Hennepin County
Census Data: Poverty and Income

The U.S. Census Bureau calculates poverty based on a family's annual income in 1999 and raises the line defining poverty income for larger family sizes. Click here to view the poverty income levels by family size used in the 2000 U.S. census.  For descriptions of terms see the U.S. Census Bureau Subject Definitions.

Click here for poverty and income tables for Minneapolis neighborhoods

Click here for poverty data for Hennepin County cities published by the Office of Planning and Development

Maps

Map of Median Household Income, Eastern Hennepin County, 1999 (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format--if you do not have a copy of the free Adobe Reader, click here.)

Map of Per Capita Income, Eastern Hennepin County, 1999 (PDF file)

Map of Persons Whose Family Income is 100% of Poverty or Below, Eastern Hennepin County, 1999 (PDF file)

Map of Persons Whose Family Income is 185% of Poverty or Below, Eastern Hennepin County, 1999 (PDF file)

Map of Children Age 11 and Under Below Poverty, Eastern Hennepin County, 1999 (PDF file)

Charts

Bar Chart on Percent of Population by Income Relative to Poverty, Minneapolis, 1989 and 1999

Bar Chart on Percent Percent Change in Number of Persons by Income Range Relative to Poverty, Minneapolis and Hennepin County Suburbs, 1989 to 1999

Bar Chart on Percent Below Poverty by Age Group, Minneapolis, Suburbs, and Hennepin County, 1999

Bar Chart on Percent of Children Below Poverty by Race, Minneapolis and Hennepin County Suburbs, 1999*NEW

Bar Chart of Percent of Children and Elderly Below Poverty, Hennepin County and Minneapolis, 1999

Bar Chart of Percent of Families Below Poverty by Family Type, Hennepin County and Minneapolis, 1999

Bar Chart of Median Household and Family Income and Per Capita Income, 1999 Hennepin County and Minneapolis

Tables

Table of Persons and Families by Poverty Status, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, and Hennepin County Suburbs, 1999

Table of Annual Household and Family Income, 1999, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, and Hennepin County Suburbs

Table of Family Income by Race/Ethnicity of Householder, Minneapolis and Hennepin County Totals, 1999

Table of Children by Race and Poverty Status, Hennepin and Minneapolis Totals, 1999 *NEW

