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Why Does the County with Indiana’s Highest Median
Household Income 
and Lowest Poverty Rate 
Need a Non-Food Pantry?

Because owning the least expensive house in an expensive neighborhood is good but having the lowest income in a high-income county is not.

"Poverty rate" refers to the number of people in a specified population whose income falls below their applicable minimum.   

362,047    2022 Hamilton Cty Population         

x  4.39%    2022 Hamilton Cty Poverty Rate 

=15,854   People That Live* in Hamilton Cty

40 hours a week x $7.25 minimum wage

= $15,080

 Barely enough for 1 adult. 

   NOT enough for an adult with just 1 child.

Poverty thresholds are set by the U.S. government to represent the minimum income required to meet a person or family’s basic food and shelter needs without regard for geographic cost-of-living variations. 

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Living wage thresholds are set by analysts to represent the minimum income required to meet a person or family’s basic food, shelter, clothing, hygiene, and cleaning needs as well as childcare, health care/ insurance, transportation, and tax expenses based on geographically specific cost-of-living** data.

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 *Estimated based on 2020 Census data, which does not count homeless, incarcerated, or transient persons.

**Comparative measure of how expensive it is to live in a particular place at a particular time where 100 represents the average.

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