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

All individual for whom poverty status is determined	24,127	3,246	13.5%
Under 18 years	4,820	803	16.7%
Related child under 18 years	4,792	780	16.3%
In married-couple families	3,804	425	11.2%
In families with female householder, no husband present	762	292	38.3%
Related child under 6 years	1,519	291	19.2%
In married-couple families	1,265	172	13.6%
In families with female householder, no husband present	184	110	59.8%
Related child 5 to 17 years	3,502	522	14.9%
In married-couple families	2,730	267	9.8%
In families with female householder, no husband present	611	201	32.9%
65 years and over	4,188	723	17.3%

Citizen	23,797	3,084	13.0%
Not a citizen	330	162	49.1%

;Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	3,634	1,116	30.7%
Male	1,697	462	27.2%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	4,766	(X)	(X)
Female	1,937	654	33.8%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	3,684	(X)	(X)

65 years and over	1,294	382	29.5%
Living alone	1,217	348	28.6%
Male	297	63	21.2%
Female	920	285	31.0%

All individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	1,117	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	4,715	(X)	(X)
130 percent of poverty level	4,994	(X)	(X)
Children under 18 years	1,215	(X)	(X)
Children under 5 to 17 years	819	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	6,337	(X)	(X)
175 percent of poverty level	8,137	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	8,959	(X)	(X)
Children under 18 years	2,274	(X)	(X)
Children 5 to 17 years	1,629	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	9,903	(X)	(X)

Date: October 2, 2002
[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices PCT49, PCT50, PCT51, PCT52, PCT53, PCT54, and PCT55.