High Country Council of Governments

		Numbers
Poverty Status	All income levels	Below poverty level	Percent below poverty level

Families	5,369	584	10.9%
With related children under 18 years	2,226	393	17.7%
With related children under 5 years	751	152	20.2%
Householder worked in 1999	3,759	282	7.5%
Full-time, year-round	2,552	88	3.4%
Householder 65 years and over	1,194	84	7.0%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	359	85	23.7%
Social Security income in 1999	1,578	140	8.9%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	7,006	(X)	(X)

Married-couple families	4,512	373	8.3%
With related children under 18 years	1,740	210	12.1%
With related children under 5 years	597	76	12.7%
Householder worked in 1999	3,205	166	5.2%
Full-time, year-round	2,236	66	3.0%
Householder 65 years and over	1,028	71	6.9%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	228	52	22.8%
Social Security income in 1999	1,306	94	7.2%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	7,033	(X)	(X)

Families with female householder, no husband present	615	178	28.9%
With related children under 18 years	373	160	42.9%
With related children under 5 years	129	64	49.6%
Householder worked in 1999	366	99	27.0%
Full-time, year-round	187	20	10.7%
Householder 65 years and over	140	7	5.0%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	100	31	31.0%
Social Security income in 1999	218	30	13.8%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	7,099	(X)	(X)

Nonfamily householder	2,108	667	31.6%
Below 150 percent of poverty level	1,024	(X)	(X)

Families below:
150 percent of poverty level	1,096	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	1,537	(X)	(X)
With related children under 18 years	876	(X)	(X)
With related children under 5 years	351	(X)	(X)

Date: October 2, 2002
[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 200 Summary File 3, Matrices, P90, P91, P92, P93, PCT59, PCT60, and PCT61.