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Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997                                                                                                              3
(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                                                                       
                                                                                        
MALE                                                                                    
                                                                                        
   Total.................    131,376     15,187     11.6    109,047     10,452      9.6 
0 Years.................       1,963        406     20.7      1,574        242     15.4 
1 Year..................       2,019        391     19.4      1,573        260     16.5 
2 Years.................       1,949        447     22.9      1,571        313     19.9 
3 Years.................       2,016        456     22.6      1,574        313     19.9 
4 Years.................       2,045        443     21.7      1,599        287     18.0 
5 Years.................       2,096        492     23.5      1,625        317     19.5 
6 Years.................       2,073        406     19.6      1,645        246     15.0 
7 Years.................       2,092        469     22.4      1,665        297     17.9 
8 Years.................       1,990        415     20.9      1,556        259     16.7 
9 Years.................       2,049        372     18.1      1,616        262     16.2 
10 Years................       2,079        378     18.2      1,645        243     14.8 
11 Year..................      1,954        406     20.8      1,521        263     17.3 
12 Years.................      1,917        365     19.1      1,515        217     14.3 
13 Years.................      2,079        360     17.3      1,608        210     13.1 
14 Years.................      1,933        347     18.0      1,540        212     13.8 
15 Years.................      2,008        357     17.8      1,598        219     13.7 
16 Years.................      2,047        328     16.0      1,583        220     13.9 
17 Years.................      2,059        340     16.5      1,654        220     13.3 
18 Years.................      1,924        272     14.1      1,553        171     11.0 
19 Years.................      1,883        295     15.7      1,557        239     15.3 
20 Years................       1,887        289     15.3      1,527        202     13.2 
21 Year..................      1,756        245     13.9      1,457        181     12.4 
22 Years.................      1,747        225     12.9      1,400        168     12.0 
23 Years.................      1,654        204     12.3      1,393        158     11.4 
24 Years.................      1,782        229     12.8      1,434        181     12.6 
25 Years.................      1,771        185     10.5      1,411        144     10.2 
26 Years.................      1,941        186      9.6      1,593        129      8.1 
27 Years.................      1,946        170      8.7      1,603        126      7.9 
28 Years.................      1,898        177      9.3      1,579        131      8.3 
29 Years.................      1,894        120      6.3      1,559         93      6.0 
30 Years.................      2,004        165      8.2      1,709        116      6.8 
31 Year..................      1,933        180      9.3      1,569        146      9.3 
32 Years.................      1,896        177      9.4      1,546        140      9.1 
33 Years.................      2,094        175      8.4      1,658        112      6.8 
34 Years.................      2,150        161      7.5      1,768        117      6.6 
35 Years.................      2,197        222     10.1      1,807        150      8.3 
36 Years.................      2,264        206      9.1      1,894        160      8.4 
37 Years.................      2,337        228      9.8      1,967        155      7.9 
38 Years.................      2,266        187      8.2      1,930        134      7.0 
39 Years.................      2,236        183      8.2      1,836        131      7.1 
40 Years.................      2,237        142      6.3      1,873         99      5.3 
41 Year..................      2,190        156      7.1      1,829        109      6.0 
42 Years.................      2,130        113      5.3      1,773         81      4.5 
43 Years.................      2,123        101      4.8      1,747         70      4.0 
44 Years.................      2,076        147      7.1      1,808        116      6.4 
45 Years.................      1,958        157      8.0      1,651        121      7.3 
46 Years.................      1,872        137      7.3      1,603        111      6.9 
47 Years.................      1,770         97      5.5      1,539         74      4.8 
48 Years.................      1,760        109      6.2      1,490         77      5.2 
49 Years.................      1,756         87      5.0      1,515         63      4.1 
50 Years................       1,801        104      5.8      1,592         79      5.0 
51 Year..................      1,634         94      5.7      1,444         73      5.1 
52 Years.................      1,435        107      7.5      1,211         80      6.6 
53 Years.................      1,266         81      6.4      1,097         62      5.6 
54 Years.................      1,347         93      6.9      1,143         53      4.6 
55 Years.................      1,460         61      4.2      1,250         44      3.5 
56 Years.................      1,310        106      8.1      1,127         82      7.3 
57 Years.................      1,051         42      4.0        935         25      2.7 
58 Years.................        958         71      7.4        821         39      4.8 
59 Years.................      1,090         89      8.1        943         59      6.2 
60 Years................       1,075        107     10.0        926         83      8.9 
61 Year..................        916        119     13.0        779         91     11.7 
62 Years.................      1,036         93      9.0        905         64      7.1 
63 Years.................        922         82      8.9        802         62      7.7 
64 Years.................        854         77      9.0        771         69      9.0 
65 Years.................        884         65      7.4        754         43      5.7 
66 Years.................        840         59      7.0        738         40      5.5 
67 Years.................        912         69      7.6        814         50      6.2 
68 Years.................        816         65      7.9        706         42      6.0 
69 Years.................        835         63      7.6        739         42      5.7 
70 Years................         742         35      4.7        679         32      4.8 
71 Year..................        801         53      6.6        729         41      5.6 
72 Years.................        741         50      6.7        671         36      5.4 
73 Years.................        737         43      5.9        649         28      4.2 
74 Years.................        684         35      5.0        632         31      5.0 
75 Years.................        696         49      7.0        612         40      6.5 
76 Years.................        645         35      5.5        602         30      5.0 
77 Years.................        570         32      5.7        518         23      4.5 
78 Years.................        456         35      7.6        387         15      4.0 
79 Years.................        535         54     10.2        476         41      8.6 
80 Years................         370         30      8.0        344         25      7.3 
81 Year..................        378         24      6.2        351         11      3.2 
82 Years.................        320         21      6.7        302         17      5.7 
83 Years.................        318          4      1.2        286          2      0.8 
84 Years.................        239         15      6.1        223         10      4.4 
85 Years and over........      1,006        118     11.8        851         78      9.2 
Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997                                                                                                              4
(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                                                                       
                                                                                        
