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Table 5.  Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of people in 2000.
A "Poverty Area" is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                               ALL AREAS          IN POVERTY AREAS      30 PERCENT OR MORE     40 PERCENT OR MORE   OUTSIDE OF POVERTY AREA 
                                                   Currently              Currently              Currently              Currently              Currently    
                                                     Below                  Below                  Below                  Below                  Below      
                                                 poverty level          poverty level          poverty level          poverty level          poverty level  
                                         Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent 
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                            
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                            
   Total...........................       11,305   1,214   10.7   1,208     214   17.8     429      91   21.2     115      40   34.4  10,097     999    9.9 
Under 18 years.....................        3,103     447   14.4     277      73   26.2      96      27   28.0      23      11    (B)   2,826     374   13.3 
18 to 24 years.....................        1,136     154   13.6     172      30   17.6      82      14   17.4      24       8    (B)     964     124   12.8 
25 to 34 years.....................        2,078     180    8.7     246      31   12.7      98      14   14.1      32       7    (B)   1,832     149    8.1 
35 to 44 years.....................        1,895     129    6.8     167      16    9.9      52       6    (B)      10       3    (B)   1,728     113    6.5 
45 to 54 years.....................        1,492     131    8.8     112      22   19.3      36      15    (B)      12       9    (B)   1,380     110    7.9 
55 to 59 years.....................          450      56   12.3      57      14    (B)      30      11    (B)       4       0    (B)     393      41   10.5 
60 to 64 years.....................          318      31    9.9      36       3    (B)      15       0    (B)       7       0    (B)     282      29   10.2 
65 years and over..................          833      86   10.3     141      25   18.1      21       4    (B)       3       2    (B)     692      60    8.7 
  65 to 74 years...................          495      55   11.1      76      17   22.8      14       2    (B)       3       2    (B)     419      38    9.0 
  75 years and over................          338      30    9.0      65       8    (B)       7       2    (B)       0       0    (B)     273      22    8.2 
                                                                                                                                                            
Male                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                            
   Total...........................        5,516     588   10.7     608      84   13.9     211      36   17.0      52      20    (B)   4,908     504   10.3 
Under 18 years.....................        1,551     249   16.1     161      33   20.7      59      13    (B)      15       7    (B)   1,390     216   15.5 
18 to 24 years.....................          553      65   11.7      78       7    9.4      37       2    (B)       6       2    (B)     475      58   12.1 
25 to 34 years.....................        1,029      86    8.4     131      12    9.4      61       9    (B)      23       7    (B)     898      74    8.3 
35 to 44 years.....................          920      51    5.5      85       5    6.1      17       0    (B)       2       0    (B)     835      46    5.5 
45 to 54 years.....................          703      61    8.7      49      10    (B)       9       4    (B)       4       4    (B)     654      51    7.7 
55 to 59 years.....................          216      24   10.9      28       7    (B)      17       7    (B)       2       0    (B)     188      17    9.0 
60 to 64 years.....................          145      12    8.5      12       0    (B)       1       0    (B)       0       0    (B)     133      12    9.3 
65 years and over..................          398      40   10.0      64       9    (B)       9       1    (B)       0       0    (B)     334      30    9.1 
  65 to 74 years...................          237      24   10.3      36       6    (B)       6       0    (B)       0       0    (B)     202      18    9.0 
  75 years and over................          161      15    9.5      29       3    (B)       3       1    (B)       0       0    (B)     132      12    9.3 
                                                                                                                                                            
