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

All individual for whom poverty status is determined	37,741	6,761	17.9%
Under 18 years	6,851	814	11.9%
Related child under 18 years	6,813	781	11.5%
In married-couple families	5,527	385	7.0%
In families with female householder, no husband present	992	355	35.8%
Related child under 6 years	2,008	322	16.0%
In married-couple families	1,708	179	10.5%
In families with female householder, no husband present	228	115	50.4%
Related child 5 to 17 years	5,149	510	9.9%
In married-couple families	4,130	241	5.8%
In families with female householder, no husband present	797	256	32.1%
65 years and over	4,577	483	10.6%

Citizen	37,181	6,560	17.6%
Not a citizen	560	201	35.9%

;Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	11,133	4,748	42.6%
Male	5,996	2,634	43.9%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,304	(X)	(X)
Female	5,137	2,114	41.2%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	4,951	(X)	(X)

65 years and over	1,408	258	18.3%
Living alone	1,302	237	18.2%
Male	321	29	9.0%
Female	981	208	21.2%

All individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	3,767	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	8,518	(X)	(X)
130 percent of poverty level	8,938	(X)	(X)
Children under 18 years	1,238	(X)	(X)
Children under 5 to 17 years	881	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	10,421	(X)	(X)
175 percent of poverty level	11,905	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	12,882	(X)	(X)
Children under 18 years	2,040	(X)	(X)
Children 5 to 17 years	1,511	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	13,721	(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.