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Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1998              87
(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                                                         
                                                                          
BOTH SEXES                                                                
                                                                          
   Total...........  271,059   34,476     12.7  222,837   23,454     10.5 
0 Years............    3,753      781     20.8    3,036      529     17.4 
1 Year.............    3,852      810     21.0    3,023      523     17.3 
2 Years............    3,851      786     20.4    3,054      527     17.2 
3 Years............    3,944      854     21.6    3,060      505     16.5 
4 Years............    3,982      808     20.3    3,117      515     16.5 
5 Years............    4,017      884     22.0    3,124      580     18.6 
6 Years............    3,979      777     19.5    3,160      500     15.8 
7 Years............    4,152      877     21.1    3,227      523     16.2 
8 Years............    4,036      779     19.3    3,120      485     15.6 
9 Years............    4,138      831     20.1    3,265      528     16.2 
10 Years...........    3,947      729     18.5    3,025      416     13.8 
11 Years...........    4,054      722     17.8    3,229      443     13.7 
12 Years...........    3,809      642     16.9    3,033      402     13.3 
13 Years...........    4,009      617     15.4    3,100      338     10.9 
14 Years...........    3,861      672     17.4    3,050      391     12.8 
15 Years...........    3,899      651     16.7    3,071      432     14.1 
16 Years...........    4,045      642     15.9    3,153      409     13.0 
17 Years...........    4,010      604     15.1    3,168      398     12.6 
18 Years...........    3,982      630     15.8    3,138      423     13.5 
19 Years...........    3,927      646     16.4    3,206      471     14.7 
20 Years...........    3,639      657     18.0    2,843      448     15.7 
21 Years...........    3,855      639     16.6    3,133      432     13.8 
22 Years...........    3,528      625     17.7    2,830      440     15.5 
23 Years...........    3,413      553     16.2    2,708      402     14.8 
24 Years...........    3,623      562     15.5    2,883      407     14.1 
25 Years...........    3,297      423     12.8    2,598      310     11.9 
26 Years...........    3,670      455     12.4    2,914      324     11.1 
27 Years...........    3,610      490     13.6    2,999      357     11.9 
28 Years...........    4,117      488     11.8    3,227      288      8.9 
29 Years...........    3,944      527     13.4    3,126      357     11.4 
30 Years...........    4,076      469     11.5    3,218      314      9.7 
31 Years...........    3,958      396     10.0    3,266      285      8.7 
32 Years...........    3,698      374     10.1    2,971      271      9.1 
33 Years...........    4,003      452     11.3    3,207      287      8.9 
34 Years...........    4,100      507     12.4    3,371      379     11.2 
35 Years...........    4,661      462      9.9    3,794      331      8.7 
36 Years...........    4,374      428      9.8    3,517      285      8.1 
37 Years...........    4,430      401      9.1    3,755      313      8.3 
38 Years...........    4,567      485     10.6    3,824      372      9.7 
39 Years...........    4,498      418      9.3    3,700      293      7.9 
40 Years...........    4,665      401      8.6    3,892      311      8.0 
41 Years...........    4,508      411      9.1    3,701      280      7.6 
42 Years...........    4,302      383      8.9    3,488      228      6.5 
43 Years...........    4,448      363      8.2    3,691      266      7.2 
Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1998              88
(Numbers in thousands)