MALE                                                                                    
                                                                                        
   Total.................     16,076      3,799     23.6     15,670      3,845     24.5 
0 Years.................         295        132     44.5        310        115     36.9 
1 Year..................         300        108     36.0        343        136     39.7 
2 Years.................         284        113     39.6        356        160     44.9 
3 Years.................         324        117     36.2        379        150     39.6 
4 Years.................         321        130     40.4        373        134     35.9 
5 Years.................         368        158     42.9        370        116     31.3 
6 Years.................         326        141     43.2        322        116     36.0 
7 Years.................         335        151     45.1        348        138     39.7 
8 Years.................         347        129     37.2        283        105     37.2 
9 Years.................         325         97     29.9        343        117     34.0 
10 Years................         318        110     34.7        318        117     36.7 
11 Year..................        325        113     34.7        235         80     33.9 
12 Years.................        289        103     35.6        250         90     36.0 
13 Years.................        331        116     34.9        219         84     38.6 
14 Years.................        303        117     38.6        276         91     32.9 
15 Years.................        317        108     34.1        272         99     36.2 
16 Years.................        356         94     26.4        310        100     32.3 
17 Years.................        313        103     33.0        281         92     32.9 
18 Years.................        282         76     27.0        298         70     23.5 
19 Years.................        254         48     18.8        275         88     32.1 
20 Years................         285         74     26.1        289         62     21.6 
21 Year..................        213         52     24.6        294         56     18.9 
22 Years.................        265         44     16.7        291         57     19.5 
23 Years.................        187         33     17.7        313         44     14.2 
24 Years.................        232         33     14.3        268         56     20.8 
25 Years.................        256         26     10.0        316         66     20.8 
26 Years.................        256         44     17.2        349         61     17.3 
27 Years.................        237         37     15.5        292         33     11.2 
28 Years.................        218         37     17.0        251         48     19.3 
29 Years.................        210          9      4.2        302         46     15.3 
30 Years.................        187         28     14.7        299         36     12.1 
31 Year..................        245         17      7.1        280         56     20.1 
32 Years.................        232         29     12.7        290         48     16.4 
33 Years.................        282         44     15.4        297         41     13.7 
34 Years.................        266         32     12.0        242         44     18.3 
35 Years.................        261         49     18.7        291         66     22.8 
36 Years.................        257         35     13.7        293         37     12.5 
37 Years.................        258         68     26.4        265         45     17.0 
38 Years.................        249         42     17.0        213         45     21.2 
39 Years.................        281         39     13.8        278         74     26.5 
40 Years.................        268         27     10.1        208         35     16.8 
41 Year..................        258         41     15.8        222         31     13.8 
42 Years.................        242         15      6.2        236         38     16.0 
43 Years.................        254         19      7.5        174         22     12.8 
44 Years.................        189         28     14.9        186         41     21.9 
45 Years.................        231         33     14.3        157         33     21.1 
46 Years.................        201         25     12.4        168         22     13.1 
47 Years.................        168         17     10.3        145         22     14.9 
48 Years.................        208         28     13.4        123         20     16.4 
49 Years.................        171         22     12.9        133         13      9.7 
50 Years................         134         15     11.2        153         19     12.3 
51 Year..................        122         11      9.4        157         21     13.5 
52 Years.................        165         22     13.4         97         15     15.0 
53 Years.................        105         16     15.2        101         13     13.0 
54 Years.................        130         25     19.5         89          8      8.8 
55 Years.................        150         14      9.6        111         13     11.8 
56 Years.................        123         20     16.1         72         15     20.5 
57 Years.................         77         13     16.7         69          9     12.3 
58 Years.................         85         23     26.7         77         13     16.4 
59 Years.................        100         26     25.7         78         12     15.4 
60 Years................         105         23     22.4         77         12     15.6 
61 Year..................         97         26     26.5         81         25     30.4 
62 Years.................         87         18     21.1         60          9     14.7 
63 Years.................         83         16     19.9         56          9     16.8 
64 Years.................         62          5      7.8         87         22     24.8 
65 Years.................         95         23     23.8         60         10     16.4 
66 Years.................         74         15     20.5         39          5     12.3 
67 Years.................         70         15     21.1         64         16     25.5 
68 Years.................         75         20     26.5         35          7     20.8 
69 Years.................         65         16     24.9         28          8     27.3 
70 Years................          45          2      4.9         35          5     14.0 
71 Year..................         52          8     15.8         60          7     11.3 
72 Years.................         55          8     15.3         46         13     28.9 
73 Years.................         81         16     19.3         38          6     16.5 
74 Years.................         45          3      6.7         26          7     27.4 
75 Years.................         56          7     11.8         40          6     15.5 
76 Years.................         39          5     13.6         38          9     23.2 
77 Years.................         33          7     20.4         25          3     13.5 
78 Years.................         42         17     41.0         10          1     13.2 
79 Years.................         37         10     27.4         22         11     49.2 
80 Years................          18          5     26.3         16          8     48.2 
81 Year..................         23         12     54.2         13          2     12.6 
82 Years.................         11          2     16.9         12          6     49.2 
83 Years.................         24          2      7.1         14          0      0.0 
84 Years.................         13          5     35.5         10          2     18.2 
85 Years and over........        116         36     31.2         53          7     12.8 

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_002.htm