Female                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                            
   Total...........................        5,789     626   10.8     600     130   21.7     219      55   25.2      63      20    (B)   5,190     496    9.6 
Under 18 years.....................        1,552     198   12.8     116      39   33.9      37      13    (B)       7       4    (B)   1,436     159   11.1 
18 to 24 years.....................          583      89   15.3      94      23   24.3      45      12    (B)      18       6    (B)     489      66   13.6 
25 to 34 years.....................        1,049      93    8.9     116      19   16.5      36       5    (B)       9       0    (B)     933      74    8.0 
35 to 44 years.....................          975      78    8.0      82      11   13.8      34       6    (B)       9       3    (B)     893      67    7.5 
45 to 54 years.....................          789      70    8.9      63      11    (B)      27      11    (B)       9       5    (B)     726      59    8.1 
55 to 59 years.....................          233      32   13.7      29       7    (B)      13       5    (B)       2       0    (B)     205      24   11.9 
60 to 64 years.....................          173      19   11.0      24       3    (B)      14       0    (B)       7       0    (B)     149      16   11.0 
65 years and over..................          435      46   10.6      76      16   21.1      12       3    (B)       3       2    (B)     358      30    8.3 
  65 to 74 years...................          257      31   11.9      40      11    (B)       8       2    (B)       3       2    (B)     217      20    9.1 
  75 years and over................          177      15    8.5      36       5    (B)       4       1    (B)       0       0    (B)     141      10    7.2 
                                                                                                                                                            
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                      
   Total...........................       11,305   1,214   10.7   1,208     214   17.8     429      91   21.2     115      40   34.4  10,097     999    9.9 
     65 years and over.............          833      86   10.3     141      25   18.1      21       4    (B)       3       2    (B)     692      60    8.7 
In families........................        9,894     932    9.4     945     134   14.2     305      53   17.3      66      16    (B)   8,949     798    8.9 
  Householders.....................        2,663     235    8.8     270      34   12.7      87      15   17.3      20       2    (B)   2,393     201    8.4 
    Under 65 years.................        2,418     208    8.6     220      27   12.3      78      14   18.1      20       2    (B)   2,198     181    8.2 
    65 years and over..............          245      27   11.1      51       7    (B)       9       1    (B)       0       0    (B)     194      20   10.3 
  Related children under 18 years..        3,070     434   14.1     277      73   26.2      96      27   28.0      23      11    (B)   2,793     361   12.9 
    Under 6 years..................        1,063     129   12.2     106      29   27.3      40       7    (B)       3       2    (B)     957     100   10.5 
    6 to 17 years..................        2,007     305   15.2     171      44   25.5      56      19    (B)      20       9    (B)   1,836     261   14.2 
  Own children 18 years and over...          899      57    6.3      93       2    2.7      37       2    (B)       1       0    (B)     805      54    6.8 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
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Table 5.  Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of people in 2000.
A "Poverty Area" is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                               ALL AREAS          IN POVERTY AREAS      30 PERCENT OR MORE     40 PERCENT OR MORE   OUTSIDE OF POVERTY AREA 
                                                   Currently              Currently              Currently              Currently              Currently    
                                                     Below                  Below                  Below                  Below                  Below      
                                                 poverty level          poverty level          poverty level          poverty level          poverty level  
                                         Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent 
                                                                                                                                                            
In married-couple families ........        8,316     707    8.5     711      83   11.7     202      28   13.8      48      16    (B)   7,605     624    8.2 
  Husbands.........................        2,168     175    8.1     199      22   10.9      56       7    (B)      13       2    (B)   1,968     153    7.8 
    Under 65 years.................        1,908     144    7.6     148      15   10.4      47       6    (B)      13       2    (B)   1,760     129    7.3 
    65 years and over..............          260      30   11.7      52       6    (B)       9       1    (B)       0       0    (B)     208      24   11.6 
  Wives............................        2,376     173    7.3     216      21    9.9      61       9    (B)      15       4    (B)   2,160     152    7.0 
    Under 65 years.................        2,219     160    7.2     186      20   11.0      58       8    (B)      15       4    (B)   2,034     139    6.8 
    65 years and over..............          157      14    8.8      31       1    (B)       3       1    (B)       0       0    (B)     126      13   10.2 
  Related children under 18 years..        2,591     302   11.7     193      40   20.9      60      12    (B)      20      11    (B)   2,398     262   10.9 
    Under 6 years..................          906      80    8.9      74      12    (B)      24       2    (B)       3       2    (B)     832      68    8.2 
    6 to 17 years..................        1,685     222   13.2     120      28   23.6      36      10    (B)      17       9    (B)   1,565     194   12.4 
  Own children 18 years and over...          718      53    7.4      61       0    (B)      18       0    (B)       0       0    (B)     657      53    8.1 
                                                                                                                                                            
