| |
|
|
| Population |
| |
Category |
Total
|
White
|
Black
|
Latino
|
Asian
|
Nat. Am.
|
|
|
| |
Population
|
299,203
|
55.2%
|
34.9%
|
6.9%
|
1.9%
|
1.5%
|
|
| |
% Population Below Poverty
|
12.8%
|
7.7%
|
20.8%
|
11.9%
|
8.9%
|
14.8%
|
|
| |
% of Children Below Poverty
|
16.8%
|
8.8%
|
27.4%
|
13.2%
|
10.2%
|
16.3%
|
|
| |
Total Households Below Poverty Level
|
12.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Total Families Below Poverty Level
|
10.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Percent of Families in which householder worked full-time year round and fell below poverty in 2000
|
2.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Families in Poverty With Female Householder |
35.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
"Poverty means no more fancy clothes"
|
| Cassius, Age 7 |
|
| Income |
| |
Category |
Total
|
White
|
Black
|
Latino
|
Asian
|
Nat. Am.
|
|
| |
Per Capita Income
|
$17,376
|
$20,286
|
$14,163
|
$12,777
|
$16,924
|
$15,746
|
|
| |
Mean Household Income
|
$46,393
|
$51,365
|
$39,271
|
$38,743
|
$52,296
|
$41,471
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Unemployment |
| |
Category
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
White
|
Black
|
Latino
|
Asian
|
Nat. Am.
|
|
|
|
Annual Rate
|
8.6%
|
7.7%
|
9.4%
|
5.8%
|
13.0%
|
10.0%
|
7.4%
|
7.4%
|
|
| |
Current Unemployment Rate
|
6.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Health and Human Services |
| |
Category
|
Total |
White
|
Non-white
|
|
| |
Infant Mortality Rate
|
10.5%
|
5.5% |
17.6%
|
|
| |
Average Monthly Number of Work First Recipients
|
7,289
|
|
|
|
| |
Average Monthly Recipients of Food Stamps
|
9,840
|
|
|
|
| |
Average Monthly Households Receiving Food Stamps |
24,472
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Education |
| |
Category
|
Total |
|
|
% Population
with High School Degree
|
85.0%
|
|
| |
Bachelor Degree or Higher |
19.1%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
