There is also additional background information for this table group.

Contents for Table

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

                                               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...........................       12,465   1,275   10.2   1,289     269   20.9     529     140   26.4     199      87   43.8  11,176   1,006    9.0 
Under 18 years.....................        3,215     369   11.5     231      45   19.6      76      20   26.4      21      15    (B)   2,984     324   10.9 
18 to 24 years.....................        1,385     260   18.8     238      75   31.5     141      52   36.6      77      38   50.1   1,146     185   16.1 
25 to 34 years.....................        2,234     182    8.1     289      56   19.3     132      34   25.5      58      16    (B)   1,946     126    6.5 
35 to 44 years.....................        2,071     166    8.0     170      27   16.1      69      11    (B)      16       5    (B)   1,901     138    7.3 
45 to 54 years.....................        1,724     117    6.8     152      16   10.6      47      11    (B)       8       7    (B)   1,572     101    6.4 
55 to 59 years.....................          558      42    7.6      64      13    (B)      22       5    (B)       3       2    (B)     494      29    5.9 
60 to 64 years.....................          380      47   12.5      35       4    (B)       9       3    (B)       3       2    (B)     345      43   12.5 
65 years and over..................          899      92   10.2     111      32   28.9      33       4    (B)      12       2    (B)     788      59    7.5 
  65 to 74 years...................          551      62   11.2      64      22    (B)      23       4    (B)       9       2    (B)     487      40    8.1 
  75 years and over................          348      30    8.5      47      10    (B)      10       1    (B)       4       0    (B)     301      20    6.6 
                                                                                                                                                            
Male                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                            
   Total...........................        6,076     611   10.1     689     145   21.1     294      77   26.1     113      51   45.2   5,387     466    8.6 
Under 18 years.....................        1,630     188   11.5     133      26   19.8      45      11    (B)      12       8    (B)   1,497     162   10.8 
18 to 24 years.....................          705     129   18.2     131      45   34.5      88      34   38.5      51      28    (B)     574      84   14.5 
25 to 34 years.....................        1,098      83    7.6     159      25   16.0      76      14   18.0      34       7    (B)     939      57    6.1 
35 to 44 years.....................        1,008      67    6.6      89      13   14.3      37       5    (B)       8       3    (B)     919      54    5.9 
45 to 54 years.....................          815      63    7.7      77      10   13.5      19       8    (B)       3       3    (B)     737      52    7.1 
55 to 59 years.....................          259      13    5.0      29       8    (B)      12       3    (B)       0       0    (B)     231       5    2.1 
60 to 64 years.....................          168      15    8.8      19       2    (B)       5       2    (B)       2       2    (B)     149      13    8.9 
65 years and over..................          392      54   13.8      52      15    (B)      12       1    (B)       3       0    (B)     340      39   11.4 
  65 to 74 years...................          253      37   14.7      31      13    (B)       6       1    (B)       2       0    (B)     222      24   10.8 
  75 years and over................          139      17   12.2      21       2    (B)       5       0    (B)       2       0    (B)     118      15   12.6 
                                                                                                                                                            
Female                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                            
   Total...........................        6,390     664   10.4     601     124   20.6     235      63   26.8      86      36   42.0   5,789     540    9.3 
Under 18 years.....................        1,585     181   11.4      98      19   19.3      31       9    (B)      10       7    (B)   1,487     162   10.9 
18 to 24 years.....................          680     131   19.3     108      30   27.8      53      18    (B)      26      10    (B)     572     101   17.7 
25 to 34 years.....................        1,137      99    8.7     130      30   23.3      56      20    (B)      24       9    (B)   1,007      69    6.8 
35 to 44 years.....................        1,063      99    9.3      81      15   18.0      31       6    (B)       8       3    (B)     982      84    8.6 
45 to 54 years.....................          909      54    6.0      74       6    (B)      28       4    (B)       5       3    (B)     835      49    5.9 
55 to 59 years.....................          299      29    9.8      36       5    (B)      10       2    (B)       3       2    (B)     263      24    9.2 
60 to 64 years.....................          211      33   15.4      15       3    (B)       4       2    (B)       1       0    (B)     196      30   15.2 
65 years and over..................          507      37    7.4      59      17    (B)      21       3    (B)       9       2    (B)     448      21    4.6 
  65 to 74 years...................          298      25    8.3      33       9    (B)      16       3    (B)       7       2    (B)     265      16    5.9 
  75 years and over................          209      13    6.1      26       8    (B)       5       0    (B)       2       0    (B)     183       5    2.7 
                                                                                                                                                            
