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Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         17
         -- 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,                                                                                                                                   
 NOT IN CENTRAL CITIES                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                 
   Total......................        30,749     2,115       6.9    27,806     1,709       6.1     1,942       306      15.8     1,477       236      16.0 
Under 18 years................         7,752       711       9.2     6,837       546       8.0       623       123      19.8       443        91      20.5 
18 to 24 years................         2,580       250       9.7     2,228       189       8.5       237        40      17.0       166        34      20.2 
25 to 34 years................         3,723       217       5.8     3,268       170       5.2       298        31      10.2       265        37      13.8 
35 to 44 years................         5,423       307       5.7     4,850       233       4.8       365        65      17.9       286        38      13.2 
45 to 54 years................         4,239       168       4.0     3,920       145       3.7       199        19       9.4       179        11       6.1 
55 to 59 years................         1,605        93       5.8     1,529        87       5.7        53         6       (B)        43        13       (B) 
60 to 64 years................         1,230        52       4.2     1,157        39       3.4        58        12       (B)        27         3       (B) 
65 years and over.............         4,196       317       7.6     4,016       299       7.5       109        10       9.4        69        10       (B) 
   65 to 74 years.............         2,189        93       4.3     2,090        87       4.1        58         4       (B)        54         9       (B) 
   75 years and over..........         2,006       224      11.2     1,926       213      11.0        51         7       (B)        15         1       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Male                                                                                                                                                       
   Total......................        14,839       844       5.7    13,492       703       5.2       905       102      11.2       728       105      14.4 
Under 18 years................         3,917       363       9.3     3,481       302       8.7       312        43      13.7       228        48      21.1 
18 to 24 years................         1,367       104       7.6     1,180        74       6.3       140        26      18.3        85        16      18.6 
25 to 34 years................         1,775        66       3.7     1,587        56       3.5       126         3       2.2       128        14      10.6 
35 to 44 years................         2,573       117       4.5     2,317        94       4.1       155        20      13.2       138        16      11.7 
45 to 54 years................         2,059        67       3.2     1,921        64       3.3        79         0       0.0        89         3       3.8 
55 to 59 years................           752        30       3.9       720        26       3.6        23         3       (B)        23         3       (B) 
60 to 64 years................           622        24       3.9       590        17       2.9        28         7       (B)        11         1       (B) 
65 years and over.............         1,773        74       4.2     1,695        70       4.2        42         0       (B)        25         4       (B) 
   65 to 74 years.............           979        27       2.7       933        25       2.7        23         0       (B)        19         4       (B) 
   75 years and over..........           794        47       5.9       762        45       5.9        19         0       (B)         7         0       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Female                                                                                                                                                     
   Total......................        15,910     1,271       8.0    14,314     1,006       7.0     1,038       205      19.7       748       131      17.5 
Under 18 years................         3,835       348       9.1     3,356       244       7.3       311        80      25.9       215        43      19.8 
18 to 24 years................         1,213       146      12.0     1,048       115      11.0        97        15      15.2        81        18      21.9 
25 to 34 years................         1,949       152       7.8     1,681       115       6.8       172        28      16.1       136        23      16.8 
35 to 44 years................         2,850       190       6.7     2,533       139       5.5       210        45      21.3       148        22      14.6 
45 to 54 years................         2,179       101       4.7     1,999        81       4.0       120        19      15.6        90         7       8.3 
55 to 59 years................           853        64       7.5       809        61       7.5        30         3       (B)        19        11       (B) 
60 to 64 years................           609        27       4.5       567        22       3.9        31         5       (B)        16         2       (B) 
65 years and over.............         2,422       244      10.1     2,321       229       9.9        67        10       (B)        43         7       (B) 
   65 to 74 years.............         1,210        67       5.5     1,157        61       5.3        35         4       (B)        35         5       (B) 
   75 years and over..........         1,212       177      14.6     1,164       167      14.4        32         7       (B)         8         1       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
   Total......................        30,749     2,115       6.9    27,806     1,709       6.1     1,942       306      15.8     1,477       236      16.0 
    65 years and over.........         4,196       317       7.6     4,016       299       7.5       109        10       9.4        69        10       (B) 
In families...................        26,228     1,415       5.4    23,644     1,086       4.6     1,672       238      14.2     1,284       176      13.7 
   Householder................         8,181       435       5.3     7,461       334       4.5       478        77      16.1       372        55      14.6 
    Under 65 years............         6,769       390       5.8     6,109       295       4.8       436        73      16.7       359        55      15.2 
    65 years and over.........         1,412        45       3.2     1,352        39       2.9        42         4       (B)        14         0       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         7,641       663       8.7     6,736       502       7.5       617       119      19.3       438        89      20.2 
     Under 6 years............         2,383       202       8.5     2,095       139       6.6       191        42      22.1       161        39      24.0 
     6 to 17 years............         5,258       461       8.8     4,641       363       7.8       425        77      18.0       277        50      18.0 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         2,903       104       3.6     2,552        74       2.9       249        27      10.7        96         9       9.1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         18
