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Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                          1
         -- Poverty Status of People in 1999

                                             All races                       White                         Black                    Hispanic Origin        
                                                Below poverty                 Below poverty                 Below poverty                 Below poverty    
                                                         Percent                       Percent                       Percent                       Percent 
                                       Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total 
TOTAL U.S.                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                           
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                 
   Total......................       273,493    32,258      11.8   224,373    21,922       9.8    35,373     8,360      23.6    32,669     7,439      22.8 
Under 18 years................        71,731    12,109      16.9    56,232     7,568      13.5    11,357     3,759      33.1    11,560     3,506      30.3 
18 to 24 years................        26,532     4,603      17.3    21,073     3,125      14.8     3,980     1,165      29.3     3,958       941      23.8 
25 to 34 years................        37,786     3,968      10.5    30,320     2,792       9.2     5,163       893      17.3     5,660     1,121      19.8 
35 to 44 years................        44,805     3,733       8.3    36,915     2,614       7.1     5,699       945      16.6     4,974       811      16.3 
45 to 54 years................        36,631     2,466       6.7    30,790     1,749       5.7     4,103       538      13.1     3,019       422      14.0 
55 to 59 years................        12,868     1,179       9.2    11,079       890       8.0     1,288       231      17.9       990       141      14.2 
60 to 64 years................        10,519     1,033       9.8     9,084       776       8.5     1,028       204      19.8       755       140      18.5 
65 years and over.............        32,621     3,167       9.7    28,880     2,409       8.3     2,754       626      22.7     1,752       358      20.4 
   65 to 74 years.............        17,796     1,577       8.9    15,528     1,127       7.3     1,624       360      22.2     1,132       221      19.5 
   75 years and over..........        14,825     1,591      10.7    13,352     1,283       9.6     1,130       266      23.5       621       137      22.0 
                                                                                                                                                           
Male                                                                                                                                                       
   Total......................       133,647    13,813      10.3   110,428     9,557       8.7    16,518     3,341      20.2    16,371     3,292      20.1 
Under 18 years................        36,746     6,058      16.5    28,846     3,780      13.1     5,780     1,873      32.4     5,928     1,709      28.8 
18 to 24 years................        13,291     1,859      14.0    10,682     1,316      12.3     1,858       399      21.5     2,078       425      20.5 
25 to 34 years................        18,563     1,422       7.7    15,144     1,111       7.3     2,305       206       8.9     2,855       443      15.5 
35 to 44 years................        22,135     1,562       7.1    18,494     1,168       6.3     2,626       324      12.3     2,480       346      13.9 
45 to 54 years................        17,890     1,025       5.7    15,204       756       5.0     1,872       195      10.4     1,489       174      11.7 
55 to 59 years................         6,105       485       7.9     5,309       366       6.9       556        87      15.6       461        48      10.3 
60 to 64 years................         5,032       442       8.8     4,415       353       8.0       424        68      16.0       359        51      14.3 
65 years and over.............        13,886       960       6.9    12,335       707       5.7     1,095       189      17.2       720        96      13.3 
   65 to 74 years.............         8,049       574       7.1     7,093       404       5.7       661       125      18.8       469        60      12.8 
   75 years and over..........         5,837       386       6.6     5,242       303       5.8       434        64      14.7       251        36      14.2 
                                                                                                                                                           
