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Population Below the Poverty Line - 2000
  United States Oregon Washington MCEDD Hood River County Sherman County Wasco County Klickitat County Skamania County
Total: 273,882,232 3,347,667 5,765,201 74,023 19,986 1,922 23,369 18,983 9,763
Number below poverty line 33,899,812 388,740 612,370 10,665 2,845 280 3,023 3,236 1,281
Percentage below poverty line 12.4% 11.6% 10.6% 14.4% 14.2% 14.6% 12.9% 17.0% 13.1%
Source:  P87. POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 BY AGE [17] - Universe: Population for whom poverty status is determined
Data Set:  Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data  
Text Box: Although the State of Oregon and Washington are both below the National average in terms of the percent of the population below the poverty line, the entire Mid-Columbia region remains above it. Klickitat County has by far the highest rate at 17%.