Mount Pleasant Poverty status by family type (all families, married-couple, and female householder with no husband present). Includes related children status, employment status, elderly status, and supplemental income.
Poverty Status
All
Below poverty level
Families
12,898
410
3.2%
With related children under 18
6,760
284
4.2%
With related children under 5
2,963
108
3.6%
Householder worked in 1999
10,955
146
1.3%
Full-time, year round
8,533
42
0.5%
Householder 65 and over
1,589
55
3.5%
Family received:
Supplemental Security Income or public assistance income in 1999
433
89
20.6%
Social Security income in 1999
2,045
73
3.6%
Mean income deficit (dollars)
8,071
Married-couple families
10,929
232
2.1%
With related children under 18
5,492
118
2.1%
With related children under 5
2,699
33
1.2%
Householder worked in 1999
9,390
81
0.9%
Full-time, year round
7,414
35
0.5%
Householder 65 and over
1,336
49
3.7%
Family received:
Supplemental Security Income or public assistance income in 1999
272
27
9.9%
Social Security income in 1999
1,613
38
2.4%
Mean income deficit (dollars)
7,933
Families with female householder, no husband present
1,552
153
9.9%
With related children under 18
1,040
147
14.1%
With related children under 5
227
75
33.0%
Householder worked in 1999
1,199
58
4.8%
Full-time, year round
818
0
0.0%
Householder 65 and over
215
6
2.8%
Family received:
Supplemental Security Income or public assistance income in 1999
