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20.9% of Equality, IL residents had an income below the poverty level in 2022, which was 42.8% greater than the poverty level of 11.9% across the entire state of Illinois. 20.7% of high school graduates and 56.0% of non high school graduates live in poverty. The poverty rate was 35.7% among disabled residents. The renting rate among poor residents was 26.3%. For comparison, it was 12.1% among residents with income above the poverty level.
Poverty rates in Equality, IL
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Equality:
20.9%
Whole state:
11.9%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:
Equality:
4.9%
Whole state:
6.2%
Poverty rate among disabled residents:
Equality:
35.7%
Illinois:
20.6%
Disability rate in this village among poor residents (it is 20.8% among residents who are not classified as poor):
Equality:
43.6%
Illinois:
21.2%
Renting rate in this village among poor and not poor residents:
Residents below poverty level:
26.3%
Residents above poverty level:
12.1%
Poverty by age in Equality, IL
Breakdown by age of poor male residents in Equality,IL (percentage below poverty level)
0.0%Under 5 years
0.0%5 years
0.0%6 to 11 years
38.5%12 to 14 years
14.3%16 and 17 years
0.0%18 to 24 years
84.2%25 to 34 years
3.2%35 to 44 years
18.2%45 to 54 years
34.8%55 to 64 years
64.7%65 to 74 years
9.7%75 years and over
Breakdown by age of poor female residents in Equality,IL (percentage below poverty level)
0.0%6 to 11 years
100.0%12 to 14 years
0.0%15 years
0.0%18 to 24 years
13.0%25 to 34 years
29.0%35 to 44 years
18.0%45 to 54 years
29.0%55 to 64 years
0.0%65 to 74 years
16.0%75 years and over
Breakdown by age of very poor residents in Equality,IL (% below half of poverty level)
0.0%Under 6 years
0.0%6 to 11 years
16.7%12 to 17 years
0.0%18 to 24 years
9.1%25 to 34 years
9.3%35 to 44 years
0.0%45 to 54 years
5.1%55 to 64 years
0.0%65 to 74 years
4.8%75 years and over
Poverty by race and place of birth in Equality, IL
21.3%Below poverty level
78.7%Above poverty level
Poverty in families in Equality, IL
Children below poverty level:
Equality, Illinois:
12.1%
State:
15.6%
Poverty rate among high school graduates:
Equality:
20.7%
Illinois:
8.9%
Poverty rate among people who did not graduate high school:
Equality:
56.0%
Illinois:
21.7%
73.7%Married-couple family
0.0%Male, no wife present
26.3%Female, no husband present
0.0%Worked full-time, year-round
0.0%Worked part-time
100.0%Did not work
0.0%Both worked full-time
0.0%One full-time, other part-time
0.0%One full-time, other didn't work
0.0%Both worked part-time
7.1%One part-time, other didn't work
92.9%Both didn't work
Other data
Owners below poverty level
0.0%1999 to 2000
0.0%1995 to 1998
0.0%1990 to 1994
0.0%1980 to 1989
18.8%1970 to 1979
14.6%1960 to 1969
20.8%1950 to 1959
6.2%1940 to 1949
39.6%1939 or earlier
Owners above poverty level
3.3%1999 to 2000
5.7%1995 to 1998
1.9%1990 to 1994
5.3%1980 to 1989
19.6%1970 to 1979
11.0%1960 to 1969
10.0%1950 to 1959
12.0%1940 to 1949
31.1%1939 or earlier
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