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

All individual for whom poverty status is determined	15,365	2,345	15.3%
Under 18 years	3,300	670	20.3%
Related child under 18 years	3,253	629	19.3%
In married-couple families	2,585	381	14.7%
In families with female householder, no husband present	441	159	36.1%
Related child under 6 years	1,088	298	27.4%
In married-couple families	878	195	22.2%
In families with female householder, no husband present	126	68	54.0%
Related child 5 to 17 years	2,396	377	15.7%
In married-couple families	1,914	221	11.5%
In families with female householder, no husband present	322	94	29.2%
65 years and over	2,565	487	19.0%

Citizen	15,094	2,282	15.1%
Not a citizen	271	63	23.2%

;Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	2,518	818	32.5%
Male	1,235	320	25.9%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	4,523	(X)	(X)
Female	1,283	498	38.8%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	3,205	(X)	(X)

65 years and over	852	336	39.4%
Living alone	784	319	40.7%
Male	189	50	26.5%
Female	595	269	45.2%

All individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	749	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	3,312	(X)	(X)
130 percent of poverty level	3,507	(X)	(X)
Children under 18 years	935	(X)	(X)
Children under 5 to 17 years	586	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	4,167	(X)	(X)
175 percent of poverty level	5,150	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	5,511	(X)	(X)
Children under 18 years	1,502	(X)	(X)
Children 5 to 17 years	999	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	6,066	(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.