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Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997 1
(Numbers in thousands)
All Races White
Below poverty Below poverty
Level Level
Percent Percent
of of
Total Number Total Total Number Total
ALL INCOME LEVELS
BOTH SEXES
Total................. 268,480 35,574 13.3 221,200 24,396 11.0
0 Years................. 3,847 789 20.5 3,066 483 15.7
1 Year.................. 3,900 824 21.1 3,064 573 18.7
2 Years................. 3,799 839 22.1 3,070 582 19.0
3 Years................. 3,978 911 22.9 3,065 603 19.7
4 Years................. 3,962 860 21.7 3,131 557 17.8
5 Years................. 4,110 975 23.7 3,156 610 19.3
6 Years................. 4,065 829 20.4 3,223 498 15.5
7 Years................. 4,119 924 22.4 3,252 590 18.2
8 Years................. 3,918 834 21.3 3,051 514 16.9
9 Years................. 4,035 780 19.3 3,149 512 16.2
10 Years................ 4,055 736 18.2 3,212 468 14.6
11 Year.................. 3,806 778 20.4 2,974 504 16.9
12 Years................. 3,877 708 18.3 3,008 409 13.6
13 Years................. 3,902 651 16.7 3,077 406 13.2
14 Years................. 3,817 683 17.9 2,995 427 14.3
15 Years................. 3,943 699 17.7 3,109 402 12.9
16 Years................. 3,922 627 16.0 3,070 425 13.8
17 Years................. 4,014 665 16.6 3,192 428 13.4
18 Years................. 3,809 645 16.9 3,027 443 14.6
19 Years................. 3,778 718 19.0 3,063 532 17.4
20 Years................ 3,737 700 18.7 2,991 484 16.2
21 Year.................. 3,492 627 18.0 2,829 437 15.5
22 Years................. 3,348 568 17.0 2,643 409 15.5
23 Years................. 3,475 568 16.3 2,808 400 14.3
24 Years................. 3,562 590 16.6 2,897 427 14.7
25 Years................. 3,521 500 14.2 2,755 351 12.7
26 Years................. 3,801 509 13.4 3,121 374 12.0
27 Years................. 3,968 478 12.0 3,210 330 10.3
28 Years................. 3,790 448 11.8 3,104 324 10.4
29 Years................. 3,916 433 11.1 3,108 298 9.6
30 Years................. 3,975 441 11.1 3,301 319 9.7
31 Year.................. 3,913 463 11.8 3,137 335 10.7
32 Years................. 3,837 530 13.8 3,069 369 12.0
33 Years................. 4,247 496 11.7 3,400 320 9.4
34 Years................. 4,387 461 10.5 3,574 308 8.6
35 Years................. 4,494 559 12.4 3,668 346 9.4
36 Years................. 4,503 504 11.2 3,748 367 9.8
37 Years................. 4,564 513 11.2 3,740 336 9.0
38 Years................. 4,508 497 11.0 3,746 333 8.9
39 Years................. 4,622 464 10.0 3,796 327 8.6
40 Years................. 4,407 353 8.0 3,624 242 6.7
41 Year.................. 4,385 375 8.6 3,677 285 7.7
42 Years................. 4,561 344 7.5 3,736 231 6.2
43 Years................. 4,173 298 7.1 3,417 218 6.4
44 Years................. 4,244 345 8.1 3,585 242 6.7
45 Years................. 4,012 323 8.1 3,342 247 7.4
46 Years................. 3,862 267 6.9 3,244 208 6.4
47 Years................. 3,586 250 7.0 3,065 188 6.1
48 Years................. 3,717 276 7.4 3,112 197 6.3
49 Years................. 3,456 202 5.8 2,946 154 5.2
50 Years................ 3,699 246 6.7 3,188 192 6.0
51 Year.................. 3,394 210 6.2 2,966 161 5.4
52 Years................. 2,770 232 8.4 2,325 162 7.0
53 Years................. 2,703 187 6.9 2,268 138 6.1
54 Years................. 2,858 246 8.6 2,415 169 7.0
55 Years................. 2,964 232 7.8 2,534 164 6.5
56 Years................. 2,593 249 9.6 2,227 195 8.8
57 Years................. 2,325 191 8.2 2,033 130 6.4
58 Years................. 2,108 202 9.6 1,802 135 7.5
59 Years................. 2,199 219 9.9 1,862 154 8.3
60 Years................ 2,148 262 12.2 1,845 197 10.7
61 Year.................. 2,040 228 11.2 1,739 170 9.8
62 Years................. 2,072 225 10.9 1,768 159 9.0
63 Years................. 1,978 200 10.1 1,725 155 9.0
64 Years................. 1,828 211 11.5 1,605 176 11.0
65 Years................. 1,910 174 9.1 1,639 122 7.5
66 Years................. 1,796 163 9.1 1,566 110 7.0
67 Years................. 1,980 177 8.9 1,747 141 8.1
68 Years................. 1,860 195 10.5 1,625 151 9.3
69 Years................. 1,815 194 10.7 1,587 138 8.7
70 Years................ 1,732 130 7.5 1,559 97 6.2
71 Year.................. 1,761 162 9.2 1,580 110 7.0
72 Years................. 1,659 144 8.7 1,480 101 6.8
73 Years................. 1,744 164 9.4 1,531 117 7.6
74 Years................. 1,616 139 8.6 1,446 111 7.7
75 Years................. 1,533 143 9.3 1,377 112 8.2
76 Years................. 1,548 170 11.0 1,390 130 9.3
77 Years................. 1,416 139 9.8 1,288 106 8.3
78 Years................. 1,211 153 12.6 1,053 103 9.7
79 Years................. 1,191 151 12.7 1,088 124 11.4
80 Years................ 965 127 13.2 888 113 12.7
81 Year.................. 1,087 116 10.6 991 78 7.8
82 Years................. 804 89 11.1 740 71 9.6
