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Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997                                                                                                              5
(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                                                                       
                                                                                        
FEMALE                                                                                  
                                                                                        
   Total.................    137,105     20,387     14.9    112,154     13,944     12.4 
0 Years.................       1,884        383     20.3      1,492        241     16.1 
1 Year..................       1,881        433     23.0      1,491        312     21.0 
2 Years.................       1,850        392     21.2      1,498        269     18.0 
3 Years.................       1,962        455     23.2      1,491        290     19.5 
4 Years.................       1,917        417     21.8      1,532        270     17.6 
5 Years.................       2,015        484     24.0      1,531        293     19.1 
6 Years.................       1,992        423     21.2      1,578        252     15.9 
7 Years.................       2,027        454     22.4      1,586        293     18.5 
8 Years.................       1,928        419     21.8      1,495        255     17.1 
9 Years.................       1,986        408     20.6      1,533        249     16.3 
10 Years................       1,976        358     18.1      1,567        225     14.4 
11 Year..................      1,852        372     20.1      1,453        240     16.5 
12 Years.................      1,960        343     17.5      1,493        192     12.8 
13 Years.................      1,823        291     16.0      1,469        195     13.3 
14 Years.................      1,884        335     17.8      1,455        215     14.8 
15 Years.................      1,935        342     17.7      1,511        183     12.1 
16 Years.................      1,875        299     15.9      1,487        205     13.8 
17 Years.................      1,955        325     16.6      1,538        208     13.5 
18 Years.................      1,885        374     19.8      1,474        272     18.4 
19 Years.................      1,895        423     22.3      1,506        293     19.4 
20 Years................       1,850        411     22.2      1,463        282     19.2 
21 Year..................      1,736        383     22.0      1,372        256     18.7 
22 Years.................      1,600        343     21.4      1,244        241     19.4 
23 Years.................      1,822        363     19.9      1,415        242     17.1 
24 Years.................      1,780        361     20.3      1,462        245     16.8 
25 Years.................      1,751        314     17.9      1,344        207     15.4 
26 Years.................      1,860        323     17.4      1,528        245     16.0 
27 Years.................      2,022        308     15.2      1,607        204     12.7 
28 Years.................      1,892        271     14.3      1,526        193     12.7 
29 Years.................      2,022        313     15.5      1,549        204     13.2 
30 Years.................      1,971        277     14.0      1,592        203     12.8 
31 Year..................      1,979        283     14.3      1,568        189     12.1 
32 Years.................      1,942        353     18.2      1,524        228     15.0 
33 Years.................      2,153        321     14.9      1,742        208     11.9 
34 Years.................      2,237        301     13.4      1,806        191     10.6 
35 Years.................      2,297        336     14.6      1,861        196     10.5 
36 Years.................      2,239        298     13.3      1,854        207     11.2 
37 Years.................      2,227        285     12.8      1,773        181     10.2 
38 Years.................      2,242        310     13.8      1,815        199     11.0 
39 Years.................      2,386        281     11.8      1,960        196     10.0 
40 Years.................      2,170        212      9.8      1,751        143      8.2 
41 Year..................      2,196        219     10.0      1,848        176      9.5 
42 Years.................      2,431        231      9.5      1,963        151      7.7 
43 Years.................      2,050        197      9.6      1,669        148      8.9 
44 Years.................      2,168        198      9.1      1,777        126      7.1 
45 Years.................      2,055        167      8.1      1,691        126      7.4 
46 Years.................      1,990        131      6.6      1,641         97      5.9 
47 Years.................      1,816        152      8.4      1,526        114      7.5 
48 Years.................      1,957        167      8.5      1,622        120      7.4 
49 Years.................      1,701        114      6.7      1,431         91      6.4 
50 Years................       1,898        142      7.5      1,596        113      7.1 
51 Year..................      1,760        116      6.6      1,522         88      5.8 
52 Years.................      1,334        125      9.3      1,114         83      7.4 
53 Years.................      1,437        106      7.4      1,172         76      6.5 
54 Years.................      1,511        153     10.1      1,272        116      9.1 
55 Years.................      1,504        171     11.4      1,284        120      9.4 
56 Years.................      1,283        142     11.1      1,099        113     10.3 
57 Years.................      1,275        149     11.7      1,098        105      9.6 
58 Years.................      1,151        131     11.4        981         95      9.7 
59 Years.................      1,109        130     11.7        919         95     10.4 
60 Years................       1,073        155     14.5        920        114     12.4 
61 Year..................      1,123        109      9.7        960         79      8.3 
62 Years.................      1,036        132     12.7        863         95     11.0 
63 Years.................      1,056        118     11.2        923         93     10.1 
64 Years.................        974        134     13.8        834        107     12.8 
65 Years.................      1,026        108     10.6        886         80      9.0 
66 Years.................        956        105     11.0        828         70      8.4 
67 Years.................      1,069        108     10.1        933         91      9.7 
68 Years.................      1,043        130     12.5        919        109     11.8 
69 Years.................        980        131     13.3        848         96     11.4 
70 Years................         990         95      9.6        881         64      7.3 
71 Year..................        960        110     11.4        852         69      8.1 
72 Years.................        918         94     10.2        810         65      8.0 
73 Years.................      1,007        121     12.0        882         89     10.1 
74 Years.................        932        104     11.2        814         79      9.8 
75 Years.................        837         94     11.3        765         73      9.5 
76 Years.................        903        135     14.9        788        100     12.7 
77 Years.................        845        107     12.7        769         83     10.8 
78 Years.................        755        118     15.7        667         87     13.1 
79 Years.................        655         97     14.8        612         83     13.6 
80 Years................         595         98     16.4        544         87     16.1 
81 Year..................        709         92     13.0        640         66     10.3 
82 Years.................        484         68     14.0        438         54     12.3 
83 Years.................        527         87     16.5        483         67     14.0 
84 Years.................        443         79     17.9        404         68     16.9 
85 Years and over........      1,923        343     17.8      1,731        308     17.8 
Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997                                                                                                              6
(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                                                                       
                                                                                        
