| Middlesex County | ||||||
| Total | Poor | Distribution of total | Distribution of poor | Poverty rate | ||
| Unattached Individuals | 55,000 | 20,700 | 100% | 100% | 38% | |
| Non-elderly women | 18,900 | 7,700 | 34% | 37% | 41% | |
| Non-elderly men | 21,500 | 8,600 | 39% | 42% | 40% | |
| Elderly women | 11,300 | 3,500 | 21% | 17% | 31% | |
| Elderly men | 3,300 | 900 | 6% | 4% | 26% | |
| Economic Families | 106,200 | 14,300 | 100% | 100% | 13% | |
| Couples with no children < 18 | 48,700 | 2,900 | 46% | 20% | 6% | |
| Couples with children < 18 | 39,800 | 4,300 | 37% | 30% | 11% | |
| Lone-parent families < 18 | 10,800 | 6,000 | 10% | 42% | 55% | |
| Other families | 7,000 | 1,200 | 7% | 8% | 17% | |
| Non-elderly family | 88,500 | 13,600 | 83% | 95% | 15% | |
| Elderly family | 17,700 | 700 | 17% | 5% | 4% | |
| Children 0-17 in families | 94,500 | 19,700 | 100% | 100% | 21% | |
| Aged 0-5 | 32,000 | 7,600 | 34% | 39% | 24% | |
| Aged 6-17 | 62,500 | 12,100 | 66% | 61% | 19% | |
| All persons | 384,200 | 65,800 | 100% | 100% | 17% | |
| Aged 0-14 | 81,000 | 17,700 | 21% | 27% | 22% | |
| Aged 15-24 | 52,800 | 13,400 | 14% | 20% | 25% | |
| Aged 25-34 | 62,900 | 11,800 | 16% | 18% | 19% | |
| Aged 35-44 | 63,300 | 8,900 | 16% | 13% | 14% | |
| Aged 45-54 | 47,900 | 5,000 | 12% | 8% | 10% | |
| Aged 55-64 | 31,500 | 3,800 | 8% | 6% | 12% | |
| Aged 65-74 | 27,100 | 2,700 | 7% | 4% | 10% | |
| Aged 75+ | 17,600 | 2,600 | 5% | 4% | 15% | |
| Females | 197,700 | 36,000 | 51% | 55% | 18% | |
| Males | 186,600 | 29,800 | 49% | 45% | 16% | |
| Population groups (all persons)* | 384,200 | 65,800 | 100% | 100% | 17% | |
| Recent immigrants | 11,600 | 5,700 | 3% | 9% | 49% | |
| Visible minorities | 29,400 | 11,500 | 8% | 18% | 39% | |
| Aboriginal identity | 3,900 | 2,100 | 1% | 3% | 54% | |
| With disabilities | 46,200 | 12,300 | 12% | 19% | 27% | |
| Education level (aged 15-64) | 258,500 | 42,700 | 100% | 100% | 17% | |
| Post-secondary certificate | 100,000 | 11,200 | 39% | 26% | 11% | |
| Secondary | 68,500 | 11,900 | 26% | 28% | 17% | |
| Less than secondary | 90,000 | 19,600 | 35% | 46% | 22% | |
| Employment activity (aged 15-64) | 258,500 | 42,800 | 100% | 100% | 17% | |
| Full-time, full year employment | 110,400 | 5,100 | 43% | 12% | 5% | |
| Part-time, full year employment | 20,900 | 2,800 | 8% | 7% | 14% | |
| Part-time, part year employment | 73,500 | 15,200 | 28% | 36% | 21% | |
| No employment in 1995 | 53,800 | 19,600 | 21% | 46% | 36% | |
| Sources of income (non-elderly economic families) | ||||||
| Average total income | $60,900 | $13,500 | ||||
| Average earnings | $54,100 | $8,100 | ||||
| Average government transfers | $5,600 | $8,200 | ||||
| Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families) | ||||||
| Number with incomes < .5 of LICO | 4,400 | |||||
| Average poverty gap | $9,300 | |||||
| Average market gap** | $14,900 | |||||
| * Population groups not mutually exclusive. **Market gap based on income of market-poor families. Notes: see Glossary for definitions of terms. A margin of error may be present due to rounding of figures. Percentages based on unrounded figures. | ||||||