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

Families	19,445	1,704	8.8%
With related children under 18 years	8,639	1,078	12.5%
With related children under 5 years	3,266	520	15.9%
Householder worked in 1999	15,056	809	5.4%
Full-time, year-round	11,256	245	2.2%
Householder 65 years and over	3,571	310	8.7%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	1,055	250	23.7%
Social Security income in 1999	4,978	412	8.3%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	6,404	(X)	(X)

Married-couple families	16,147	1,060	6.6%
With related children under 18 years	6,781	545	8.0%
With related children under 5 years	2,645	270	10.2%
Householder worked in 1999	12,765	466	3.7%
Full-time, year-round	9,759	203	2.1%
Householder 65 years and over	2,849	228	8.0%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	604	80	13.2%
Social Security income in 1999	3,935	312	7.9%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	5,987	(X)	(X)

Families with female householder, no husband present	2,357	498	21.1%
With related children under 18 years	1,363	426	31.3%
With related children under 5 years	407	205	50.4%
Householder worked in 1999	1,620	287	17.7%
Full-time, year-round	997	31	3.1%
Householder 65 years and over	615	56	9.1%
Family received:
Supplementary Security Income (SSI) and/or public assistance income in 1999	315	152	48.3%
Social Security income in 1999	753	63	8.4%
Mean income deficit (dollars)	6,938	(X)	(X)

Nonfamily householder	7,222	1,945	26.9%
Below 150 percent of poverty level	3,117	(X)	(X)

Families below:
150 percent of poverty level	3,306	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	4,806	(X)	(X)
With related children under 18 years	2,744	(X)	(X)
With related children under 5 years	1,245	(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.