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

All individual for whom poverty status is determined	15,488	2,142	13.8%
Under 18 years	3,267	586	17.9%
Related child under 18 years	3,231	557	17.2%
In married-couple families	2,625	264	10.1%
In families with female householder, no husband present	479	289	60.3%
Related child under 6 years	909	145	16.0%
In married-couple families	779	67	8.6%
In families with female householder, no husband present	102	78	76.5%
Related child 5 to 17 years	2,464	459	18.6%
In married-couple families	1,946	206	10.6%
In families with female householder, no husband present	415	249	60.0%
65 years and over	2,805	461	16.4%

Citizen	15,313	2,098	13.7%
Not a citizen	175	44	25.1%

;Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	2,091	587	28.1%
Male	891	202	22.7%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	4,427	(X)	(X)
Female	1,200	385	32.1%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	3,729	(X)	(X)

65 years and over	805	277	34.4%
Living alone	761	258	33.9%
Male	197	66	33.5%
Female	564	192	34.0%

All individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	771	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	2,882	(X)	(X)
130 percent of poverty level	3,119	(X)	(X)
Children under 18 years	769	(X)	(X)
Children under 5 to 17 years	639	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	4,036	(X)	(X)
175 percent of poverty level	4,807	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	5,244	(X)	(X)
Children under 18 years	1,387	(X)	(X)
Children 5 to 17 years	1,027	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	5,774	(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.