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

Families	4,776	512	10.7%
With related children under 18 years	1,963	287	14.6%
With related children under 5 years	625	69	11.0%
Householder worked in 1999	3,449	228	6.6%
Full-time, year-round	2,569	81	3.2%
Householder 65 years and over	1,083	98	9.0%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	392	103	26.3%
Social Security income in 1999	1,485	191	12.9%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,574	(X)	(X)

Married-couple families	4,070	330	8.1%
With related children under 18 years	1,575	138	8.8%
With related children under 5 years	543	36	6.6%
Householder worked in 1999	2,998	132	4.4%
Full-time, year-round	2,292	53	2.3%
Householder 65 years and over	901	65	7.2%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	247	50	20.2%
Social Security income in 1999	1,245	147	11.8%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,506	(X)	(X)

Families with female householder, no husband present	509	176	34.6%
With related children under 18 years	289	146	50.5%
With related children under 5 years	54	33	61.1%
Householder worked in 1999	298	93	31.2%
Full-time, year-round	157	28	17.8%
Householder 65 years and over	151	30	19.9%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	116	53	45.7%
Social Security income in 1999	182	38	20.9%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,659	(X)	(X)

Nonfamily householder	1,804	478	26.5%
Below 150 percent of poverty level	834	(X)	(X)

Families below:
150 percent of poverty level	995	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	1,350	(X)	(X)
With related children under 18 years	741	(X)	(X)
With related children under 5 years	287	(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.