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

Families	3,171	357	11.3%
With related children under 18 years	1,173	176	15.0%
With related children under 5 years	403	89	22.1%
Householder worked in 1999	2,353	201	8.5%
Full-time, year-round	1,635	104	6.4%
Householder 65 years and over	741	83	11.2%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	195	37	19.0%
Social Security income in 1999	948	75	7.9%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,316	(X)	(X)

Married-couple families	2,717	273	10.0%
With related children under 18 years	966	132	13.7%
With related children under 5 years	336	71	21.1%
Householder worked in 1999	2,057	151	7.3%
Full-time, year-round	1,474	92	6.2%
Householder 65 years and over	616	65	10.6%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	132	18	13.6%
Social Security income in 1999	798	54	6.8%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,538	(X)	(X)

Families with female householder, no husband present	306	55	18.0%
With related children under 18 years	149	30	20.1%
With related children under 5 years	57	13	22.8%
Householder worked in 1999	198	33	16.7%
Full-time, year-round	113	6	5.3%
Householder 65 years and over	97	11	11.3%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	35	11	31.4%
Social Security income in 1999	113	14	12.4%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	4,405	(X)	(X)

Nonfamily householder	1,430	495	34.6%
Below 150 percent of poverty level	714	(X)	(X)

Families below:
150 percent of poverty level	602	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	794	(X)	(X)
With related children under 18 years	415	(X)	(X)
With related children under 5 years	193	(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.