Congressional District 15
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	631,674	176,128	27.90%	+/-2.1
AGE						Use the arrows at the bottom-left of the screen to move through the menus.  Click on a District to view it's data.
Under 18 years	154,158	62,436	40.50%	+/-4.6
Related children under 18 years	153,602	61,880	40.30%	+/-4.6
18 to 64 years	403,371	91,948	22.80%	+/-1.8
65 years and over	74,145	21,744	29.30%	+/-3.7
SEX
Male	292,200	72,930	25.00%	+/-2.2		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
Female	339,474	103,198	30.40%	+/-2.3
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	171,135	35,838	20.90%	+/-4.0
Black or African American	189,921	59,159	31.10%	+/-4.1
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	N	N	N	N
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N
Some other race	226,255	72,885	32.20%	+/-4.1
Two or more races	N	N	N	N
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	300,794	100,777	33.50%	+/-3.3
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	120,196	17,028	14.20%	+/-4.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	421,954	95,650	22.70%	+/-1.6
Less than high school graduate	114,374	45,374	39.70%	+/-3.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	88,032	22,457	25.50%	+/-3.3
Some college, associate's degree	76,292	15,880	20.80%	+/-3.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	143,256	11,939	8.30%	+/-2.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	301,609	40,769	13.50%	+/-1.5
Employed	270,217	26,499	9.80%	+/-1.3
Male	135,834	12,408	9.10%	+/-1.9
Female	134,383	14,091	10.50%	+/-1.8
Unemployed	31,392	14,270	45.50%	+/-6.3
Male	14,682	5,791	39.40%	+/-8.9
Female	16,710	8,479	50.70%	+/-8.2
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	494,970	120,967	24.40%	+/-1.7
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	181,125	6,220	3.40%	+/-0.8
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	132,249	33,736	25.50%	+/-2.9
Did not work	181,596	81,011	44.60%	+/-2.7
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	83,585	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	219,062	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	253,570	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	297,632	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	316,206	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	158,149	45,104	28.50%	+/-2.4
Male	73,032	17,092	23.40%	+/-3.6
Female	85,117	28,012	32.90%	+/-3.1
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,105	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	62,935	672	1.10%	+/-0.8
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	41,086	10,914	26.60%	+/-4.3
Did not work	54,128	33,518	61.90%	+/-4.4
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	22.50%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau