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Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997 9
(Numbers in thousands)
All Races White
Below poverty Below poverty
Level Level
Percent Percent
of of
Total Number Total Total Number Total
BELOW 125 PERCENT
OF POVERTY
BOTH SEXES
Total................. 268,480 47,853 17.8 221,200 33,612 15.2
0 Years................. 3,847 1,016 26.4 3,066 660 21.5
1 Year.................. 3,900 1,075 27.6 3,064 765 25.0
2 Years................. 3,799 1,065 28.0 3,070 761 24.8
3 Years................. 3,978 1,145 28.8 3,065 757 24.7
4 Years................. 3,962 1,107 27.9 3,131 733 23.4
5 Years................. 4,110 1,235 30.0 3,156 825 26.1
6 Years................. 4,065 1,041 25.6 3,223 633 19.7
7 Years................. 4,119 1,129 27.4 3,252 748 23.0
8 Years................. 3,918 1,041 26.6 3,051 648 21.2
9 Years................. 4,035 984 24.4 3,149 644 20.4
10 Years................ 4,055 950 23.4 3,212 612 19.1
11 Year.................. 3,806 979 25.7 2,974 650 21.8
12 Years................. 3,877 899 23.2 3,008 547 18.2
13 Years................. 3,902 825 21.2 3,077 519 16.9
14 Years................. 3,817 900 23.6 2,995 579 19.3
15 Years................. 3,943 864 21.9 3,109 521 16.8
16 Years................. 3,922 837 21.3 3,070 563 18.3
17 Years................. 4,014 846 21.1 3,192 550 17.2
18 Years................. 3,809 829 21.8 3,027 573 18.9
19 Years................. 3,778 917 24.3 3,063 671 21.9
20 Years................ 3,737 892 23.9 2,991 621 20.8
21 Year.................. 3,492 891 25.5 2,829 629 22.2
22 Years................. 3,348 795 23.8 2,643 580 21.9
23 Years................. 3,475 790 22.7 2,808 567 20.2
24 Years................. 3,562 783 22.0 2,897 583 20.1
25 Years................. 3,521 669 19.0 2,755 473 17.2
26 Years................. 3,801 684 18.0 3,121 513 16.4
27 Years................. 3,968 647 16.3 3,210 457 14.2
28 Years................. 3,790 602 15.9 3,104 424 13.7
29 Years................. 3,916 599 15.3 3,108 413 13.3
30 Years................. 3,975 613 15.4 3,301 465 14.1
31 Year.................. 3,913 638 16.3 3,137 471 15.0
32 Years................. 3,837 704 18.4 3,069 486 15.8
33 Years................. 4,247 658 15.5 3,400 449 13.2
34 Years................. 4,387 608 13.9 3,574 411 11.5
35 Years................. 4,494 701 15.6 3,668 455 12.4
36 Years................. 4,503 680 15.1 3,748 498 13.3
37 Years................. 4,564 668 14.6 3,740 474 12.7
38 Years................. 4,508 657 14.6 3,746 445 11.9
39 Years................. 4,622 602 13.0 3,796 411 10.8
40 Years................. 4,407 548 12.4 3,624 380 10.5
41 Year.................. 4,385 528 12.1 3,677 396 10.8
42 Years................. 4,561 515 11.3 3,736 361 9.7
43 Years................. 4,173 465 11.2 3,417 330 9.7
44 Years................. 4,244 437 10.3 3,585 303 8.5
45 Years................. 4,012 417 10.4 3,342 305 9.1
46 Years................. 3,862 363 9.4 3,244 279 8.6
47 Years................. 3,586 365 10.2 3,065 279 9.1
48 Years................. 3,717 379 10.2 3,112 272 8.7
49 Years................. 3,456 272 7.9 2,946 204 6.9
50 Years................ 3,699 352 9.5 3,188 262 8.2
51 Year.................. 3,394 317 9.3 2,966 248 8.4
52 Years................. 2,770 302 10.9 2,325 218 9.4
53 Years................. 2,703 260 9.6 2,268 203 8.9
54 Years................. 2,858 321 11.2 2,415 216 8.9
55 Years................. 2,964 304 10.3 2,534 222 8.8
56 Years................. 2,593 334 12.9 2,227 258 11.6
57 Years................. 2,325 264 11.4 2,033 187 9.2
58 Years................. 2,108 264 12.5 1,802 192 10.6
59 Years................. 2,199 286 13.0 1,862 210 11.3
60 Years................ 2,148 323 15.1 1,845 246 13.3
61 Year.................. 2,040 293 14.4 1,739 231 13.3
62 Years................. 2,072 313 15.1 1,768 231 13.0
63 Years................. 1,978 304 15.4 1,725 238 13.8
64 Years................. 1,828 321 17.5 1,605 268 16.7
65 Years................. 1,910 281 14.7 1,639 209 12.7
66 Years................. 1,796 242 13.5 1,566 182 11.6
67 Years................. 1,980 278 14.0 1,747 215 12.3
68 Years................. 1,860 267 14.3 1,625 207 12.7
69 Years................. 1,815 306 16.9 1,587 232 14.6
70 Years................ 1,732 229 13.2 1,559 178 11.4
71 Year.................. 1,761 249 14.1 1,580 175 11.1
72 Years................. 1,659 239 14.4 1,480 171 11.6
73 Years................. 1,744 282 16.2 1,531 210 13.7
74 Years................. 1,616 217 13.4 1,446 169 11.7
75 Years................. 1,533 243 15.8 1,377 198 14.4
76 Years................. 1,548 271 17.5 1,390 203 14.6
77 Years................. 1,416 269 19.0 1,288 222 17.3
78 Years................. 1,211 233 19.3 1,053 171 16.2
79 Years................. 1,191 250 21.0 1,088 217 19.9
80 Years................ 965 202 21.0 888 171 19.3
81 Year.................. 1,087 202 18.6 991 159 16.0
82 Years................. 804 141 17.6 740 119 16.1
83 Years................. 845 148 17.5 768 124 16.1
84 Years................. 682 140 20.5 628 118 18.8
85 Years and over........ 2,928 750 25.6 2,582 638 24.7
Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997 10
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below poverty Below poverty
Level Level
Percent Percent
of of
Total Number Total Total Number Total
BELOW 125 PERCENT
OF POVERTY
BOTH SEXES
Total................. 34,458 11,646 33.8 30,637 11,003 35.9
0 Years................. 597 308 51.6 664 315 47.5
1 Year.................. 579 251 43.3 645 322 50.0
2 Years................. 543 244 45.0 718 368 51.2
3 Years................. 669 319 47.7 697 346 49.6
4 Years................. 591 314 53.1 704 344 48.8
5 Years................. 727 348 47.9 727 340 46.7
6 Years................. 641 352 54.8 651 299 46.0
7 Years................. 679 333 49.1 658 318 48.3
8 Years................. 664 325 48.9 566 288 50.9
9 Years................. 663 287 43.3 584 267 45.8
10 Years................ 650 291 44.8 591 269 45.5
11 Year.................. 623 261 41.8 544 249 45.7
12 Years................. 643 269 41.7 496 215 43.2
13 Years................. 579 240 41.5 457 216 47.2
14 Years................. 610 272 44.6 508 204 40.2
15 Years................. 618 253 41.0 528 215 40.7
16 Years................. 644 237 36.8 528 235 44.5
17 Years................. 645 253 39.3 539 249 46.1
18 Years................. 600 205 34.2 579 216 37.2
19 Years................. 551 198 35.9 548 219 40.0
20 Years................ 563 218 38.7 539 204 37.8
21 Year.................. 505 209 41.5 526 191 36.3
22 Years................. 530 181 34.1 523 190 36.2
23 Years................. 494 176 35.7 564 174 30.9
24 Years................. 471 160 33.9 511 179 35.0
25 Years................. 530 136 25.6 531 172 32.4
26 Years................. 495 140 28.2 625 202 32.4
27 Years................. 545 155 28.5 569 140 24.5
28 Years................. 497 152 30.6 517 151 29.2
29 Years................. 536 126 23.4 552 147 26.6
30 Years................. 459 116 25.4 561 156 27.8
31 Year.................. 544 118 21.7 525 173 33.1
32 Years................. 542 183 33.7 534 173 32.4
33 Years................. 588 168 28.6 565 155 27.4
34 Years................. 563 168 29.8 509 142 27.8
35 Years................. 592 189 31.9 521 156 29.9
36 Years................. 524 130 24.7 526 149 28.3
37 Years................. 566 168 29.8 501 139 27.7
38 Years................. 577 184 31.8 438 148 33.8
39 Years................. 592 151 25.4 519 173 33.4
40 Years................. 567 125 22.0 441 113 25.6
41 Year.................. 503 108 21.5 474 115 24.3
42 Years................. 580 127 21.9 482 133 27.5
43 Years................. 514 102 19.9 355 92 25.9
44 Years................. 484 109 22.4 349 94 26.9
45 Years................. 496 91 18.4 308 75 24.3
46 Years................. 464 69 14.9 335 67 20.0
47 Years................. 392 75 19.1 316 81 25.6
48 Years................. 454 89 19.6 289 85 29.4
49 Years................. 354 64 18.2 241 51 21.3
50 Years................ 317 60 19.1 310 75 24.2
51 Year.................. 266 54 20.4 286 59 20.7
52 Years................. 314 58 18.4 217 51 23.5
53 Years................. 297 48 16.3 208 42 20.1
54 Years................. 310 71 22.9 190 32 16.9
55 Years................. 283 67 23.5 221 40 18.2
56 Years................. 267 63 23.7 188 48 25.7
57 Years................. 218 74 33.7 192 51 26.8
58 Years................. 210 60 28.9 148 41 27.9
59 Years................. 243 71 29.3 181 57 31.5
60 Years................ 215 70 32.3 159 39 24.6
61 Year.................. 220 53 24.3 152 53 35.1
62 Years................. 220 64 29.2 119 31 26.0
63 Years................. 182 52 28.7 133 37 28.1
64 Years................. 166 43 25.7 141 63 44.3
65 Years................. 207 60 29.1 134 55 40.9
66 Years................. 164 51 30.8 111 37 33.7
67 Years................. 184 56 30.2 128 41 32.0
68 Years................. 168 57 34.0 100 26 26.1
69 Years................. 155 55 35.5 85 26 30.9
70 Years................ 134 46 34.3 88 30 34.1
71 Year.................. 137 65 47.3 110 24 21.6
72 Years................. 140 60 43.0 88 32 35.9
73 Years................. 183 67 36.8 87 41 46.7
74 Years................. 141 42 29.7 84 26 30.9
75 Years................. 112 36 31.9 74 32 43.4
76 Years................. 134 61 45.9 83 36 43.2
77 Years................. 94 43 46.1 66 24 35.7
78 Years................. 110 57 51.9 40 13 32.3
79 Years................. 74 22 30.3 36 19 51.6
80 Years................ 48 24 50.6 40 20 49.8
81 Year.................. 70 36 50.8 45 18 40.4
82 Years................. 39 15 37.8 31 11 36.9
83 Years................. 66 24 35.8 33 7 22.5
84 Years................. 43 16 37.9 32 13 40.2
85 Years and over........ 289 96 33.3 123 41 33.7
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_005.htm