Household Relationship                                                                                                                                      
   Total...........................       12,465   1,275   10.2   1,289     269   20.9     529     140   26.4     199      87   43.8  11,176   1,006    9.0 
     65 years and over.............          899      92   10.2     111      32   28.9      33       4    (B)      12       2    (B)     788      59    7.5 
In families........................       10,745     873    8.1     930     116   12.4     327      53   16.2      88      36   40.4   9,815     757    7.7 
  Householders.....................        2,980     234    7.8     291      34   11.7      96      14   14.4      24       7    (B)   2,689     199    7.4 
    Under 65 years.................        2,708     206    7.6     260      27   10.4      83      13   15.6      19       7    (B)   2,448     179    7.3 
    65 years and over..............          273      28   10.3      31       7    (B)      13       1    (B)       5       0    (B)     242      21    8.6 
  Related children under 18 years..        3,169     353   11.1     224      38   17.0      76      20   26.0      21      15    (B)   2,946     315   10.7 
    Under 6 years..................        1,079     105    9.7      86      11   12.3      33       6    (B)       7       4    (B)     993      95    9.5 
    6 to 17 years..................        2,090     248   11.8     137      27   20.0      43      14    (B)      14      11    (B)   1,952     220   11.3 
  Own children 18 years and over...        1,047      84    8.0     105       9    8.9      39       5    (B)      13       4    (B)     941      75    8.0 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
 
 
Table 5.  Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of people in 2001.
A "Poverty Area" is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.
(Numbers in thousands)

                                               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 ........        8,854     624    7.1     672      75   11.2     218      35   15.9      59      28    (B)   8,182     549    6.7 
  Husbands.........................        2,272     150    6.6     200      21   10.7      63       9    (B)      18       6    (B)   2,072     129    6.2 
    Under 65 years.................        2,036     120    5.9     172      16    9.4      54       8    (B)      15       6    (B)   1,864     104    5.6 
    65 years and over..............          235      30   12.9      28       5    (B)       9       1    (B)       3       0    (B)     207      25   12.1 
  Wives............................        2,668     158    5.9     217      22   10.0      79       9   11.1      20       6    (B)   2,451     137    5.6 
    Under 65 years.................        2,489     148    5.9     195      18    9.1      70       8    (B)      16       6    (B)   2,294     130    5.7 
    65 years and over..............          178      11    5.9      22       4    (B)       9       1    (B)       3       0    (B)     157       7    4.2 
  Related children under 18 years..        2,698     241    8.9     169      23   13.8      55      13    (B)      17      12    (B)   2,529     218    8.6 
    Under 6 years..................          964      72    7.5      67       3    (B)      23       1    (B)       3       1    (B)     897      69    7.7 
    6 to 17 years..................        1,734     169    9.7     102      20   19.6      33      12    (B)      14      11    (B)   1,632     149    9.1 
  Own children 18 years and over...          777      65    8.4      55       6    (B)      17       4    (B)       4       4    (B)     722      59    8.2 
                                                                                                                                                            
