Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of 1
People by Selected Characteristics in 1997
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
BELOW 400 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 268,480 175,454 65.4 221,200 138,931 62.8
Under 18 years.......... 71,069 53,600 75.4 55,863 40,478 72.5
18 to 24 years.......... 25,201 17,831 70.8 20,259 13,806 68.1
25 to 34 years.......... 39,354 25,982 66.0 31,778 20,360 64.1
35 to 44 years.......... 44,462 26,662 60.0 36,736 21,134 57.5
45 to 54 years.......... 34,057 15,868 46.6 28,871 12,636 43.8
55 to 59 years.......... 12,190 5,982 49.1 10,458 4,858 46.4
60 to 64 years.......... 10,065 5,793 57.6 8,681 4,810 55.4
65 years and over....... 32,082 23,736 74.0 28,553 20,848 73.0
65 to 74 years....... 17,874 12,357 69.1 15,760 10,682 67.8
75 years and over.... 14,209 11,380 80.1 12,793 10,167 79.5
Male
Total................ 131,376 83,253 63.4 109,047 66,331 60.8
Under 18 years.......... 36,367 27,403 75.4 28,662 20,715 72.3
18 to 24 years.......... 12,633 8,593 68.0 10,322 6,789 65.8
25 to 34 years.......... 19,526 12,435 63.7 15,993 9,930 62.1
35 to 44 years.......... 22,054 12,945 58.7 18,465 10,437 56.5
45 to 54 years.......... 16,598 7,421 44.7 14,284 6,035 42.3
55 to 59 years.......... 5,869 2,681 45.7 5,076 2,184 43.0
60 to 64 years.......... 4,804 2,512 52.3 4,182 2,110 50.5
65 years and over....... 13,524 9,263 68.5 12,063 8,132 67.4
65 to 74 years....... 7,992 5,078 63.5 7,109 4,434 62.4
75 years and over.... 5,532 4,185 75.6 4,954 3,698 74.7
Female
Total................ 137,105 92,202 67.2 112,154 72,600 64.7
Under 18 years.......... 34,702 26,197 75.5 27,201 19,764 72.7
18 to 24 years.......... 12,568 9,238 73.5 9,937 7,017 70.6
25 to 34 years.......... 19,828 13,547 68.3 15,786 10,431 66.1
35 to 44 years.......... 22,407 13,717 61.2 18,272 10,698 58.5
45 to 54 years.......... 17,459 8,447 48.4 14,587 6,601 45.3
55 to 59 years.......... 6,321 3,301 52.2 5,383 2,674 49.7
60 to 64 years.......... 5,261 3,281 62.4 4,499 2,699 60.0
65 years and over....... 18,558 14,474 78.0 16,490 12,716 77.1
65 to 74 years....... 9,882 7,279 73.7 8,651 6,247 72.2
75 years and over.... 8,677 7,195 82.9 7,839 6,469 82.5
Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of 2
People by Selected Characteristics in 1997
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
Nativity
Native.................. 242,219 156,014 64.4 203,384 125,158 61.5
Foreign Born............ 26,261 19,441 74.0 17,816 13,772 77.3
Naturalized citizen.. 9,732 6,186 63.6 6,112 3,951 64.6
Not a citizen........ 16,529 13,255 80.2 11,705 9,822 83.9
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 69,844 52,416 75.0 54,870 39,516 72.0
Under 6 years........ 23,363 18,004 77.1 18,369 13,714 74.7
6 to 17 years........ 46,481 34,412 74.0 36,501 25,801 70.7
Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of 3
People by Selected Characteristics in 1997
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
BELOW 400 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 34,458 28,197 81.8 30,637 26,361 86.0
Under 18 years.......... 11,367 10,284 90.5 10,802 10,001 92.6
18 to 24 years.......... 3,715 3,167 85.2 3,791 3,388 89.4
25 to 34 years.......... 5,299 4,264 80.5 5,488 4,621 84.2
35 to 44 years.......... 5,499 4,130 75.1 4,606 3,733 81.1
45 to 54 years.......... 3,663 2,420 66.1 2,700 2,006 74.3
55 to 59 years.......... 1,220 875 71.7 930 708 76.1
60 to 64 years.......... 1,003 761 75.9 703 537 76.3
65 years and over....... 2,691 2,296 85.3 1,617 1,366 84.5
65 to 74 years....... 1,613 1,345 83.4 1,015 852 83.9
75 years and over.... 1,078 951 88.2 603 515 85.4
Male
Total................ 16,076 12,875 80.1 15,670 13,376 85.4
Under 18 years.......... 5,779 5,244 90.7 5,588 5,162 92.4
18 to 24 years.......... 1,720 1,415 82.3 2,027 1,806 89.1
25 to 34 years.......... 2,389 1,827 76.5 2,919 2,409 82.5
35 to 44 years.......... 2,517 1,827 72.6 2,365 1,886 79.8
45 to 54 years.......... 1,636 1,027 62.8 1,322 975 73.7
55 to 59 years.......... 535 365 68.3 408 312 76.5
60 to 64 years.......... 433 300 69.3 361 267 74.0
65 years and over....... 1,068 870 81.5 681 559 82.2
65 to 74 years....... 657 511 77.8 429 355 82.9
75 years and over.... 411 359 87.5 252 204 81.0
Female
Total................ 18,382 15,321 83.3 14,968 12,984 86.7
Under 18 years.......... 5,588 5,040 90.2 5,215 4,839 92.8
18 to 24 years.......... 1,995 1,752 87.8 1,763 1,582 89.7
25 to 34 years.......... 2,910 2,437 83.7 2,569 2,212 86.1
35 to 44 years.......... 2,982 2,302 77.2 2,241 1,848 82.4
45 to 54 years.......... 2,028 1,393 68.7 1,377 1,031 74.9
55 to 59 years.......... 685 510 74.4 522 396 75.8
60 to 64 years.......... 570 461 80.9 343 270 78.7
65 years and over....... 1,623 1,426 87.9 937 807 86.2
65 to 74 years....... 956 835 87.3 586 496 84.7
75 years and over.... 668 592 88.6 351 311 88.6
Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of 4
People by Selected Characteristics in 1997
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
Nativity
Native.................. 32,365 26,548 82.0 19,012 16,101 84.7
Foreign Born............ 2,093 1,648 78.7 11,626 10,259 88.2
Naturalized citizen.. 781 546 69.9 2,886 2,192 76.0
Not a citizen........ 1,313 1,102 84.0 8,740 8,067 92.3
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 11,193 10,115 90.4 10,625 9,831 92.5
Under 6 years........ 3,666 3,369 91.9 4,115 3,833 93.1
6 to 17 years........ 7,527 6,746 89.6 6,510 5,998 92.1