Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of 75
People by Selected Characteristics in 1998
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
BELOW 400 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 271,059 171,479 63.3 222,837 135,135 60.6
Under 18 years.......... 71,338 52,334 73.4 56,016 39,361 70.3
18 to 24 years.......... 25,967 17,834 68.7 20,741 13,686 66.0
25 to 34 years.......... 38,474 24,588 63.9 30,897 19,208 62.2
35 to 44 years.......... 44,744 25,807 57.7 36,945 20,430 55.3
45 to 54 years.......... 35,232 15,682 44.5 29,754 12,394 41.7
55 to 59 years.......... 12,601 5,872 46.6 10,789 4,712 43.7
60 to 64 years.......... 10,308 5,858 56.8 8,935 4,856 54.3
65 years and over....... 32,394 23,502 72.5 28,759 20,487 71.2
65 to 74 years....... 17,843 12,119 67.9 15,642 10,349 66.2
75 years and over.... 14,551 11,383 78.2 13,118 10,138 77.3
Male
Total................ 132,408 80,698 60.9 109,626 64,026 58.4
Under 18 years.......... 36,554 26,629 72.8 28,714 19,991 69.6
18 to 24 years.......... 12,937 8,541 66.0 10,510 6,686 63.6
25 to 34 years.......... 18,923 11,505 60.8 15,422 9,196 59.6
35 to 44 years.......... 22,156 12,448 56.2 18,528 10,066 54.3
45 to 54 years.......... 17,144 7,329 42.7 14,692 5,921 40.3
55 to 59 years.......... 6,040 2,488 41.2 5,209 1,997 38.3
60 to 64 years.......... 4,927 2,544 51.6 4,313 2,125 49.3
65 years and over....... 13,727 9,215 67.1 12,238 8,045 65.7
65 to 74 years....... 8,027 5,030 62.7 7,118 4,346 61.1
75 years and over.... 5,700 4,185 73.4 5,120 3,699 72.2
Female
Total................ 138,652 90,781 65.5 113,210 71,108 62.8
Under 18 years.......... 34,784 25,705 73.9 27,303 19,370 70.9
18 to 24 years.......... 13,031 9,293 71.3 10,230 7,000 68.4
25 to 34 years.......... 19,551 13,084 66.9 15,475 10,012 64.7
35 to 44 years.......... 22,588 13,359 59.1 18,417 10,365 56.3
45 to 54 years.......... 18,088 8,353 46.2 15,062 6,473 43.0
55 to 59 years.......... 6,561 3,384 51.6 5,580 2,716 48.7
60 to 64 years.......... 5,381 3,315 61.6 4,622 2,731 59.1
65 years and over....... 18,667 14,287 76.5 16,521 12,441 75.3
65 to 74 years....... 9,816 7,089 72.2 8,524 6,003 70.4
75 years and over.... 8,851 7,198 81.3 7,997 6,439 80.5
Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of 76
People by Selected Characteristics in 1998
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
Nativity
Native.................. 244,636 152,083 62.2 205,015 121,527 59.3
Foreign Born............ 26,424 19,396 73.4 17,822 13,607 76.4
Naturalized citizen.. 9,864 6,026 61.1 6,194 3,884 62.7
Not a citizen........ 16,560 13,370 80.7 11,628 9,724 83.6
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,253 51,295 73.0 55,126 38,513 69.9
Under 6 years........ 23,160 17,374 75.0 18,227 13,204 72.4
6 to 17 years........ 47,093 33,921 72.0 36,899 25,309 68.6
Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of 77
People by Selected Characteristics in 1998
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
BELOW 400 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 34,877 27,742 79.5 31,515 26,766 84.9
Under 18 years.......... 11,317 10,019 88.5 11,152 10,265 92.0
18 to 24 years.......... 3,828 3,173 82.9 3,939 3,426 87.0
25 to 34 years.......... 5,256 4,009 76.3 5,531 4,613 83.4
35 to 44 years.......... 5,613 4,062 72.4 4,629 3,719 80.3
45 to 54 years.......... 3,854 2,438 63.3 2,864 2,022 70.6
55 to 59 years.......... 1,245 870 69.9 980 723 73.8
60 to 64 years.......... 1,040 813 78.2 725 543 74.9
65 years and over....... 2,723 2,358 86.6 1,696 1,455 85.8
65 to 74 years....... 1,603 1,353 84.4 1,092 932 85.3
75 years and over.... 1,120 1,006 89.8 604 523 86.7
Male
Total................ 16,261 12,519 77.0 15,793 13,318 84.3
Under 18 years.......... 5,773 5,104 88.4 5,725 5,259 91.9
18 to 24 years.......... 1,749 1,397 79.8 2,041 1,765 86.5
25 to 34 years.......... 2,365 1,670 70.6 2,833 2,332 82.3
35 to 44 years.......... 2,579 1,759 68.2 2,305 1,831 79.4
45 to 54 years.......... 1,729 1,021 59.0 1,389 964 69.4
55 to 59 years.......... 536 342 63.7 434 306 70.4
60 to 64 years.......... 451 338 74.9 321 236 73.6
65 years and over....... 1,079 890 82.5 745 624 83.7
65 to 74 years....... 660 525 79.5 498 410 82.5
75 years and over.... 419 366 87.3 248 214 86.1
Female
Total................ 18,616 15,222 81.8 15,722 13,449 85.5
Under 18 years.......... 5,544 4,915 88.6 5,427 5,006 92.2
18 to 24 years.......... 2,078 1,776 85.5 1,898 1,661 87.5
25 to 34 years.......... 2,892 2,339 80.9 2,698 2,280 84.5
35 to 44 years.......... 3,035 2,303 75.9 2,324 1,888 81.2
45 to 54 years.......... 2,125 1,418 66.7 1,475 1,059 71.8
55 to 59 years.......... 708 528 74.6 546 417 76.4
60 to 64 years.......... 589 475 80.7 404 307 76.0
65 years and over....... 1,644 1,468 89.3 950 831 87.5
65 to 74 years....... 943 828 87.8 594 521 87.7
75 years and over.... 701 640 91.3 356 310 87.0
Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of 78
People by Selected Characteristics in 1998
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
Nativity
Native.................. 32,841 26,125 79.6 19,752 16,478 83.4
Foreign Born............ 2,036 1,616 79.4 11,763 10,288 87.5
Naturalized citizen.. 715 534 74.7 2,958 2,203 74.5
Not a citizen........ 1,321 1,083 81.9 8,805 8,085 91.8
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 11,176 9,879 88.4 10,921 10,036 91.9
Under 6 years........ 3,549 3,148 88.7 4,160 3,864 92.9
6 to 17 years........ 7,628 6,730 88.2 6,760 6,172 91.3