Chemung County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	83,740	12,046	14.40%	+/-2.3
AGE
Under 18 years	20,213	4,346	21.50%	+/-5.3		Use the arrows at the bottom-left of the screen to move through the menus.  Click on a county to view it's data.
Related children under 18 years	20,136	4,269	21.20%	+/-5.3
18 to 64 years	50,543	6,847	13.50%	+/-2.1
65 years and over	12,984	853	6.60%	+/-3.1
SEX
Male	40,501	4,925	12.20%	+/-2.8
Female	43,239	7,121	16.50%	+/-2.7		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	77,910	9,431	12.10%	+/-2.3
Black or African American	N	N	N	N
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	N	N	N	N
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N
Some other race	N	N	N	N
Two or more races	N	N	N	N
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	N	N	N	N
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	77,138	9,340	12.10%	+/-2.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	56,861	6,308	11.10%	+/-1.8
Less than high school graduate	7,485	2,207	29.50%	+/-8.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	20,661	2,516	12.20%	+/-3.2
Some college, associate's degree	17,470	1,047	6.00%	+/-2.3
Bachelor's degree or higher	11,245	538	4.80%	+/-4.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	40,815	4,128	10.10%	+/-2.2
Employed	36,200	2,842	7.90%	+/-2.0
Male	18,156	925	5.10%	+/-2.7
Female	18,044	1,917	10.60%	+/-3.3
Unemployed	4,615	1,286	27.90%	+/-9.3
Male	2,717	657	24.20%	+/-14.7
Female	1,898	629	33.10%	+/-16.4
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	66,196	7,926	12.00%	+/-1.8
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	23,161	888	3.80%	+/-2.6
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	20,454	2,841	13.90%	+/-3.9
Did not work	22,581	4,197	18.60%	+/-3.6
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	4,283	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	16,639	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	19,669	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	27,161	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	30,045	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	17,662	4,095	23.20%	+/-4.6
Male	8,032	1,724	21.50%	+/-7.8
Female	9,630	2,371	24.60%	+/-6.3
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	4,798	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	5,752	282	4.90%	+/-4.4
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	4,525	1,143	25.30%	+/-10.8
Did not work	7,385	2,670	36.20%	+/-8.0
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	13.80%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau