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

Families	7,426	748	10.1%
With related children under 18 years	2,907	442	15.2%
With related children under 5 years	1,031	198	19.2%
Householder worked in 1999	5,254	317	6.0%
Full-time, year-round	3,471	100	2.9%
Householder 65 years and over	1,698	208	12.2%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	550	108	19.6%
Social Security income in 1999	2,240	259	11.6%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,698	(X)	(X)

Married-couple families	6,235	456	7.3%
With related children under 18 years	2,247	231	10.3%
With related children under 5 years	861	114	13.2%
Householder worked in 1999	4,541	196	4.3%
Full-time, year-round	3,083	80	2.6%
Householder 65 years and over	1,377	135	9.8%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	329	40	12.2%
Social Security income in 1999	1,838	183	10.0%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,341	(X)	(X)

Families with female householder, no husband present	873	241	27.6%
With related children under 18 years	487	175	35.9%
With related children under 5 years	125	75	60.0%
Householder worked in 1999	505	106	21.0%
Full-time, year-round	282	20	7.1%
Householder 65 years and over	267	65	24.3%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	148	46	31.1%
Social Security income in 1999	300	55	18.3%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	6,371	(X)	(X)

Nonfamily householder	2,968	803	27.1%
Below 150 percent of poverty level	1,434	(X)	(X)

Families below:
150 percent of poverty level	1,567	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	2,287	(X)	(X)
With related children under 18 years	1,269	(X)	(X)
With related children under 5 years	512	(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.