POVERTY STATUS IN 1999	Rockland's Poverty Rate - 9.5%

The poverty data were derived from answers to the long-form questionnaire, the same questions used to derive income data. The Census Bureau uses the federal government’s official poverty definition.  The Social Security Administration (SSA) developed the original poverty definition in 1964, which federal interagency committees subsequently revised in 1969 and 1980. The Office of Management and Budget ’s (OMB) Directive 14 prescribes this definition as the official poverty measure for federal agencies to use in their statistical work.

To determine a person's poverty status, one compares the person's total family income with the poverty threshold appropriate for that person's family size and composition.  If the total income of that person's family is less than the threshold appropriate for that family, then the person is considered poor, together with every member of his or her family.   If a person is not living with anyone related by birth, marriage, or adoption, then the person's own income is compared with his or her poverty threshold.
(Source: US Census Bureau 2000)

     How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty
     Poverty Threshold Table For 1999

TABLES

	POVERTY (1999)		TOWNS & VILLAGES		TOWNS & CDPs

Poverty Status for Total Population PDF PDF Poverty Status by Age PDF PDF Poverty Status for Population Under 18 Years Old PDF PDF Poverty Status for Population 65 Years Old and Over PDF PDF Ratio of Income to Poverty Level PDF PDF Poverty Status of Families by Family Type by     Presence of Related Children Under 18 Years Old PDF PDF Poverty Status of Families with Related Children     Under 18 Years Old by Family Type PDF PDF

ROCKLAND COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING Last Revised - September, 2005