S1701: Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months

Data Set: 2004 American Community Survey

Geographic Area: Pennsylvania

NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

Subject	Total	MOE	Below poverty level	MOE	Percent below poverty level	MOE
Population for whom poverty status is determined	11,914,064	+/-7234	1,388,773	+/-59107	11.7	+/-0.5
AGE
Under 18 years	2,781,128	+/-9916	466,274	+/-31654	16.8	+/-1.1
Related children under 18 years	2,769,886	+/-10339	455,736	+/-31167	16.5	+/-1.1
18 to 64 years	7,369,923	+/-7805	780,152	+/-34376	10.6	+/-0.5
65 years and over	1,763,013	+/-6214	142,347	+/-10908	8.1	+/-0.6
SEX
Male	5,748,611	+/-10661	581,674	+/-31386	10.1	+/-0.5
Female	6,165,453	+/-10975	807,099	+/-35723	13.1	+/-0.6
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N	N	N
White	10,106,503	+/-19069	904,965	+/-37925	9.0	+/-0.4
Black or African American	1,192,447	+/-16617	344,106	+/-32952	28.9	+/-2.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N	N	N
Asian	258,442	+/-5340	43,567	+/-11926	16.9	+/-4.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N	N	N
Some other race	211,972	+/-19617	66,542	+/-16805	31.4	+/-7.3
Two or more races	129,508	+/-15370	25,780	+/-7207	19.9	+/-4.9
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	445,921	+/-1691	140,432	+/-19283	31.5	+/-4.3
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	9,905,222	+/-7786	850,565	+/-37195	8.6	+/-0.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,137,533	+/-11769	736,271	+/-35433	9.0	+/-0.4
Less than high school graduate	1,158,055	+/-34696	243,681	+/-16503	21.0	+/-1.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,166,634	+/-37196	309,653	+/-22727	9.8	+/-0.7
Some college, associate's degree	1,802,027	+/-36657	117,793	+/-11245	6.5	+/-0.6
Bachelor's degree or higher	2,010,817	+/-42086	65,144	+/-10213	3.2	+/-0.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	6,006,914	+/-32648	372,324	+/-20796	6.2	+/-0.4
Employed	5,600,085	+/-36404	269,468	+/-16659	4.8	+/-0.3
Male	2,969,980	+/-25964	115,007	+/-11180	3.9	+/-0.4
Female	2,630,105	+/-24375	154,461	+/-12403	5.9	+/-0.5
Unemployed	406,829	+/-21878	102,856	+/-10266	25.3	+/-2.5
Male	222,106	+/-15390	44,858	+/-7290	20.2	+/-3.2
Female	184,723	+/-14023	57,998	+/-9044	31.4	+/-3.9
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	9,464,359	+/-10643	970,999	+/-39280	10.3	+/-0.4
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	3,759,724	+/-41312	70,981	+/-8462	1.9	+/-0.2
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	2,676,713	+/-39496	336,773	+/-18965	12.6	+/-0.7
Did not work	3,027,922	+/-34589	563,245	+/-28371	18.6	+/-0.8
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	630,229	+/-50995	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	1,842,804	+/-76304	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	2,340,472	+/-68738	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	3,111,929	+/-67100	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	3,427,961	+/-61163	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	2,077,664	+/-39077	452,969	+/-26506	21.8	+/-1.1
Male	935,560	+/-24702	188,556	+/-16427	20.2	+/-1.7
Female	1,142,104	+/-25651	264,413	+/-16393	23.2	+/-1.2
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,113	+/-182	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	795,076	+/-28456	20,522	+/-5658	2.6	+/-0.7
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	503,037	+/-23155	155,220	+/-14908	30.9	+/-2.1
Did not work	779,551	+/-27394	277,227	+/-18012	35.6	+/-1.6
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	24.2	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Explanation of Symbols:

1. An '*' entry in the margin of error column indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.

2. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.

3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.

4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.

5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.

6. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.

7. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.

8. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

9. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

Prepared By: The Pennsylvania State Data Center 02/1/2006