Jefferson County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	107,011	14,850	13.90%	+/-2.9
AGE
Under 18 years	27,829	5,526	19.90%	+/-6.5		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	27,454	5,289	19.30%	+/-6.7
18 to 64 years	66,634	7,769	11.70%	+/-2.3
65 years and over	12,548	1,555	12.40%	+/-3.8
SEX
Male	52,461	6,710	12.80%	+/-3.4
Female	54,550	8,140	14.90%	+/-3.0		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	98,192	13,442	13.70%	+/-3.0
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	96,360	13,423	13.90%	+/-3.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	69,276	7,223	10.40%	+/-1.9
Less than high school graduate	8,760	2,870	32.80%	+/-7.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	23,936	2,725	11.40%	+/-2.9
Some college, associate's degree	22,888	1,253	5.50%	+/-2.1
Bachelor's degree or higher	13,692	375	2.70%	+/-3.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	46,537	4,331	9.30%	+/-2.6
Employed	42,998	3,069	7.10%	+/-2.1
Male	21,247	920	4.30%	+/-1.9
Female	21,751	2,149	9.90%	+/-3.5
Unemployed	3,539	1,262	35.70%	+/-13.6
Male	1,664	460	27.60%	+/-16.5
Female	1,875	802	42.80%	+/-19.4
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	82,012	9,797	11.90%	+/-2.1
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	32,554	494	1.50%	+/-0.7
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	24,403	4,123	16.90%	+/-4.0
Did not work	25,055	5,180	20.70%	+/-4.1
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	4,578	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	20,617	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	26,469	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	35,826	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	38,154	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	16,485	4,865	29.50%	+/-6.1
Male	8,267	2,497	30.20%	+/-8.6
Female	8,218	2,368	28.80%	+/-7.0
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,120	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	5,881	83	1.40%	+/-1.7
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	4,029	1,448	35.90%	+/-13.3
Did not work	6,575	3,334	50.70%	+/-9.4
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	21.50%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau