Children and Youth in Poverty Indicator graphs long description

Sub-Indicator: Those Under 18 in Poverty

Graph Title:  Percent of People Under Age 18 Living in Poverty - Maine & U.S., 1998-2006

1998

Maine: 14%
US: 19%

1999

Maine: 15%
US: 17%

2000

Maine: 13%
US: 16%

2001

Maine: 13%
US: 16%

2002

Maine: 14%
US: 17%

2003

Maine: 14%
US: 18%

2004

Maine: 14%
US: 18%

2005

Maine: 17%
US: 18%

2006

Maine: 17%
US: 18%

 

Graph Title:  Children Under 18 in Poverty by Age Group - Maine, 2004-2006

2004

Ages 0-4: 27%
Ages 5-17: 13%

2005

Ages 0-4: 22%
Ages 5-17: 15%

2006

Ages 0-4: 24%
Ages 5-17: 14%

 

Graph Title:  Children Under 18 in Poverty by Age Group - U.S., 2004-2006

2004

Ages 0-4: 21%
Ages 5-17: 17%

2005

Ages 0-4: 21%
Ages 5-17: 17%

2006

Ages 0-4: 21%
Ages 5-17: 17%

 

Sub-Indicator: Children in Female Headed Households Below Poverty Level

Graph Title:  Total Number of Female Only Households in Poverty in Past 12 Months with Own Children Under 18 Years of Age, Maine, 2000-2006

2000

Maine: 10,536

2001

Maine: 10,928

2002

Maine: 17,852

2003

Maine: 14,742

2004

Maine: 16,344

2005

Maine: 13,320

2006

Maine: 15,580

 

Graph Title:  Percentage of Children Under Age 18 in Female Headed Households Living Below 100% of Poverty Level - Maine 2000-2006

2000

Maine: 39.7%

2001

Maine: 39.2%

2002

Maine: 39.6%

2003

Maine: 41.7%

2004

Maine: 41.8%

2005

Maine: 42.7%

2006

Maine: 43.6%

Sub-Indicator: Homeless Youth

Graph Title:  Youth Aged 0-17 Living in Homeless or Emergency Shelters - Maine, 1997-2008

March 1997

Maine: 245

March 1998

Maine: 296

July 1999

Maine: 285

July 2000

Maine: 413

July 2001

Maine: 425

July 2002

Maine: 481

July 2003

Maine: 315

July 2004

Maine: 372

July 2005

Maine: 318

Jan 2006

Maine: 117

Jan 2007

Maine: 149

Jan 2008

Maine: 137

 

Graph Title:  Homeless Children in/not in Homeless Shelters and Accompanied/Unaccompanied by Adult - Maine, 2007 and 2008

Homeless Children in Shelters Accompanied by an Adult

2007: 50%
2008: 84%

Homeless Children in Shelters Unaccompanied by an Adult

2007: 22%
2008: 15%

Homeless Children Not in Shelters Accompanied by an Adult

2007: 24%
2008: 1%

Homeless Children Not in Shelters Unaccompanied by an Adult

2007: 4%
2008: 0%