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Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         33
         -- 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 
SOUTH, METROPOLITAN AREAS                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                 
   Total......................        73,069     8,668      11.9    55,537     5,062       9.1    15,344     3,338      21.8     9,397     2,020      21.5 
Under 18 years................        18,613     3,230      17.4    13,127     1,612      12.3     4,844     1,528      31.5     3,055       880      28.8 
18 to 24 years................         7,174     1,315      18.3     5,159       811      15.7     1,760       450      25.6     1,097       273      24.9 
25 to 34 years................        10,537     1,075      10.2     7,828       672       8.6     2,314       373      16.1     1,614       282      17.5 
35 to 44 years................        12,122       976       8.1     9,272       581       6.3     2,493       357      14.3     1,514       238      15.7 
45 to 54 years................         9,758       609       6.2     7,717       376       4.9     1,784       207      11.6       930       122      13.1 
55 to 59 years................         3,420       316       9.2     2,770       221       8.0       568        92      16.2       335        51      15.2 
60 to 64 years................         2,754       263       9.6     2,304       190       8.2       383        66      17.2       247        48      19.3 
65 years and over.............         8,690       885      10.2     7,361       600       8.1     1,199       265      22.1       606       126      20.8 
   65 to 74 years.............         4,942       516      10.4     4,105       326       7.9       739       178      24.1       370        65      17.6 
   75 years and over..........         3,748       369       9.8     3,256       274       8.4       460        87      18.8       236        61      25.8 
                                                                                                                                                           
Male                                                                                                                                                       
   Total......................        35,810     3,778      10.6    27,535     2,267       8.2     7,163     1,370      19.1     4,709       915      19.4 
Under 18 years................         9,593     1,698      17.7     6,854       842      12.3     2,396       805      33.6     1,551       442      28.5 
18 to 24 years................         3,643       560      15.4     2,654       392      14.8       858       140      16.4       590       126      21.4 
25 to 34 years................         5,182       382       7.4     3,930       282       7.2     1,026        85       8.2       817       129      15.8 
35 to 44 years................         6,049       398       6.6     4,694       247       5.3     1,177       128      10.9       780       100      12.9 
45 to 54 years................         4,724       249       5.3     3,789       165       4.4       825        69       8.4       464        45       9.6 
55 to 59 years................         1,626       138       8.5     1,339       102       7.6       236        36      15.0       146        22      15.4 
60 to 64 years................         1,243        92       7.4     1,071        67       6.3       151        22      14.6       105        13      12.9 
65 years and over.............         3,751       263       7.0     3,204       169       5.3       493        84      17.0       256        37      14.4 
   65 to 74 years.............         2,265       195       8.6     1,925       122       6.3       291        66      22.8       165        24      14.3 
   75 years and over..........         1,486        67       4.5     1,279        47       3.7       202        17       8.5        92        13      14.5 
                                                                                                                                                           
Female                                                                                                                                                     
   Total......................        37,259     4,890      13.1    28,002     2,795      10.0     8,181     1,969      24.1     4,688     1,106      23.6 
Under 18 years................         9,021     1,532      17.0     6,272       770      12.3     2,448       722      29.5     1,504       438      29.1 
18 to 24 years................         3,531       755      21.4     2,505       419      16.7       902       310      34.3       507       147      28.9 
25 to 34 years................         5,356       694      13.0     3,898       390      10.0     1,288       289      22.4       797       154      19.3 
35 to 44 years................         6,072       579       9.5     4,578       333       7.3     1,315       228      17.4       734       138      18.8 
45 to 54 years................         5,034       360       7.2     3,928       211       5.4       959       138      14.4       466        77      16.6 
55 to 59 years................         1,795       178       9.9     1,431       119       8.3       332        56      17.0       189        28      15.1 
60 to 64 years................         1,511       171      11.3     1,233       123       9.9       232        44      18.9       142        34      24.0 
65 years and over.............         4,939       622      12.6     4,157       431      10.4       706       181      25.7       349        89      25.6 
   65 to 74 years.............         2,678       321      12.0     2,180       204       9.3       448       112      25.0       205        42      20.4 
   75 years and over..........         2,262       302      13.3     1,977       227      11.5       258        69      26.8       144        48      33.0 
                                                                                                                                                           
