Schenectady County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	143,974	17,100	11.90%	+/-2.4
AGE
Under 18 years	34,187	6,299	18.40%	+/-6.4		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	33,742	5,912	17.50%	+/-6.2
18 to 64 years	88,113	8,923	10.10%	+/-2.0
65 years and over	21,674	1,878	8.70%	+/-3.1
SEX
Male	70,102	8,131	11.60%	+/-2.3
Female	73,872	8,969	12.10%	+/-3.4		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	122,493	11,893	9.70%	+/-2.5
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	118,327	9,938	8.40%	+/-2.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	98,600	8,477	8.60%	+/-1.5
Less than high school graduate	8,786	2,443	27.80%	+/-8.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	33,155	3,122	9.40%	+/-2.6
Some college, associate's degree	29,143	2,064	7.10%	+/-2.9
Bachelor's degree or higher	27,516	848	3.10%	+/-1.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	75,430	5,298	7.00%	+/-1.7
Employed	70,130	3,257	4.60%	+/-1.2
Male	34,784	1,643	4.70%	+/-1.8
Female	35,346	1,614	4.60%	+/-1.4
Unemployed	5,300	2,041	38.50%	+/-11.4
Male	3,722	1,233	33.10%	+/-14.5
Female	1,578	808	51.20%	+/-17.6
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	114,218	11,802	10.30%	+/-1.7
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	48,624	1,328	2.70%	+/-1.1
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	31,931	4,475	14.00%	+/-4.0
Did not work	33,663	5,999	17.80%	+/-3.5
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	8,593	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	21,844	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	26,439	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	33,911	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	37,439	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	27,782	4,941	17.80%	+/-3.6
Male	13,039	2,720	20.90%	+/-6.0
Female	14,743	2,221	15.10%	+/-4.1
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	4,218	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	11,183	408	3.60%	+/-2.7
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	6,960	1,683	24.20%	+/-8.1
Did not work	9,639	2,850	29.60%	+/-7.0
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	16.70%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau