Congressional District 8
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	683,133	122,263	17.90%	+/-1.6
AGE						Use the arrows at the bottom-left of the screen to move through the menus.  Click on a District to view it's data.
Under 18 years	127,887	34,267	26.80%	+/-4.3
Related children under 18 years	127,001	33,381	26.30%	+/-4.3
18 to 64 years	463,224	64,887	14.00%	+/-1.3
65 years and over	92,022	23,109	25.10%	+/-3.2
SEX
Male	331,725	56,104	16.90%	+/-1.7		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
Female	351,408	66,159	18.80%	+/-1.9
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	512,737	79,382	15.50%	+/-1.7
Black or African American	38,767	10,045	25.90%	+/-9.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	91,908	21,891	23.80%	+/-4.5
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)	79,901	22,462	28.10%	+/-5.3
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	467,022	67,467	14.40%	+/-1.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	503,672	72,653	14.40%	+/-1.3
Less than high school graduate	63,655	21,930	34.50%	+/-4.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	86,067	20,401	23.70%	+/-3.3
Some college, associate's degree	75,368	13,166	17.50%	+/-3.4
Bachelor's degree or higher	278,582	17,156	6.20%	+/-1.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	366,031	27,284	7.50%	+/-1.0
Employed	344,562	21,087	6.10%	+/-1.0
Male	185,084	12,784	6.90%	+/-1.6
Female	159,478	8,303	5.20%	+/-1.0
Unemployed	21,469	6,197	28.90%	+/-5.6
Male	11,066	2,443	22.10%	+/-6.7
Female	10,403	3,754	36.10%	+/-8.0
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	565,786	91,414	16.20%	+/-1.3
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	236,719	5,692	2.40%	+/-0.9
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	147,877	23,062	15.60%	+/-2.0
Did not work	181,190	62,660	34.60%	+/-2.7
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	54,153	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	148,432	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	169,344	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	207,677	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	221,514	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	225,294	42,460	18.80%	+/-1.8
Male	111,281	17,833	16.00%	+/-2.5
Female	114,013	24,627	21.60%	+/-2.2
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,159	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	102,069	1,618	1.60%	+/-1.3
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	68,640	12,333	18.00%	+/-3.6
Did not work	54,585	28,509	52.20%	+/-3.9
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	21.50%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau