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POV39: Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of People: 2003
       Asian Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)

[Numbers in thousands. A 'Poverty Area' is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.]

                                   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                   All areas                     In poverty areas /30          30 percent or more /30        40 percent or more /30        Outside of poverty areas /30
                                   ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________
                                            Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level
                                   Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent      Total  Number    Percent
                                   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Asian A.O.I.C.

Both Sexes
      Total /1...................   12,891     1,527       11.8    1,384       353       25.5      553       158       28.6      191        97       50.8   11,507     1,174       10.2
Under 18 years...................    3,316       420       12.7      294        78       26.7      104        31       29.5       32        22        (B)    3,023       342       11.3
18 to 24 years...................    1,263       202       16.0      185        61       32.8       93        30       32.0       39        18        (B)    1,078       142       13.1
25 to 34 years...................    2,344       308       13.1      315        90       28.6      166        46       27.7       70        29        (B)    2,029       218       10.7
35 to 44 years...................    2,132       175        8.2      183        33       17.9       64        16        (B)       14         9        (B)    1,949       142        7.3
45 to 54 years...................    1,711       167        9.8      154        34       21.8       42         9        (B)        9         5        (B)    1,557       134        8.6
55 to 59 years...................      629        51        8.1       55        17        (B)       25         8        (B)       10         5        (B)      574        34        5.9
60 to 64 years...................      430        52       12.1       26        10        (B)       11         6        (B)        7         4        (B)      405        42       10.3
65 years and over................    1,065       152       14.2      174        31       17.6       49        13        (B)       11         5        (B)      891       121       13.6
    65 to 74 years...............      650        82       12.7       95        15       16.2       33         5        (B)        7         2        (B)      554        67       12.0
    75 years and over............      416        69       16.7       78        15       19.2       16         8        (B)        4         2        (B)      337        54       16.1

Male
      Total......................    6,273       725       11.6      705       190       27.0      310        92       29.6      115        55       47.5    5,569       535        9.6
Under 18 years...................    1,673       217       13.0      141        43       30.9       49        16        (B)       17        10        (B)    1,532       173       11.3
18 to 24 years...................      659       124       18.8      103        40       39.1       57        24        (B)       26        13        (B)      555        83       15.0
25 to 34 years...................    1,147       140       12.2      182        57       31.4      111        33       29.6       47        19        (B)      965        83        8.6
35 to 44 years...................    1,033        72        7.0       91        10       11.1       33         4        (B)        4         1        (B)      941        62        6.6
45 to 54 years...................      783        73        9.3       71        18        (B)       21         6        (B)        6         4        (B)      712        55        7.8
55 to 59 years...................      288        26        8.9       32         8        (B)       14         4        (B)        5         4        (B)      256        17        6.8
60 to 64 years...................      209        14        6.7       13         4        (B)        2         0        (B)        2         0        (B)      196        10        5.0
65 years and over................      483        60       12.3       71         9        (B)       24         5        (B)        8         4        (B)      411        50       12.3
    65 to 74 years...............      308        32       10.4       45         5        (B)       18         3        (B)        5         2        (B)      263        27       10.2
    75 years and over............      175        28       15.8       26         4        (B)        7         2        (B)        4         2        (B)      148        24       16.0

Female
      Total......................    6,618       802       12.1      680       163       24.0      243        66       27.3       76        43       55.8    5,938       639       10.8
Under 18 years...................    1,644       203       12.4      153        35       22.8       55        15        (B)       16        11        (B)    1,491       168       11.3
18 to 24 years...................      604        78       13.0       81        20       24.8       36         6        (B)       12         5        (B)      523        58       11.1
25 to 34 years...................    1,197       168       14.0      133        33       24.7       55        13        (B)       24        11        (B)    1,064       135       12.7
35 to 44 years...................    1,099       103        9.4       91        23       24.7       31        13        (B)        9         8        (B)    1,008        80        8.0
45 to 54 years...................      928        94       10.1       83        16       19.0       21         3        (B)        3         2        (B)      845        78        9.3
55 to 59 years...................      341        25        7.4       23         9        (B)       11         3        (B)        5         2        (B)      318        17        5.2
60 to 64 years...................      221        38       17.3       12         6        (B)       10         6        (B)        6         4        (B)      209        32       15.3
65 years and over................      583        92       15.8      103        21       20.9       24         8        (B)        2         0        (B)      480        71       14.7
    65 to 74 years...............      342        50       14.7       51        10        (B)       15         2        (B)        2         0        (B)      291        40       13.7
    75 years and over............      241        42       17.4       52        11        (B)        9         6        (B)        0         0        (B)      189        31       16.2

Household Relationship

    Total /1.....................   12,891     1,527       11.8    1,384       353       25.5      553       158       28.6      191        97       50.8   11,507     1,174       10.2
      65 years and over..........    1,065       152       14.2      174        31       17.6       49        13        (B)       11         5        (B)      891       121       13.6
In families /2...................   11,266     1,116        9.9    1,032       206       19.9      376        80       21.2      119        63       53.1   10,234       910        8.9
    Householder..................    3,194       320       10.0      307        63       20.4      113        28       24.6       41        24        (B)    2,887       258        8.9
      Under 65 years.............    2,868       283        9.9      267        63       23.5      104        28       26.7       39        24        (B)    2,601       221        8.5
      65 years and over..........      326        37       11.4       40         0        (B)        9         0        (B)        2         0        (B)      286        37       13.0
    Related children under
     18 years /9.................    3,279       406       12.4      282        70       24.9      104        31       29.5       32        22        (B)    2,997       336       11.2
        Under 6 years............    1,121        98        8.7      113        18       16.0       37         5        (B)        8         4        (B)    1,008        79        7.9
        6 to 17 years............    2,159       309       14.3      169        52       30.9       66        26        (B)       24        18        (B)    1,990       256       12.9
    Own children 18 years
      and over /15...............    1,063        83        7.8      108        23       21.1       42         6        (B)       16         5        (B)      955        60        6.3



Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV39: Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of People: 2003
       Asian Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)

[Numbers in thousands. A 'Poverty Area' is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.]

                                   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                   All areas                     In poverty areas /30          30 percent or more /30        40 percent or more /30        Outside of poverty areas /30
                                   ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________
                                            Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level
                                   Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent      Total  Number    Percent
                                   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In married-couple families /11...    9,348       737        7.9      760       123       16.2      271        38       14.0       78        32       41.4    8,588       613        7.1
    Husbands /11.................    2,479       200        8.1      207        37       18.0       79        14       17.5       24        13        (B)    2,272       163        7.2
      Under 65 years.............    2,161       163        7.5      167        37       22.4       68        14        (B)       23        13        (B)    1,994       125        6.3
      65 years and over..........      318        38       11.9       40         0        (B)       12         0        (B)        2         0        (B)      278        38       13.7
    Wives /11....................    2,833       220        7.8      228        37       16.4       82        15       18.4       26        13        (B)    2,605       182        7.0
      Under 65 years.............    2,602       197        7.6      193        37       19.4       74        15        (B)       26        13        (B)    2,409       160        6.6
      65 years and over..........      231        22        9.7       35         0        (B)        8         0        (B)        0         0        (X)      196        22       11.4
    Related children under
     18 years /9.................    2,751       228        8.3      210        29       13.8       68         8        (B)       15         5        (B)    2,541       199        7.8
        Under 6 years............      978        57        5.9       94        10       10.5       31         3        (B)        6         2        (B)      884        48        5.4
        6 to 17 years............    1,773       171        9.6      116        19       16.5       37         5        (B)        9         4        (B)    1,657       151        9.1
    Own children 18 years
      and over /15...............      840        57        6.8       87        14       16.6       35         2        (B)       13         2        (B)      753        42        5.6

In families with male
  householder, no spouse present.      734        86       11.6       93        20       20.9       38         8        (B)        9         0        (B)      641        66       10.3
    Householder..................      241        28       11.8       33         6        (B)       14         3        (B)        4         0        (B)      208        22       10.8
      Under 65 years.............      222        24       10.9       31         6        (B)       14         3        (B)        4         0        (B)      192        18        9.5
      65 years and over..........       18         4        (B)        2         0        (B)        0         0        (X)        0         0        (X)       16         4        (B)
    Related children
     18 years /9.................      123        18       14.8       14         8        (B)        6         5        (B)        0         0        (B)      108        10        9.4
        Under 6 years............       32         1        (B)        2         0        (B)        0         0        (B)        0         0        (X)       30         1        (B)
        6 to 17 years............       90        18       19.4       12         8        (B)        6         5        (B)        0         0        (B)       79        10       12.2
    Own children 18 years
      and over /15...............       60         5        (B)        7         0        (B)        2         0        (B)        0         0        (X)       53         5        (B)

In families with female
  householder, no spouse present.    1,184       294       24.8      179        63       35.1       67        34        (B)       32        31        (B)    1,006       231       23.0
    Householder..................      378        89       23.5       59        21        (B)       19        11        (B)       12        11        (B)      319        68       21.4
      Under 65 years.............      357        87       24.3       58        21        (B)       19        11        (B)       12        11        (B)      299        66       22.1
      65 years and over..........       21         2        (B)        2         0        (B)        0         0        (X)        0         0        (X)       19         2        (B)
    Related children under
     18 years /9.................      406       160       39.4       58        33        (B)       29        18        (B)       17        16        (B)      348       127       36.4
        Under 6 years............      110        39       35.8       17         8        (B)        6         2        (B)        2         2        (B)       93        31       33.5
        6 to 17 years............      296       121       40.8       41        25        (B)       24        16        (B)       15        14        (B)      254        95       37.5
    Own children 18 years
      and over /15...............      163        22       13.4       15         8        (B)        6         5        (B)        3         3        (B)      148        13        9.1

In unrelated subfamilies /3......       35         9        (B)       11         7        (B)        3         0        (B)        0         0        (X)       24         2        (B)
      Under 18 years.............       15         5        (B)        4         4        (B)        0         0        (X)        0         0        (X)       10         1        (B)
        Under 6 years............        2         0        (B)        0         0        (X)        0         0        (X)        0         0        (X)        2         0        (B)
        6 to 17 years............       13         5        (B)        4         4        (B)        0         0        (X)        0         0        (X)        8         1        (B)
      18 years and over..........       20         4        (B)        6         3        (B)        3         0        (B)        0         0        (X)       14         1        (B)

Unrelated individuals /4.........    1,590       402       25.3      341       140       41.1      174        78       45.0       73        34        (B)    1,249       262       21.0
    Male.........................      813       193       23.8      201        82       40.7      124        54       44.0       59        28        (B)      613       112       18.2
      Under 65 years.............      759       181       23.8      178        73       41.2      116        49       42.6       52        24        (B)      581       107       18.5
        Living alone.............      330        71       21.6       57        20        (B)       36        12        (B)       16         6        (B)      273        51       18.8
      65 years and over..........       54        13        (B)       22         8        (B)        8         5        (B)        7         4        (B)       32         4        (B)
        Living alone.............       49        11        (B)       22         8        (B)        8         5        (B)        7         4        (B)       26         3        (B)
    Female.......................      777       209       26.9      141        59       41.7       51        24        (B)       14         6        (B)      636       150       23.6
      Under 65 years.............      612       152       24.8       89        40       45.2       38        16        (B)       12         6        (B)      523       112       21.4
        Living alone.............      295        66       22.3       50        17        (B)       23         7        (B)        7         4        (B)      246        49       19.8
      65 years and over..........      165        57       34.5       52        19        (B)       12         8        (B)        2         0        (B)      113        38       33.9
        Living alone.............      155        55       35.8       52        19        (B)       12         8        (B)        2         0        (B)      103        37       35.8


Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV39: Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of People: 2003
       Asian Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)

[Numbers in thousands. A 'Poverty Area' is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.]

                                   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                   All areas                     In poverty areas /30          30 percent or more /30        40 percent or more /30        Outside of poverty areas /30
                                   ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________
                                            Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level
                                   Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent      Total  Number    Percent
                                   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Residence and Region /3

United States....................   12,891     1,527       11.8    1,384       353       25.5      553       158       28.6      191        97       50.8   11,507     1,174       10.2
  Metropolitan...................   12,440     1,484       11.9    1,328       349       26.3      538       156       29.0      190        96       50.5   11,111     1,135       10.2
    Central City.................    5,596       910       16.3    1,137       292       25.7      526       151       28.8      184        93       50.6    4,460       618       13.9
    Not Central City.............    6,844       573        8.4      192        57       29.6       11         5        (B)        6         3        (B)    6,652       517        7.8
  Not Metropolitan...............      451        44        9.7       56         4        (B)       16         2        (B)        1         1        (B)      395        39        9.9
Northeast........................    2,366       321       13.6      318        72       22.5      130        29       21.9       55        22        (B)    2,048       250       12.2
  Metropolitan...................    2,322       313       13.5      316        71       22.6      130        29       21.9       55        22        (B)    2,007       242       12.0
    Central City.................    1,242       242       19.5      308        69       22.4      127        28       21.8       55        22        (B)      935       173       18.6
    Not Central City.............    1,080        71        6.5        8         2        (B)        3         1        (B)        0         0        (X)    1,072        68        6.4
  Not Metropolitan...............       44         9        (B)        3         1        (B)        0         0        (X)        0         0        (X)       41         8        (B)
Midwest..........................    1,622       204       12.6      214        86       40.3      120        41       34.6       55        30        (B)    1,408       118        8.4
  Metropolitan...................    1,536       197       12.8      201        85       42.2      110        40       36.7       54        29        (B)    1,335       112        8.4
    Central City.................      602       153       25.4      198        85       43.0      110        40       36.7       54        29        (B)      404        68       16.8
    Not Central City.............      934        44        4.7        4         0        (B)        0         0        (X)        0         0        (X)      931        44        4.7
  Not Metropolitan...............       86         7        8.4       13         1        (B)       10         1        (B)        1         1        (B)       73         6        (B)
South............................    2,612       318       12.2      149        40       26.4       96        32       33.7       52        26        (B)    2,462       279       11.3
  Metropolitan...................    2,479       303       12.2      129        38       29.8       92        31       33.9       52        26        (B)    2,349       265       11.3
    Central City.................      831       195       23.5      112        37       33.2       88        30       33.6       48        24        (B)      719       158       22.0
    Not Central City.............    1,648       108        6.6       18         1        (B)        4         1        (B)        4         1        (B)    1,630       107        6.6
  Not Metropolitan...............      133        15       11.2       20         1        (B)        3         1        (B)        0         0        (X)      113        14       12.3
West.............................    6,291       684       10.9      703       156       22.1      208        56       26.9       30        20        (B)    5,589       528        9.5
  Metropolitan...................    6,103       671       11.0      682       154       22.6      206        56       27.2       30        20        (B)    5,420       517        9.5
    Central City.................    2,922       320       11.0      520       101       19.5      201        54       26.7       27        19        (B)    2,402       219        9.1
    Not Central City.............    3,181       351       11.0      163        53       32.5        4         2        (B)        3         1        (B)    3,018       298        9.9
  Not Metropolitan...............      188        13        6.9       20         2        (B)        2         0        (B)        0         0        (X)      168        11        6.8

Receipt of Assistance

In household that received
  means-tested assistance /32....    3,113       835       26.8      634       213       33.5      222        80       36.2       89        55       61.7    2,479       622       25.1
   Cash assistance...............      771       232       30.0      207        80       38.7       54        31        (B)       25        14        (B)      564       151       26.8
   Noncash assistance............    3,073       831       27.0      634       213       33.6      222        80       36.2       89        55       61.7    2,439       618       25.3
      Food stamps................      464       300       64.7      129        92       71.7       58        43        (B)       42        31        (B)      335       208       62.0
      School lunch only
        (free or reduced price)..      427        86       20.2       72        12        (B)       21         3        (B)        9         3        (B)      355        74       20.9
In household that did not
  receive assistance.............    9,778       692        7.1      750       140       18.7      332        78       23.5      102        42       41.3    9,028       552        6.1

Years of School Completed /23

People 16 to 24 years............    1,667       276       16.5      221        74       33.5      102        32       31.5       40        19        (B)    1,446       202       13.9
   Enrolled in school /25........    1,201       229       19.0      153        62       40.5       67        27        (B)       32        17        (B)    1,048       166       15.9
   Not enrolled..................      466        47       10.1       68        12        (B)       35         5        (B)        8         3        (B)      398        35        8.8
     No high school diploma......       58        12        (B)       20         7        (B)       10         1        (B)        7         1        (B)       38         6        (B)

People 25 years and over.........    8,312       905       10.9      906       214       23.6      357        98       27.4      120        57       47.5    7,406       691        9.3
   No high school diploma........    1,089       250       23.0      275        86       31.1      100        38       38.2       34        24        (B)      813       165       20.3
   High school diploma or more...    7,223       655        9.1      631       129       20.4      257        60       23.3       86        33       38.4    6,592       526        8.0
     No college..................    1,657       191       11.5      179        37       20.6       50        11        (B)       18         6        (B)    1,478       154       10.4
     Some college,
       no BA or higher degree....    1,504       155       10.3      157        25       16.0       68        11        (B)       14         5        (B)    1,347       130        9.7
     Completed BA
       or higher degree..........    4,063       309        7.6      295        67       22.6      139        38       27.3       54        22        (B)    3,767       242        6.4


Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV39: Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of People: 2003
       Asian Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)

[Numbers in thousands. A 'Poverty Area' is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.]

                                   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                   All areas                     In poverty areas /30          30 percent or more /30        40 percent or more /30        Outside of poverty areas /30
                                   ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________  ____________________________
                                            Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level           Below poverty level
                                   Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent      Total  Number    Percent
                                   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Work Experience /16

Total............................   12,891     1,527       11.8    1,384       353       25.5      553       158       28.6      191        97       50.8   11,507     1,174       10.2
Male.............................    6,273       725       11.6      705       190       27.0      310        92       29.6      115        55       47.5    5,569       535        9.6
   Under 16 years................    1,480       179       12.1      127        34       27.0       46        15        (B)       17        10        (B)    1,353       145       10.7
   16 to 64 years................    4,311       487       11.3      507       147       29.0      240        72       30.1       90        40       44.5    3,804       340        8.9
     Worked during year..........    3,489       192        5.5      344        44       12.7      157        20       12.9       53        15        (B)    3,145       148        4.7
       Full-time year-round......    2,636        59        2.2      209         4        1.9       83         0        0.0       20         0        (B)    2,427        55        2.3
       Not full-time year-round..      853       133       15.6      135        40       29.4       73        20        (B)       33        15        (B)      719        93       13.0
     Did not work................      822       295       35.9      163       103       63.5       84        52       62.2       36        25        (B)      659       191       29.0
   65 years and over.............      483        60       12.3       71         9        (B)       24         5        (B)        8         4        (B)      411        50       12.3
     Worked during year..........       96         4        4.2        9         0        (B)        3         0        (B)        0         0        (X)       87         4        4.6
       Full-time year-round......       53         2        (B)        5         0        (B)        1         0        (B)        0         0        (X)       48         2        (B)
       Not full-time year-round..       43         2        (B)        4         0        (B)        2         0        (B)        0         0        (X)       39         2        (B)
     Did not work................      386        55       14.4       62         9        (B)       22         5        (B)        8         4        (B)      324        46       14.3
Female...........................    6,618       802       12.1      680       163       24.0      243        66       27.3       76        43       55.8    5,938       639       10.8
   Under 16 years................    1,432       167       11.7      131        31       23.4       49        14        (B)       15        10        (B)    1,302       137       10.5
   16 to 64 years................    4,603       543       11.8      446       111       24.8      170        45       26.4       60        32        (B)    4,156       432       10.4
     Worked during year..........    3,029       175        5.8      265        39       14.6      109        19       17.4       32        15        (B)    2,764       137        4.9
       Full-time year-round......    1,969        57        2.9      145         5        3.4       50         3        (B)        9         3        (B)    1,825        52        2.8
       Not full-time year-round..    1,060       119       11.2      120        34       28.1       59        16        (B)       23        12        (B)      939        85        9.0
     Did not work................    1,574       367       23.3      181        72       39.7       61        26        (B)       27        17        (B)    1,392       295       21.2
   65 years and over.............      583        92       15.8      103        21       20.9       24         8        (B)        2         0        (B)      480        71       14.7
     Worked during year..........       53         1        (B)        6         0        (B)        2         0        (B)        0         0        (X)       48         1        (B)
       Full-time year-round......       17         1        (B)        5         0        (B)        2         0        (B)        0         0        (X)       12         1        (B)
       Not full-time year-round..       36         0        (B)        1         0        (B)        0         0        (X)        0         0        (X)       36         0        (B)
     Did not work................      529        91       17.3       97        21       22.2       23         8        (B)        2         0        (B)      432        70       16.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


Poverty Footnotes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 9, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032004/pov/new3909.htm