Tompkins County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	86,766	17,969	20.70%	+/-3.4
AGE
Under 18 years	15,863	2,861	18.00%	+/-6.2		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	15,391	2,560	16.60%	+/-6.0
18 to 64 years	61,714	14,616	23.70%	+/-3.9
65 years and over	9,189	492	5.40%	+/-2.6
SEX
Male	41,718	7,151	17.10%	+/-4.0
Female	45,048	10,818	24.00%	+/-4.3		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	72,327	13,538	18.70%	+/-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	71,124	13,199	18.60%	+/-3.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	54,115	5,182	9.60%	+/-2.9
Less than high school graduate	3,772	440	11.70%	+/-8.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,679	1,405	12.00%	+/-5.1
Some college, associate's degree	9,955	1,099	11.00%	+/-5.4
Bachelor's degree or higher	28,709	2,238	7.80%	+/-3.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	47,649	6,820	14.30%	+/-3.1
Employed	46,441	6,308	13.60%	+/-3.1
Male	23,433	2,602	11.10%	+/-3.5
Female	23,008	3,706	16.10%	+/-4.4
Unemployed	1,208	512	42.40%	+/-22.3
Male	675	305	45.20%	+/-29.9
Female	533	207	38.80%	+/-32.5
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	72,554	15,350	21.20%	+/-3.5
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	24,668	385	1.60%	+/-1.2
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	31,083	10,518	33.80%	+/-5.6
Did not work	16,803	4,447	26.50%	+/-7.7
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	10,126	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	21,278	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	23,355	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	27,239	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	30,325	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	28,674	12,082	42.10%	+/-5.9
Male	13,772	5,028	36.50%	+/-8.6
Female	14,902	7,054	47.30%	+/-7.1
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	6,676	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	6,767	95	1.40%	+/-1.8
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	14,757	8,247	55.90%	+/-7.9
Did not work	7,150	3,740	52.30%	+/-10.8
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	26.80%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau