*****************************************************************
* TABLE 6 *
* *
* POVERTY RATES FOR PERSONS AND FAMILIES, 1980 & 1990 *
*****************************************************************
COMPARISON OF UNITED STATES, STATE OF ARKANSAS,
AND PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
Prepared by the Census State Data Center, Arkansas Institute for
Economic Advancement, College of Business Administration,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock from the 1980 and 1990
Census of Population and Housing, Bureau of the Census,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
Persons Below the Poverty Level
Total Persons Persons Children Children Children
Persons 18 & Over 65 & Over Under 18 5 to 17 Under 5
-------------------------------------------------------
1980
United States 12.4 11.0 14.8 16.0 18.1 15.3
Arkansas 19.0 17.1 28.2 23.4 22.7 25.2
Northwest 15.6 14.9 19.9 17.5 16.2 21.2
White River 21.0 20.1 31.8 23.3 22.3 26.2
East 25.9 22.3 35.5 33.4 32.8 35.0
Western 16.5 15.2 24.0 19.6 18.9 21.5
West Central 17.1 16.3 26.5 19.1 19.0 19.6
Central 13.7 12.0 21.9 17.6 16.9 19.3
Southwest 20.4 18.4 31.1 25.2 25.0 25.7
Southeast 23.3 20.8 36.5 28.7 28.1 30.3
1990
United States 13.1 11.3 12.8 17.9 17.0 20.1
Arkansas 19.1 16.8 22.9 25.0 23.8 28.5
Northwest 14.3 13.1 15.4 17.6 16.1 21.8
White River 21.3 19.4 25.8 26.6 25.6 29.7
East 26.2 22.4 31.5 35.1 33.5 39.4
Western 15.8 14.1 19.8 19.9 18.2 24.6
West Central 18.3 16.7 21.6 22.8 21.5 26.4
Central 14.2 12.4 17.8 18.8 18.1 20.6
Southwest 22.0 19.4 25.8 28.6 27.7 31.6
Southeast 24.6 21.3 29.7 32.7 30.7 38.6
Families Below the Poverty Level
With With
Total Children Children
Families Under 18 Under 5
-----------------------------
1980
United States 9.6 13.2 13.9
Arkansas 14.9 18.1 16.5
Northwest 12.1 14.4 15.8
White River 17.5 19.6 20.2
East 20.5 24.9 51.6
Western 13.7 16.4 16.2
West Central 13.2 15.7 12.8
Central 10.3 13.1 29.5
Southwest 16.0 19.6 16.0
Southeast 18.6 22.1 20.7
1990
United States 10.0 14.9 18.3
Arkansas 14.8 20.3 25.3
Northwest 10.5 14.7 19.1
White River 16.8 22.1 27.5
East 20.7 28.0 34.0
Western 12.6 16.8 21.7
West Central 14.2 19.5 24.1
Central 10.6 15.1 18.2
Southwest 17.4 23.2 28.8
Southeast 19.7 26.3 34.3
Female Householder Families
With With
Children Children
Total Under 18 Under 5
-----------------------------
1980
United States 30.3 40.3 55.6
Arkansas 38.1 47.7 59.7
Northwest 26.8 35.5 46.5
White River 36.6 46.5 59.2
East 48.7 58.5 70.4
Western 35.1 46.0 61.1
West Central 33.6 44.6 53.1
Central 29.3 36.7 47.8
Southwest 43.9 55.7 67.0
Southeast 48.4 57.8 69.9
1990
United States 31.1 42.3 57.4
Arkansas 41.2 52.1 66.9
Northwest 28.4 38.3 52.9
White River 40.2 52.2 68.1
East 50.7 63.4 76.8
Western 35.9 46.6 63.5
West Central 38.4 48.9 63.6
Central 32.2 41.3 55.5
Southwest 46.9 57.8 70.0
Southeast 54.9 64.7 78.1
This page was compiled by the Institute for Economic Advancement and funded in part by the Economic Development Administration.