FEMALE                                                                                  
                                                                                        
   Total.................     18,382      5,317     28.9     14,968      4,463     29.8 
0 Years.................         302        132     43.8        354        134     37.8 
1 Year..................         279         96     34.4        302        120     39.7 
2 Years.................         258         95     36.9        362        133     36.7 
3 Years.................         345        135     39.2        318        132     41.5 
4 Years.................         270        121     44.6        330        129     39.0 
5 Years.................         358        152     42.4        357        137     38.2 
6 Years.................         315        147     46.8        329        129     39.2 
7 Years.................         344        140     40.5        310        124     40.1 
8 Years.................         318        134     42.3        283        110     38.9 
9 Years.................         338        127     37.5        241         89     37.0 
10 Years................         332        116     34.8        273         92     33.8 
11 Year..................        299         98     33.0        309        112     36.3 
12 Years.................        354        125     35.4        246         79     32.2 
13 Years.................        248         71     28.6        238         83     34.7 
14 Years.................        307         96     31.2        232         77     33.2 
15 Years.................        301        117     38.8        256         80     31.2 
16 Years.................        288         82     28.4        218         78     35.7 
17 Years.................        332        101     30.6        259         97     37.4 
18 Years.................        318         88     27.5        282        100     35.5 
19 Years.................        297        103     34.6        273        100     36.6 
20 Years................         279        100     35.9        249         82     32.7 
21 Year..................        291         98     33.7        232         65     27.8 
22 Years.................        265         89     33.6        232         72     31.0 
23 Years.................        307        103     33.7        251         63     24.9 
24 Years.................        238         99     41.5        244         65     26.8 
25 Years.................        273         72     26.5        215         71     32.8 
26 Years.................        239         67     27.8        276         94     34.0 
27 Years.................        308         79     25.7        277         72     26.1 
28 Years.................        280         70     25.2        266         64     23.9 
29 Years.................        325         79     24.2        251         67     26.6 
30 Years.................        272         65     23.7        261         69     26.6 
31 Year..................        299         70     23.4        245         69     28.3 
32 Years.................        310        104     33.4        244         76     31.2 
33 Years.................        306        101     33.0        268         72     26.7 
34 Years.................        297         97     32.5        266         69     26.1 
35 Years.................        331        123     37.3        230         63     27.3 
36 Years.................        267         61     22.7        233         70     30.0 
37 Years.................        308         86     27.9        236         55     23.4 
38 Years.................        327        100     30.6        225         66     29.4 
39 Years.................        311         68     21.8        241         75     31.0 
40 Years.................        299         59     19.9        233         49     21.2 
41 Year..................        245         29     12.0        252         50     20.0 
42 Years.................        338         76     22.6        246         55     22.3 
43 Years.................        260         41     15.6        181         44     24.3 
44 Years.................        295         56     19.0        163         31     19.1 
45 Years.................        265         26      9.9        151         25     16.7 
46 Years.................        262         26     10.1        166         25     14.8 
47 Years.................        223         33     14.7        171         32     18.5 
48 Years.................        247         43     17.2        166         33     19.6 
49 Years.................        183         23     12.3        108         25     23.2 
50 Years................         183         22     12.2        156         30     19.3 
51 Year..................        143         23     15.9        130         21     16.5 
52 Years.................        149         26     17.1        120         19     15.4 
53 Years.................        192         24     12.4        107         17     16.0 
54 Years.................        180         28     15.8        101         15     14.9 
55 Years.................        133         39     29.2        110         17     15.4 
56 Years.................        144         22     15.6        116         26     22.5 
57 Years.................        141         44     31.0        122         33     27.3 
58 Years.................        124         35     28.4         71         21     30.0 
59 Years.................        143         35     24.1        103         32     31.0 
60 Years................         111         34     31.2         82         22     26.9 
61 Year..................        123         24     19.5         71         15     21.6 
62 Years.................        133         33     24.5         59          9     14.5 
63 Years.................         99         20     19.9         77         13     17.0 
64 Years.................        104         22     21.6         54         26     47.9 
65 Years.................        112         20     17.9         74         19     25.8 
66 Years.................         90         28     31.6         72         23     31.6 
67 Years.................        114         13     11.5         65         11     17.2 
68 Years.................         93         21     23.0         65         15     22.9 
69 Years.................         90         27     29.6         57          9     16.0 
70 Years................          89         30     34.1         53          8     14.8 
71 Year..................         86         39     46.1         50          6     12.3 
72 Years.................         84         26     31.1         42          6     13.0 
73 Years.................        101         29     29.1         49         22     44.8 
74 Years.................         96         22     23.0         59         12     20.3 
75 Years.................         56         16     28.4         34         14     40.4 
76 Years.................         94         29     30.3         45         17     38.4 
77 Years.................         60         24     39.8         42         13     30.4 
78 Years.................         68         30     44.0         30          5     16.7 
79 Years.................         37         12     33.2         14          6     40.7 
80 Years................          30         10     33.7         24          9     37.2 
81 Year..................         48         20     41.8         32          9     29.0 
82 Years.................         28         13     46.2         19          4     18.8 
83 Years.................         42         19     44.4         19          7     34.9 
84 Years.................         30          6     18.3         22          8     36.5 
85 Years and over........        174         31     18.1         70         25     35.7 

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_003.htm