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Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997                                                                                                             11
(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                                                                              
MALE                                                                                    
                                                                                        
   Total.................    131,376     20,702     15.8    109,047     14,603     13.4 
0 Years.................       1,963        516     26.3      1,574        333     21.1 
1 Year..................       2,019        540     26.8      1,573        371     23.6 
2 Years.................       1,949        545     28.0      1,571        385     24.5 
3 Years.................       2,016        572     28.4      1,574        391     24.8 
4 Years.................       2,045        564     27.6      1,599        372     23.2 
5 Years.................       2,096        635     30.3      1,625        442     27.2 
6 Years.................       2,073        522     25.2      1,645        317     19.2 
7 Years.................       2,092        567     27.1      1,665        374     22.5 
8 Years.................       1,990        518     26.0      1,556        334     21.5 
9 Years.................       2,049        478     23.3      1,616        325     20.1 
10 Years................       2,079        493     23.7      1,645        331     20.2 
11 Year..................      1,954        510     26.1      1,521        329     21.6 
12 Years.................      1,917        440     22.9      1,515        274     18.1 
13 Years.................      2,079        457     22.0      1,608        264     16.4 
14 Years.................      1,933        454     23.5      1,540        290     18.8 
15 Years.................      2,008        452     22.5      1,598        287     17.9 
16 Years.................      2,047        435     21.3      1,583        298     18.9 
17 Years.................      2,059        431     20.9      1,654        276     16.7 
18 Years.................      1,924        370     19.2      1,553        237     15.3 
19 Years.................      1,883        413     21.9      1,557        311     19.9 
20 Years................       1,887        371     19.7      1,527        262     17.2 
21 Year..................      1,756        386     22.0      1,457        293     20.1 
22 Years.................      1,747        338     19.3      1,400        256     18.3 
23 Years.................      1,654        283     17.1      1,393        221     15.9 
24 Years.................      1,782        346     19.4      1,434        273     19.0 
25 Years.................      1,771        271     15.3      1,411        208     14.7 
26 Years.................      1,941        260     13.4      1,593        188     11.8 
27 Years.................      1,946        257     13.2      1,603        189     11.8 
28 Years.................      1,898        229     12.1      1,579        175     11.1 
29 Years.................      1,894        194     10.2      1,559        138      8.9 
30 Years.................      2,004        249     12.4      1,709        195     11.4 
31 Year..................      1,933        253     13.1      1,569        201     12.8 
32 Years.................      1,896        261     13.8      1,546        192     12.4 
33 Years.................      2,094        252     12.1      1,658        171     10.3 
34 Years.................      2,150        222     10.3      1,768        163      9.2 
35 Years.................      2,197        274     12.5      1,807        194     10.8 
36 Years.................      2,264        289     12.8      1,894        230     12.1 
37 Years.................      2,337        300     12.8      1,967        221     11.3 
38 Years.................      2,266        258     11.4      1,930        195     10.1 
39 Years.................      2,236        252     11.3      1,836        173      9.4 
40 Years.................      2,237        226     10.1      1,873        164      8.7 
41 Year..................      2,190        228     10.4      1,829        164      9.0 
42 Years.................      2,130        185      8.7      1,773        131      7.4 
43 Years.................      2,123        176      8.3      1,747        117      6.7 
44 Years.................      2,076        180      8.7      1,808        140      7.8 
45 Years.................      1,958        196     10.0      1,651        146      8.8 
46 Years.................      1,872        173      9.2      1,603        138      8.6 
47 Years.................      1,770        157      8.9      1,539        125      8.1 
48 Years.................      1,760        146      8.3      1,490        112      7.5 
49 Years.................      1,756        120      6.8      1,515         86      5.7 
50 Years................       1,801        153      8.5      1,592        113      7.1 
51 Year..................      1,634        135      8.3      1,444        108      7.5 
52 Years.................      1,435        146     10.2      1,211        109      9.0 
53 Years.................      1,266        124      9.8      1,097        101      9.2 
54 Years.................      1,347        135     10.0      1,143         78      6.8 
55 Years.................      1,460         99      6.8      1,250         75      6.0 
56 Years.................      1,310        150     11.5      1,127        124     11.0 
57 Years.................      1,051         79      7.5        935         53      5.7 
58 Years.................        958         99     10.3        821         64      7.9 
59 Years.................      1,090        114     10.4        943         84      8.9 
60 Years................       1,075        136     12.7        926        109     11.8 
61 Year..................        916        139     15.2        779        107     13.8 
62 Years.................      1,036        123     11.8        905         90     10.0 
63 Years.................        922        124     13.5        802         98     12.2 
64 Years.................        854        134     15.7        771        117     15.2 
65 Years.................        884         96     10.9        754         70      9.3 
66 Years.................        840         80      9.6        738         62      8.4 
67 Years.................        912        106     11.7        814         82     10.0 
68 Years.................        816         83     10.2        706         53      7.5 
69 Years.................        835        104     12.5        739         79     10.7 
70 Years................         742         80     10.7        679         74     10.9 
71 Year..................        801         94     11.8        729         71      9.8 
72 Years.................        741         84     11.3        671         58      8.6 
73 Years.................        737         89     12.0        649         62      9.6 
74 Years.................        684         53      7.8        632         40      6.3 
75 Years.................        696         90     13.0        612         72     11.7 
76 Years.................        645         65     10.1        602         57      9.4 
77 Years.................        570         60     10.5        518         45      8.7 
78 Years.................        456         49     10.8        387         28      7.2 
79 Years.................        535         78     14.6        476         60     12.5 
80 Years................         370         43     11.7        344         38     11.0 
81 Year..................        378         45     11.8        351         32      9.2 
82 Years.................        320         32     10.0        302         28      9.2 
83 Years.................        318         20      6.3        286         15      5.2 
84 Years.................        239         30     12.5        223         23     10.2 
85 Years and over........      1,006        184     18.3        851        124     14.5 
Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997                                                                                                             12
(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                                                                              
MALE                                                                                    
                                                                                        