In families with female householder,                                                                                                                        
no spouse present...................       1,052     206   19.6     138      49   35.6      48      25    (B)      12       0    (B)     914     157   17.2 
  Householder......................          299      59   19.9      39      14    (B)      17       8    (B)       5       0    (B)     259      45   17.4 
    Under 65 years.................          280      58   20.8      39      14    (B)      17       8    (B)       5       0    (B)     241      44   18.3 
    65 years and over..............           18       1    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      18       1    (B) 
  Related children under 18 years..          396     128   32.3      67      32    (B)      21      14    (B)       3       0    (B)     329      96   29.1 
    Under 6 years..................          121      48   39.8      20      17    (B)       5       5    (B)       0       0    (B)     101      31   31.2 
    6 to 17 years..................          275      80   29.1      47      16    (B)      15       9    (B)       3       0    (B)     228      64   28.2 
  Own children 18 years and over...          126       4    3.0      17       2    (B)       7       2    (B)       1       0    (B)     109       1    1.1 
                                                                                                                                                            
In unrelated subfamilies...........           35      10    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      35      10    (B) 
  Under 18 years...................           15       3    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      15       3    (B) 
    Under 6 years..................            4       1    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       4       1    (B) 
    6 to 17 years..................           11       2    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      11       2    (B) 
  18 years and over................           20       7    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      20       7    (B) 
                                                                                                                                                            
Unrelated individuals..............        1,375     271   19.7     262      80   30.6     124      38   30.7      49      23    (B)   1,113     191   17.2 
 Male .............................          751     124   16.6     128      28   22.3      53      16    (B)      20      11    (B)     623      96   15.4 
    Under 65 years.................          707     118   16.6     116      26   22.7      53      16    (B)      20      11    (B)     590      91   15.4 
      Living alone.................          298      31   10.3      43       2    (B)      16       2    (B)       6       2    (B)     255      28   11.1 
    65 years and over..............           44       7    (B)      12       2    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      33       5    (B) 
      Living alone.................           25       7    (B)       6       2    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      18       5    (B) 
 Female............................          624     147   23.6     134      52   38.4      71      23    (B)      29      12    (B)     490      96   19.5 
    Under 65 years.................          527     117   22.2     107      38   35.1      66      21    (B)      27      10    (B)     420      80   19.0 
      Living alone.................          218      33   15.3      49      13    (B)      32       7    (B)      14       4    (B)     169      21   12.2 
    65 years and over..............           97      30   30.8      28      14    (B)       5       2    (B)       2       2    (B)      69      16    (B) 
      Living alone.................           73      25    (B)      26      12    (B)       5       2    (B)       2       2    (B)      47      13    (B) 
                                                                                                                                                            
Residence and Region                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                            
United States......................       11,305   1,214   10.7   1,208     214   17.8     429      91   21.2     115      40   34.4  10,097     999    9.9 
  Metropolitan.....................       10,896   1,169   10.7   1,172     205   17.5     411      86   21.0     111      36   32.2   9,724     963    9.9 
    Central city...................        4,904     586   11.9     965     165   17.1     382      72   18.9     107      32   29.7   3,939     421   10.7 
    Not central city...............        5,992     583    9.7     207      41   19.6      29      14    (B)       4       4    (B)   5,785     542    9.4 
  Outside metropolitan.............          409      45   11.0      36       9    (B)      19       5    (B)       4       4    (B)     374      36    9.6 
                                                                                                                                                            
Northeast..........................        1,895     244   12.9     252      46   18.3     108      24   22.3      24      12    (B)   1,643     198   12.0 
  Metropolitan.....................        1,865     244   13.1     252      46   18.3     108      24   22.3      24      12    (B)   1,613     198   12.3 
    Central city...................          970     166   17.1     248      46   18.6     108      24   22.3      24      12    (B)     722     120   16.6 
    Not central city...............          896      78    8.7       4       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)     892      78    8.8 
  Outside metropolitan.............           30       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      30       0    (B) 
                                                                                                                                                            
Midwest............................        1,307     104    8.0     156      23   14.6      83       7    8.3      17       2    (B)   1,152      82    7.1 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
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Table 5.  Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of people in 2000.
A "Poverty Area" is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                               ALL AREAS          IN POVERTY AREAS      30 PERCENT OR MORE     40 PERCENT OR MORE   OUTSIDE OF POVERTY AREA 
                                                   Currently              Currently              Currently              Currently              Currently    
                                                     Below                  Below                  Below                  Below                  Below      
                                                 poverty level          poverty level          poverty level          poverty level          poverty level  
                                         Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent 
  Metropolitan.....................        1,234      98    7.9     150      23   15.2      77       7    9.0      17       2    (B)   1,084      75    6.9 
    Central city...................          429      40    9.4     145      23   15.7      77       7    9.0      17       2    (B)     284      18    6.2 
    Not central city...............          805      57    7.1       5       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)     800      57    7.2 
  Outside metropolitan.............           73       7    (B)       6       0    (B)       6       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      67       7    (B) 
                                                                                                                                                            
South..............................        2,017     195    9.7     170      37   21.7      65       9    (B)      44       9    (B)   1,847     158    8.6 
  Metropolitan.....................        1,936     191    9.9     156      33   21.4      55       6    (B)      40       6    (B)   1,780     158    8.9 
    Central city...................          689      74   10.7     129      30   23.0      53       6    (B)      40       6    (B)     560      44    7.9 
    Not central city...............        1,247     118    9.4      27       4    (B)       2       0    (B)       0       0    (B)   1,220     114    9.3 
  Outside metropolitan.............           81       4    4.5      14       4    (B)      10       4    (B)       4       4    (B)      67       0    (B) 
                                                                                                                                                            
West...............................        6,086     671   11.0     629     108   17.2     173      51   29.3      30      17    (B)   5,456     562   10.3 
  Metropolitan.....................        5,860     636   10.8     614     103   16.8     170      50   29.2      30      17    (B)   5,246     533   10.2 
    Central city...................        2,817     306   10.9     444      66   14.9     143      35   24.7      26      13    (B)   2,373     240   10.1 
    Not central city...............        3,044     330   10.8     170      37   21.6      27      14    (B)       4       4    (B)   2,873     293   10.2 
  Outside metropolitan.............          225      35   15.4      15       5    (B)       3       1    (B)       0       0    (B)     210      29   13.9 
                                                                                                                                                            
Receipt of Assistance                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                            
In household that received                                                                                                                                  
 means-tested assistance...........        2,935     688   23.4     562     141   25.0     205      60   29.1      52      18    (B)   2,373     547   23.1 
  Cash assistance..................          970     227   23.4     126      30   24.2      49      24    (B)       8       4    (B)     845     197   23.3 
  Noncash assistance...............        2,900     688   23.7     558     141   25.2     205      60   29.1      52      18    (B)   2,342     547   23.4 
    Food Stamps....................          442     257   58.0     102      39   38.5      50      28    (B)      15      15    (B)     340     217   63.9 
    School Lunch only                                                                                                                                       
     (free or reduced price).......          371      31    8.3      78       9   11.9      29       9    (B)       0       0    (B)     293      21    7.3 
In household that did not                                                                                                                                   
 receive assistance................        8,370     526    6.3     646      74   11.4     225      31   14.0      63      21    (B)   7,725     453    5.9 
                                                                                                                                                            
Years of School Completed                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                            
People 16 to 24 years..............        1,480     231   15.6     197      42   21.1      93      20   21.9      28      10    (B)   1,282     189   14.8 
  Enrolled in school...............        1,006     178   17.7     119      26   21.5      62      16    (B)      22       8    (B)     887     153   17.2 
  Not enrolled.....................          473      53   11.2      78      16   20.6      31       4    (B)       5       2    (B)     396      37    9.3 
    No high school diploma.........           58       5    (B)      12       2    (B)       7       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      46       3    (B) 
                                                                                                                                                            
People 25 years and over...........        7,066     613    8.7     759     112   14.7     252      50   19.9      69      21    (B)   6,307     501    7.9 
  No high school diploma...........          897     146   16.3     218      46   20.9      70      20    (B)      23       9    (B)     679     101   14.8 
  High school diploma or more......        6,169     467    7.6     541      66   12.2     182      30   16.6      46      12    (B)   5,628     401    7.1 
    No college.....................        1,509     159   10.6     191      22   11.4      61      10    (B)       6       0    (B)   1,318     138   10.4 
    Some college, no BA or higher degree   1,356     120    8.8     141       9    6.2      40       5    (B)       8       3    (B)   1,215     111    9.1 
    Completed BA or higher degree..        3,304     188    5.7     208      35   17.0      80      15   18.2      32       9    (B)   3,095     152    4.9 
                                                                                                                                                            