Female                                                                                                                                                     
   Total......................       139,846    18,445      13.2   113,945    12,366      10.9    18,855     5,019      26.6    16,297     4,147      25.4 
Under 18 years................        34,985     6,051      17.3    27,387     3,788      13.8     5,576     1,886      33.8     5,632     1,797      31.9 
18 to 24 years................        13,242     2,744      20.7    10,391     1,809      17.4     2,122       766      36.1     1,880       515      27.4 
25 to 34 years................        19,223     2,545      13.2    15,176     1,681      11.1     2,858       687      24.0     2,805       678      24.2 
35 to 44 years................        22,670     2,171       9.6    18,421     1,446       7.8     3,073       621      20.2     2,493       465      18.7 
45 to 54 years................        18,741     1,441       7.7    15,586       993       6.4     2,232       342      15.3     1,530       248      16.2 
55 to 59 years................         6,763       695      10.3     5,770       524       9.1       732       144      19.7       529        93      17.6 
60 to 64 years................         5,487       590      10.8     4,670       422       9.0       603       136      22.5       396        88      22.3 
65 years and over.............        18,735     2,207      11.8    16,545     1,703      10.3     1,659       438      26.4     1,032       262      25.4 
   65 to 74 years.............         9,747     1,003      10.3     8,435       723       8.6       963       235      24.4       662       161      24.3 
   75 years and over..........         8,988     1,204      13.4     8,109       980      12.1       697       202      29.0       370       101      27.4 
                                                                                                                                                           
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
   Total......................       273,493    32,258      11.8   224,373    21,922       9.8    35,373     8,360      23.6    32,669     7,439      22.8 
    65 years and over.........        32,621     3,167       9.7    28,880     2,409       8.3     2,754       626      22.7     1,752       358      20.4 
In families...................       228,633    23,396      10.2   187,139    15,141       8.1    29,488     6,688      22.7    29,198     6,349      21.7 
   Householder................        72,031     6,676       9.3    60,256     4,377       7.3     8,664     1,898      21.9     7,561     1,525      20.2 
    Under 65 years............        60,443     6,072      10.0    49,957     3,959       7.9     7,692     1,761      22.9     6,938     1,448      20.9 
    65 years and over.........        11,588       604       5.2    10,299       418       4.1       972       137      14.1       623        77      12.3 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        70,480    11,510      16.3    55,274     7,123      12.9    11,132     3,644      32.7    11,300     3,382      29.9 
     Under 6 years............        23,105     4,170      18.0    18,206     2,653      14.6     3,548     1,299      36.6     4,247     1,300      30.6 
     6 to 17 years............        47,375     7,340      15.5    37,068     4,470      12.1     7,585     2,345      30.9     7,052     2,082      29.5 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...        21,696     1,621       7.5    16,613       885       5.3     3,822       622      16.3     2,523       342      13.5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                          2
         -- Poverty Status of People in 1999

                                             All races                       White                         Black                    Hispanic Origin        
                                                Below poverty                 Below poverty                 Below poverty                 Below poverty    
                                                         Percent                       Percent                       Percent                       Percent 
                                       Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total 
                                                                                                                                                           
