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Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         25
         -- 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, CENTRAL CITIES                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                           
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                 
   Total......................        16,695     2,631      15.8    11,338     1,056       9.3     4,748     1,429      30.1     1,360       242      17.8 
Under 18 years................         4,462     1,032      23.1     2,632       307      11.7     1,655       662      40.0       505       110      21.9 
18 to 24 years................         2,007       483      24.1     1,378       234      17.0       545       227      41.8       190        41      21.6 
25 to 34 years................         2,713       323      11.9     1,841       141       7.7       730       172      23.6       267        40      15.0 
35 to 44 years................         2,566       310      12.1     1,839       134       7.3       640       157      24.6       179        20      11.1 
45 to 54 years................         2,076       163       7.8     1,483        75       5.0       538        73      13.6       103         9       9.1 
55 to 59 years................           660        65       9.8       487        31       6.5       162        33      20.6        46         4       (B) 
60 to 64 years................           511        86      16.8       357        40      11.1       130        37      28.7        26         6       (B) 
65 years and over.............         1,701       171      10.0     1,320        94       7.1       349        67      19.2        44        11       (B) 
   65 to 74 years.............           895        81       9.0       664        42       6.4       206        29      14.0        33         8       (B) 
   75 years and over..........           806        90      11.2       656        52       7.9       143        38      26.7        11         3       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Male                                                                                                                                                       
   Total......................         8,173     1,147      14.0     5,678       472       8.3     2,184       603      27.6       707       107      15.2 
Under 18 years................         2,366       532      22.5     1,405       155      11.0       870       344      39.6       269        51      18.9 
18 to 24 years................           934       177      18.9       693        92      13.3       197        68      34.7        94        22      23.8 
25 to 34 years................         1,376       108       7.9       953        57       6.0       348        50      14.3       141        13       9.5 
35 to 44 years................         1,299       126       9.7     1,003        74       7.4       253        48      18.8        96         9       9.4 
45 to 54 years................           970        83       8.6       712        40       5.6       231        34      14.6        55         6       (B) 
55 to 59 years................           310        28       8.9       221         5       2.4        87        22      25.7        19         0       (B) 
60 to 64 years................           237        40      16.9       183        25      13.5        47        13       (B)        14         3       (B) 
65 years and over.............           680        53       7.7       507        23       4.5       151        24      15.9        19         3       (B) 
   65 to 74 years.............           409        30       7.4       295        14       4.9        96        10      10.4        15         3       (B) 
   75 years and over..........           271        22       8.3       212         8       3.9        55        14       (B)         3         0       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Female                                                                                                                                                     
   Total......................         8,523     1,485      17.4     5,660       585      10.3     2,564       826      32.2       653       135      20.6 
Under 18 years................         2,096       500      23.9     1,228       152      12.4       785       317      40.4       236        60      25.3 
18 to 24 years................         1,073       306      28.5       685       142      20.7       348       159      45.8        96        19      19.5 
25 to 34 years................         1,337       214      16.0       888        83       9.4       382       122      32.0       126        27      21.2 
35 to 44 years................         1,267       183      14.5       835        61       7.2       387       110      28.4        83        11      13.2 
45 to 54 years................         1,105        80       7.2       771        34       4.4       306        39      12.8        48         4       (B) 
55 to 59 years................           350        37      10.6       265        26       9.8        75        11      14.7        26         4       (B) 
60 to 64 years................           274        46      16.8       174        15       8.6        83        24      29.0        12         4       (B) 
65 years and over.............         1,021       118      11.6       813        72       8.8       198        43      21.7        26         8       (B) 
   65 to 74 years.............           486        50      10.4       368        28       7.6       110        19      17.2        18         5       (B) 
   75 years and over..........           535        68      12.7       445        44       9.8        88        24      27.3         8         3       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
   Total......................        16,695     2,631      15.8    11,338     1,056       9.3     4,748     1,429      30.1     1,360       242      17.8 
    65 years and over.........         1,701       171      10.0     1,320        94       7.1       349        67      19.2        44        11       (B) 
In families...................        13,057     1,842      14.1     8,711       588       6.7     3,863     1,161      30.0     1,216       199      16.4 
   Householder................         4,067       528      13.0     2,819       184       6.5     1,119       322      28.8       305        46      15.2 
    Under 65 years............         3,530       494      14.0     2,416       172       7.1       999       306      30.7       288        43      15.0 
    65 years and over.........           538        33       6.2       404        12       3.0       120        15      12.8        17         3       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         4,349       976      22.4     2,559       271      10.6     1,628       653      40.1       478       105      22.0 
     Under 6 years............         1,556       394      25.3       919       138      15.0       593       252      42.6       189        47      24.7 
     6 to 17 years............         2,793       582      20.8     1,640       133       8.1     1,035       401      38.7       290        58      20.2 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         1,351       166      12.3       838        51       6.1       464       112      24.2        95         8       8.9 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         26
