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Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         21
         -- 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 
MIDWEST                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                           
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                 
   Total......................        63,451     6,210       9.8    54,828     4,109       7.5     6,793     1,795      26.4     2,593       422      16.3 
Under 18 years................        17,173     2,352      13.7    14,164     1,341       9.5     2,376       862      36.3       970       205      21.2 
18 to 24 years................         6,199       945      15.2     5,267       631      12.0       735       273      37.2       351        60      17.1 
25 to 34 years................         8,602       755       8.8     7,231       511       7.1     1,029       218      21.2       505        80      15.8 
35 to 44 years................        10,323       715       6.9     9,118       509       5.6       926       176      19.0       394        33       8.4 
45 to 54 years................         8,601       438       5.1     7,601       325       4.3       807        92      11.4       201        15       7.4 
55 to 59 years................         2,844       197       6.9     2,561       152       5.9       230        33      14.5        66         4       (B) 
60 to 64 years................         2,309       224       9.7     2,075       165       8.0       184        47      25.5        36         9       (B) 
65 years and over.............         7,400       584       7.9     6,809       475       7.0       505        93      18.4        68        15       (B) 
   65 to 74 years.............         3,990       263       6.6     3,627       207       5.7       305        43      14.1        50        11       (B) 
   75 years and over..........         3,410       321       9.4     3,182       267       8.4       200        50      24.9        19         4       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Male                                                                                                                                                       
   Total......................        31,206     2,675       8.6    27,126     1,778       6.6     3,152       749      23.7     1,355       180      13.3 
Under 18 years................         8,762     1,141      13.0     7,166       632       8.8     1,244       427      34.4       511        91      17.7 
18 to 24 years................         3,046       354      11.6     2,676       248       9.3       275        83      30.2       184        33      18.1 
25 to 34 years................         4,268       257       6.0     3,622       188       5.2       478        62      13.1       262        25       9.5 
35 to 44 years................         5,185       319       6.1     4,661       253       5.4       392        54      13.9       206        12       6.0 
45 to 54 years................         4,319       202       4.7     3,873       151       3.9       352        40      11.4       111        11      10.2 
55 to 59 years................         1,412        94       6.7     1,271        71       5.6       123        22      18.0        33         1       (B) 
60 to 64 years................         1,072       107      10.0       981        88       9.0        73        13       (B)        18         4       (B) 
65 years and over.............         3,142       202       6.4     2,877       146       5.1       216        46      21.2        29         3       (B) 
   65 to 74 years.............         1,859       107       5.7     1,682        76       4.5       141        22      15.7        24         3       (B) 
   75 years and over..........         1,284        95       7.4     1,195        70       5.9        75        24       (B)         5         0       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Female                                                                                                                                                     
   Total......................        32,246     3,534      11.0    27,702     2,331       8.4     3,640     1,047      28.8     1,238       242      19.5 
Under 18 years................         8,411     1,211      14.4     6,998       708      10.1     1,132       435      38.4       459       115      25.0 
18 to 24 years................         3,153       591      18.8     2,591       383      14.8       460       190      41.4       167        27      16.0 
25 to 34 years................         4,334       497      11.5     3,610       323       8.9       552       156      28.3       243        55      22.6 
35 to 44 years................         5,139       396       7.7     4,457       256       5.7       534       122      22.8       189        21      10.9 
45 to 54 years................         4,283       236       5.5     3,729       175       4.7       456        52      11.4        90         4       4.0 
55 to 59 years................         1,432       103       7.2     1,291        80       6.2       106        11      10.4        33         4       (B) 
60 to 64 years................         1,237       117       9.5     1,094        77       7.0       111        34      30.6        18         5       (B) 
65 years and over.............         4,257       382       9.0     3,932       328       8.4       289        47      16.3        39        12       (B) 
   65 to 74 years.............         2,131       156       7.3     1,945       131       6.7       164        21      12.7        25         8       (B) 
   75 years and over..........         2,127       226      10.6     1,987       197       9.9       125        26      20.9        14         4       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
   Total......................        63,451     6,210       9.8    54,828     4,109       7.5     6,793     1,795      26.4     2,593       422      16.3 
    65 years and over.........         7,400       584       7.9     6,809       475       7.0       505        93      18.4        68        15       (B) 
In families...................        53,182     4,307       8.1    45,963     2,606       5.7     5,637     1,476      26.2     2,326       354      15.2 
   Householder................        16,850     1,287       7.6    14,833       831       5.6     1,634       401      24.5       588        85      14.5 
    Under 65 years............        14,239     1,183       8.3    12,445       756       6.1     1,446       378      26.1       565        82      14.5 
    65 years and over.........         2,611       104       4.0     2,388        75       3.1       188        23      12.5        23         3       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        16,854     2,202      13.1    13,909     1,219       8.8     2,332       851      36.5       936       198      21.1 
     Under 6 years............         5,601       870      15.5     4,559       496      10.9       813       331      40.8       378        91      24.1 
     6 to 17 years............        11,254     1,332      11.8     9,350       722       7.7     1,519       520      34.2       558       107      19.1 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         4,809       254       5.3     4,033       123       3.0       643       127      19.7       168        11       6.7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         22
