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Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         13
         -- 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 
NORTHEAST, METROPOLITAN AREAS                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                           
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                 
   Total......................        46,288     5,140      11.1    37,736     3,268       8.7     6,467     1,569      24.3     4,528     1,182      26.1 
Under 18 years................        11,724     1,950      16.6     9,039     1,125      12.4     2,076       719      34.6     1,474       527      35.8 
18 to 24 years................         4,167       631      15.1     3,186       380      11.9       762       206      27.0       522       140      26.8 
25 to 34 years................         6,074       538       8.9     4,802       331       6.9       887       142      16.0       757       139      18.3 
35 to 44 years................         7,939       640       8.1     6,468       408       6.3     1,084       205      18.9       738       140      19.0 
45 to 54 years................         6,139       419       6.8     5,213       280       5.4       687       111      16.2       473        87      18.5 
55 to 59 years................         2,237       184       8.2     1,933       139       7.2       243        39      16.0       161        37      23.2 
60 to 64 years................         1,919       173       9.0     1,626       124       7.6       252        49      19.5       144        43      29.9 
65 years and over.............         6,090       606       9.9     5,469       482       8.8       475        99      20.8       259        68      26.4 
   65 to 74 years.............         3,137       242       7.7     2,778       174       6.2       267        54      20.4       181        47      26.2 
   75 years and over..........         2,953       364      12.3     2,690       308      11.5       208        44      21.4        78        21      26.9 
                                                                                                                                                           
Male                                                                                                                                                       
   Total......................        22,097     2,060       9.3    18,196     1,338       7.4     2,930       599      20.4     2,138       466      21.8 
Under 18 years................         5,926       965      16.3     4,612       576      12.5     1,042       337      32.4       735       237      32.2 
18 to 24 years................         2,137       262      12.3     1,634       156       9.6       391        97      24.7       275        70      25.4 
25 to 34 years................         2,902       152       5.2     2,366       106       4.5       364        20       5.5       372        42      11.2 
35 to 44 years................         3,747       241       6.4     3,098       167       5.4       475        63      13.2       320        53      16.5 
45 to 54 years................         2,917       155       5.3     2,507       112       4.5       288        32      11.1       205        22      10.8 
55 to 59 years................         1,023        58       5.7       895        41       4.6       106        13      12.3        75         7       (B) 
60 to 64 years................           943        68       7.2       815        51       6.2       105        18      16.8        64        18       (B) 
65 years and over.............         2,502       159       6.4     2,270       130       5.7       160        19      12.1        94        18      19.4 
   65 to 74 years.............         1,378        80       5.8     1,235        60       4.8        99        15      14.8        65        12       (B) 
   75 years and over..........         1,123        79       7.0     1,035        70       6.8        61         5       (B)        29         6       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Female                                                                                                                                                     
   Total......................        24,191     3,080      12.7    19,540     1,930       9.9     3,537       970      27.4     2,389       715      29.9 
Under 18 years................         5,798       985      17.0     4,428       550      12.4     1,034       381      36.9       739       290      39.3 
18 to 24 years................         2,031       369      18.2     1,552       224      14.4       371       109      29.3       247        70      28.3 
25 to 34 years................         3,172       386      12.2     2,436       225       9.2       523       122      23.3       385        97      25.2 
35 to 44 years................         4,191       399       9.5     3,370       241       7.2       609       142      23.3       418        87      20.9 
45 to 54 years................         3,223       264       8.2     2,707       168       6.2       399        79      19.9       268        65      24.4 
55 to 59 years................         1,213       126      10.4     1,038        99       9.5       136        26      18.9        86        30      34.9 
60 to 64 years................           976       105      10.7       810        73       9.0       148        32      21.5        80        25      31.6 
65 years and over.............         3,588       446      12.4     3,199       352      11.0       315        80      25.3       164        50      30.4 
   65 to 74 years.............         1,759       162       9.2     1,543       114       7.4       169        40      23.6       115        35      30.6 
   75 years and over..........         1,829       285      15.6     1,656       238      14.4       147        40      27.1        49        15       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
   Total......................        46,288     5,140      11.1    37,736     3,268       8.7     6,467     1,569      24.3     4,528     1,182      26.1 
    65 years and over.........         6,090       606       9.9     5,469       482       8.8       475        99      20.8       259        68      26.4 
In families...................        38,426     3,718       9.7    31,157     2,190       7.0     5,442     1,279      23.5     3,907       972      24.9 
   Householder................        11,929     1,077       9.0     9,912       653       6.6     1,529       356      23.3     1,112       271      24.4 
    Under 65 years............         9,953       992      10.0     8,116       594       7.3     1,391       339      24.4     1,041       266      25.5 
    65 years and over.........         1,975        85       4.3     1,796        59       3.3       138        17      12.4        71         6       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        11,552     1,870      16.2     8,899     1,064      12.0     2,055       703      34.2     1,449       521      36.0 
     Under 6 years............         3,695       607      16.4     2,844       328      11.5       642       227      35.4       514       178      34.6 
     6 to 17 years............         7,857     1,263      16.1     6,055       736      12.2     1,413       476      33.7       934       343      36.7 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         4,411       317       7.2     3,396       163       4.8       841       141      16.8       395        65      16.5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         14
         -- 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....        29,181     1,076       3.7    25,094       779       3.1     2,584       136       5.3     2,295       270      11.7 
   Husbands...................         8,875       298       3.4     7,790       219       2.8       705        36       5.1       614        68      11.1 
    Under 65 years............         7,227       247       3.4     6,273       179       2.9       617        33       5.3       561        62      11.1 
    65 years and over.........         1,648        51       3.1     1,517        40       2.6        89         3       3.4        53         6       (B) 
   Wives......................         8,875       298       3.4     7,795       217       2.8       678        36       5.4       636        67      10.5 
    Under 65 years............         7,600       247       3.3     6,591       176       2.7       623        35       5.6       593        62      10.4 
    65 years and over.........         1,275        51       4.0     1,204        41       3.4        54         2       (B)        43         5       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         8,130       396       4.9     6,841       284       4.1       790        54       6.8       735       106      14.5 
     Under 6 years............         2,759       139       5.0     2,327       106       4.6       268        13       4.7       290        49      16.9 
     6 to 17 years............         5,371       257       4.8     4,514       177       3.9       523        41       7.8       444        57      12.9 
   Own chldren 18 years/+ ....         2,735        60       2.2     2,262        44       1.9       336         9       2.6       193        13       6.8 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with female house-                                                                                                                             
holder, no spouse present.....         7,272     2,393      32.9     4,579     1,225      26.8     2,484     1,101      44.3     1,310       634      48.4 
   Householder................         2,364       695      29.4     1,590       368      23.2       706       305      43.2       394       182      46.3 
    Under 65 years............         2,034       666      32.7     1,327       355      26.8       643       290      45.1       379       180      47.6 
    65 years and over.........           330        29       8.7       264        13       5.0        63        15       (B)        16         2       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         2,936     1,373      46.8     1,717       713      41.5     1,143       625      54.6       629       383      60.9 
     Under 6 years............           762       413      54.3       401       190      47.3       323       198      61.3       184       113      61.6 
     6 to 17 years............         2,174       960      44.1     1,316       523      39.7       820       427      52.0       446       270      60.6 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         1,370       237      17.3       884       105      11.9       465       132      28.5       183        50      27.2 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with male householder,                                                                                                                         
no spouse present.............         1,973       249      12.6     1,484       186      12.5       374        42      11.2       302        68      22.6 
   Householder................           690        84      12.2       536        66      12.3       121        15      12.0        98        24      24.1 
    Under 65 years............           590        75      12.8       448        57      12.7       116        15      12.6        94        24      25.0 
    65 years and over.........            99         9       8.9        88         9      10.1         6         0       (B)         3         0       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............           486       100      20.6       341        68      19.9       121        25      20.8        85        31      36.9 
     Under 6 years............           174        54      31.2       117        32      27.4        51        17       (B)        40        16       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           312        46      14.8       224        36      16.0        70         8       (B)        44        15       (B) 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...           306        20       6.5       250        14       5.5        40         0       (B)        20         2       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In unrelated subfamilies......           192        72      37.3       163        52      31.7        25        20       (B)        29         4       (B) 
    Under 18 years............           114        45      39.6        96        32      33.5        15        13       (B)        12         0       (B) 
     Under 6 years............            34        17       (B)        26         9       (B)         8         8       (B)         4         0       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............            80        29      35.7        70        24       (B)         7         5       (B)         9         0       (B) 
    18 years and over.........            78        27      34.1        67        19       (B)         9         7       (B)        17         4       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Unrelated individuals.........         7,670     1,351      17.6     6,416     1,026      16.0     1,000       270      27.0       591       206      34.8 
  Male........................         3,403       496      14.6     2,843       369      13.0       441       110      24.9       309        82      26.5 
   Under 65 years.............         2,794       409      14.6     2,294       297      12.9       390        96      24.6       287        73      25.5 
    Living alone..............         1,396       172      12.3     1,136       110       9.7       212        52      24.6        93        19      20.5 
   65 years and over..........           609        88      14.4       550        72      13.1        52        14       (B)        22         9       (B) 
    Living alone..............           513        63      12.2       471        51      10.9        38        10       (B)        21         9       (B) 
  Female......................         4,267       854      20.0     3,573       657      18.4       558       160      28.7       282       124      43.9 
   Under 65 years.............         2,668       516      19.3     2,137       381      17.8       411       105      25.5       213        84      39.4 
    Living alone..............         1,569       222      14.1     1,242       154      12.4       272        55      20.3        96        35      36.9 
   65 years and over..........         1,599       338      21.2     1,437       276      19.2       148        55      37.5        69        40       (B) 
    Living alone..............         1,486       288      19.4     1,336       229      17.1       142        55      38.9        60        35       (B) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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_007.htm