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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3
<br />230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment
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<br />Table 3.10-2 2013 Poverty Statistics for the Project Study Area and Statewide
<br />RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL
<br />WASHINGTON BENTON COUNTY GRANT COUNTY KITTITAS COUNTY YAKIMA COUNTY NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT Under .50 423,252 6.3 8,951 5.0 5,865 6.5 4,785 12.2 20,345 8.4
<br />Under 1.0 936,456 13.9 22,711 12.6 17,764 19.7 9,453 24.1 53,979 22.3
<br />Under 1.5 1,516,071 22.4 40,102 22.3 30,383 33.6 12,967 33.1 90,499 37.4
<br />Under 2.0 2,084,763 30.8 57,325 31.8 40,733 45.1 15,928 40.6 122,422 50.6
<br />2.0 or more 4,675,853 69.2 122,893 68.2 49,649 54.9 53,299 59.4 119,450 49.4
<br />Total 6,760,616 100 180,218 100 90,382 100 39,227 100 241,892 100
<br />Source: U.S. Census 2013
<br />In 1999, persons with incomes below the poverty level (established by the U.S. Census Bureau [no date])
<br />represented 16.5 percent of the total population in the four-county region, compared to 10.6 percent
<br />statewide.1 The corresponding ratio of persons with incomes under twice the poverty level was 38.0 and
<br />25.9 percent, respectively. Comparing these data to the 2009 data presented in Table 3.9-10 (refer to
<br />Section 3.9 Socioeconomics) indicates that the proportions and numbers of people living in poverty in
<br />both the state of Washington and the four-county region increased between 1999 and 2009. In part, this
<br />reflects the recession of 2008-09. Figure 3.9-4 (refer to Section 3.9 Socioeconomics) shows the dip in per
<br />capita incomes that occurred between 2008 and 2009. However, even accounting for the recession, the
<br />increase in poverty in the four-county region is notable.
<br />In the three-mile radius Project study area, there were generally greater concentrations of low-income
<br />persons than in the state as a whole in 1999. For all Action Alternatives, the average ratios were 18.3
<br />percent under the Poverty Level and 40.9 percent under twice the Poverty Level (U.S. Census 2000).
<br />These results are summarized in Table 3.10-3.
<br />Table 3.10-3 Summary of Low Income Populations of Census Block Groups within Three Miles
<br />of Action Alternatives, Four-County Region, and State of Washington
<br />ACTION
<br />ALTERNATIVES / REGION
<br />TOTAL POPULATION
<br />BELOW
<br />POVERTY LEVEL
<br />BELOW 1.5 TIMES
<br />POVERTY LEVEL
<br />BELOW TWICE THE
<br />POVERTY LEVEL
<br />NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT
<br />Alternatives A and F 53,766 9,831 18.3% 17,377 32.3% 22,630 42.1%
<br />Alternatives B and E 56,714 10,368 18.3% 18,280 32.2% 18,280 40.6%
<br />Alternatives C and G 56,714 10,368 18.3% 18,280 32.2% 23,033 40.6%
<br />Alternatives D and H 56,751 10,368 18.3% 18,280 32.2% 23,946 42.2%
<br />NNR Alternative - MR
<br />Subroute 43,763 7,964 18.2% 12,991 29.7% 17,031 38.9%
<br />Four-County Region 464,966 76,518 16.5% 129,456 27.8% 176,489 38.0%
<br />State of Washington 5,765,201 612,370 10.6% 1,037,422 18.0% 1,492,788 25.9%
<br />Source: U.S. Census 2000
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<br />1 It should be noted that differences in the poverty rate in the four -county region and statewide averages are probably
<br />at least partly offset by much lower costs of living in the local area. However, no cost of living figures are available
<br />for small areas such as the four-county region.
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