         -- 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....        21,686       491       2.3    19,856       406       2.0     1,029        39       3.8       885        39       4.4 
   Husbands...................         6,599       138       2.1     6,131       122       2.0       274         7       2.6       244        10       4.1 
    Under 65 years............         5,377       113       2.1     4,963        98       2.0       241         7       3.0       236         9       3.7 
    65 years and over.........         1,223        26       2.1     1,169        24       2.0        33         0       (B)         8         1       (B) 
   Wives......................         6,599       138       2.1     6,122       117       1.9       260        10       3.7       254        11       4.4 
    Under 65 years............         5,643       111       2.0     5,191        92       1.8       240        10       4.1       243        11       4.6 
    65 years and over.........           957        27       2.8       931        25       2.7        20         0       (B)        11         0       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         6,121       189       3.1     5,509       144       2.6       355        22       6.3       291        17       5.8 
     Under 6 years............         2,007        64       3.2     1,810        49       2.7       116         7       6.2       110        12      10.5 
     6 to 17 years............         4,114       125       3.0     3,699        96       2.6       239        15       6.4       181         5       2.9 
   Own chldren 18 years/+ ....         2,004        22       1.1     1,795        19       1.1       122         0       0.0        52         0       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with female house-                                                                                                                             
holder, no spouse present.....         3,424       787      23.0     2,784       563      20.2       561       190      33.9       268       108      40.3 
   Householder................         1,200       251      20.9       996       176      17.6       175        64      36.7        89        35      39.8 
    Under 65 years............         1,009       239      23.7       824       168      20.4       158        60      38.0        88        35      40.2 
    65 years and over.........           191        12       6.1       172         7       4.3        17         4       (B)         1         0       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         1,248       423      33.9       995       317      31.8       233        91      39.2       118        58      49.3 
     Under 6 years............           291       120      41.2       216        79      36.6        61        30       (B)        37        22       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           958       304      31.7       779       238      30.5       172        61      35.7        80        36      44.5 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...           700        75      10.8       573        49       8.5       114        27      23.3        35         9       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with male householder,                                                                                                                         
no spouse present.............         1,118       137      12.3     1,003       117      11.6        81         8       9.8       130        28      21.8 
   Householder................           381        46      12.0       345        39      11.3        27         3       (B)        35         9       (B) 
    Under 65 years............           308        37      11.9       275        30      10.9        25         3       (B)        34         9       (B) 
    65 years and over.........            73         9       (B)        70         9       (B)         2         0       (B)         1         0       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............           271        50      18.6       232        41      17.7        29         5       (B)        29        14       (B) 
     Under 6 years............            85        19      22.0        69        11       (B)        14         5       (B)        13         5       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           186        32      17.0       162        30      18.2        15         0       (B)        16         9       (B) 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...           199         6       3.2       185         6       3.5        12         0       (B)         8         0       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In unrelated subfamilies......           119        38      32.4       110        34      31.0         9         4       (B)         2         0       (B) 
    Under 18 years............            73        25       (B)        69        23       (B)         4         2       (B)         1         0       (B) 
     Under 6 years............            14         4       (B)        12         2       (B)         2         2       (B)         0         0       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............            59        21       (B)        57        21       (B)         2         0       (B)         1         0       (B) 
    18 years and over.........            46        13       (B)        41        11       (B)         5         2       (B)         1         0       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Unrelated individuals.........         4,402       662      15.0     4,052       589      14.5       262        64      24.5       190        60      31.6 
  Male........................         1,895       230      12.1     1,736       192      11.1       125        34      26.8       101        28      28.0 
   Under 65 years.............         1,520       198      13.0     1,369       161      11.8       118        34      28.4        95        27      28.4 
    Living alone..............           727        72       9.9       657        63       9.5        53         7       (B)        21         4       (B) 
   65 years and over..........           375        32       8.6       367        31       8.4         7         0       (B)         6         1       (B) 
    Living alone..............           321        19       5.9       314        18       5.6         5         0       (B)         6         1       (B) 
  Female......................         2,508       432      17.2     2,317       397      17.1       136        30      22.3        89        32      35.7 
   Under 65 years.............         1,461       246      16.8     1,295       217      16.8       116        27      23.0        70        25       (B) 
    Living alone..............           854        80       9.4       761        74       9.7        70         6       (B)        23         5       (B) 
   65 years and over..........         1,047       186      17.8     1,022       180      17.6        20         4       (B)        20         7       (B) 
    Living alone..............           956       145      15.2       938       142      15.1        18         4       (B)        13         4       (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
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