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Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                          3
         -- 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 
METROPOLITAN AREAS                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                 
   Total......................       221,348    24,816      11.2   178,162    16,183       9.1    31,111     7,145      23.0    29,898     6,726      22.5 
Under 18 years................        58,231     9,429      16.2    44,784     5,615      12.5    10,019     3,283      32.8    10,478     3,163      30.2 
18 to 24 years................        21,750     3,734      17.2    16,923     2,470      14.6     3,520       997      28.3     3,678       882      24.0 
25 to 34 years................        31,646     3,177      10.0    24,915     2,143       8.6     4,622       804      17.4     5,220     1,003      19.2 
35 to 44 years................        36,711     2,810       7.7    29,704     1,893       6.4     5,006       783      15.7     4,573       730      16.0 
45 to 54 years................        29,426     1,797       6.1    24,288     1,212       5.0     3,596       441      12.3     2,771       377      13.6 
55 to 59 years................        10,071       805       8.0     8,509       572       6.7     1,126       188      16.7       911       120      13.2 
60 to 64 years................         8,237       754       9.2     6,984       544       7.8       882       169      19.2       691       127      18.4 
65 years and over.............        25,276     2,311       9.1    22,053     1,734       7.9     2,341       478      20.4     1,575       324      20.6 
   65 to 74 years.............        13,817     1,172       8.5    11,861       827       7.0     1,383       280      20.3     1,004       202      20.1 
   75 years and over..........        11,459     1,138       9.9    10,192       907       8.9       958       198      20.6       571       122      21.4 
                                                                                                                                                           
Male                                                                                                                                                       
   Total......................       108,118    10,688       9.9    87,756     7,098       8.1    14,479     2,910      20.1    14,988     2,986      19.9 
Under 18 years................        29,859     4,814      16.1    23,043     2,876      12.5     5,067     1,669      32.9     5,382     1,551      28.8 
18 to 24 years................        10,825     1,523      14.1     8,535     1,058      12.4     1,630       343      21.1     1,934       402      20.8 
25 to 34 years................        15,601     1,136       7.3    12,506       866       6.9     2,064       184       8.9     2,635       397      15.1 
35 to 44 years................        18,127     1,149       6.3    14,901       818       5.5     2,291       278      12.1     2,279       306      13.4 
45 to 54 years................        14,334       751       5.2    11,963       532       4.4     1,639       154       9.4     1,364       152      11.1 
55 to 59 years................         4,741       321       6.8     4,053       224       5.5       489        76      15.6       418        42      10.0 
60 to 64 years................         3,914       303       7.7     3,388       237       7.0       356        53      14.8       325        44      13.6 
65 years and over.............        10,717       691       6.4     9,367       487       5.2       943       152      16.1       650        91      14.1 
   65 to 74 years.............         6,222       425       6.8     5,389       284       5.3       568       103      18.2       422        60      14.2 
   75 years and over..........         4,495       266       5.9     3,978       203       5.1       375        49      13.0       228        32      13.8 
                                                                                                                                                           
Female                                                                                                                                                     
   Total......................       113,230    14,128      12.5    90,407     9,085      10.0    16,633     4,235      25.5    14,910     3,740      25.1 
Under 18 years................        28,372     4,615      16.3    21,742     2,739      12.6     4,952     1,614      32.6     5,096     1,611      31.6 
18 to 24 years................        10,925     2,211      20.2     8,389     1,412      16.8     1,890       654      34.6     1,744       480      27.5 
25 to 34 years................        16,046     2,040      12.7    12,409     1,277      10.3     2,558       620      24.2     2,585       605      23.4 
35 to 44 years................        18,584     1,661       8.9    14,803     1,075       7.3     2,714       506      18.6     2,294       424      18.5 
45 to 54 years................        15,092     1,047       6.9    12,325       680       5.5     1,957       287      14.7     1,408       226      16.0 
55 to 59 years................         5,330       484       9.1     4,456       348       7.8       637       112      17.5       493        78      15.9 
60 to 64 years................         4,323       451      10.4     3,596       307       8.5       526       117      22.2       366        83      22.7 
65 years and over.............        14,560     1,620      11.1    12,686     1,247       9.8     1,398       326      23.3       925       232      25.1 
   65 to 74 years.............         7,595       748       9.8     6,472       543       8.4       815       177      21.7       582       142      24.4 
   75 years and over..........         6,964       872      12.5     6,214       704      11.3       583       149      25.5       343        91      26.4 
                                                                                                                                                           
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
   Total......................       221,348    24,816      11.2   178,162    16,183       9.1    31,111     7,145      23.0    29,898     6,726      22.5 
    65 years and over.........        25,276     2,311       9.1    22,053     1,734       7.9     2,341       478      20.4     1,575       324      20.6 
In families...................       184,148    17,917       9.7   147,765    11,019       7.5    25,884     5,752      22.2    26,702     5,741      21.5 
   Householder................        57,423     5,032       8.8    47,079     3,102       6.6     7,589     1,622      21.4     6,918     1,375      19.9 
    Under 65 years............        48,519     4,608       9.5    39,285     2,818       7.2     6,757     1,521      22.5     6,365     1,304      20.5 
    65 years and over.........         8,904       424       4.8     7,794       284       3.6       833       102      12.2       553        71      12.9 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        57,233     8,951      15.6    44,049     5,271      12.0     9,818     3,187      32.5    10,235     3,044      29.7 
     Under 6 years............        18,999     3,253      17.1    14,758     1,991      13.5     3,134     1,124      35.8     3,867     1,178      30.5 
     6 to 17 years............        38,234     5,698      14.9    29,291     3,280      11.2     6,684     2,063      30.9     6,367     1,866      29.3 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...        17,916     1,290       7.2    13,426       676       5.0     3,362       529      15.7     2,371       326      13.7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                          4
         -- 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....       142,700     7,535       5.3   121,403     5,827       4.8    12,842     1,053       8.2    19,009     3,139      16.5 
   Husbands...................        43,518     1,883       4.3    37,738     1,450       3.8     3,655       258       7.1     4,679       646      13.8 
    Under 65 years............        35,951     1,596       4.4    30,931     1,242       4.0     3,149       218       6.9     4,283       602      14.1 
    65 years and over.........         7,567       286       3.8     6,807       208       3.1       505        40       7.9       396        44      11.0 
   Wives......................        43,518     1,883       4.3    37,665     1,455       3.9     3,472       243       7.0     4,812       655      13.6 
    Under 65 years............        37,723     1,675       4.4    32,400     1,301       4.0     3,123       213       6.8     4,499       617      13.7 
    65 years and over.........         5,796       208       3.6     5,266       154       2.9       350        29       8.4       313        39      12.3 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        41,340     3,153       7.6    34,598     2,472       7.1     4,079       448      11.0     7,052     1,548      22.0 
     Under 6 years............        14,155     1,167       8.2    11,996       986       8.2     1,264       126       9.9     2,773       659      23.7 
     6 to 17 years............        27,184     1,986       7.3    22,602     1,486       6.6     2,814       323      11.5     4,279       890      20.8 
   Own chldren 18 years/+ ....        11,336       383       3.4     9,131       248       2.7     1,323        78       5.9     1,432       125       8.7 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with female house-                                                                                                                             
holder, no spouse present.....        32,050     9,349      29.2    19,419     4,464      23.0    11,292     4,493      39.8     5,704     2,293      40.2 
   Householder................        10,555     2,791      26.4     6,768     1,388      20.5     3,388     1,293      38.2     1,645       632      38.4 
    Under 65 years............         9,167     2,661      29.0     5,728     1,317      23.0     3,075     1,236      40.2     1,513       607      40.1 
    65 years and over.........         1,388       131       9.4     1,040        71       6.8       313        57      18.3       132        25      19.2 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        13,157     5,363      40.8     7,382     2,489      33.7     5,215     2,635      50.5     2,595     1,347      51.9 
     Under 6 years............         3,928     1,921      48.9     2,091       887      42.4     1,688       956      56.6       846       458      54.2 
     6 to 17 years............         9,228     3,442      37.3     5,291     1,602      30.3     3,526     1,679      47.6     1,749       889      50.8 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         5,479       825      15.1     3,453       367      10.6     1,862       436      23.4       777       179      23.0 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with male householder,                                                                                                                         
no spouse present.............         9,398     1,033      11.0     6,944       729      10.5     1,750       206      11.8     1,989       309      15.6 
   Householder................         3,349       358      10.7     2,524       257      10.2       615        75      12.3       608       100      16.4 
    Under 65 years............         3,005       324      10.8     2,249       229      10.2       563        68      12.2       559        93      16.6 
    65 years and over.........           345        35      10.1       275        28      10.1        52         7       (B)        49         7       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         2,737       435      15.9     2,069       310      15.0       525       103      19.6       588       149      25.3 
     Under 6 years............           915       166      18.1       670       118      17.7       182        42      23.1       249        61      24.6 
     6 to 17 years............         1,821       270      14.8     1,398       191      13.7       343        61      17.8       339        88      25.8 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         1,102        82       7.4       841        61       7.3       178        14       8.1       162        23      14.0 
                                                                                                                                                           
In unrelated subfamilies......         1,114       422      37.9       813       298      36.6       231        96      41.7       251        97      38.6 
    Under 18 years............           642       262      40.9       467       183      39.3       140        59      42.3       141        58      41.0 
     Under 6 years............           213        95      44.7       161        74      46.2        46        17       (B)        56        25       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           429       167      39.0       306       109      35.6        94        42      44.9        86        33      38.8 
    18 years and over.........           472       160      33.8       346       114      33.1        91        37      40.8       110        39      35.5 
                                                                                                                                                           
Unrelated individuals.........        36,086     6,477      17.9    29,584     4,866      16.4     4,997     1,296      25.9     2,944       888      30.2 
  Male........................        17,449     2,678      15.3    14,154     1,962      13.9     2,499       579      23.2     1,733       381      22.0 
   Under 65 years.............        15,250     2,337      15.3    12,273     1,733      14.1     2,223       482      21.7     1,620       355      21.9 
    Living alone..............         7,310       832      11.4     5,771       571       9.9     1,198       224      18.7       517        52      10.0 
   65 years and over..........         2,200       340      15.5     1,881       230      12.2       276        97      35.1       114        26      23.3 
    Living alone..............         1,808       230      12.7     1,590       160      10.1       193        62      32.4        94        18      18.9 
  Female......................        18,637     3,799      20.4    15,430     2,904      18.8     2,498       717      28.7     1,211       507      41.9 
   Under 65 years.............        12,618     2,606      20.7    10,062     1,946      19.3     1,956       502      25.7       962       363      37.8 
    Living alone..............         6,907     1,024      14.8     5,359       699      13.0     1,277       276      21.6       343        91      26.5 
   65 years and over..........         6,018     1,193      19.8     5,368       958      17.8       542       215      39.7       249       144      57.7 
    Living alone..............         5,694     1,064      18.7     5,079       842      16.6       523       205      39.3       224       127      56.6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
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