The Bronx Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Individual and household income=== {{update|section|date=April 2017}} The 1999 [[median income]] for a household in the borough was $27,611, and the median family income was $30,682. Men had a median income of $31,178 versus $29,429 for women. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $13,959. About 28.0% of families and 30.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 41.5% of those under age 18 and 21.3% of those age 65 or over. More than half of the neighborhoods in the Bronx are high poverty or extreme poverty areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://furmancenter.org/thestoop/entry/focus-on-poverty |title=Focus on Poverty in New York City |work=The Stoop |date=June 7, 2017 |access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/Furman-Center-2017-New-York-City-housing-report-concentrated-poverty |title=Furman Center releases report highlighting spatially concentrated poverty in New York City | NYU School of Law |publisher=Law.nyu.edu |date=June 20, 2017 |accessdate=February 4, 2022}}</ref> From 2015 Census data, the [[median income]] for a household was (in 2015 dollars) $34,299. [[Per capita income]] in past 12 months (in 2015 dollars): $18,456 with persons in poverty at 30.3%. Per the 2016 Census data, the [[median income]] for a household was $35,302. Per capita income was cited at $18,896.<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 U.S. Census: Selected Economic Characteristics, 2012β2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |publisher=United States Census Bureau |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529192346/https://census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html |archive-date=May 29, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table |title=Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010 β State β Place 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 26, 2018}}{{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page