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Broadmoor Neighborhood: Income & PovertyData Tables: People & Household Characteristics, Housing & Housing Costs, Income & Poverty, Transportation, Employment, Educational Attainment, Immigration & Language, Disabilities, Neighborhood Characteristics Income and poverty are obviously part of a large and complex system. With this in mind, we've included advice on interpreting the data on this page, with the aim to help you use the numbers most effectively for program planning and grantwriting. Sources of incomePeople can have more than one source of income. The indicators we've compiled look at the percent of households that reported each type of income. We hope that this approach will paint a useful picture of how households in the neighborhood get their income. What these numbers cannot tell you is whether each of these categories of reported income is the primary source or whether, for example, self-employment is a second job.
Today food costs are estimated to be only 20-25% of a family's budget, so multiplying food costs by three would not be enough to pay for basic needs today yet that is the assumption behind the current poverty estimates. The current calculations dont count non-cash government aid, such as Medicaid or food stamps, as income. And they arent adjusted for differences in standards of living in different parts of the country. Given these flaws, some groups around the country have tried to develop an alternative measure, often referred to as the livable wage, that would really get at who has an adequate income and who doesnt. In the meantime, the poverty data below is probably still the best place to start when describing need in your community. |
Population in poverty (2000) |
Broadmoor |
Orleans Parish |
Louisiana |
United States Total population for whom poverty status is determined |
7,174 468,453 4,334,094 273,882,232 |
People living in poverty |
31.8% 27.9% 19.6% 12.4% |
People living at or above poverty |
68.2% 72.1% 80.4% 87.6% |
Poverty status by age (2000) |
Broadmoor |
Orleans Parish |
Louisiana |
United States Total population 0-5 for whom poverty status is determined |
563 39,308 375,393 22,636,650 |
Children 0-5 living in poverty |
39.6% 43.0% 29.0% 18.1% |
Children 0-5 living at or above poverty |
60.4% 57.0% 71.0% 81.9% Total population 6-11 for whom poverty status is determined |
579 44,048 403,616 24,587,815 |
Children 6-11 living in poverty |
50.6% 42.4% 26.8% 16.9% |
Children 6-11 living at or above poverty |
49.4% 57.6% 73.2% 83.1% Total population 12-17 for whom poverty status is determined |
667 44,210 421,352 23,700,796 |
Children 12-17 living in poverty |
41.5% 36.5% 24.4% 14.8% |
Children 12-17 living at or above poverty |
58.5% 63.5% 75.6% 85.2% Total population 18-64 for whom poverty status is determined |
4,439 286,783 2,644,159 169,610,423 |
Adults 18-64 living in poverty |
28.4% 24.0% 17.0% 11.1% |
Adults 18-64 living at or above poverty |
71.6% 76.0% 83.0% 88.9% Total population 65 and older for whom poverty status is determined |
926 54,104 489,574 33,346,548 |
Adults 65 and older living in poverty (%) |
24.3% 19.3% 16.7% 9.9% |
Adults 65 and older living at or above poverty (%) |
75.7% 80.7% 83.3% 90.1% Source Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000 Sample Characteristics (SF3). From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org> Families in poverty The data below will give you a sense of how families (defined by the Census Bureau as "people who are related by birth, marriage or adoption") are faring in terms of poverty. If you are working in an area where there are lots of people living together who are not related (as the Census sees it), then use this information with caution as it may under-represent the magnitude of the issue. |
Families in poverty (2000) |
Broadmoor |
Orleans Parish |
Louisiana |
United States Total families below poverty level |
475 26,988 183,448 6,620,945 |
Female householder (no husband present) with own children under 18 |
57.6% 65.2% 52.2% 44.4% |
Male householder (no wife present) with own children under 18 |
6.7% 6.2% 5.9% 6.8% |
Married-couple family with children under 18 |
8.8% 11.9% 19.9% 26.7% |
Families with no children under 18 |
26.9% 16.7% 22.0% 22.1% Source Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000 Sample Characteristics (SF3). From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org> |
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