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Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         47
         -- 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 
WEST, METROPOLITAN,                                                                                                                                        
 NOT IN CENTRAL CITIES                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                 
   Total......................        31,881     3,319      10.4    27,492     2,833      10.3     1,218       194      15.9     7,521     1,544      20.5 
Under 18 years................         8,963     1,298      14.5     7,717     1,132      14.7       364        79      21.8     2,841       789      27.8 
18 to 24 years................         3,118       520      16.7     2,668       407      15.3       144        42      29.5       917       197      21.4 
25 to 34 years................         4,410       497      11.3     3,771       430      11.4       200        23      11.5     1,267       255      20.1 
35 to 44 years................         5,308       329       6.2     4,489       292       6.5       247        21       8.3     1,107       147      13.3 
45 to 54 years................         4,317       251       5.8     3,698       212       5.7       144        13       9.1       688        74      10.7 
55 to 59 years................         1,470        81       5.5     1,314        66       5.1        31         2       (B)       184        10       5.2 
60 to 64 years................         1,123       105       9.3       973        85       8.8        28         4       (B)       143        14       9.9 
65 years and over.............         3,173       238       7.5     2,861       208       7.3        59         9       (B)       374        60      15.9 
   65 to 74 years.............         1,741       131       7.5     1,548       117       7.6        33         2       (B)       252        52      20.7 
   75 years and over..........         1,431       107       7.5     1,313        90       6.9        26         8       (B)       122         8       6.1 
                                                                                                                                                           
Male                                                                                                                                                       
   Total......................        15,667     1,474       9.4    13,527     1,267       9.4       579        69      12.0     3,832       714      18.6 
Under 18 years................         4,569       659      14.4     3,923       571      14.6       205        42      20.6     1,475       400      27.1 
18 to 24 years................         1,538       216      14.0     1,327       167      12.6        53        13       (B)       488        85      17.5 
25 to 34 years................         2,216       204       9.2     1,896       185       9.8        94         4       4.3       634       106      16.7 
35 to 44 years................         2,622       139       5.3     2,242       123       5.5       105         7       6.7       571        65      11.4 
45 to 54 years................         2,116       104       4.9     1,812        93       5.1        78         3       4.3       341        30       8.8 
55 to 59 years................           669        32       4.8       605        26       4.3        10         0       (B)        87         5       6.1 
60 to 64 years................           568        45       8.0       492        42       8.4        10         0       (B)        71         3       (B) 
65 years and over.............         1,369        76       5.5     1,231        60       4.9        24         0       (B)       166        19      11.5 
   65 to 74 years.............           773        44       5.7       690        34       4.9        15         0       (B)       110        15      13.7 
   75 years and over..........           596        32       5.4       541        26       4.9         8         0       (B)        56         4       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Female                                                                                                                                                     
   Total......................        16,214     1,844      11.4    13,964     1,566      11.2       639       124      19.4     3,688       830      22.5 
Under 18 years................         4,393       640      14.6     3,794       561      14.8       159        37      23.3     1,366       389      28.5 
18 to 24 years................         1,581       304      19.2     1,342       240      17.9        91        30      32.6       430       111      25.9 
25 to 34 years................         2,193       292      13.3     1,875       244      13.0       106        19      17.9       633       149      23.5 
35 to 44 years................         2,686       190       7.1     2,248       169       7.5       142        13       9.5       536        81      15.2 
45 to 54 years................         2,201       147       6.7     1,886       119       6.3        66        10       (B)       347        44      12.6 
55 to 59 years................           801        49       6.1       709        41       5.7        21         2       (B)        96         4       4.5 
60 to 64 years................           556        59      10.7       480        44       9.1        18         4       (B)        72        11       (B) 
65 years and over.............         1,804       162       9.0     1,631       148       9.1        35         9       (B)       209        41      19.4 
   65 to 74 years.............           968        87       9.0       859        84       9.8        18         2       (B)       142        37      26.0 
   75 years and over..........           835        75       9.0       772        64       8.3        18         8       (B)        67         4       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                           
   Total......................        31,881     3,319      10.4    27,492     2,833      10.3     1,218       194      15.9     7,521     1,544      20.5 
    65 years and over.........         3,173       238       7.5     2,861       208       7.3        59         9       (B)       374        60      15.9 
In families...................        26,951     2,456       9.1    23,190     2,099       9.1       940       130      13.8     6,902     1,380      20.0 
   Householder................         8,036       625       7.8     6,993       514       7.4       286        44      15.3     1,662       284      17.1 
    Under 65 years............         6,954       588       8.5     6,013       485       8.1       260        44      16.9     1,543       273      17.7 
    65 years and over.........         1,082        37       3.4       980        29       2.9        27         0       (B)       119        11       9.0 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         8,833     1,240      14.0     7,604     1,081      14.2       360        75      20.9     2,801       771      27.5 
     Under 6 years............         2,984       492      16.5     2,561       432      16.9       114        35      31.1     1,085       310      28.6 
     6 to 17 years............         5,850       748      12.8     5,043       649      12.9       247        40      16.2     1,716       461      26.9 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...         2,373       152       6.4     1,974       120       6.1        84         4       4.6       585        67      11.5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Table 4. Residence and Region by Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin                                                                                                                                         48
