Rensselear County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	149,628	18,936	12.70%	+/-3.0
AGE
Under 18 years	34,165	6,933	20.30%	+/-6.6		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	34,019	6,859	20.20%	+/-6.7
18 to 64 years	96,321	10,360	10.80%	+/-3.0
65 years and over	19,142	1,643	8.60%	+/-2.9
SEX
Male	73,865	8,782	11.90%	+/-3.5
Female	75,763	10,154	13.40%	+/-3.1		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	134,532	16,206	12.00%	+/-3.2
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	133,011	15,581	11.70%	+/-3.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	101,204	8,297	8.20%	+/-2.0
Less than high school graduate	11,721	3,075	26.20%	+/-9.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	37,247	3,528	9.50%	+/-3.3
Some college, associate's degree	26,598	1,371	5.20%	+/-3.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	25,638	323	1.30%	+/-1.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	81,382	5,687	7.00%	+/-2.9
Employed	76,139	4,004	5.30%	+/-2.0
Male	39,813	1,741	4.40%	+/-2.0
Female	36,326	2,263	6.20%	+/-2.7
Unemployed	5,243	1,683	32.10%	+/-18.7
Male	2,809	978	34.80%	+/-23.7
Female	2,434	705	29.00%	+/-20.7
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	119,573	12,424	10.40%	+/-2.6
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	49,006	570	1.20%	+/-0.9
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	38,321	5,634	14.70%	+/-5.0
Did not work	32,246	6,220	19.30%	+/-4.0
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	8,246	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	23,509	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	28,965	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	35,612	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	39,750	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	30,771	4,798	15.60%	+/-3.1
Male	15,601	1,995	12.80%	+/-4.1
Female	15,170	2,803	18.50%	+/-4.8
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	4,634	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	13,288	126	0.90%	+/-1.3
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	8,414	1,976	23.50%	+/-7.9
Did not work	9,069	2,696	29.70%	+/-6.3
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	13.50%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau