Poverty in San Juan County
Poverty by Race
Poverty for Female Heads of Household
Poverty of Children & Adolescents
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Poverty in San Juan County

Year	Number Below Poverty Level	Percent Below Poverty Level	Number of Families	Percent Families Below Poverty
1997	22194	20.7
1993	22409	22.3
1990	25652	28.3	5555	24.1
1980	16918	20.9	3227	16.1



Poverty by Race (number)
 

Year	Caucasian (number)	African American (number)	American Indian, Alaska Native & Aleut (number)	Asian, Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (number)	Hispanic (number)
1997
1993
1990	6777	116	16914	9	3315
1980		48			1364



Poverty by Race (percent)*

Year	Caucasian (percent)	African American (percent)	American Indian, Alaska Native & Aleut (percent)	Asian, Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (percent)	Hispanic (percent)
1997
1993
1990	13.1	26.1	51.1	5.1	27.8
1980

*Note: "Percents" reflect the percent of the population within a given race category who are living below the poverty level. For example, 13.1% of the Caucasian population was living in poverty in 1990; 27.8% of the Hispanic population were living in the poverty during the same year.





Poverty by Female Head of Household
 

Year	Female  Head (number)	Female Head (percent)
1997
1993
1990	2121	56.2
1980	1019	47.6



In 1995, New Mexico ranked 4th worst nationally in the proportion of children living in poverty (1998 KidsCount datasheet). In 1993, 88% of NM counties had higher proportions of poor children than the U.S. in general.

Poverty Status of Children and Adolescents in San Juan County

Year	Under 18 (number)	Under 18 (percent)	Under 5 (number)	Under 5 (percent)
1997	9925	25.9
1993	10929	29.0
1990	10833	33.3	3182	36.2
1980	7406	24.7

Source: Data obtained from U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/. See also: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/35/35045.html; http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/states/35/35045.html; http://www.census.gov/statab/USA98/35/45.txt; and http://tier2.census.gov/cgi-win/usac/table.exe.


Source: Income data obtained from Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER), University of New Mexico, http://www.unm.edu/~bber/Poverty and unemployment data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau, see following resources: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/35/35045.html; http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/states/35/35045.html; http://www.census.gov/statab/USA98/35/o45.txt; and http://tier2.census.gov/cgi-win/usac/table.exe.