                             All Races                        White       
                                Below Poverty              Below Poverty  
                                     Level                      Level     
                                       Percent                    Percent 
                                            of                         of 
                       Total   Number    Total    Total   Number    Total 
44 Years...........    4,292      330      7.7    3,582      226      6.3 
45 Years...........    4,074      327      8.0    3,405      224      6.6 
46 Years...........    3,971      261      6.6    3,344      181      5.4 
47 Years...........    3,712      248      6.7    3,134      167      5.3 
48 Years...........    3,630      252      6.9    3,025      172      5.7 
49 Years...........    3,779      262      6.9    3,158      190      6.0 
50 Years...........    3,563      229      6.4    2,957      161      5.4 
51 Years...........    3,797      217      5.7    3,252      169      5.2 
52 Years...........    3,391      223      6.6    2,964      169      5.7 
53 Years...........    2,602      201      7.7    2,192      142      6.5 
54 Years...........    2,712      224      8.3    2,324      178      7.7 
55 Years...........    2,920      255      8.7    2,503      178      7.1 
56 Years...........    2,808      232      8.3    2,485      167      6.7 
57 Years...........    2,368      237     10.0    2,035      199      9.8 
58 Years...........    2,340      196      8.4    1,979      148      7.5 
59 Years...........    2,165      245     11.3    1,787      161      9.0 
60 Years...........    2,163      210      9.7    1,893      146      7.7 
61 Years...........    2,159      238     11.0    1,878      189     10.0 
62 Years...........    2,052      222     10.8    1,755      163      9.3 
63 Years...........    2,026      185      9.1    1,757      123      7.0 
64 Years...........    1,908      184      9.7    1,653      129      7.8 
65 Years...........    1,802      177      9.8    1,536      126      8.2 
66 Years...........    1,985      183      9.2    1,690      113      6.7 
67 Years...........    1,836      139      7.6    1,619       93      5.7 
68 Years...........    1,921      153      8.0    1,703      105      6.2 
69 Years...........    1,775      151      8.5    1,515      103      6.8 
70 Years...........    1,766      130      7.4    1,564      109      7.0 
71 Years...........    1,756      162      9.2    1,562      114      7.3 
72 Years...........    1,652      164      9.9    1,461      120      8.2 
73 Years...........    1,728      175     10.1    1,542      118      7.7 
74 Years...........    1,622      182     11.2    1,449      135      9.3 
75 Years...........    1,564      172     11.0    1,404      141     10.1 
76 Years...........    1,337      135     10.1    1,208       95      7.8 
77 Years...........    1,496      175     11.7    1,328      121      9.1 
78 Years...........    1,381      160     11.6    1,245      125     10.0 
79 Years...........    1,174      150     12.7    1,026      109     10.6 
80 Years...........    1,137      126     11.1    1,055      112     10.6 
81 Years...........      953      119     12.5      878      104     11.9 
82 Years...........      924      113     12.2      846       97     11.5 
83 Years...........      807       92     11.4      757       77     10.2 
84 Years...........      723       94     12.9      659       76     11.5 
85 Years and over..    3,054      435     14.2    2,711      363     13.4 
Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1998              89
(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                                                         
                                                                          
BOTH SEXES                                                                
                                                                          
   Total...........   34,877    9,091     26.1   31,515    8,070     25.6 
0 Years............      520      205     39.4      712      250     35.2 
1 Year.............      596      230     38.6      680      271     39.8 
2 Years............      545      195     35.7      668      257     38.4 
3 Years............      671      301     44.8      760      256     33.7 
4 Years............      617      251     40.6      681      237     34.8 
5 Years............      646      247     38.2      724      275     37.9 
6 Years............      587      229     39.0      653      216     33.0 
7 Years............      735      316     43.0      667      243     36.4 
8 Years............      702      237     33.7      597      204     34.2 
9 Years............      653      259     39.6      611      221     36.1 
10 Years...........      719      262     36.5      577      195     33.8 
11 Years...........      608      237     39.0      581      190     32.6 
12 Years...........      553      194     35.1      574      174     30.3 
13 Years...........      696      230     33.1      508      151     29.7 
14 Years...........      583      227     38.9      528      167     31.6 
15 Years...........      617      171     27.6      540      167     31.0 
16 Years...........      678      186     27.5      561      190     33.8 
17 Years...........      591      177     29.9      531      176     33.1 
18 Years...........      648      161     24.9      549      171     31.1 
19 Years...........      533      146     27.5      656      187     28.5 
20 Years...........      621      180     29.0      487      133     27.3 
21 Years...........      538      158     29.4      566      145     25.6 
22 Years...........      475      153     32.3      506      113     22.2 
23 Years...........      472      117     24.7      592      138     23.3 
24 Years...........      541      127     23.5      583      123     21.2 
25 Years...........      471       77     16.3      554      118     21.4 
26 Years...........      528      106     20.1      487      123     25.2 
27 Years...........      418      119     28.5      599      143     23.9 
28 Years...........      617      147     23.8      516       89     17.2 
29 Years...........      592      132     22.4      546      130     23.8 
30 Years...........      575      122     21.1      590      138     23.4 
31 Years...........      495       91     18.4      597      114     19.1 
32 Years...........      520       93     18.0      533      108     20.3 
33 Years...........      552      129     23.3      551      123     22.3 
34 Years...........      488       98     20.0      557      138     24.8 
35 Years...........      642      104     16.2      591      107     18.2 
36 Years...........      611      131     21.4      529      107     20.3 
37 Years...........      466       72     15.5      506      116     23.0 
38 Years...........      565       93     16.5      521      129     24.8 
39 Years...........      593      104     17.6      407       84     20.7 
40 Years...........      529       77     14.6      459       96     20.9 
41 Years...........      575      113     19.7      414       86     20.8 
42 Years...........      600      132     22.1      420       73     17.5 
43 Years...........      541       88     16.2      431       83     19.3 
Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1998              90
(Numbers in thousands)

