State of Poverty Report: Highland County poverty rate at 17.9 percent
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The Highland County Press-
The Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies has released the 2016 State of Poverty report, which shows over 7,500 Highland County residents are classified as living in poverty, affecting nearly 1,800 families.
According to the report, the majority of the 91st House District, which includes Highland, Clinton and Pike counties, and parts of Ross County, is in the state's highest area of unemployment with a substantial number of residents living below the poverty line.
Highland County’s poverty report was as follows for the year 2015 (unless otherwise specified).
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Population and Population Change
• Total population: 43,026.
• Percentage minority population: 4.4 percent.
• Population change, 2010-15: Minus 572.
• Percentage population change, 2010-15: Minus 1.3 percent.
Individual Poverty Rates
• Population in poverty: 7,598.
• Overall poverty rate: 17.9 percent.
• Child (under age 18) poverty rate: 27.6 percent.
• Senior (65 and older) poverty rate: 9.4 percent.
• White (non-Hispanic) poverty rate: 19.7 percent.
• Black/African-American poverty rate: 28.8 percent.
• Asian poverty rate: 38.4 percent.
• Hispanic/Latino (of any race) poverty rate: 22.8 percent.
Family Poverty Rates
• Families in poverty: 1,796.
• Family poverty rate: 16 percent.
• Married couples with related children in their care poverty rate: 13.9 percent.
• Single women with related children in their care poverty rate: 56.9 percent.
Other Measures of Economic Need
• Percentage of population below 50 percent federal poverty level (FPL): 8.5 percent.
• Percentage of population below 200 percent FPL: 44.9 percent.
• Median household income: $41,494.
• Probability a child raised in the bottom fifth rose to the top fifth, 1980-2012: 14.1 percent.
• Probability a child raised in the bottom fifth stayed in the bottom fifth, 1980-2012: 30.4 percent.
• Child food insecurity rate, 2014: 27.8 percent.
• Percentage of children who are both food insecure and ineligible for food assistance, 2014: 3.6 percent.
• Percentage of public school students (K-12), free or reduced price lunch, 2016: 51.4 percent.
• Percentage of population receiving SNAP benefits: 12.8 percent.
• Percentage of population enrolled in Medicaid, December 2014: 32.8 percent.
• Percentage of population with no health insurance: 13.2 percent.
• Unemployment rate: 6.3 percent.
• Percentage of households receiving HEAP benefits: 18.1 percent.
• Percentage of renters cost-burdened: 48.4 percent.
• Percentage of owners cost-burdened: 25.2 percent.
One-year estimates comparing state and national poverty rates show that Ohio’s poverty rate has been higher than the national average each year since 2010. However, “both Ohio and US poverty rates have decreased since 2010; the gap between the Ohio and US poverty rates has also decreased, and the two rates are now within 0.1 percent of each other,” according to the report. The report also indicates that “the population is growing while the poverty rate is decreasing.”
Statewide child poverty statistics show that “children under age 6 in Ohio experience poverty at the highest rate (25.4 percent) among child age groups." That number is compared to 21.2 percent for ages 6-11 and 17.7 percent for ages 12-17.
The percent of Ohio children experiencing food insecurity is also higher than the national average. As of 2014, the child food insecurity rate in Ohio is 23.8 percent (628,580 children), compared to the national average of 20.9 percent. The percentage of children who are both food insecure and ineligible for any federal food assistance is 7.9 percent in Ohio, 3.7 percent higher than the national percentage.
The report also states that “Ohio students are less likely to be eligible for free or reduced price lunch (44.3 percent) than US students in general (51.7 percent).
Statistics in the report indicate that “the percentage of the population in extreme poverty (below 50 percent of the FPL) decreases as the population gets older, with 12.8 percent of children under age 6 living below 50-percent FPL and only 2.4 percent of adults age 65 and over living below 50-percent FPL. One-third of the population, and nearly half of children under age 6, live below 200-percent FPL.”
The overall poverty rate is highest for children under age 6, with over one quarter of children under 6 living in poverty (25.6 percent). Children under age 18 show the second-highest (21.4 percent), followed by ages 18-64 (14.3 percent) and ages 65 and older (7.6 percent).
Four out of every 10 unemployed people live in poverty, and those employed full-time have a much lower poverty rate (2.4 percent) compared to those employed part-time (19.2 percent), the report said.
To read the complete report, go to: http://www.communityresearchpartners.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SOP2016_20170320-FINAL.pdf.
According to the report, the majority of the 91st House District, which includes Highland, Clinton and Pike counties, and parts of Ross County, is in the state's highest area of unemployment with a substantial number of residents living below the poverty line.
Highland County’s poverty report was as follows for the year 2015 (unless otherwise specified).
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Population and Population Change
• Total population: 43,026.
• Percentage minority population: 4.4 percent.
• Population change, 2010-15: Minus 572.
• Percentage population change, 2010-15: Minus 1.3 percent.
Individual Poverty Rates
• Population in poverty: 7,598.
• Overall poverty rate: 17.9 percent.
• Child (under age 18) poverty rate: 27.6 percent.
• Senior (65 and older) poverty rate: 9.4 percent.
• White (non-Hispanic) poverty rate: 19.7 percent.
• Black/African-American poverty rate: 28.8 percent.
• Asian poverty rate: 38.4 percent.
• Hispanic/Latino (of any race) poverty rate: 22.8 percent.
Family Poverty Rates
• Families in poverty: 1,796.
• Family poverty rate: 16 percent.
• Married couples with related children in their care poverty rate: 13.9 percent.
• Single women with related children in their care poverty rate: 56.9 percent.
Other Measures of Economic Need
• Percentage of population below 50 percent federal poverty level (FPL): 8.5 percent.
• Percentage of population below 200 percent FPL: 44.9 percent.
• Median household income: $41,494.
• Probability a child raised in the bottom fifth rose to the top fifth, 1980-2012: 14.1 percent.
• Probability a child raised in the bottom fifth stayed in the bottom fifth, 1980-2012: 30.4 percent.
• Child food insecurity rate, 2014: 27.8 percent.
• Percentage of children who are both food insecure and ineligible for food assistance, 2014: 3.6 percent.
• Percentage of public school students (K-12), free or reduced price lunch, 2016: 51.4 percent.
• Percentage of population receiving SNAP benefits: 12.8 percent.
• Percentage of population enrolled in Medicaid, December 2014: 32.8 percent.
• Percentage of population with no health insurance: 13.2 percent.
• Unemployment rate: 6.3 percent.
• Percentage of households receiving HEAP benefits: 18.1 percent.
• Percentage of renters cost-burdened: 48.4 percent.
• Percentage of owners cost-burdened: 25.2 percent.
One-year estimates comparing state and national poverty rates show that Ohio’s poverty rate has been higher than the national average each year since 2010. However, “both Ohio and US poverty rates have decreased since 2010; the gap between the Ohio and US poverty rates has also decreased, and the two rates are now within 0.1 percent of each other,” according to the report. The report also indicates that “the population is growing while the poverty rate is decreasing.”
Statewide child poverty statistics show that “children under age 6 in Ohio experience poverty at the highest rate (25.4 percent) among child age groups." That number is compared to 21.2 percent for ages 6-11 and 17.7 percent for ages 12-17.
The percent of Ohio children experiencing food insecurity is also higher than the national average. As of 2014, the child food insecurity rate in Ohio is 23.8 percent (628,580 children), compared to the national average of 20.9 percent. The percentage of children who are both food insecure and ineligible for any federal food assistance is 7.9 percent in Ohio, 3.7 percent higher than the national percentage.
The report also states that “Ohio students are less likely to be eligible for free or reduced price lunch (44.3 percent) than US students in general (51.7 percent).
Statistics in the report indicate that “the percentage of the population in extreme poverty (below 50 percent of the FPL) decreases as the population gets older, with 12.8 percent of children under age 6 living below 50-percent FPL and only 2.4 percent of adults age 65 and over living below 50-percent FPL. One-third of the population, and nearly half of children under age 6, live below 200-percent FPL.”
The overall poverty rate is highest for children under age 6, with over one quarter of children under 6 living in poverty (25.6 percent). Children under age 18 show the second-highest (21.4 percent), followed by ages 18-64 (14.3 percent) and ages 65 and older (7.6 percent).
Four out of every 10 unemployed people live in poverty, and those employed full-time have a much lower poverty rate (2.4 percent) compared to those employed part-time (19.2 percent), the report said.
To read the complete report, go to: http://www.communityresearchpartners.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SOP2016_20170320-FINAL.pdf.