In families with female householder,                                                                                                                        
no spouse present...................       1,333     198   14.8     195      30   15.6      84      15   18.4      26       7    (B)   1,139     168   14.7 
  Householder......................          415      61   14.6      62       9    (B)      22       4    (B)       4       1    (B)     353      52   14.7 
    Under 65 years.................          367      59   16.0      57       7    (B)      18       4    (B)       3       1    (B)     311      51   16.5 
    65 years and over..............           48       2    (B)       6       2    (B)       4       0    (B)       1       0    (B)      43       0    (B) 
  Related children under 18 years..          395     105   26.7      48      14    (B)      18       7    (B)       4       3    (B)     347      91   26.2 
    Under 6 years..................           89      32   35.6      14       7    (B)       9       5    (B)       4       3    (B)      75      25    (B) 
    6 to 17 years..................          306      74   24.1      34       7    (B)       9       2    (B)       0       0    (B)     272      66   24.4 
  Own children 18 years and over...          211      11    5.2      39       2    (B)      19       0    (B)       8       0    (B)     173       9    5.2 
                                                                                                                                                            
In unrelated subfamilies...........           38       9    (B)       1       1    (B)       1       1    (B)       0       0    (B)      37       8    (B) 
  Under 18 years...................           21       6    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      20       5    (B) 
    Under 6 years..................            5       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       5       0    (B) 
    6 to 17 years..................           16       6    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      16       5    (B) 
  18 years and over................           17       3    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      17       3    (B) 
                                                                                                                                                            
Unrelated individuals..............        1,682     393   23.4     358     153   42.5     202      86   42.5     110      51   46.6   1,323     241   18.2 
 Male .............................          919     188   20.4     219      85   38.6     127      47   37.2      66      31    (B)     699     103   14.7 
    Under 65 years.................          875     173   19.8     204      78   38.2     127      47   37.2      66      31    (B)     671      95   14.2 
      Living alone.................          402      54   13.3      72      21    (B)      44      15    (B)      10       5    (B)     330      33    9.9 
    65 years and over..............           44      15    (B)      15       7    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      29       8    (B) 
      Living alone.................           31      10    (B)      11       6    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      19       4    (B) 
 Female............................          763     205   26.9     139      68   48.7      75      39    (B)      44      20    (B)     624     137   22.0 
    Under 65 years.................          650     184   28.3     118      58   49.2      69      37    (B)      42      19    (B)     532     126   23.7 
      Living alone.................          266      63   23.8      38      15    (B)      19       7    (B)       9       1    (B)     228      49   21.3 
    65 years and over..............          113      21   18.5      21      10    (B)       6       1    (B)       3       1    (B)      92      11   12.3 
      Living alone.................          100      17   17.4      19      10    (B)       4       1    (B)       1       1    (B)      80       8    9.6 
                                                                                                                                                            
Residence and Region                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                            
United States......................       12,465   1,275   10.2   1,289     269   20.9     529     140   26.4     199      87   43.8  11,176   1,006    9.0 
  Metropolitan.....................       11,831   1,175    9.9   1,184     251   21.2     499     124   24.9     181      77   42.5  10,647     924    8.7 
    Central city...................        5,154     761   14.8     970     220   22.7     476     114   23.9     166      69   41.7   4,184     541   12.9 
    Not central city...............        6,677     414    6.2     214      31   14.5      23      10    (B)      15       8    (B)   6,463     383    5.9 
  Outside metropolitan.............          634     100   15.7     105      18   17.2      30      15    (B)      18      10    (B)     529      82   15.4 
                                                                                                                                                            
Northeast..........................        2,312     297   12.8     271      57   21.2     103      27   26.5      27      20    (B)   2,041     240   11.7 
  Metropolitan.....................        2,262     289   12.8     263      57   21.8     103      27   26.5      27      20    (B)   1,999     231   11.6 
    Central city...................        1,190     240   20.2     259      57   22.2     102      27   26.8      27      20    (B)     931     182   19.6 
    Not central city...............        1,072      49    4.5       5       0    (B)       1       0    (B)       0       0    (B)   1,068      49    4.6 
  Outside metropolitan.............           50       9    (B)       7       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      42       9    (B) 
                                                                                                                                                            
Midwest............................        1,432     112    7.8     229      34   14.9     136      26   19.0      46      17    (B)   1,203      78    6.5 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
 
 
Table 5.  Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of people in 2001.
A "Poverty Area" is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.
(Numbers in thousands)

                                               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.....................        1,296      84    6.4     209      24   11.3     126      16   12.3      36       6    (B)   1,087      60    5.5 
    Central city...................          468      58   12.5     193      24   12.2     122      16   12.8      36       6    (B)     275      35   12.7 
    Not central city...............          828      25    3.0      16       0    (B)       4       0    (B)       0       0    (B)     812      25    3.1 
  Outside metropolitan.............          136      28   20.7      20      10    (B)      10      10    (B)      10      10    (B)     116      18   15.2 
                                                                                                                                                            
South..............................        2,361     231    9.8     224      47   21.2      89      34   38.4      40      21    (B)   2,137     183    8.6 
  Metropolitan.....................        2,201     202    9.2     187      45   24.2      77      33   42.4      32      21    (B)   2,014     156    7.8 
    Central city...................          804     141   17.6     135      44   32.3      75      31   41.2      32      21    (B)     668      98   14.6 
    Not central city...............        1,398      60    4.3      52       2    (B)       2       2    (B)       0       0    (B)   1,346      59    4.4 
  Outside metropolitan.............          160      29   18.3      37       2    (B)      12       1    (B)       8       0    (B)     122      27   22.1 
                                                                                                                                                            
West...............................        6,361     635   10.0     566     130   23.0     201      52   26.1      86      30   35.4   5,795     505    8.7 
  Metropolitan.....................        6,072     601    9.9     525     125   23.7     193      49   25.3      86      30   35.4   5,547     477    8.6 
    Central city...................        2,693     321   11.9     383      95   24.8     177      40   22.6      71      23    (B)   2,309     226    9.8 
    Not central city...............        3,379     280    8.3     142      29   20.7      16       9    (B)      15       8    (B)   3,238     251    7.7 
  Outside metropolitan.............          289      34   11.8      41       6    (B)       8       3    (B)       0       0    (B)     248      28   11.5 
                                                                                                                                                            
Receipt of Assistance                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                            
In household that received                                                                                                                                  
 means-tested assistance...........        2,992     683   22.8     442     122   27.5     208      63   30.1      69      41    (B)   2,550     561   22.0 
  Cash assistance..................          948     230   24.3     175      32   18.5      62      18    (B)      14      10    (B)     773     198   25.6 
  Noncash assistance...............        2,952     681   23.1     440     122   27.6     207      63   30.3      69      41    (B)   2,512     559   22.3 
    Food Stamps....................          605     283   46.9     136      44   32.1      52      18    (B)      13      10    (B)     468     240   51.2 
    School Lunch only                                                                                                                                       
     (free or reduced price).......          415      84   20.3      70      21    (B)      32       0    (B)       4       0    (B)     345      64   18.5 
In household that did not                                                                                                                                   
 receive assistance................        9,473     592    6.2     847     148   17.4     321      77   24.0     130      46   35.6   8,626     444    5.2 
                                                                                                                                                            
Years of School Completed                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                            
People 16 to 24 years..............        1,807     313   17.3     264      83   31.3     145      53   36.7      78      39   50.7   1,542     230   14.9 
  Enrolled in school...............        1,305     250   19.2     203      79   38.8     118      50   42.4      74      38    (B)   1,102     172   15.6 
  Not enrolled.....................          502      62   12.4      62       4    (B)      26       3    (B)       4       1    (B)     440      58   13.2 
    No high school diploma.........           64      20    (B)      16       2    (B)       8       2    (B)       0       0    (B)      49      18    (B) 
                                                                                                                                                            
