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Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997                                                                                                             13
(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                                                                              
FEMALE                                                                                  
                                                                                        
   Total.................    137,105     27,151     19.8    112,154     19,009     16.9 
0 Years.................       1,884        500     26.5      1,492        328     22.0 
1 Year..................       1,881        534     28.4      1,491        394     26.4 
2 Years.................       1,850        519     28.1      1,498        376     25.1 
3 Years.................       1,962        573     29.2      1,491        366     24.6 
4 Years.................       1,917        543     28.3      1,532        361     23.6 
5 Years.................       2,015        600     29.8      1,531        382     25.0 
6 Years.................       1,992        519     26.1      1,578        317     20.1 
7 Years.................       2,027        562     27.7      1,586        374     23.6 
8 Years.................       1,928        523     27.1      1,495        314     21.0 
9 Years.................       1,986        505     25.4      1,533        319     20.8 
10 Years................       1,976        457     23.1      1,567        281     17.9 
11 Year..................      1,852        469     25.3      1,453        321     22.1 
12 Years.................      1,960        459     23.4      1,493        274     18.3 
13 Years.................      1,823        369     20.2      1,469        255     17.3 
14 Years.................      1,884        447     23.7      1,455        289     19.9 
15 Years.................      1,935        412     21.3      1,511        234     15.5 
16 Years.................      1,875        402     21.4      1,487        264     17.8 
17 Years.................      1,955        415     21.2      1,538        274     17.8 
18 Years.................      1,885        459     24.4      1,474        336     22.8 
19 Years.................      1,895        504     26.6      1,506        361     23.9 
20 Years................       1,850        521     28.2      1,463        359     24.6 
21 Year..................      1,736        506     29.1      1,372        336     24.5 
22 Years.................      1,600        458     28.6      1,244        324     26.0 
23 Years.................      1,822        507     27.8      1,415        346     24.4 
24 Years.................      1,780        437     24.5      1,462        310     21.2 
25 Years.................      1,751        398     22.8      1,344        265     19.7 
26 Years.................      1,860        423     22.8      1,528        325     21.3 
27 Years.................      2,022        390     19.3      1,607        267     16.6 
28 Years.................      1,892        373     19.7      1,526        249     16.3 
29 Years.................      2,022        405     20.0      1,549        275     17.8 
30 Years.................      1,971        364     18.5      1,592        270     17.0 
31 Year..................      1,979        385     19.4      1,568        270     17.2 
32 Years.................      1,942        443     22.8      1,524        295     19.4 
33 Years.................      2,153        406     18.8      1,742        278     16.0 
34 Years.................      2,237        386     17.3      1,806        248     13.7 
35 Years.................      2,297        426     18.6      1,861        261     14.0 
36 Years.................      2,239        391     17.5      1,854        269     14.5 
37 Years.................      2,227        369     16.5      1,773        252     14.2 
38 Years.................      2,242        398     17.8      1,815        250     13.8 
39 Years.................      2,386        350     14.7      1,960        238     12.2 
40 Years.................      2,170        321     14.8      1,751        216     12.3 
41 Year..................      2,196        301     13.7      1,848        232     12.5 
42 Years.................      2,431        330     13.6      1,963        229     11.7 
43 Years.................      2,050        290     14.1      1,669        214     12.8 
44 Years.................      2,168        258     11.9      1,777        163      9.2 
45 Years.................      2,055        221     10.8      1,691        159      9.4 
46 Years.................      1,990        190      9.5      1,641        141      8.6 
47 Years.................      1,816        208     11.5      1,526        154     10.1 
48 Years.................      1,957        233     11.9      1,622        160      9.9 
49 Years.................      1,701        152      8.9      1,431        118      8.2 
50 Years................       1,898        199     10.5      1,596        149      9.3 
51 Year..................      1,760        182     10.3      1,522        140      9.2 
52 Years.................      1,334        156     11.7      1,114        109      9.7 
53 Years.................      1,437        136      9.5      1,172        102      8.7 
54 Years.................      1,511        186     12.3      1,272        138     10.9 
55 Years.................      1,504        206     13.7      1,284        148     11.5 
56 Years.................      1,283        184     14.3      1,099        135     12.2 
57 Years.................      1,275        185     14.5      1,098        134     12.2 
58 Years.................      1,151        165     14.3        981        127     13.0 
59 Years.................      1,109        172     15.5        919        126     13.7 
60 Years................       1,073        187     17.5        920        137     14.9 
61 Year..................      1,123        154     13.7        960        124     12.9 
62 Years.................      1,036        190     18.4        863        140     16.2 
63 Years.................      1,056        180     17.0        923        141     15.3 
64 Years.................        974        187     19.2        834        151     18.1 
65 Years.................      1,026        185     18.0        886        139     15.7 
66 Years.................        956        162     16.9        828        120     14.5 
67 Years.................      1,069        172     16.1        933        133     14.2 
68 Years.................      1,043        183     17.6        919        154     16.8 
69 Years.................        980        202     20.6        848        152     18.0 
70 Years................         990        149     15.0        881        104     11.8 
71 Year..................        960        155     16.1        852        103     12.1 
72 Years.................        918        156     16.9        810        114     14.0 
73 Years.................      1,007        194     19.2        882        148     16.8 
74 Years.................        932        164     17.6        814        129     15.9 
75 Years.................        837        152     18.2        765        127     16.5 
76 Years.................        903        206     22.8        788        147     18.6 
77 Years.................        845        210     24.8        769        177     23.0 
78 Years.................        755        184     24.4        667        143     21.4 
79 Years.................        655        171     26.2        612        157     25.7 
80 Years................         595        159     26.7        544        133     24.5 
81 Year..................        709        158     22.2        640        126     19.7 
82 Years.................        484        109     22.6        438         91     20.8 
83 Years.................        527        128     24.3        483        109     22.5 
84 Years.................        443        110     24.9        404         95     23.6 
85 Years and over........      1,923        566     29.4      1,731        514     29.7 
Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1997                                                                                                             14
(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                                                                              
FEMALE                                                                                  
                                                                                        
   Total.................     18,382      6,753     36.7     14,968      5,800     38.8 
0 Years.................         302        159     52.6        354        169     47.7 
1 Year..................         279        115     41.3        302        147     48.8 
2 Years.................         258        109     42.2        362        173     47.9 
3 Years.................         345        173     50.2        318        159     49.9 
4 Years.................         270        151     55.8        330        185     56.0 
5 Years.................         358        178     49.8        357        173     48.3 
6 Years.................         315        176     55.8        329        155     47.2 
7 Years.................         344        162     47.2        310        149     48.0 
8 Years.................         318        170     53.5        283        143     50.5 
9 Years.................         338        152     45.0        241        113     46.9 
10 Years................         332        157     47.2        273        121     44.2 
11 Year..................        299        112     37.4        309        143     46.3 
12 Years.................        354        150     42.4        246        108     44.0 
13 Years.................        248         88     35.6        238        105     44.0 
14 Years.................        307        133     43.3        232         95     41.2 
15 Years.................        301        130     43.2        256         99     38.8 
16 Years.................        288        117     40.7        218        104     47.6 
17 Years.................        332        123     37.0        259        121     46.7 
18 Years.................        318        105     33.0        282        119     42.4 
19 Years.................        297        112     37.7        273        119     43.4 
20 Years................         279        125     44.9        249        107     43.1 
21 Year..................        291        136     46.6        232         93     40.1 
22 Years.................        265        115     43.4        232         99     42.5 
23 Years.................        307        130     42.3        251         97     38.8 
24 Years.................        238        108     45.2        244         93     38.3 
25 Years.................        273         94     34.5        215         86     40.0 
26 Years.................        239         83     34.8        276        121     44.0 
27 Years.................        308         98     31.8        277         90     32.5 
28 Years.................        280        110     39.3        266         84     31.5 
29 Years.................        325         95     29.4        251         89     35.4 
30 Years.................        272         85     31.2        261         90     34.3 
31 Year..................        299         87     29.2        245         94     38.5 
32 Years.................        310        125     40.2        244        102     42.0 
33 Years.................        306        112     36.5        268         96     36.0 
34 Years.................        297        124     41.8        266         85     32.0 
35 Years.................        331        140     42.2        230         71     30.8 
36 Years.................        267         88     33.1        233         89     38.0 
37 Years.................        308         96     31.3        236         75     31.7 
38 Years.................        327        132     40.2        225         81     36.1 
39 Years.................        311         91     29.4        241         88     36.6 
40 Years.................        299         85     28.4        233         59     25.3 
41 Year..................        245         53     21.6        252         64     25.3 
42 Years.................        338         92     27.2        246         72     29.3 
43 Years.................        260         59     22.5        181         62     34.1 
44 Years.................        295         75     25.3        163         44     27.0 
45 Years.................        265         45     16.9        151         36     24.1 
46 Years.................        262         39     15.0        166         39     23.2 
47 Years.................        223         49     21.8        171         44     25.8 
48 Years.................        247         60     24.3        166         50     30.2 
49 Years.................        183         34     18.5        108         31     29.0 
50 Years................         183         38     20.7        156         40     25.5 
51 Year..................        143         36     25.2        130         36     27.6 
52 Years.................        149         31     20.5        120         29     23.8 
53 Years.................        192         28     14.7        107         21     19.4 
54 Years.................        180         33     18.3        101         20     19.5 
55 Years.................        133         46     34.2        110         21     19.4 
56 Years.................        144         42     29.3        116         30     26.3 
57 Years.................        141         51     36.4        122         42     34.1 
58 Years.................        124         35     28.4         71         24     34.2 
59 Years.................        143         45     31.8        103         38     37.0 
60 Years................         111         44     39.7         82         25     30.9 
61 Year..................        123         24     19.7         71         20     28.9 
62 Years.................        133         43     32.3         59         16     26.4 
63 Years.................         99         31     31.4         77         21     27.0 
64 Years.................        104         30     29.2         54         32     58.8 
65 Years.................        112         34     30.5         74         35     48.0 
66 Years.................         90         35     39.3         72         29     40.8 
67 Years.................        114         35     31.0         65         20     30.9 
68 Years.................         93         29     31.0         65         18     27.3 
69 Years.................         90         37     40.8         57         16     27.1 
70 Years................          89         41     45.8         53         15     28.3 
71 Year..................         86         48     56.4         50         10     19.9 
72 Years.................         84         39     46.1         42         12     29.2 
73 Years.................        101         42     41.3         49         28     56.9 
74 Years.................         96         29     30.1         59         19     32.4 
75 Years.................         56         19     34.5         34         17     50.4 
76 Years.................         94         53     56.2         45         24     53.0 
77 Years.................         60         32     53.8         42         16     38.2 
78 Years.................         68         40     58.6         30         12     38.6 
79 Years.................         37         12     33.2         14          8     55.5 
80 Years................          30         19     64.8         24         12     51.0 
81 Year..................         48         24     49.1         32         12     38.0 
82 Years.................         28         13     46.2         19          5     29.0 
83 Years.................         42         19     44.4         19          7     34.9 
84 Years.................         30          9     31.2         22          8     37.1 
85 Years and over........        174         48     27.7         70         30     42.7 

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_007.htm