   Total.................     16,076      4,894     30.4     15,670      5,202     33.2 
0 Years.................         295        149     50.5        310        147     47.3 
1 Year..................         300        136     45.2        343        175     51.1 
2 Years.................         284        135     47.6        356        194     54.5 
3 Years.................         324        146     44.9        379        187     49.5 
4 Years.................         321        163     50.9        373        159     42.5 
5 Years.................         368        169     46.0        370        167     45.1 
6 Years.................         326        176     53.9        322        144     44.8 
7 Years.................         335        171     51.0        348        169     48.6 
8 Years.................         347        155     44.8        283        145     51.3 
9 Years.................         325        135     41.6        343        154     45.0 
10 Years................         318        134     42.3        318        148     46.7 
11 Year..................        325        149     45.9        235        106     44.9 
12 Years.................        289        118     40.9        250        106     42.5 
13 Years.................        331        152     45.9        219        111     50.7 
14 Years.................        303        139     46.0        276        109     39.4 
15 Years.................        317        123     38.9        272        115     42.4 
16 Years.................        356        120     33.6        310        131     42.3 
17 Years.................        313        131     41.8        281        128     45.5 
18 Years.................        282        100     35.5        298         97     32.4 
19 Years.................        254         86     33.8        275        101     36.7 
20 Years................         285         93     32.7        289         96     33.2 
21 Year..................        213         74     34.5        294         98     33.3 
22 Years.................        265         66     24.9        291         91     31.2 
23 Years.................        187         47     24.9        313         77     24.5 
24 Years.................        232         52     22.3        268         85     31.9 
25 Years.................        256         41     16.1        316         86     27.2 
26 Years.................        256         56     22.1        349         81     23.2 
27 Years.................        237         57     24.2        292         50     17.0 
28 Years.................        218         43     19.6        251         67     26.9 
29 Years.................        210         30     14.3        302         59     19.4 
30 Years.................        187         32     16.9        299         66     22.1 
31 Year..................        245         31     12.4        280         79     28.3 
32 Years.................        232         58     25.0        290         71     24.4 
33 Years.................        282         56     19.9        297         58     19.7 
34 Years.................        266         44     16.4        242         56     23.3 
35 Years.................        261         49     18.7        291         85     29.1 
36 Years.................        257         41     16.1        293         60     20.5 
37 Years.................        258         72     27.9        265         64     24.2 
38 Years.................        249         52     20.8        213         67     31.4 
39 Years.................        281         59     21.1        278         85     30.6 
40 Years.................        268         40     14.9        208         54     25.9 
41 Year..................        258         55     21.4        222         51     23.1 
42 Years.................        242         35     14.4        236         61     25.7 
43 Years.................        254         44     17.2        174         30     17.5 
44 Years.................        189         34     17.9        186         50     26.7 
45 Years.................        231         46     20.1        157         39     24.6 
46 Years.................        201         30     14.8        168         28     16.8 
47 Years.................        168         26     15.6        145         37     25.5 
48 Years.................        208         29     14.1        123         35     28.3 
49 Years.................        171         31     17.8        133         20     15.1 
50 Years................         134         23     17.0        153         35     22.9 
51 Year..................        122         18     14.8        157         23     15.0 
52 Years.................        165         27     16.6         97         22     23.1 
53 Years.................        105         20     19.2        101         21     20.8 
54 Years.................        130         38     29.2         89         12     13.9 
55 Years.................        150         21     14.1        111         19     17.1 
56 Years.................        123         21     17.2         72         18     24.6 
57 Years.................         77         22     28.8         69         10     14.0 
58 Years.................         85         25     29.5         77         17     22.1 
59 Years.................        100         26     25.7         78         19     24.2 
60 Years................         105         26     24.5         77         14     17.9 
61 Year..................         97         29     30.0         81         33     40.5 
62 Years.................         87         21     24.4         60         16     25.7 
63 Years.................         83         21     25.4         56         16     29.5 
64 Years.................         62         12     19.8         87         31     35.2 
65 Years.................         95         26     27.4         60         19     32.2 
66 Years.................         74         15     20.5         39          8     20.7 
67 Years.................         70         20     28.9         64         21     33.2 
68 Years.................         75         28     37.8         35          8     23.9 
69 Years.................         65         18     28.2         28         11     38.5 
70 Years................          45          5     11.4         35         15     43.1 
71 Year..................         52         17     32.3         60         14     23.1 
72 Years.................         55         21     38.3         46         19     42.1 
73 Years.................         81         25     31.1         38         13     33.4 
74 Years.................         45         13     29.1         26          7     27.4 
75 Years.................         56         16     29.3         40         15     37.4 
76 Years.................         39          8     21.2         38         12     31.7 
77 Years.................         33         11     32.2         25          8     31.6 
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          6     46.4 
82 Years.................         11          2     16.9         12          6     49.2 
83 Years.................         24          5     21.0         14          1      5.7 
84 Years.................         13          7     53.4         10          5     47.4 
85 Years and over........        116         48     41.9         53         12     21.8 

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_006.htm