People 25 years and over...........        7,866     646    8.2     820     149   18.1     312      68   21.8     100      34   33.5   7,046     497    7.1 
  No high school diploma...........          988     157   15.9     213      40   18.8      79      18   22.7      27      13    (B)     775     117   15.1 
  High school diploma or more......        6,878     489    7.1     607     109   17.9     233      50   21.5      74      21    (B)   6,271     380    6.1 
    No college.....................        1,726     198   11.5     208      47   22.5      46       9    (B)      12       3    (B)   1,518     151    9.9 
    Some college, no BA or higher degree   1,441      99    6.9     118      20   16.9      41       9    (B)      10       5    (B)   1,323      79    6.0 
    Completed BA or higher degree..        3,711     192    5.2     281      42   14.9     146      32   21.9      52      13    (B)   3,430     150    4.4 
                                                                                                                                                            
Work Experience                                                                                                                                             
Total..............................       12,465   1,275   10.2   1,289     269   20.9     529     140   26.4     199      87   43.8  11,176   1,006    9.0 
Male...............................        6,076     611   10.1     689     145   21.1     294      77   26.1     113      51   45.2   5,387     466    8.6 
  Under 16 years...................        1,405     166   11.8     116      21   18.3      43      11    (B)      12       8    (B)   1,289     145   11.3 
  16 to 64 years...................        4,279     390    9.1     521     109   20.8     239      65   27.2      98      43   44.3   3,758     282    7.5 
    Worked during year.............        3,532     195    5.5     419      60   14.4     193      40   20.6      78      28   36.3   3,113     135    4.3 
      Full-time year-round.........        2,608      58    2.2     247      13    5.3      76       4    5.9      17       3    (B)   2,362      45    1.9 
      Not full-time year-round.....          924     137   14.8     172      47   27.4     117      35   30.1      60      25    (B)     751      90   11.9 
    Did not work...................          747     195   26.1     102      48   47.3      46      25    (B)      21      15    (B)     645     147   22.8 
  65 years and over................          392      54   13.8      52      15    (B)      12       1    (B)       3       0    (B)     340      39   11.4 
    Worked during year.............           88       3    3.7      11       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      77       3    4.2 
      Full-time year-round.........           44       0    (B)       5       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      40       0    (B) 
      Not full-time year-round.....           43       3    (B)       6       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      37       3    (B) 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
 
 
Table 5.  Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of people in 2001.
A "Poverty Area" is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.
(Numbers in thousands)

                                               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...................          304      51   16.8      41      15    (B)      11       1    (B)       3       0    (B)     263      36   13.6 
Female.............................        6,390     664   10.4     601     124   20.6     235      63   26.8      86      36   42.0   5,789     540    9.3 
  Under 16 years...................        1,388     150   10.8      89      16   18.3      30       8    (B)       9       6    (B)   1,299     134   10.3 
  16 to 64 years...................        4,495     476   10.6     452      91   20.1     185      52   28.1      68      27    (B)   4,042     385    9.5 
    Worked during year.............        3,047     166    5.4     279      32   11.4     111      22   19.9      37       8    (B)   2,768     134    4.8 
      Full-time year-round.........        1,942      49    2.5     168       5    2.9      48       3    (B)      12       1    (B)   1,773      44    2.5 
      Not full-time year-round.....        1,105     117   10.6     110      27   24.6      63      19    (B)      25       6    (B)     995      90    9.0 
    Did not work...................        1,448     311   21.4     174      59   33.9      74      30    (B)      31      20    (B)   1,274     252   19.7 
  65 years and over................          507      37    7.4      59      17    (B)      21       3    (B)       9       2    (B)     448      21    4.6 
    Worked during year.............           47       0    (B)       3       0    (B)       3       0    (B)       3       0    (B)      44       0    (B) 
      Full-time year-round.........           22       0    (B)       3       0    (B)       3       0    (B)       3       0    (B)      19       0    (B) 
      Not full-time year-round.....           25       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)       0       0    (B)      25       0    (B) 
    Did not work...................          460      37    8.1      56      17    (B)      18       3    (B)       6       2    (B)     404      21    5.1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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/032002/pov/new05_006.htm