8%

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Notes:
·While the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the December 2005 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.

Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
6. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
7. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
8. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.



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