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People Living Below Poverty Level

County: St. Charles
Measurement Period: 2017-2021
This indicator shows the percentage of people living below the federal poverty level.
 
Numerator = Total estimate of persons who had income in the past 12 months that was below the poverty level
Denominator = Total population estimate with poverty status determined

Why is this important?

Federal poverty thresholds are set every year by the Census Bureau and vary by size of family and ages of family members. A high poverty rate is both a cause and a consequence of poor economic conditions. A high poverty rate indicates that local employment opportunities are not sufficient to provide for the local community. Through decreased buying power and decreased taxes, poverty is associated with lower quality schools and decreased business survival.
The Healthy People 2030 national health target is to reduce the proportion of people living in poverty to 8.0 percent.
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County: St. Charles

4.7%
Source: American Community Survey 5-Year
Measurement period: 2017-2021
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: February 2023
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Compared to Distribution: MO Counties, St. Charles has a value of 4.7% which is in the best 50% of counties. Counties in the best 50% have a value lower than 15.4% while counties in the worst 25% have a value higher than 17.9%.
MO Counties
Compared to Distribution: U.S. Counties, St. Charles has a value of 4.7% which is in the best 50% of counties. Counties in the best 50% have a value lower than 13.5% while counties in the worst 25% have a value higher than 17.6%.
U.S. Counties
Compare to Value: lower and better than the St. Charles value (12.8%) indicator direction: Down (high is bad)
MO Value
(12.8%)
Compare to Value: lower and better than the St. Charles value (12.6%) indicator direction: Down (high is bad)
US Value
(12.6%)
Trending Down: the St. Charles value
Trend
Target: HP 2030 Target (8.0%), the target has been met.
HP 2030 Target
(8.0%)
Technical note: The U.S. Census Bureau calculates 90% confidence intervals for American Community Survey estimates. Use caution when interpreting values with wide confidence intervals. Confidence intervals that are farther away from estimates in either direction indicate uncertainty due to small survey sample sizes. The U.S. Census Bureau does not recommend comparing overlapping 5-year periods since much of the data in each estimate are the same. Use caution when comparing estimates for census tracts over time as these geographies are redefined with each decennial census according to population changes.
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Data for this indicator can be found in table B17001 (overall, age, and gender values) and B17001B-I (race/ethnicity breakout values) on data.census.gov.
 
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Filed under: Economy / Poverty, Community / Demographics, Social Determinants of Health

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