Monroe County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	702,491	88,750	12.60%	+/-1.1
AGE
Under 18 years	171,507	30,842	18.00%	+/-2.4		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	170,770	30,262	17.70%	+/-2.4
18 to 64 years	441,074	52,024	11.80%	+/-1.1
65 years and over	89,910	5,884	6.50%	+/-1.2
SEX
Male	339,432	39,896	11.80%	+/-1.3
Female	363,059	48,854	13.50%	+/-1.3		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	554,379	45,761	8.30%	+/-1.0
Black or African American	100,819	33,501	33.20%	+/-5.3
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)	40,181	11,179	27.80%	+/-6.1
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	533,507	38,876	7.30%	+/-1.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	469,933	44,438	9.50%	+/-1.0
Less than high school graduate	53,410	15,596	29.20%	+/-4.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	129,269	14,581	11.30%	+/-2.3
Some college, associate's degree	126,162	10,540	8.40%	+/-1.4
Bachelor's degree or higher	161,092	3,721	2.30%	+/-0.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	357,276	20,504	5.70%	+/-0.7
Employed	336,512	15,819	4.70%	+/-0.7
Male	174,398	6,640	3.80%	+/-1.0
Female	162,114	9,179	5.70%	+/-0.8
Unemployed	20,764	4,685	22.60%	+/-5.8
Male	11,423	2,118	18.50%	+/-6.3
Female	9,341	2,567	27.50%	+/-8.6
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	551,802	60,524	11.00%	+/-1.0
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	221,667	3,665	1.70%	+/-0.6
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	161,490	19,673	12.20%	+/-1.7
Did not work	168,645	37,186	22.00%	+/-2.1
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	47,537	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	115,021	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	145,344	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	188,451	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	206,773	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	143,367	27,894	19.50%	+/-1.8
Male	68,570	13,036	19.00%	+/-2.5
Female	74,797	14,858	19.90%	+/-2.3
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,510	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	59,739	902	1.50%	+/-0.7
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	35,946	9,879	27.50%	+/-4.5
Did not work	47,682	17,113	35.90%	+/-3.6
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	20.00%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau