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

All individual for whom poverty status is determined	64,648	7,662	11.9%
Under 18 years	14,609	1,999	13.7%
Related child under 18 years	14,511	1,917	13.2%
In married-couple families	11,664	1,052	9.0%
In families with female householder, no husband present	2,117	676	31.9%
Related child under 6 years	4,842	788	16.3%
In married-couple families	3,964	440	11.1%
In families with female householder, no husband present	615	285	46.3%
Related child 5 to 17 years	10,436	1,228	11.8%
In married-couple families	8,336	651	7.8%
In families with female householder, no husband present	1,604	437	27.2%
65 years and over	8,955	1,544	17.2%

Citizen	63,069	7,358	11.7%
Not a citizen	1,579	304	19.3%

;Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	8,797	2,670	30.4%
Male	3,963	899	22.7%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,059	(X)	(X)
Female	4,834	1,771	36.6%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	4,432	(X)	(X)

65 years and over	2,887	1,049	36.3%
Living alone	2,722	975	35.8%
Male	617	169	27.4%
Female	2,105	806	38.3%

All individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	3,248	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	10,747	(X)	(X)
130 percent of poverty level	11,356	(X)	(X)
Children under 18 years	3,076	(X)	(X)
Children under 5 to 17 years	2,080	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	13,950	(X)	(X)
175 percent of poverty level	17,615	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	19,215	(X)	(X)
Children under 18 years	5,274	(X)	(X)
Children 5 to 17 years	3,614	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	21,260	(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.