         -- 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....         8,736       491       5.6     6,872       237       3.4     1,491       203      13.6       861        92      10.7 
   Husbands...................         2,675       128       4.8     2,146        59       2.8       432        53      12.3       201        17       8.7 
    Under 65 years............         2,245       108       4.8     1,809        54       3.0       357        44      12.4       192        15       8.0 
    65 years and over.........           430        20       4.6       337         5       1.5        76         9      12.0         9         2       (B) 
   Wives......................         2,675       128       4.8     2,154        62       2.9       420        49      11.6       213        21       9.9 
    Under 65 years............         2,358       117       5.0     1,894        62       3.3       372        42      11.2       205        20       9.7 
    65 years and over.........           317        11       3.4       260         0       0.0        48         7       (B)         8         1       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         2,518       205       8.1     1,900       103       5.4       499        85      17.0       341        47      13.8 
     Under 6 years............           906        79       8.7       688        48       7.0       178        31      17.4       133        21      16.0 
     6 to 17 years............         1,612       126       7.8     1,212        55       4.5       321        54      16.7       208        26      12.4 
   Own chldren 18 years/+ ....           723        23       3.2       563         9       1.6       116        13      10.9        55         1       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with female house-                                                                                                                             
holder, no spouse present.....         3,538     1,285      36.3     1,351       304      22.5     2,113       942      44.6       226        88      38.8 
   Householder................         1,108       376      33.9       481       106      22.0       605       264      43.7        63        23       (B) 
    Under 65 years............           977       362      37.0       392        97      24.7       563       260      46.1        58        22       (B) 
    65 years and over.........           131        14      10.8        89         9      10.5        42         5       (B)         5         1       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         1,610       755      46.9       525       159      30.2     1,045       565      54.1       104        52      50.0 
     Under 6 years............           570       308      54.0       192        84      44.0       375       220      58.7        43        25       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............         1,040       447      43.0       333        74      22.3       671       345      51.5        60        26       (B) 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...           541       128      23.7       219        33      14.9       317        94      29.6        30         7       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with male householder,                                                                                                                         
no spouse present.............           783        66       8.4       489        47       9.6       259        15       5.8       128        20      15.5 
   Householder................           284        24       8.4       187        19      10.1        85         4       4.8        40         7       (B) 
    Under 65 years............           268        23       8.4       179        19      10.6        77         3       3.4        38         7       (B) 
    65 years and over.........            16         1       (B)         8         0       (B)         8         1       (B)         2         0       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............           220        16       7.3       134        10       7.3        84         3       3.9        34         6       (B) 
     Under 6 years............            79         7       9.1        39         6       (B)        40         1       (B)        12         0       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           141         9       6.3        95         4       4.3        43         2       (B)        21         6       (B) 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...            87        15      17.1        56         9       (B)        31         6       (B)         9         0       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In unrelated subfamilies......           131        64      49.2        82        41      50.0        38        12       (B)        33         7       (B) 
    Under 18 years............            84        42      50.2        55        28       (B)        21         5       (B)        22         4       (B) 
     Under 6 years............            30        18       (B)        22        15       (B)         8         3       (B)         5         2       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............            54        24       (B)        33        13       (B)        12         2       (B)        17         2       (B) 
    18 years and over.........            47        22       (B)        27        13       (B)        17         7       (B)        11         2       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Unrelated individuals.........         3,507       725      20.7     2,545       428      16.8       847       256      30.3       112        36      32.3 
  Male........................         1,764       356      20.2     1,254       199      15.9       445       132      29.6        70        18       (B) 
   Under 65 years.............         1,576       326      20.7     1,118       182      16.2       392       120      30.5        67        16       (B) 
    Living alone..............           788       127      16.1       549        61      11.2       212        58      27.5        22         1       (B) 
   65 years and over..........           188        30      15.7       136        18      13.0        52        12       (B)         3         1       (B) 
    Living alone..............           144        25      17.2       116        16      13.7        28         9       (B)         2         1       (B) 
  Female......................         1,743       369      21.2     1,291       229      17.7       402       125      31.0        41        19       (B) 
   Under 65 years.............         1,232       279      22.6       866       169      19.5       315        94      29.8        33        13       (B) 
    Living alone..............           726       147      20.3       461        67      14.6       234        70      29.8         9         4       (B) 
   65 years and over..........           511        91      17.7       425        60      14.1        87        31      35.6         8         6       (B) 
    Living alone..............           498        83      16.7       417        55      13.3        81        28      34.1         6         3       (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_013.htm