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
   Total......................        73,069     8,668      11.9    55,537     5,062       9.1    15,344     3,338      21.8     9,397     2,020      21.5 
    65 years and over.........         8,690       885      10.2     7,361       600       8.1     1,199       265      22.1       606       126      20.8 
In families...................        61,041     6,318      10.4    46,338     3,408       7.4    12,815     2,688      21.0     8,334     1,681      20.2 
   Householder................        19,581     1,806       9.2    15,314       981       6.4     3,790       764      20.2     2,259       429      19.0 
    Under 65 years............        16,303     1,625      10.0    12,523       869       6.9     3,343       703      21.0     2,021       394      19.5 
    65 years and over.........         3,277       181       5.5     2,791       112       4.0       447        61      13.6       238        35      14.5 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        18,304     3,078      16.8    12,939     1,516      11.7     4,725     1,471      31.1     2,977       829      27.9 
     Under 6 years............         5,998     1,127      18.8     4,298       581      13.5     1,494       521      34.9     1,106       336      30.3 
     6 to 17 years............        12,306     1,951      15.9     8,641       935      10.8     3,231       950      29.4     1,870       494      26.4 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         5,669       462       8.2     3,864       220       5.7     1,640       236      14.4       752       112      14.9 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         34
         -- 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....        47,141     2,662       5.6    38,935     1,969       5.1     6,625       573       8.6     6,155       956      15.5 
   Husbands...................        14,894       678       4.6    12,633       508       4.0     1,884       133       7.1     1,594       217      13.6 
    Under 65 years............        12,124       571       4.7    10,156       431       4.2     1,626       111       6.8     1,425       198      13.9 
    65 years and over.........         2,770       108       3.9     2,477        77       3.1       258        23       8.7       169        18      10.8 
   Wives......................        14,894       678       4.6    12,594       513       4.1     1,830       129       7.1     1,650       219      13.3 
    Under 65 years............        12,756       608       4.8    10,692       470       4.4     1,631       111       6.8     1,528       202      13.2 
    65 years and over.........         2,139        70       3.3     1,902        43       2.3       199        19       9.3       122        17      14.1 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............        12,928     1,090       8.4    10,358       807       7.8     2,056       240      11.7     2,155       451      20.9 
     Under 6 years............         4,368       398       9.1     3,572       309       8.7       626        78      12.5       829       191      23.0 
     6 to 17 years............         8,560       692       8.1     6,786       498       7.3     1,430       162      11.3     1,325       260      19.6 
   Own chldren 18 years/+ ....         3,449       140       4.1     2,634        83       3.2       679        53       7.8       438        38       8.6 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with female house-                                                                                                                             
holder, no spouse present.....        11,060     3,252      29.4     5,489     1,184      21.6     5,392     2,004      37.2     1,626       619      38.1 
   Householder................         3,639       980      26.9     1,936       375      19.4     1,647       587      35.6       486       176      36.3 
    Under 65 years............         3,130       913      29.2     1,607       344      21.4     1,473       550      37.3       429       164      38.3 
    65 years and over.........           509        67      13.2       329        30       9.2       174        37      21.4        57        12       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         4,507     1,813      40.2     1,973       598      30.3     2,445     1,174      48.0       666       332      49.8 
     Under 6 years............         1,342       675      50.3       525       235      44.8       794       426      53.6       216       128      59.0 
     6 to 17 years............         3,166     1,138      35.9     1,448       364      25.1     1,651       749      45.3       450       204      45.4 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         1,945       304      15.6     1,038       119      11.5       881       182      20.6       265        63      23.7 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with male householder,                                                                                                                         
no spouse present.............         2,839       404      14.2     1,914       255      13.3       799       111      13.9       554       107      19.3 
   Householder................         1,048       148      14.1       712        94      13.2       297        46      15.3       176        37      20.7 
    Under 65 years............           926       134      14.5       617        82      13.3       271        44      16.4       154        32      21.0 
    65 years and over.........           122        14      11.2        95        12      13.0        27         1       (B)        22         4       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............           868       176      20.2       608       110      18.2       224        57      25.4       156        46      29.6 
     Under 6 years............           288        55      19.0       202        37      18.4        74        18       (B)        60        17       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           581       121      20.8       406        73      18.0       151        39      26.2        95        29      30.7 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...           275        18       6.7       193        17       8.9        80         1       1.4        48        11       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In unrelated subfamilies......           364       158      43.4       215        94      43.8       143        64      44.8        79        48      61.6 
    Under 18 years............           205        94      45.8       112        53      47.1        89        41      45.8        43        29       (B) 
     Under 6 years............            58        27       (B)        36        21       (B)        20         6       (B)        15        12       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           147        67      45.5        76        32      41.9        69        35       (B)        28        17       (B) 
    18 years and over.........           159        64      40.3       102        41      40.0        54        23       (B)        36        19       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Unrelated individuals.........        11,664     2,192      18.8     8,984     1,560      17.4     2,386       586      24.5       984       291      29.6 
  Male........................         5,809       911      15.7     4,372       635      14.5     1,252       253      20.2       609       140      23.0 
   Under 65 years.............         5,129       779      15.2     3,838       560      14.6     1,111       198      17.8       573       129      22.5 
    Living alone..............         2,553       291      11.4     1,857       187      10.1       619        94      15.2       214        21       9.6 
   65 years and over..........           680       132      19.4       534        75      14.1       141        55      39.1        36        11       (B) 
    Living alone..............           563        84      15.0       459        55      11.9        99        28      28.0        27         7       (B) 
  Female......................         5,855     1,281      21.9     4,612       925      20.1     1,134       332      29.3       375       151      40.2 
   Under 65 years.............         3,991       824      20.6     3,005       580      19.3       895       222      24.8       284        96      33.8 
    Living alone..............         2,266       357      15.7     1,666       248      14.9       550       103      18.6       124        31      25.3 
   65 years and over..........         1,864       457      24.5     1,608       345      21.4       239       110      46.2        91        55      60.3 
    Living alone..............         1,798       430      23.9     1,549       325      21.0       231       103      44.8        88        53      60.6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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_017.htm