In married-couple families....       179,169    10,422       5.8   154,818     8,305       5.4    14,832     1,217       8.2    20,942     3,522      16.8 
   Husbands...................        55,315     2,673       4.8    48,737     2,148       4.4     4,219       305       7.2     5,166       728      14.1 
    Under 65 years............        45,369     2,247       5.0    39,656     1,814       4.6     3,635       257       7.1     4,714       680      14.4 
    65 years and over.........         9,946       426       4.3     9,081       334       3.7       584        48       8.2       452        48      10.6 
   Wives......................        55,315     2,673       4.8    48,654     2,164       4.4     4,023       282       7.0     5,302       741      14.0 
    Under 65 years............        47,689     2,382       5.0    41,638     1,936       4.6     3,615       248       6.9     4,940       698      14.1 
    65 years and over.........         7,626       291       3.8     7,016       228       3.3       407        34       8.2       362        43      11.9 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        51,341     4,297       8.4    43,495     3,428       7.9     4,724       510      10.8     7,846     1,745      22.2 
     Under 6 years............        17,300     1,565       9.0    14,810     1,331       9.0     1,450       146      10.0     3,062       734      24.0 
     6 to 17 years............        34,042     2,732       8.0    28,685     2,097       7.3     3,273       365      11.1     4,784     1,011      21.1 
   Own chldren 18 years/+ ....        13,890       510       3.7    11,388       336       3.0     1,528        92       6.0     1,540       131       8.5 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with female house-                                                                                                                             
holder, no spouse present.....        38,223    11,607      30.4    23,895     5,891      24.7    12,644     5,179      41.0     6,113     2,488      40.7 
   Householder................        12,687     3,531      27.8     8,380     1,883      22.5     3,814     1,499      39.3     1,769       686      38.8 
    Under 65 years............        10,952     3,348      30.6     7,067     1,789      25.3     3,439     1,415      41.1     1,623       660      40.6 
    65 years and over.........         1,735       184      10.6     1,313        95       7.2       375        84      22.5       146        27      18.2 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        15,762     6,602      41.9     9,202     3,266      35.5     5,794     2,997      51.7     2,806     1,471      52.4 
     Under 6 years............         4,678     2,353      50.3     2,571     1,142      44.4     1,877     1,098      58.5       910       497      54.6 
     6 to 17 years............        11,084     4,249      38.3     6,632     2,124      32.0     3,916     1,899      48.5     1,897       974      51.4 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         6,471     1,014      15.7     4,190       478      11.4     2,082       509      24.4       816       188      23.0 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with male householder,                                                                                                                         
no spouse present.............        11,242     1,366      12.2     8,426       945      11.2     2,012       292      14.5     2,143       338      15.8 
   Householder................         4,028       472      11.7     3,082       333      10.8       706       104      14.7       658       111      16.8 
    Under 65 years............         3,612       431      11.9     2,746       301      11.0       644        95      14.7       608       104      17.1 
    65 years and over.........           416        41       9.8       335        32       9.4        62         9       (B)        50         7       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         3,377       611      18.1     2,577       430      16.7       615       137      22.3       648       166      25.7 
     Under 6 years............         1,127       252      22.4       825       181      21.9       220        55      25.2       276        69      25.1 
     6 to 17 years............         2,250       359      16.0     1,752       249      14.2       395        82      20.7       371        97      26.1 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         1,335        97       7.3     1,034        70       6.8       212        21       9.9       168        23      13.5 
                                                                                                                                                           
In unrelated subfamilies......         1,428       558      39.1     1,082       407      37.6       266       120      45.1       264       100      37.7 
    Under 18 years............           825       341      41.3       625       246      39.4       160        73      45.5       149        60      40.0 
     Under 6 years............           250       120      48.0       197        97      49.6        48        18       (B)        59        27       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           575       221      38.4       428       149      34.8       113        55      48.5        90        33      36.9 
    18 years and over.........           603       217      36.0       457       160      35.1       106        47      44.5       115        40      34.7 
                                                                                                                                                           
Unrelated individuals.........        43,432     8,305      19.1    36,151     6,375      17.6     5,619     1,552      27.6     3,207       991      30.9 
  Male........................        20,806     3,398      16.3    17,127     2,575      15.0     2,803       663      23.6     1,887       420      22.3 
   Under 65 years.............        17,991     2,937      16.3    14,700     2,257      15.4     2,474       540      21.8     1,766       394      22.3 
    Living alone..............         8,849     1,135      12.8     7,136       844      11.8     1,350       249      18.5       567        69      12.1 
   65 years and over..........         2,816       461      16.4     2,427       318      13.1       329       123      37.3       121        26      21.9 
    Living alone..............         2,361       332      14.1     2,079       231      11.1       240        87      36.4       100        18      17.7 
  Female......................        22,626     4,907      21.7    19,025     3,800      20.0     2,816       890      31.6     1,320       570      43.2 
   Under 65 years.............        14,800     3,273      22.1    11,986     2,490      20.8     2,155       597      27.7     1,036       403      38.9 
    Living alone..............         8,122     1,303      16.0     6,435       917      14.3     1,386       323      23.3       373       104      27.8 
   65 years and over..........         7,826     1,634      20.9     7,039     1,310      18.6       661       292      44.2       284       167      58.8 
    Living alone..............         7,436     1,488      20.0     6,688     1,182      17.7       639       280      43.8       258       149      58.0 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032000/pov/new04_001.htm