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 600 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 268,480 223,916 83.4 221,200 180,960 81.8
Under 18 years.......... 71,069 64,028 90.1 55,863 49,553 88.7
18 to 24 years.......... 25,201 22,039 87.5 20,259 17,385 85.8
25 to 34 years.......... 39,354 33,425 84.9 31,778 26,648 83.9
35 to 44 years.......... 44,462 36,331 81.7 36,736 29,475 80.2
45 to 54 years.......... 34,057 23,847 70.0 28,871 19,514 67.6
55 to 59 years.......... 12,190 8,437 69.2 10,458 7,022 67.1
60 to 64 years.......... 10,065 7,844 77.9 8,681 6,635 76.4
65 years and over....... 32,082 27,965 87.2 28,553 24,729 86.6
65 to 74 years....... 17,874 15,064 84.3 15,760 13,168 83.5
75 years and over.... 14,209 12,900 90.8 12,793 11,561 90.4
Male
Total................ 131,376 108,139 82.3 109,047 87,962 80.7
Under 18 years.......... 36,367 32,770 90.1 28,662 25,412 88.7
18 to 24 years.......... 12,633 10,848 85.9 10,322 8,695 84.2
25 to 34 years.......... 19,526 16,346 83.7 15,993 13,217 82.6
35 to 44 years.......... 22,054 17,877 81.1 18,465 14,711 79.7
45 to 54 years.......... 16,598 11,466 69.1 14,284 9,583 67.1
55 to 59 years.......... 5,869 3,907 66.6 5,076 3,255 64.1
60 to 64 years.......... 4,804 3,582 74.6 4,182 3,060 73.2
65 years and over....... 13,524 11,344 83.9 12,063 10,029 83.1
65 to 74 years....... 7,992 6,451 80.7 7,109 5,678 79.9
75 years and over.... 5,532 4,893 88.4 4,954 4,351 87.8
Female
Total................ 137,105 115,777 84.4 112,154 92,999 82.9
Under 18 years.......... 34,702 31,258 90.1 27,201 24,141 88.7
18 to 24 years.......... 12,568 11,192 89.0 9,937 8,690 87.5
25 to 34 years.......... 19,828 17,080 86.1 15,786 13,431 85.1
35 to 44 years.......... 22,407 18,454 82.4 18,272 14,764 80.8
45 to 54 years.......... 17,459 12,380 70.9 14,587 9,931 68.1
55 to 59 years.......... 6,321 4,531 71.7 5,383 3,767 70.0
60 to 64 years.......... 5,261 4,262 81.0 4,499 3,574 79.4
65 years and over....... 18,558 16,621 89.6 16,490 14,700 89.1
65 to 74 years....... 9,882 8,613 87.2 8,651 7,489 86.6
75 years and over.... 8,677 8,007 92.3 7,839 7,211 92.0
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.................. 242,219 200,941 83.0 203,384 165,164 81.2
Foreign Born............ 26,261 22,975 87.5 17,816 15,796 88.7
Naturalized citizen.. 9,732 7,887 81.0 6,112 4,963 81.2
Not a citizen........ 16,529 15,088 91.3 11,705 10,833 92.6
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 69,844 62,811 89.9 54,870 48,566 88.5
Under 6 years........ 23,363 21,242 90.9 18,369 16,514 89.9
6 to 17 years........ 46,481 41,568 89.4 36,501 32,051 87.8
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 600 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 34,458 32,248 93.6 30,637 28,993 94.6
Under 18 years.......... 11,367 11,068 97.4 10,802 10,515 97.3
18 to 24 years.......... 3,715 3,550 95.6 3,791 3,659 96.5
25 to 34 years.......... 5,299 4,941 93.2 5,488 5,183 94.4
35 to 44 years.......... 5,499 5,042 91.7 4,606 4,252 92.3
45 to 54 years.......... 3,663 3,159 86.2 2,700 2,410 89.3
55 to 59 years.......... 1,220 1,047 85.8 930 821 88.3
60 to 64 years.......... 1,003 916 91.3 703 633 90.0
65 years and over....... 2,691 2,526 93.9 1,617 1,520 94.0
65 to 74 years....... 1,613 1,486 92.1 1,015 939 92.5
75 years and over.... 1,078 1,040 96.4 603 581 96.5
Male
Total................ 16,076 14,944 93.0 15,670 14,808 94.5
Under 18 years.......... 5,779 5,630 97.4 5,588 5,427 97.1
18 to 24 years.......... 1,720 1,631 94.9 2,027 1,954 96.4
25 to 34 years.......... 2,389 2,208 92.4 2,919 2,748 94.2
35 to 44 years.......... 2,517 2,276 90.4 2,365 2,170 91.8
45 to 54 years.......... 1,636 1,368 83.6 1,322 1,185 89.6
55 to 59 years.......... 535 460 86.0 408 366 89.7
60 to 64 years.......... 433 383 88.5 361 322 89.2
65 years and over....... 1,068 986 92.4 681 636 93.5
65 to 74 years....... 657 596 90.7 429 391 91.3
75 years and over.... 411 390 95.0 252 245 97.2
Female
Total................ 18,382 17,304 94.1 14,968 14,185 94.8
Under 18 years.......... 5,588 5,437 97.3 5,215 5,088 97.6
18 to 24 years.......... 1,995 1,919 96.2 1,763 1,705 96.7
25 to 34 years.......... 2,910 2,733 93.9 2,569 2,435 94.8
35 to 44 years.......... 2,982 2,765 92.7 2,241 2,082 92.9
45 to 54 years.......... 2,028 1,791 88.3 1,377 1,225 89.0
55 to 59 years.......... 685 587 85.6 522 456 87.3
60 to 64 years.......... 570 532 93.4 343 311 90.8
65 years and over....... 1,623 1,539 94.8 937 884 94.3
65 to 74 years....... 956 890 93.1 586 547 93.4
75 years and over.... 668 650 97.3 351 336 95.9
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 30,355 93.8 19,012 17,898 94.1
Foreign Born............ 2,093 1,892 90.4 11,626 11,095 95.4
Naturalized citizen.. 781 678 86.9 2,886 2,593 89.9
Not a citizen........ 1,313 1,214 92.5 8,740 8,502 97.3
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 11,193 10,893 97.3 10,625 10,337 97.3
Under 6 years........ 3,666 3,593 98.0 4,115 4,034 98.0
6 to 17 years........ 7,527 7,300 97.0 6,510 6,304 96.8