Downloadable Excel spreadsheets with detailed data on poverty levels

Percent of Children Below Poverty, Hennepin County and Minneapolis, 1999

Percent of Persons Below 1999 Poverty Level by Age

Race

Under 5

5 Years

6 to 11

12 to 14

15

16 to 17

18 and Over

All Ages

Under 18

Children Under 18

White

Minneapolis

7.9%

11.3%

7.5%

7.4%

9.0%

9.4%

9.8%

9.6%

8.1%

2,656

Hennepin County

3.7%

4.0%

3.3%

3.3%

5.0%

4.0%

5.0%

4.7%

3.6%

6,687

Hennepin County Suburbs

2.5%

2.5%

2.5%

2.6%

4.2%

3.0%

3.0%

2.9%

2.7%

4,031

African Americans

Minneapolis

42.2%

42.5%

39.5%

39.4%

36.7%

33.5%

27.0%

31.7%

39.6%

9,631

Hennepin County

34.4%

33.8%

33.4%

33.4%

30.2%

30.2%

22.7%

26.6%

33.2%

11,777

Hennepin County Suburbs

18.8%

17.6%

20.3%

19.1%

12.4%

21.9%

13.5%

15.6%

19.3%

2,146

American Indian

Minneapolis

45.3%

52.5%

37.1%

48.8%

23.8%

32.6%

32.7%

35.4%

40.5%

1,013

Hennepin County

40.7%

34.9%

30.3%

31.4%

31.3%

28.0%

26.4%

28.7%

33.3%

1,132

Hennepin County Suburbs

22.2%

13.6%

11.2%

0.0%

55.3%

12.7%

11.2%

11.9%

13.3%

119

Race

Under 5

5 Years

6 to 11

12 to 14

15

16 to 17

18 and Over

All Ages

Under 18

Children Under 18

Asian

Minneapolis

35.4%

46.1%

42.6%

41.3%

35.4%

32.6%

27.1%

31.9%

39.5%

3,578

Hennepin County

19.1%

26.3%

26.5%

27.2%

22.0%

20.7%

14.9%

18.0%

23.9%

4,326

Hennepin County Suburbs

5.5%

5.1%

8.8%

10.8%

10.2%

10.2%

6.1%

6.8%

8.3%

748

Pacific Islander

Minneapolis

0.0%

100.0%

47.8%

0.0%

0.0%

57.1%

14.0%

20.3%

39.5%

34

Hennepin County

0.0%

50.0%

31.4%

0.0%

0.0%

44.4%

10.5%

14.1%

26.4%

34

Hennepin County Suburbs

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

--

0.0%

5.1%

4.1%

0.0%

0

Other

Minneapolis

28.5%

37.4%

19.3%

26.2%

23.7%

39.8%

22.8%

24.2%

27.3%

1,302

Hennepin County

28.7%

35.9%

20.0%

22.9%

20.5%

35.0%

21.4%

22.9%

26.1%

1,856

Hennepin County Suburbs

29.2%

32.3%

21.1%

17.2%

11.4%

13.1%

17.8%

19.8%

23.7%

554

Race

Under 5

5 Years

6 to 11

12 to 14

15

16 to 17

18 and Over

All Ages

Under 18

Children Under 18

Two or More

Minneapolis

30.7%

23.9%

26.5%

24.0%

27.9%

38.1%

27.1%

27.7%

28.3%

2,263

Hennepin County

19.3%

17.3%

17.5%

17.4%

21.8%

24.1%

19.8%

19.3%

18.8%

2,765

Hennepin County Suburbs

7.1%

10.4%

7.0%

6.8%

12.8%

7.4%

8.6%

8.0%

7.5%

502

Total Below Poverty

Minneapolis

24.6%

28.8%

25.2%

25.3%

24.1%

24.2%

14.6%

16.9%

25.1%

20,477

Hennepin County

11.3%

11.9%

10.8%

10.4%

10.9%

10.0%

7.5%

8.3%

10.9%

28,577

Hennepin County Suburbs

4.5%

4.6%

4.4%

4.1%

5.4%

4.5%

3.7%

3.9%

4.5%

8,100

Percent of Children Below Poverty by Race, Minneapolis and Hennepin County Suburbs, 1999

 

Percent of Individuals by Income Relative to the Poverty Line
Minneapolis, 1989 and 1999


U.S. Census Bureau, 1990, STF3 Table P121; U.S. Census Bureau 2000, SF3 Table P88
Prepared by: Hennepin County Department of Children, Family, and Adult Services, 9/26/02

 

Percent Change in Number of Persons by Income Range Relative to the Poverty Line
Minneapolis and Hennepin County Suburbs, 1989 to 1999


U.S. Census Bureau, 1990, STF3 Table P121; U.S. Census Bureau 2000, SF3 Table P88
Prepared by: Hennepin County Department of Children, Family, and Adult Services, 9/26/02

 

Percent Below Poverty Line by Age Group
Minneapolis, Suburbs, and Hennepin County, 1999

U.S. Census Bureau,  2000, SF3 Table P87
Prepared by: Hennepin County Department of Children, Family, and Adult Services, 11/20/02

 

Percent of Individuals Below Poverty, 1999

Source: U.S. Census 2000, Demographic Profile, June 11, 2002
Prepared by: Hennepin County Department of Children, Family, and Adult Services, June 19, 2002

 

Percent of Families Below Poverty, 1999
For descriptions of terms see the U.S. Census Bureau Subject Definitions.

Source: U.S. Census 2000, Demographic Profile,
Prepared by: Hennepin County Department of Children, Family, and Adult Services, June 19, 2002

 

 

Population by Poverty Status, 1999
For descriptions of terms see the U.S. Census Bureau Subject Definitions.

Number Below Poverty Percent Below Poverty

Below Poverty in 1999

Hennepin County

Minneapolis

Hennepin Suburbs

Hennepin County

Minneapolis

Hennepin Suburbs

Families

13,579

8,868

4,711

5.0%

11.9%

2.4%

      With Related* Children <18

11,245

7,614

3,631

8.0%

18.8%

3.7%

             With Related* Children <5

5,862

4,140

1,722

10.4%

22.3%

4.5%

      Female Householder, no Husband

7,570

5,268

2,302

17.3%

26.8%

9.6%

              With Related Children <18

6,967

4,876

2,091

22.9%

34.1%

12.9%

                    With Related Children <5

3,461

2,506

955

33.6%

44.2%

20.6%

Individuals

90,384

62,092

28,292

8.3%

16.9%

3.9%

      18 Years and Older

61,807

41,615

20,192

7.5%

14.6%

3.7%

             65 Years and Older

6,748

3,378

3,370

5.9%

10.9%

4.1%

Related Children <18

27,373

19,851

7,522

10.5%

24.5%

4.2%

      Related Children <5

19,329

13,963

5,366

10.1%

24.5%

4.0%

Unrelated individuals 15 and Older

40,401

27,334

13,067

15.1%

20.8%

9.7%

All Children

28,577

20,477

8,100

10.9%

25.1%

4.5%

Population for Whom Poverty Status is Determined (Above + Below)**

Hennepin County

Minneapolis

Hennepin Suburbs

 

