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The HUD Census 2000 Income limits from the Low-Moderate Income Summary Data
<br />shows the current status of income levels in both communities where non-family
<br />incomes fall in the Iow income categories.
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<br />These income categories of different racial and ethnic groups illustrate the disparities of
<br />income and race. Minority populations do not represent a large portion of the
<br />population, but poverty data shows that a disproportionate number are in poverty. The
<br />minority and Latino populations in the Eugene-Springfield area have a large poverty rate,
<br />even though the median family and non-family incomes area so variable. This data
<br />illustrates even further the gap between the upper and lower-income populations.
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<br />Median Family
<br />Income
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<br />American Indian and Alaska Native
<br />alone 47,833 57,969
<br />Asian alone 40,042 30,547
<br />Black or African American alone 23,856 26,250
<br />Hispanic or Latino 34,650 32,619
<br />Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
<br />Islander alone 35,417 31,369
<br />Other race alone 27,454 26,875
<br />Two or more races 27,688 31,477
<br />VVhite alone 50,263 38,948
<br />VVhite alone not Hispanic or Latino 50,366 38,926
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<br />Median Non-
<br />Family Income
<br />
<br />16,359 16,765
<br />4,217 16,167
<br />32,500 52,679
<br />19,906 21,838
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<br />20,694 51,250
<br />22,898 11,944
<br />20,375 16,544
<br />22,952 21,239
<br />23,029 21,076
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<br />Source: US Census Bureau, Census 2000, SF3, Table P155, P156
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<br />A look at the per capita
<br /> r
<br />income reveals the//~o
<br />income per person by
<br />each racial and Latino
<br />population. The per ~
<br />capita income shows that
<br />the minority and Latino ',:
<br />populations do indeed ~
<br />have lower income levels
<br />than the majority (white)
<br />population does. These
<br />sections of the popu-
<br />lation have higher poverty
<br />rates and lower available income.
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<br />Per Capita Income, 1999
<br />
<br /> 25,000
<br /> 20,000
<br /> 15,000
<br /> 10,000
<br /> 5,000
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<br />Indian,
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<br />Racial and Latino Ethnicity
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<br />Poverty Status - Eugene & Springfield
<br />According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the U. S. Department of Health and Human
<br />Services annually revises the poverty income limits, based on the Consumer Price Index
<br />(CPI-U) to reflect cost of living. Originally, the Social Security Administration created the
<br />poverty definition in 1964 for food programs; it is this program, which provides the
<br />foundation for the current guidelines used in determining poverty levels. The HUD
<br />income limit for a family of three in the Eugene and Springfield Metropolitan Area is
<br />$39,100. The average household size in these two cities is 2.42 and 2.55 respectively.
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