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6 the industry cló1ssification of a person's job c1escribes the main activity of the employer. Residents of this neighborhood were employed in the following industri¿.s: 126 persons were employed in professional and J:elated services, 96 persons torere employed in manufacturing, and 86 persons we1:.e e,,\ployed ill retail tIaùe. '* Of the 507 employed persons in Victory Gardens, 74.3 percent worked fo:r wages o:r salary for a 1n:ivate company, business, or individual.:: Another 23.3 pe:rcent held local, state, or Federal Gove:rnment jobs.:I: The self-employed represented 2.0 percent of the employed.* The major: occupation and industry groups are lis ted in Table P-4. Income and Poverty status (Tabl'?s P--5 and P-G) Fe:rhaps the main indicators of a population's economic well-being are income measures. The median income in 1979 of households in Victo:ry Gardens was $10,877. (This means it is estimated that half had incomes below and half above this figu:re). Households LoJith incomes less than $7,500 1-1 e :r e If 0.3 percent of all households in the neighbo:dlood, while households 'With incomes of $25,000 or more constituted 7.4 percent of the households; the :remaining 52.3 percent of the households had incomes between $7,500 and $25,OOO.~ The median income in 1979 for families in the neighborhood was $11,051.* The meòi:).J) income fo:r t>¡hi te famili'?s in the neighborhood was $7 , ~ 51 .:r. The rèE:diéUl incom(~ for: SpÐ_nish origin families in the neighborhood uas $10,921f,:i: For un:related individuals 15 ye«.r!> 01(\ and over in thr-: neighborhood, the median income in 1979 was '1;Z,571.~ On a per capita income basis, every man, woman, and child in Victory Gardens averaged $2,439 in 1979. The poverty threshold lor <l :f:our-peJ.:50Il fn,r,ily IJ::15 1">7,412 in 1979. The:re ¡Jas a total of 526 persons heloLoJ the pr)ve1:tÿ level in 1979 in Victory Gtu:dens, or 31.6 percent of all persons fo1: 1-1hom pove:rty status IJag determined.:r. Relatf:d children under 18 years rep:resented 39.7 pe:rc(~nt of the poverty populntion in Victory Gardens. Among the major concerns in many areas a:re the economic situations of the older: population antl of íamilies maintained by a woman with no husband present. There ¡Jere 81 persons 65 yea:r:s and oller below the poverty level in 1979, or 42.0 percent of all elderly persons in Victory Garde-nr;. * Of the 1 1 3 families below the poveIty level in Victory Gardens, 23.9 percent had a female householder with no husbê1nd present. In Victory Ga:r(]""ns, thf? pO'J::,-r.ty rat,~ for. ¡illite p'E:Y.$OIlS Has 36.7. percent. :I: In V~ctory (;;\r(]Cj-!:; J U,,'" I' 0 'r c: r. t y :r: a l:.~ :[cn: ~;[':~ni::h CHi gin 1-'Ër50n5 Wél5 32. . 1 perCe]I!;. :1: C Co In J' ~ r :1- 11 1.~ liYUt"s 10-';: tJle HFl\ are found in Table P-6. HPA:'"... 153 S~n tlBY.COS, Tex. NEIGHBORHOOD: 0'6 Vìctor.~' Ga:r(lel1S