Congressional District 17
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	651,024	101,828	15.60%	+/-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	174,000	37,882	21.80%	+/-2.8
Related children under 18 years	173,356	37,332	21.50%	+/-2.8
18 to 64 years	400,649	52,449	13.10%	+/-1.4
65 years and over	76,375	11,497	15.10%	+/-2.3
SEX
Male	306,166	41,687	13.60%	+/-1.6		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
Female	344,858	60,141	17.40%	+/-1.8
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	306,012	43,849	14.30%	+/-1.9
Black or African American	209,278	31,752	15.20%	+/-2.5
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	89,966	19,591	21.80%	+/-5.0
Two or more races	N	N	N	N
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	158,876	37,548	23.60%	+/-3.8
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	242,646	28,058	11.60%	+/-2.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	418,341	52,874	12.60%	+/-1.2
Less than high school graduate	78,107	20,248	25.90%	+/-3.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	118,453	17,991	15.20%	+/-2.2
Some college, associate's degree	95,042	8,433	8.90%	+/-1.6
Bachelor's degree or higher	126,739	6,202	4.90%	+/-1.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	315,705	25,642	8.10%	+/-1.3
Employed	289,291	15,398	5.30%	+/-0.9
Male	146,695	8,290	5.70%	+/-1.2
Female	142,596	7,108	5.00%	+/-1.1
Unemployed	26,414	10,244	38.80%	+/-7.3
Male	12,956	4,464	34.50%	+/-9.7
Female	13,458	5,780	42.90%	+/-9.8
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	495,041	68,432	13.80%	+/-1.4
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	203,611	3,787	1.90%	+/-0.6
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	127,420	19,971	15.70%	+/-2.4
Did not work	164,010	44,674	27.20%	+/-2.6
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	50,122	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	126,539	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	151,886	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	191,794	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	212,291	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	103,714	24,092	23.20%	+/-2.8
Male	46,202	8,219	17.80%	+/-3.4
Female	57,512	15,873	27.60%	+/-3.8
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,404	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	46,545	414	0.90%	+/-0.7
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	20,581	6,211	30.20%	+/-6.7
Did not work	36,588	17,467	47.70%	+/-5.0
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	24.40%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau