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Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         15
         -- 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, CENTRAL CITIES                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                 
   Total......................        15,540     3,025      19.5     9,931     1,560      15.7     4,524     1,263      27.9     3,051       946      31.0 
Under 18 years................         3,972     1,239      31.2     2,202       579      26.3     1,453       595      41.0     1,031       436      42.3 
18 to 24 years................         1,587       381      24.0       958       191      19.9       525       165      31.5       356       106      29.9 
25 to 34 years................         2,351       321      13.6     1,534       160      10.5       589       111      18.9       492       102      20.8 
35 to 44 years................         2,516       333      13.2     1,618       175      10.8       720       139      19.4       452       102      22.6 
45 to 54 years................         1,901       251      13.2     1,293       135      10.4       488        93      19.0       294        77      26.1 
55 to 59 years................           631        91      14.5       404        52      12.9       189        33      17.4       118        24      20.4 
60 to 64 years................           688       121      17.6       469        84      18.0       194        37      19.1       117        40      34.2 
65 years and over.............         1,894       288      15.2     1,453       183      12.6       366        89      24.2       190        58      30.4 
   65 to 74 years.............           948       148      15.6       689        87      12.7       209        51      24.3       127        38      30.0 
   75 years and over..........           946       140      14.8       765        96      12.5       157        38      24.1        63        20       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Male                                                                                                                                                       
   Total......................         7,258     1,216      16.8     4,705       635      13.5     2,025       497      24.5     1,410       361      25.6 
Under 18 years................         2,009       602      29.9     1,130       274      24.2       730       294      40.3       506       188      37.2 
18 to 24 years................           770       158      20.5       454        82      18.1       251        71      28.4       190        54      28.5 
25 to 34 years................         1,127        86       7.7       779        51       6.5       238        17       7.3       244        28      11.6 
35 to 44 years................         1,174       124      10.6       781        73       9.3       320        42      13.2       182        36      20.1 
45 to 54 years................           858        88      10.3       585        48       8.2       209        32      15.3       116        19      16.3 
55 to 59 years................           271        29      10.5       175        15       8.4        83        10      11.9        51         5       (B) 
60 to 64 years................           321        44      13.7       226        33      14.7        77        11      13.9        53        16       (B) 
65 years and over.............           728        85      11.7       575        60      10.4       118        19      16.4        69        14       (B) 
   65 to 74 years.............           399        54      13.4       302        35      11.5        76        15      19.3        47         8       (B) 
   75 years and over..........           329        32       9.7       273        25       9.2        42         5       (B)        22         6       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Female                                                                                                                                                     
   Total......................         8,282     1,809      21.8     5,226       925      17.7     2,499       766      30.6     1,641       584      35.6 
Under 18 years................         1,963       637      32.5     1,072       305      28.5       723       301      41.6       524       248      47.2 
18 to 24 years................           817       223      27.3       504       109      21.6       274        94      34.3       166        52      31.4 
25 to 34 years................         1,224       234      19.2       756       110      14.5       351        94      26.8       249        74      29.7 
35 to 44 years................         1,342       209      15.6       837       102      12.2       399        97      24.3       271        66      24.4 
45 to 54 years................         1,043       163      15.6       708        87      12.3       279        61      21.8       178        58      32.4 
55 to 59 years................           361        63      17.4       229        38      16.4       106        23      21.7        67        20       (B) 
60 to 64 years................           367        77      21.1       243        51      21.0       117        26      22.5        64        24       (B) 
65 years and over.............         1,166       203      17.4       878       123      14.0       248        69      27.9       121        43      35.8 
   65 to 74 years.............           548        95      17.3       387        52      13.6       134        36      27.1        80        30      37.3 
   75 years and over..........           617       108      17.5       492        71      14.4       115        33      29.0        41        13       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
   Total......................        15,540     3,025      19.5     9,931     1,560      15.7     4,524     1,263      27.9     3,051       946      31.0 
    65 years and over.........         1,894       288      15.2     1,453       183      12.6       366        89      24.2       190        58      30.4 
In families...................        12,199     2,303      18.9     7,514     1,105      14.7     3,771     1,041      27.6     2,623       796      30.4 
   Householder................         3,748       642      17.1     2,452       319      13.0     1,051       280      26.6       740       217      29.3 
    Under 65 years............         3,185       603      18.9     2,008       299      14.9       954       267      27.9       683       211      30.9 
    65 years and over.........           563        40       7.1       444        20       4.6        97        13      13.5        57         6       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         3,911     1,207      30.9     2,163       562      26.0     1,438       584      40.6     1,011       432      42.8 
     Under 6 years............         1,312       405      30.9       749       189      25.2       451       185      41.1       353       139      39.5 
     6 to 17 years............         2,599       802      30.9     1,414       373      26.4       987       399      40.4       658       293      44.5 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         1,508       213      14.1       844        88      10.5       593       114      19.3       299        56      18.8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         16
         -- 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....         7,494       585       7.8     5,238       373       7.1     1,555        97       6.2     1,410       230      16.3 
   Husbands...................         2,276       160       7.0     1,658        97       5.9       432        29       6.7       370        58      15.7 
    Under 65 years............         1,850       134       7.3     1,310        81       6.2       376        26       6.9       325        53      16.4 
    65 years and over.........           425        25       5.9       348        16       4.5        56         3       (B)        45         5       (B) 
   Wives......................         2,276       160       7.0     1,673       100       6.0       418        27       6.4       382        56      14.6 
    Under 65 years............         1,957       136       6.9     1,399        84       6.0       383        25       6.5       351        51      14.4 
    65 years and over.........           318        24       7.5       273        16       5.8        35         2       (B)        31         5       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         2,009       207      10.3     1,332       139      10.5       436        31       7.1       443        90      20.2 
     Under 6 years............           752        76      10.1       517        58      11.2       152         5       3.5       180        37      20.8 
     6 to 17 years............         1,257       132      10.5       815        82      10.0       284        26       9.1       264        52      19.8 
   Own chldren 18 years/+ ....           731        38       5.2       467        25       5.3       214         9       4.0       140        13       9.4 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with female house-                                                                                                                             
holder, no spouse present.....         3,849     1,606      41.7     1,795       662      36.9     1,923       911      47.4     1,042       526      50.5 
   Householder................         1,164       444      38.1       594       193      32.4       531       241      45.4       305       147      48.1 
    Under 65 years............         1,025       427      41.6       503       187      37.2       484       230      47.4       290       145      49.8 
    65 years and over.........           138        17      12.3        92         6       6.2        47        11       (B)        15         2       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         1,687       950      56.3       722       396      54.9       911       533      58.6       512       325      63.6 
     Under 6 years............           471       294      62.3       185       111      59.9       262       168      64.1       146        91      62.1 
     6 to 17 years............         1,216       656      54.0       537       285      53.1       648       365      56.3       366       235      64.2 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...           670       162      24.2       311        56      18.0       350       106      30.2       148        41      27.8 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with male householder,                                                                                                                         
no spouse present.............           856       112      13.1       481        69      14.4       293        34      11.5       171        40      23.2 
   Householder................           309        39      12.5       191        27      14.1        94        12      12.5        62        14       (B) 
    Under 65 years............           283        39      13.7       173        27      15.5        91        12      13.0        60        14       (B) 
    65 years and over.........            26         0       (B)        18         0       (B)         4         0       (B)         2         0       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............           215        50      23.2       109        27      24.6        92        20      21.7        55        18       (B) 
     Under 6 years............            89        35      40.0        48        21       (B)        37        12       (B)        27        11       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           126        15      11.5        62         6       (B)        55         8       (B)        29         6       (B) 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...           108        13      12.5        65         7       (B)        28         0       (B)        11         2       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In unrelated subfamilies......            74        33       (B)        53        18       (B)        16        16       (B)        27         4       (B) 
    Under 18 years............            41        20       (B)        28         9       (B)        11        11       (B)        11         0       (B) 
     Under 6 years............            20        12       (B)        14         7       (B)         6         6       (B)         4         0       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............            21         7       (B)        13         2       (B)         5         5       (B)         8         0       (B) 
    18 years and over.........            32        14       (B)        26         9       (B)         5         5       (B)        16         4       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Unrelated individuals.........         3,267       689      21.1     2,364       437      18.5       738       206      27.9       401       146      36.3 
  Male........................         1,508       266      17.7     1,108       177      16.0       316        76      24.2       208        54      25.8 
   Under 65 years.............         1,274       211      16.6       925       136      14.7       271        62      23.0       193        46      24.1 
    Living alone..............           669       100      14.9       480        48      10.0       159        45      28.5        72        15       (B) 
   65 years and over..........           234        55      23.7       183        41      22.6        45        14       (B)        16         7       (B) 
    Living alone..............           192        44      22.8       156        34      21.6        33        10       (B)        15         7       (B) 
  Female......................         1,760       422      24.0     1,256       260      20.7       422       130      30.7       193        92      47.7 
   Under 65 years.............         1,207       270      22.4       842       164      19.5       294        78      26.4       143        59      40.9 
    Living alone..............           715       141      19.8       481        80      16.6       202        49      24.3        72        31       (B) 
   65 years and over..........           552       152      27.5       415        96      23.2       128        52      40.5        49        33       (B) 
    Living alone..............           530       143      26.9       398        87      21.9       124        52      41.8        47        31       (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_008.htm