         -- 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....        21,816     1,427       6.5    18,947     1,293       6.8       615        29       4.7     5,135       879      17.1 
   Husbands...................         6,317       311       4.9     5,547       275       4.9       170         5       3.0     1,197       157      13.2 
    Under 65 years............         5,331       270       5.1     4,655       243       5.2       147         5       3.4     1,103       152      13.8 
    65 years and over.........           986        41       4.1       891        31       3.5        23         0       (B)        95         5       5.4 
   Wives......................         6,317       311       4.9     5,527       269       4.9       150         5       3.3     1,211       162      13.4 
    Under 65 years............         5,589       291       5.2     4,872       253       5.2       141         5       3.6     1,133       156      13.7 
    65 years and over.........           728        20       2.7       654        17       2.6        10         0       (B)        77         6       7.7 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         6,937       656       9.5     6,030       617      10.2       220        19       8.6     2,041       457      22.4 
     Under 6 years............         2,395       279      11.6     2,076       268      12.9        55         0       (B)       823       208      25.3 
     6 to 17 years............         4,542       377       8.3     3,954       348       8.8       165        19      11.4     1,217       249      20.5 
   Own chldren 18 years/+ ....         1,614        74       4.6     1,313        58       4.4        65         0       (B)       389        36       9.2 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with female house-                                                                                                                             
holder, no spouse present.....         3,768       905      24.0     3,091       709      22.9       285        99      34.6     1,294       447      34.5 
   Householder................         1,247       276      22.1     1,030       211      20.5       110        38      34.5       343       110      32.2 
    Under 65 years............         1,109       272      24.5       906       208      23.0       104        38      36.3       315       108      34.2 
    65 years and over.........           138         4       2.9       123         3       2.3         5         0       (B)        28         3       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............         1,477       524      35.5     1,185       410      34.6       131        55      42.3       604       280      46.4 
     Under 6 years............           468       197      42.2       373       148      39.6        59        35       (B)       195        90      46.0 
     6 to 17 years............         1,009       327      32.4       812       262      32.3        72        20       (B)       409       190      46.6 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...           605        69      11.3       533        52       9.8        20         4       (B)       159        27      16.8 
                                                                                                                                                           
In families with male householder,                                                                                                                         
no spouse present.............         1,366       124       9.1     1,151        97       8.5        40         2       (B)       473        54      11.5 
   Householder................           472        39       8.2       407        29       7.1        15         1       (B)       137        13       9.5 
    Under 65 years............           450        35       7.9       385        26       6.6        15         1       (B)       129        10       7.9 
    65 years and over.........            22         3       (B)        21         3       (B)         0         0       (B)         8         3       (B) 
   Related children                                                                                                                                        
    Under 18 years............           419        60      14.3       389        55      14.0         9         1       (B)       157        34      21.8 
     Under 6 years............           121        16      13.3       111        16      14.5         0         0       (B)        67        12       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............           299        44      14.7       278        39      13.9         9         1       (B)        90        22      24.5 
   Own children 18 years/+ ...           154        10       6.6       128        10       7.9         0         0       (B)        37         5       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
In unrelated subfamilies......           159        44      27.9       127        39      30.8         0         0       (B)        52        13       (B) 
    Under 18 years............            82        29      35.4        70        25       (B)         0         0       (B)        28         9       (B) 
     Under 6 years............            37        15       (B)        33        11       (B)         0         0       (B)        12         2       (B) 
     6 to 17 years............            46        14       (B)        37        14       (B)         0         0       (B)        16         7       (B) 
    18 years and over.........            77        15      19.9        57        13       (B)         0         0       (B)        25         4       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                           
Unrelated individuals.........         4,771       818      17.1     4,175       695      16.6       278        64      23.0       567       151      26.6 
  Male........................         2,303       345      15.0     1,990       291      14.6       118        20      17.0       358        68      19.0 
   Under 65 years.............         2,053       321      15.6     1,758       273      15.5       117        20      17.2       334        64      19.2 
    Living alone..............           797        60       7.5       668        54       8.1        41         3       (B)        82         4       4.4 
   65 years and over..........           250        25       9.8       232        18       7.8         1         0       (B)        24         4       (B) 
    Living alone..............           204        17       8.3       192        13       6.5         1         0       (B)        21         1       (B) 
  Female......................         2,468       473      19.2     2,185       404      18.5       160        44      27.5       209        83      39.5 
   Under 65 years.............         1,755       356      20.3     1,508       295      19.6       142        36      25.5       178        65      36.7 
    Living alone..............           830       102      12.3       695        85      12.3        90        16      17.3        56         9       (B) 
   65 years and over..........           713       117      16.4       677       108      16.0        18         8       (B)        31        17       (B) 
    Living alone..............           659        95      14.4       625        86      13.8        17         8       (B)        26        13       (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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