1990 and 2000 Census Poverty Data

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			All people in poverty		Related children under 18 years¹
			1989	1999	1989	1999
	FIPS*	AREA	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
1	51000	Virginia	10.2	9.6	13.0	11.9
2	51001	Accomack County	19.6	18.0	27.0	24.2
3	51003	Albemarle County	7.6	6.7	8.8	6.5
4	51005	Alleghany County	9.7	7.1	12.9	8.6
5	51007	Amelia County	10.8	8.4	12.6	7.1
6	51009	Amherst County	9.8	10.7	7.3	13.2
7	51011	Appomattox County	12.4	11.4	13.8	14.1
8	51013	Arlington County	7.1	7.8	8.2	9.1
9	51015	Augusta County	7.2	5.8	8.0	6.4
10	51017	Bath County	14.2	7.8	16.3	5.4
11	51019	Bedford County	7.0	7.1	7.0	8.3
12	51021	Bland County	10.0	12.4	5.1	14.2
13	51023	Botetourt County	6.2	5.2	7.1	5.4
14	51025	Brunswick County	24.7	16.5	32.1	20.1
15	51027	Buchanan County	21.9	23.2	25.8	30.2
16	51029	Buckingham County	19.5	20.0	26.3	26.0
17	51031	Campbell County	10.1	10.6	12.2	14.1
18	51033	Caroline County	11.9	9.4	13.5	12.0
19	51035	Carroll County	14.1	12.5	16.0	15.7
20	51036	Charles City County	15.8	10.6	21.4	13.0
21	51037	Charlotte County	19.4	18.1	20.3	22.1
22	51041	Chesterfield County	4.3	4.5	5.7	5.6
23	51043	Clarke County	8.7	6.6	10.0	7.1
24	51045	Craig County	9.8	10.3	9.5	15.9
25	51047	Culpeper County	8.7	9.2	8.7	10.3
26	51049	Cumberland County	15.8	15.1	17.9	19.6
27	51051	Dickenson County	25.9	21.3	33.1	26.8
28	51053	Dinwiddie County	11.4	9.3	15.9	11.6
29	51057	Essex County	13.5	11.2	15.8	16.8
30	51059	Fairfax County	3.5	4.5	3.8	5.2
31	51061	Fauquier County	4.2	5.4	4.6	4.7
32	51063	Floyd County	14.0	11.7	13.2	12.7
33	51065	Fluvanna County	10.5	5.9	13.7	5.6
34	51067	Franklin County	11.1	9.7	13.3	12.7
35	51069	Frederick County	7.1	6.4	8.1	7.3
36	51071	Giles County	12.2	9.5	16.7	11.6
37	51073	Gloucester County	8.4	7.7	8.9	9.7
38	51075	Goochland County	7.7	6.9	8.0	7.7
39	51077	Grayson County	15.3	13.6	15.5	18.8
40	51079	Greene County	12.3	6.6	17.2	7.7
41	51081	Greensville County	16.5	14.7	21.1	17.0
42	51083	Halifax County	16.7	15.7	18.3	18.9
43	51085	Hanover County	4.3	3.6	4.4	3.9
44	51087	Henrico County	5.4	6.2	6.9	8.1
45	51089	Henry County	9.3	11.7	12.8	15.2
46	51091	Highland County	13.6	12.6	14.4	13.2
47	51093	Isle of Wight County	11.8	8.3	14.2	8.8
48	51095	James City County	6.7	6.4	6.8	7.3
49	51097	King and Queen County	15.2	10.9	18.1	8.1
50	51099	King George County	6.0	5.6	7.4	6.1
51	51101	King William County	9.3	5.5	9.6	6.0
52	51103	Lancaster County	13.6	12.5	16.7	18.0
53	51105	Lee County	28.7	23.9	34.0	30.1
54	51107	Loudoun County	3.1	2.8	3.2	2.6
55	51109	Louisa County	12.2	10.2	14.1	13.0
56	51111	Lunenburg County	19.1	20.0	23.4	27.3
57	51113	Madison County	13.4	9.6	14.7	12.7
58	51115	Mathews County	9.7	6.0	11.2	7.5
59	51117	Mecklenburg County	16.5	15.5	22.0	20.6
60	51119	Middlesex County	12.0	13.0	15.2	20.7
61	51121	Montgomery County	22.1	23.2	15.6	14.6
62	51125	Nelson County	15.2	12.1	15.5	14.4
63	51127	New Kent County	4.9	4.9	5.6	7.4
64	51131	Northampton County	26.6	20.5	36.8	29.2
65	51133	Northumberland County	13.7	12.3	23.2	17.0
66	51135	Nottoway County	17.7	20.1	22.9	27.7
67	51137	Orange County	7.3	9.2	6.5	11.6
68	51139	Page County	11.8	12.5	14.7	16.0
69	51141	Patrick County	13.6	13.4	12.0	15.4
70	51143	Pittsylvania County	12.2	11.8	13.7	14.8
71	51145	Powhatan County	5.7	5.7	5.6	7.9
72	51147	Prince Edward County	21.7	18.9	28.0	24.4
73	51149	Prince George County	4.7	8.0	5.4	11.4
74	51153	Prince William County	3.2	4.4	3.8	5.6
75	51155	Pulaski County	13.4	13.1	18.9	18.9
76	51157	Rappahannock County	10.8	7.6	13.2	10.8
77	51159	Richmond County	15.8	15.4	22.4	21.2
78	51161	Roanoke County	4.1	4.5	3.8	5.2
79	51163	Rockbridge County	13.6	9.6	17.6	9.4
80	51165	Rockingham County	6.9	8.2	7.2	9.1
81	51167	Russell County	22.5	16.3	27.9	21.3
82	51169	Scott County	20.9	16.8	23.5	20.1
83	51171	Shenandoah County	11.0	8.2	12.6	12.1
84	51173	Smyth County	16.7	13.3	23.7	15.2
85	51175	Southampton County	17.1	14.6	21.1	19.9
86	51177	Spotsylvania County	4.9	4.7	5.2	6.2
87	51179	Stafford County	4.1	3.5	4.1	3.3
88	51181	Surry County	13.7	10.8	16.1	13.4
89	51183	Sussex County	20.1	16.1	29.2	24.3
90	51185	Tazewell County	19.0	15.3	23.2	20.3
91	51187	Warren County	7.7	8.5	8.4	8.7
92	51191	Washington County	15.2	10.9	18.4	13.2
93	51193	Westmoreland County	12.7	14.7	20.3	21.1
94	51195	Wise County	21.6	20.0	27.3	27.3
95	51197	Wythe County	17.5	11.0	25.0	12.5
96	51199	York County	4.8	3.5	6.6	3.9
97	51510	Alexandria City	7.1	8.9	10.7	13.9
98	51515	Bedford City	16.4	19.7	24.5	29.4
99	51520	Bristol City	20.6	16.2	28.1	25.8
100	51530	Buena Vista City	14.4	10.4	19.5	14.3
101	51540	Charlottesville City	23.7	25.9	20.1	20.8
102	51550	Chesapeake City	9.0	7.3	12.9	9.7
103	51560	Clifton Forge City	16.3	19.4	26.4	39.4
104	51570	Colonial Heights City	5.7	5.5	7.0	7.3
105	51580	Covington City	13.1	12.9	17.6	16.1
106	51590	Danville City	19.0	20.0	29.9	33.9
107	51595	Emporia City	18.0	16.0	23.8	21.5
108	51600	Fairfax City	6.0	5.7	5.0	4.3
109	51610	Falls Church City	5.2	4.2	3.8	4.3
110	51620	Franklin City	20.6	19.8	29.0	34.9
111	51630	Fredericksburg City	12.3	15.5	15.5	19.9
112	51640	Galax City	18.8	18.6	30.5	26.8
113	51650	Hampton City	10.8	11.3	16.0	15.9
114	51660	Harrisonburg City	21.5	30.1	16.0	18.7
115	51670	Hopewell City	14.4	14.9	23.1	21.6
116	51678	Lexington City	18.2	21.6	9.4	12.9
117	51680	Lynchburg City	16.4	15.9	24.3	22.4
118	51683	Manassas City	3.8	6.3	4.2	7.6
119	51685	Manassas Park City	3.9	5.2	4.9	5.8
120	51690	Martinsville City	15.6	19.2	24.1	25.6
121	51700	Newport News City	14.0	13.8	21.1	20.6
122	51710	Norfolk City	19.3	19.4	28.3	27.9
123	51720	Norton City	26.7	22.8	32.5	35.7
124	51730	Petersburg City	20.3	19.6	30.5	27.1
125	51735	Poquoson City	2.8	4.5	3.7	5.7
126	51740	Portsmouth City	17.7	16.2	27.5	24.7
127	51750	Radford City	32.2	31.4	9.5	10.8
128	51760	Richmond City	20.9	21.4	35.6	32.9
129	51770	Roanoke City	16.1	15.9	24.5	24.4
130	51775	Salem City	5.2	6.7	5.6	7.0
131	51780	South Boston (see Halifax Co., 51083)	15.3		20.6
132	51790	Staunton City	11.7	11.7	13.4	15.9
133	51800	Suffolk City	17.3	13.2	25.2	18.2
134	51810	Virginia Beach City	5.9	6.5	7.6	8.6
135	51820	Waynesboro City	11.4	12.8	17.8	21.5
136	51830	Williamsburg City	19.4	18.3	18.0	29.7
137	51840	Winchester City	11.3	13.2	13.8	15.2

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 and 2000 Census of Population. See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates.

* These FIPS codes uniquely identify each county by State and are part of the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST], U.S. Department of Commerce. Of the 5 digit codes, the first 2 digits are the State code and the last three digits are the county code. For States in the 1 to 9 code range, the FIPS code is only 4 digits long as the leading zero of the 2-digit State code is not shown. For more information on FIPS code standards see the [NIST FIPS] publication page and look for FIPSPUB5-2 and FIPSPUB6-4.

¹Related children include all people under 18 years old related to the householder, regardless of their marital status. Excluded are spouses of the householder.