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Table 20.  Income Deficit or Surplus of Families and Unrelated
           People by Poverty Status: 1999  

                                                                                                                                                                                          Deficit or   
                                                                                                                                                         Mean deficit   Median deficit   surplus per   
                                                                                                                                                          or surplus     or surplus         capita     
                                                                  $500    $1,000    $2,000    $3,000    $4,000    $5,000    $6,000    $7,000    $8,000           Stand          Stand-          Stand- 
                                                       Under        to        to        to        to        to        to        to        to        or             ard             ard             ard 
                                             Total      $500      $999    $1,999    $2,999    $3,999    $4,999    $5,999    $6,999    $7,999      more   Value   error   Value   error   Value   error 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
WHITE                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Below Poverty                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
All families...........................      4,377       237       212       441       414       365       342       371       275       240     1,479   6,449     115   5,476     140   1,852      49 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Number of related children under 18:                                                                                                                                                                   
      None.............................      1,141       107        94       157       133        74        85        85        60        43       303   4,920     182   4,063     330   2,235     132 
      One or more......................      3,236       131       118       285       281       291       257       286       215       197     1,176   6,988     139   5,894     164   1,776      53 
        One............................      1,111        63        36       107       111       118        77       138        70        69       321   5,768     181   5,311     189   2,217     118 
        Two or more....................      2,126        67        82       178       170       173       180       148       145       128       855   7,624     185   6,447     249   1,647      59 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Married-couple families................      2,161       154       126       257       191       176       174       147       118       121       696   6,236     174   5,007     229   1,618      63 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Number of related children under 18:                                                                                                                                                                   
      None.............................        827        90        69       119        80        44        53        53        39        31       250   5,077     223   4,237     445   2,330     162 
      One or more......................      1,333        64        57       139       111       133       121        94        79        90       446   6,955     240   5,443     305   1,421      67 
        One............................        319        26         9        40        28        39        15        26        11        27        99   5,950     397   5,109     713   1,745     172 
        Two or more....................      1,014        39        48        99        82        93       107        68        68        62       348   7,271     288   5,569     366   1,356      73 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Families with female householder,                                                                                                                                                                      
no spouse present......................      1,883        72        70       144       183       157       135       201       137       103       682   6,817     167   5,899     186   2,153      84 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Number of related children under 18:                                                                                                                                                                   
      None.............................        227        11        19        26        40        23        24        24        18        11        31   4,381     330   3,776     503   1,924     243 
      One or more......................      1,656        61        52       118       143       133       112       176       119        92       651   7,151     180   6,281     269   2,175      89 
        One............................        670        32        22        57        61        73        51       107        48        37       181   5,650     209   5,360     189   2,506     175 
        Two or more....................        986        29        29        61        81        60        61        69        70        55       470   8,172     255   7,577     448   2,048     103 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
All unrelated subfamilies..............        160         2         1        13        10        10        12        17         9        20        65   7,428     492   7,249     643   2,912     385 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Unrelated individuals..................      6,375       519       600     1,012       867       569       403       368       328       391     1,317   4,167      59   3,332     110   4,167     135 
    Male...............................      2,575       177       217       297       355       280       177       182       159       143       587   4,469      92   3,862     143   4,469     228 
    Female.............................      3,800       342       383       715       512       289       226       187       168       248       729   3,962      77   2,898      94   3,962     170 
Table 20.  Income Deficit or Surplus of Families and Unrelated
           People by Poverty Status: 1999  

                                                                                                                                                                                          Deficit or   
                                                                                                                                                         Mean deficit   Median deficit   surplus per   
                                                                                                                                                          or surplus     or surplus         capita     
                                                                  $500    $1,000    $2,000    $3,000    $4,000    $5,000    $6,000    $7,000    $8,000           Stand          Stand-          Stand- 
                                                       Under        to        to        to        to        to        to        to        to        or             ard             ard             ard 
                                             Total      $500      $999    $1,999    $2,999    $3,999    $4,999    $5,999    $6,999    $7,999      more   Value   error   Value   error   Value   error 
WHITE                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Above Poverty                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
All families...........................     55,879       257       301       557       639       686       581       652       713       679    50,813  55,705     445  40,713     313  18,030     222 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Number of related children under 18:                                                                                                                                                                   
      None.............................     29,275        89       155       240       289       328       283       310       344       363    26,874  56,507     604  41,027     446  24,371     353 
      One or more......................     26,604       168       146       317       350       358       298       342       369       315    23,939  54,823     657  40,390     439  13,922     218 
        One............................     11,165        57        73       128       141       150       123       137       186       130    10,038  53,498     913  40,732     669  16,958     366 
        Two or more....................     15,440       111        73       190       209       208       176       205       183       186    13,901  55,781     920  40,137     594  12,384     249 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Married-couple families................     46,633       154       161       324       384       481       366       458       488       477    43,340  60,279     509  44,841     332  19,121     241 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Number of related children under 18:                                                                                                                                                                   
      None.............................     25,307        70       103       167       208       264       224       254       302       290    23,424  59,365     675  43,447     474  25,814     395 
      One or more......................     21,326        83        59       157       176       217       142       204       186       187    19,916  61,364     772  46,328     466  14,735     242 
        One............................      8,099        19        18        50        58        58        41        63        82        54     7,655  62,920   1,142  49,281     700  18,442     434 
        Two or more....................     13,227        64        40       107       117       158       101       141       104       133    12,260  60,412   1,030  44,330     575  13,061     273 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Families with female householder,                                                                                                                                                                      
no spouse present...............             6,497        86       104       196       204       164       173       146       180       154     5,089  28,806     751  20,684     567  10,333     324 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Number of related children under 18:                                                                                                                                                                   
      None.............................      2,653        11        39        53        67        48        46        45        36        52     2,255  33,131     925  26,507     983  13,784     553 
      One or more......................      3,844        75        65       143       137       116       127       102       144       102     2,834  25,821   1,091  17,630     567   8,457     402 
        One............................      2,183        34        36        72        65        73        66        54        77        58     1,648  26,107   1,360  18,456     671  10,397     631 
        Two or more....................      1,661        41        29        71        72        42        61        48        67        43     1,185  25,444   1,783  16,531     768   6,757     518 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
All unrelated subfamilies...............       270         9        12        11        16        22        22        19        13         0       146  15,198   1,667   9,041   2,430   6,158     871 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Unrelated individuals...................    29,777       498       473     1,118     1,110     1,169       977       934     1,120       866    21,513  26,280     424  16,607     182  26,280     539 
    Male...............................     14,552       168       152       424       328       463       319       357       517       375    11,449  31,679     770  20,317     259  31,679     970 
    Female.............................     15,225       330       321       693       781       706       658       577       603       491    10,065  21,119     371  13,432     276  21,119     534 

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/new20_002.htm