Nationally, the median age was 35.3. Kalawao County, Hawaii, population 147, was the oldest census area in the country, with a median age of 58.6. The Wade Hampton area is the poorest region in the state, with 39 percent of residents living in poverty in 1997. There is no regional hub city to provide employment and jobs in the villages are scarce. The cash economy in the area is relatively small.
Many families subsist on salmon, moose and waterfowl they harvest themselves.
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