         -- 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....        42,448     1,705       4.0    38,680     1,335       3.5     2,521       259      10.3     1,750       186      10.6 
   Husbands...................        13,155       480       3.7    12,131       381       3.1       723        68       9.4       411        36       8.7 
    Under 65 years............        10,903       400       3.7    10,025       320       3.2       612        54       8.8       399        34       8.4 
    65 years and over.........         2,252        81       3.6     2,107        61       2.9       112        14      12.8        12         2       (B) 
   Wives......................        13,155       480       3.7    12,119       391       3.2       698        60       8.6       432        38       8.9 
    Under 65 years............        11,405       422       3.7    10,464       345       3.3       622        51       8.2       421        37       8.8 
    65 years and over.........         1,749        58       3.3     1,655        45       2.7        76         9      12.0        10         1       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        12,473       679       5.4    11,172       519       4.6       845       111      13.1       703       104      14.7 
     Under 6 years............         4,196       270       6.4     3,753       218       5.8       262        31      11.8       295        52      17.8 
     6 to 17 years............         8,277       409       4.9     7,419       300       4.1       583        80      13.8       408        51      12.5 
   Own chldren 18 years/+ ....         3,218        44       1.4     2,888        29       1.0       210        13       6.0       114         2       1.7 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with female house-                                                                                                                             
holder, no spouse present.....         8,162     2,372      29.1     5,187     1,087      21.0     2,721     1,176      43.2       351       145      41.4 
   Householder................         2,756       726      26.3     1,896       371      19.6       790       328      41.5       106        40      38.1 
    Under 65 years............         2,374       705      29.7     1,586       356      22.4       724       323      44.7        99        39      39.4 
    65 years and over.........           382        21       5.4       310        16       5.1        67         5       (B)         6         1       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         3,561     1,426      40.1     2,065       624      30.2     1,348       722      53.6       167        87      52.5 
     Under 6 years............         1,136       552      48.6       597       236      39.5       494       295      59.8        59        38       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............         2,424       874      36.0     1,467       388      26.4       854       427      50.0       107        49      46.0 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         1,276       181      14.2       878        78       8.9       387       101      26.1        38         9       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with male householder,                                                                                                                         
no spouse present.............         2,571       230       9.0     2,095       184       8.8       395        41      10.4       225        23      10.2 
   Householder................           939        82       8.7       779        72       9.2       131         8       6.4        71        10       (B) 
    Under 65 years............           860        73       8.4       717        69       9.6       115         3       2.3        66        10       (B) 
    65 years and over.........            78         9      11.4        62         3       (B)        16         6       (B)         4         0       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............           821        98      11.9       672        76      11.3       138        17      12.4        67         7       (B) 
     Under 6 years............           269        48      17.8       209        42      20.2        56         5       (B)        24         1       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           552        50       9.0       463        34       7.4        82        12      14.9        43         6       (B) 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...           315        29       9.3       268        16       5.9        46        13       (B)        17         0       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In unrelated subfamilies......           383       170      44.4       311       145      46.5        59        12       (B)        39         9       (B) 
    Under 18 years............           230       105      45.7       187        90      48.2        33         5       (B)        26         6       (B) 
     Under 6 years............            73        38       (B)        54        34       (B)        18         3       (B)         9         3       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           157        67      43.0       132        56      42.2        15         2       (B)        17         2       (B) 
    18 years and over.........           153        65      42.3       125        55      43.8        25         7       (B)        12         3       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Unrelated individuals.........         9,887     1,732      17.5     8,554     1,359      15.9     1,097       307      28.0       229        59      25.8 
  Male........................         4,838       795      16.4     4,127       597      14.5       576       162      28.0       134        25      18.4 
   Under 65 years.............         4,155       686      16.5     3,522       517      14.7       504       138      27.3       126        23      18.5 
    Living alone..............         2,227       322      14.5     1,915       247      12.9       264        67      25.3        40         4       (B) 
   65 years and over..........           683       108      15.9       605        81      13.3        72        24       (B)         8         1       (B) 
    Living alone..............           565        72      12.8       514        50       9.8        47        20       (B)         6         1       (B) 
  Female......................         5,049       938      18.6     4,427       761      17.2       521       145      27.9        95        34      36.2 
   Under 65 years.............         3,147       640      20.3     2,642       499      18.9       412       112      27.3        80        25      30.7 
    Living alone..............         1,810       272      15.0     1,444       175      12.1       311        83      26.7        24         5       (B) 
   65 years and over..........         1,902       298      15.7     1,785       262      14.7       110        33      30.1        15        10       (B) 
    Living alone..............         1,829       272      14.9     1,721       239      13.9       104        30      28.7        12         8       (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_011.htm