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Poverty in Cambridge January 21, 2013
Cambridge Community Development Department
Clifford Cook
Planning Information Manager
What do we mean by “Poverty”?
Persons in poverty live in a household earning less than the following amount during the year:
Household Size 2011 Poverty Threshold
1 person $11,484
2 persons $14,657
3 persons $17,916
4 persons $23,021
5 persons $27,251
By definition, dormitory and other group quarters residents do not fall under poverty thresholds.
Here are the Median and Per Capita incomes for Cambridge during 2009-11:
Median Household Income $69,259
Median Family Income $92,965
Per Capita Income $44,598
Married Couples w/ Children $130,349
Single Father $30,733
Single Man w/o Children $92,604
Single Mother $22,383
Single Women w/o Children $46,809
Median Incomes for Types of Families during 2009-11:
What do Cambridge residents typically earn during a year?
11% or 8,400
people
10% or 3,400
people
12% or4,900
people
11% or 3,100
people
11% or 1,200
people
19% or 1,600
people
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
All Persons All Males All Females Unrelated Persons 15+
Persons 65 & Older
Disabled
Individual Poverty Rates: 2000 vs. 2009-11
2000 2009-11
These figures exclude all persons enrolled in college and graduate school
30% or2,600 people
27% or1,400 people
9% or 900 people
7% or 1,400 people
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
Black Hispanic Asian White
Poverty by Race: 2009-11
These figures exclude all persons enrolled in college and graduate school
17% or2,100kids
63% or1,300kids
21% or330 NewMothers
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Persons under 18 in Poverty and Live w/ Single Parent
New Mothersin Poverty
Childhood Poverty: 2000 and 2009-11
2000 2009-11
10% or1,900
families
15% or1,200
families
35% or800
families
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
Families w/ Children < 18 Female Headed w/ Children
Family Poverty: 2000 and 2009-11
2000 2009-11
400 families/29%
increase 600 families/25%
increase
200families/
45%decrease 400 families/
36%increase
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
Hispanic Black Asian White
Ethnicity of Head of Household
Families, Race and Poverty: 2000 and 2009-11
2000 2009-11
26% or1,100 persons
22% or 1,600 people
27% or1,500 people(400 of these
attend college)
8% or4,000 people
(2,600 of theseattend college)
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
Did Not Finish HS High School Diploma Some College BA or Higher
Highest level of education for population 25 and older.
Education and Poverty: 2000 and 2009-11
2000 2009-11