Families

269,112

74,543

194,569

     With Related Children <18

139,803

40,595

99,208

     With Related Children <5

56,499

18,580

37,919

Female Householder, no Husband

43,739

19,668

24,071

     With Related Children <18

30,485

14,297

16,188

     With Related Children <5

10,310

5,666

4,644

Individuals

1,092,571

366,915

725,656

      18 Years and Older

829,343

285,220

544,123

            65 Years and Older

113,629

31,060

82,569

Related Children <18

261,854

80,942

180,912

       Related Children <5

190,485

56,965

133,520

Unrelated individuals 15 and Older

267,077

131,697

135,380

All Children

263,228

81,695

181,533

*Data for "related children" include children related to the householder by birth, adoption, and marriage to a parent, but they exclude non-relative foster children and spouses of householders under age 18.
**Persons living in group quarters (nursing homes, dormitories, jails, etc.) are not included in poverty calculations.
Source: U.S. Census 2000, Demographic Profile, 2002
Prepared by: Hennepin County Department of Children, Family, and Adult Services, June 11, 2002

Median Household and Family Income, Per Capita Income, 1999

Source: U.S. Census 2000, Demographic Profile, 2002
Prepared by: Hennepin County Department of Children, Family, and Adult Services, June 19, 2002

 

Household and Family Income, 1999

Number of Households

Percent of All Households

Annual Income for All Households, 1999

Hennepin County

Minneapolis

Hennepin Suburbs

Hennepin County

Minneapolis

Hennepin Suburbs

Less Than $10,000

27,349

17,543

9,806

6.0%

10.8%

3.3%

$10,000 to $14,999

20,739

11,031

9,708

4.5%

6.8%

3.3%

$15,000 to $24,999

46,677

23,063

23,614

10.2%

14.2%

8.0%

$25,000 to $34,999

52,682

22,957

29,725

11.5%

14.1%

10.1%

$35,000 to $49,999

71,365

27,374

43,991

15.6%

16.9%

15.0%

$50,000 to $74,999

96,118

28,990

67,128

21.1%

17.9%

22.8%

$75,000 to $99,999

59,579

14,607

44,972

13.1%

9.0%

15.3%

$100,000 to $149,999

48,693

10,528

38,165

10.7%

6.5%

13.0%

$150,000 to $199,999

14,708

2,821

11,887

3.2%

1.7%

4.0%

$200,000 or More

18,368

3,468

14,900

4.0%

2.1%

5.1%

Median Household Income

$51,711

$37,974

n/a

 

Number of Families

Percent of All Families

Annual Income for Families*, 1999

Hennepin County

Minneapolis

Hennepin Suburbs

Hennepin County

Minneapolis

Hennepin Suburbs

Less Than $10,000

8,129

5,308

2,821

3.0%

7.1%

1.4%

$10,000 to $14,999

6,393

3,575

2,818

2.4%

4.8%

1.4%

$15,000 to $24,999

17,216

8,076

9,140

6.4%

10.8%

4.7%

$25,000 to $34,999

22,995

9,105

13,890

8.5%

12.2%

7.1%

$35,000 to $49,999

37,570

12,254

25,316

14.0%

16.4%

13.0%

$50,000 to $74,999

63,619

15,931

47,688

23.6%

21.4%

24.5%

$75,000 to $99,999

45,440

8,948

36,492

16.9%

12.0%

18.8%

$100,000 to $149,999

39,789

6,992

32,797

14.8%

9.4%

16.9%

$150,000 to $199,999

12,372

1,954

10,418

4.6%

2.6%

5.4%

$200,000 or More

15,589

2,400

13,189

5.8%

3.2%

6.8%

Median Family Income

$65,985

$48,602

n/a

Per Capita Income

$28,789

$22,685

n/a

*Family households do not include one-person households or those composed of unrelated individuals.
Source: U.S. Census 2000, Demographic Profile, 2002
Prepared by: Hennepin County Department of Children, Family, and Adult Services, June 19, 2002

 

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