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

Families	9,474	681	7.2%
With related children under 18 years	4,075	402	9.9%
With related children under 5 years	1,365	200	14.7%
Householder worked in 1999	7,493	387	5.2%
Full-time, year-round	5,275	67	1.3%
Householder 65 years and over	1,747	127	7.3%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	381	108	28.3%
Social Security income in 1999	2,338	142	6.1%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	6,414	(X)	(X)

Married-couple families	7,965	341	4.3%
With related children under 18 years	3,201	192	6.0%
With related children under 5 years	1,152	115	10.0%
Householder worked in 1999	6,324	188	3.0%
Full-time, year-round	4,546	47	1.0%
Householder 65 years and over	1,579	96	6.1%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	207	25	12.1%
Social Security income in 1999	2,055	87	4.2%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	6,123	(X)	(X)

Families with female householder, no husband present	1,116	280	25.1%
With related children under 18 years	650	187	28.8%
With related children under 5 years	154	69	44.8%
Householder worked in 1999	848	170	20.0%
Full-time, year-round	494	8	1.6%
Householder 65 years and over	144	31	21.5%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	143	77	53.8%
Social Security income in 1999	224	48	21.4%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	6,925	(X)	(X)

Nonfamily householder	7,078	2,439	34.5%
Below 150 percent of poverty level	3,492	(X)	(X)

Families below:
150 percent of poverty level	1,337	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	1,900	(X)	(X)
With related children under 18 years	1,069	(X)	(X)
With related children under 5 years	448	(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.