Table 55d: Number and Percent of Asian Alone Individuals Below Poverty Level for 
           the State of Texas and Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Texas, 1999 
           - Ranked by Percent of Individuals Below Poverty
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                                                               Individuals      
                                                              Below Poverty     
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Rank  State/MSA                                              Number      Percent
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   .  State of Texas                                         65,048         11.9

   1  Bryan-College Station                                   2,055         35.3
   2  Waco                                                      620         32.3
   3  Beaumont-Port Arthur                                    1,779         22.6
   4  Lubbock                                                   590         20.7
   5  Abilene                                                   260         16.0
   6  Austin-San Marcos                                       6,556         15.6
   7  Galveston-Texas City                                      805         15.5
   8  Amarillo                                                  592         14.6
   9  Texarkana                                                  63         14.2
  10  San Angelo                                                 93         13.8
  12  El Paso                                                   836         12.2
  12  Wichita Falls                                             280         12.2
  13  Fort Worth-Arlington                                    6,273         12.1
  14  Tyler                                                     127         11.6
  15  Houston                                                24,190         11.3
  17  Killeen-Temple                                            779         10.9
  17  Longview-Marshall                                          94         10.9
  18  San Antonio                                             2,277          9.7
  19  Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito                          139          9.4
  20  Dallas                                                 12,939          9.3
  21  Laredo                                                     71          9.0
  23  Odessa-Midland                                            171          8.8
  23  Sherman-Denison                                            53          8.8
  24  Brazoria                                                  387          8.3
  25  Corpus Christi                                            289          7.4
  26  Victoria                                                   34          6.9
  27  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission                                  176          5.6
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