                                   Black             Hispanic Origin      
                                Below Poverty              Below Poverty  
                                     Level                      Level     
                                       Percent                    Percent 
                                            of                         of 
                       Total   Number    Total    Total   Number    Total 
44 Years...........      491       82     16.7      352       55     15.7 
45 Years...........      491       76     15.4      367       54     14.8 
46 Years...........      438       68     15.6      291       31     10.7 
47 Years...........      424       60     14.2      292       34     11.5 
48 Years...........      457       67     14.6      301       47     15.6 
49 Years...........      423       53     12.6      338       59     17.5 
50 Years...........      445       61     13.7      276       34     12.4 
51 Years...........      340       28      8.1      306       43     14.0 
52 Years...........      282       43     15.4      222       29     13.1 
53 Years...........      285       52     18.2      236       37     15.5 
54 Years...........      269       43     15.9      235       50     21.2 
55 Years...........      293       68     23.1      217       40     18.6 
56 Years...........      202       51     25.1      197       23     11.7 
57 Years...........      233       37     16.1      183       31     16.8 
58 Years...........      254       41     16.3      191       34     18.0 
59 Years...........      263       68     26.0      192       30     15.6 
60 Years...........      221       58     26.4      162       24     14.8 
61 Years...........      210       44     20.7      144       29     19.9 
62 Years...........      232       51     21.9      142       30     21.1 
63 Years...........      197       55     27.8      138       21     15.2 
64 Years...........      180       44     24.3      139       24     17.4 
65 Years...........      196       45     22.9      134       32     23.7 
66 Years...........      212       62     29.4      131       15     11.2 
67 Years...........      137       35     25.5      103       13     12.3 
68 Years...........      166       44     26.6      121       25     20.9 
69 Years...........      190       39     20.3      102       18     17.9 
70 Years...........      138       18     12.9      108       21     19.7 
71 Years...........      149       43     28.7       90       27     29.5 
72 Years...........      144       34     23.8      101       22     21.5 
73 Years...........      140       48     34.7      109       27     25.0 
74 Years...........      131       42     32.3       92       24     26.5 
75 Years...........      127       26     20.5       70       24     34.7 
76 Years...........      103       36     35.0       60       14     23.6 
77 Years...........      142       49     34.6       81       13     15.7 
78 Years...........       97       28     29.3       54        9     16.6 
79 Years...........      103       35     34.2       37       10     27.0 
80 Years...........       63       13     20.1       54        8     15.0 
81 Years...........       54       11     20.0       31       10     31.3 
82 Years...........       65       14     21.8       40       15     37.1 
83 Years...........       41       12     30.0       33       10     29.1 
84 Years...........       48       16     32.6       35        3      9.0 
85 Years and over..      276       66     24.1      110       17     15.4 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031999/pov/new23_001.htm