83 Years................. 845 91 10.7 768 70 9.1
84 Years................. 682 94 13.8 628 78 12.5
85 Years and over........ 2,928 461 15.7 2,582 386 15.0
Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997 2
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below poverty Below poverty
Level Level
Percent Percent
of of
Total Number Total Total Number Total
ALL INCOME LEVELS
BOTH SEXES
Total................. 34,458 9,116 26.5 30,637 8,308 27.1
0 Years................. 597 264 44.2 664 248 37.4
1 Year.................. 579 204 35.2 645 256 39.7
2 Years................. 543 208 38.3 718 293 40.8
3 Years................. 669 253 37.8 697 282 40.5
4 Years................. 591 250 42.3 704 263 37.4
5 Years................. 727 310 42.7 727 252 34.7
6 Years................. 641 288 45.0 651 245 37.6
7 Years................. 679 290 42.8 658 262 39.9
8 Years................. 664 263 39.6 566 215 38.1
9 Years................. 663 224 33.7 584 206 35.2
10 Years................ 650 226 34.8 591 209 35.4
11 Year.................. 623 211 33.9 544 192 35.2
12 Years................. 643 228 35.5 496 169 34.1
13 Years................. 579 187 32.2 457 167 36.6
14 Years................. 610 213 34.9 508 168 33.0
15 Years................. 618 225 36.4 528 178 33.8
16 Years................. 644 176 27.3 528 178 33.7
17 Years................. 645 205 31.8 539 189 35.1
18 Years................. 600 164 27.3 579 170 29.4
19 Years................. 551 151 27.3 548 188 34.3
20 Years................ 563 174 31.0 539 144 26.7
21 Year.................. 505 151 29.8 526 120 22.8
22 Years................. 530 133 25.1 523 129 24.6
23 Years................. 494 136 27.6 564 107 19.0
24 Years................. 471 132 28.1 511 121 23.6
25 Years................. 530 98 18.5 531 136 25.7
26 Years................. 495 110 22.3 625 154 24.7
27 Years................. 545 116 21.2 569 105 18.5
28 Years................. 497 107 21.6 517 112 21.7
29 Years................. 536 88 16.4 552 113 20.4
30 Years................. 459 92 20.1 561 106 18.8
31 Year.................. 544 88 16.1 525 125 23.9
32 Years................. 542 133 24.6 534 124 23.1
33 Years................. 588 145 24.6 565 112 19.9
34 Years................. 563 129 22.9 509 114 22.4
35 Years................. 592 172 29.1 521 129 24.8
36 Years................. 524 96 18.3 526 107 20.3
37 Years................. 566 154 27.2 501 100 20.0
38 Years................. 577 142 24.7 438 111 25.4
39 Years................. 592 106 18.0 519 148 28.6
40 Years................. 567 86 15.2 441 84 19.1
41 Year.................. 503 70 13.9 474 81 17.1
42 Years................. 580 91 15.8 482 93 19.2
43 Years................. 514 60 11.6 355 66 18.7
44 Years................. 484 84 17.4 349 72 20.6
45 Years................. 496 59 11.9 308 58 18.9
46 Years................. 464 52 11.1 335 47 13.9
47 Years................. 392 50 12.8 316 53 16.8
48 Years................. 454 70 15.5 289 53 18.3
49 Years................. 354 45 12.6 241 38 15.8
50 Years................ 317 37 11.8 310 49 15.8
51 Year.................. 266 34 12.9 286 43 14.9
52 Years................. 314 48 15.1 217 33 15.2
53 Years................. 297 40 13.4 208 30 14.5
54 Years................. 310 54 17.4 190 23 12.0
55 Years................. 283 53 18.9 221 30 13.6
56 Years................. 267 42 15.8 188 41 21.7
57 Years................. 218 57 25.9 192 42 21.9
58 Years................. 210 58 27.7 148 34 23.0
59 Years................. 243 60 24.8 181 44 24.3
60 Years................ 215 58 26.9 159 34 21.4
61 Year.................. 220 50 22.6 152 40 26.3
62 Years................. 220 51 23.2 119 17 14.6
63 Years................. 182 36 19.9 133 22 16.9
64 Years................. 166 27 16.4 141 48 33.7
65 Years................. 207 43 20.6 134 29 21.6
66 Years................. 164 44 26.6 111 27 24.8
67 Years................. 184 28 15.2 128 27 21.3
68 Years................. 168 41 24.6 100 22 22.2
69 Years................. 155 43 27.6 85 17 19.7
70 Years................ 134 33 24.3 88 13 14.5
71 Year.................. 137 48 34.7 110 13 11.8
72 Years................. 140 35 24.9 88 19 21.3
73 Years................. 183 45 24.8 87 28 32.4
74 Years................. 141 25 17.8 84 19 22.4
75 Years................. 112 23 20.1 74 20 27.0
76 Years................. 134 34 25.4 83 26 31.4
77 Years................. 94 31 32.9 66 16 24.1
78 Years................. 110 47 42.9 40 6 15.8
79 Years................. 74 22 30.3 36 17 45.9
80 Years................ 48 15 31.0 40 16 41.5
81 Year.................. 70 32 45.8 45 11 24.4
82 Years................. 39 15 37.8 31 10 30.6
83 Years................. 66 20 30.7 33 7 20.1
84 Years................. 43 10 23.5 32 10 30.9
85 Years and over........ 289 67 23.3 123 32 25.8
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 20, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031998/pov/new23_001.htm