Work Experience                                                                                                                                             
Total..............................       11,305   1,214   10.7   1,208     214   17.8     429      91   21.2     115      40   34.4  10,097     999    9.9 
Male...............................        5,516     588   10.7     608      84   13.9     211      36   17.0      52      20    (B)   4,908     504   10.3 
  Under 16 years...................        1,371     205   14.9     152      30   19.8      59      13    (B)      15       7    (B)   1,219     175   14.3 
  16 to 64 years...................        3,746     343    9.2     392      45   11.4     143      22   15.0      37      13    (B)   3,355     298    8.9 
    Worked during year.............        3,153     164    5.2     331      25    7.6     101       9    9.2      20       7    (B)   2,822     139    4.9 
      Full-time year-round.........        2,469      87    3.5     203       3    1.3      55       0    (B)       2       0    (B)   2,266      84    3.7 
      Not full-time year-round.....          684      77   11.3     128      22   17.6      46       9    (B)      19       7    (B)     557      55    9.9 
    Did not work...................          593     179   30.1      61      20    (B)      43      12    (B)      16       6    (B)     532     159   29.9 
  65 years and over................          398      40   10.0      64       9    (B)       9       1    (B)       0       0    (B)     334      30    9.1 
    Worked during year.............          100       5    4.6      17       0    (B)       6       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      84       5    5.5 
      Full-time year-round.........           55       0    (B)       8       0    (B)       2       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      47       0    (B) 
      Not full-time year-round.....           45       5    (B)       8       0    (B)       4       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      37       5    (B) 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
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Table 5.  Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of people in 2000.
A "Poverty Area" is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                               ALL AREAS          IN POVERTY AREAS      30 PERCENT OR MORE     40 PERCENT OR MORE   OUTSIDE OF POVERTY AREA 
                                                   Currently              Currently              Currently              Currently              Currently    
                                                     Below                  Below                  Below                  Below                  Below      
                                                 poverty level          poverty level          poverty level          poverty level          poverty level  
                                         Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent Total  Number  Percent 
    Did not work...................          298      35   11.8      48       9    (B)       3       1    (B)       0       0    (B)     250      26   10.3 
Female.............................        5,789     626   10.8     600     130   21.7     219      55   25.2      63      20    (B)   5,190     496    9.6 
  Under 16 years...................        1,388     165   11.9     100      31   31.1      26       7    (B)       4       2    (B)   1,288     134   10.4 
  16 to 64 years...................        3,967     415   10.5     424      83   19.6     181      45   25.0      56      16    (B)   3,544     332    9.4 
    Worked during year.............        2,683     152    5.7     269      22    8.3     101       7    7.1      36       6    (B)   2,414     130    5.4 
      Full-time year-round.........        1,718      28    1.6     142       3    1.8      44       0    (B)      11       0    (B)   1,576      25    1.6 
      Not full-time year-round.....          965     125   12.9     127      20   15.5      57       7    (B)      25       6    (B)     838     105   12.5 
    Did not work...................        1,284     263   20.4     154      61   39.3      80      38   47.6      20      10    (B)   1,130     202   17.9 
  65 years and over................          435      46   10.6      76      16   21.1      12       3    (B)       3       2    (B)     358      30    8.3 
    Worked during year.............           45       3    (B)      11       0    (B)       2       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      35       3    (B) 
      Full-time year-round.........           21       0    (B)       5       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      16       0    (B) 
      Not full-time year-round.....           25       3    (B)       6       0    (B)       2       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      18       3    (B) 
    Did not work...................          389      43   11.1      65      16    (B)      10       3    (B)       3       2    (B)     324      27    8.4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: (hhes-info@census.gov) Housing and Household Economics Statistics Information Staff
Last revised: December 10, 2001
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032001/pov/new05_006.htm