Table 25. Poverty Status by State and Ten Large Metropolitan Areas in 1998 1
(Numbers in thousands)
Below Poverty Level
Number in poverty Percent in poverty
Standard Standard
Total Value Error Value Error
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT
PEOPLE 65 YEARS AND OVER
United States......... 15,828 1,723 0 10.9 0.00
Alabama............... 220 30 0 13.6 0.00
Alaska................ 85 2 0 2.4 0.00
Arizona............... 243 27 0 11.1 0.00
Arkansas.............. 265 43 0 16.2 0.00
California............ 1,206 126 0 10.4 0.00
Colorado.............. 174 6 0 3.4 0.00
Connecticut........... 181 8 0 4.4 0.00
Delaware.............. 195 18 0 9.2 0.00
District of Columbia.. 174 28 0 16.1 0.00
Florida............... 1,185 105 0 8.9 0.00
Georgia............... 218 24 0 11.0 0.00
Hawaii................ 168 13 0 7.7 0.00
Idaho................. 207 18 0 8.7 0.00
Illinois.............. 596 64 0 10.7 0.00
Indiana............... 199 17 0 8.5 0.00
Iowa.................. 230 14 0 6.1 0.00
Kansas................ 252 22 0 8.7 0.00
Kentucky.............. 207 29 0 14.0 0.00
Louisiana............. 224 37 0 16.5 0.00
Maine................. 173 30 0 17.3 0.00
Maryland.............. 185 17 0 9.2 0.00
Massachusetts......... 392 30 0 7.7 0.00
Michigan.............. 507 54 0 10.7 0.00
Minnesota............. 198 20 0 10.1 0.00
Mississippi........... 198 40 0 20.2 0.00
Missouri.............. 190 15 0 7.9 0.00
Montana............... 204 19 0 9.3 0.00
Nebraska.............. 223 22 0 9.9 0.00
Nevada................ 198 16 0 8.1 0.00
New Hampshire......... 135 13 0 9.6 0.00
New Jersey............ 438 37 0 8.4 0.00
New Mexico............ 283 50 0 17.7 0.00
New York.............. 1,081 170 0 15.7 0.00
North Carolina........ 407 40 0 9.8 0.00
North Dakota.......... 227 34 0 15.0 0.00
Ohio.................. 574 55 0 9.6 0.00
Oklahoma.............. 255 24 0 9.4 0.00
Oregon................ 174 17 0 9.8 0.00
Pennsylvania.......... 750 60 0 8.0 0.00
Rhode Island.......... 209 22 0 10.5 0.00
South Carolina........ 171 27 0 15.8 0.00
Table 25. Poverty Status by State and Ten Large Metropolitan Areas in 1998 2
(Numbers in thousands)
Below Poverty Level
Number in poverty Percent in poverty
Standard Standard
Total Value Error Value Error
South Dakota.......... 205 27 0 13.2 0.00
Tennessee............. 190 23 0 12.1 0.00
Texas................. 690 98 0 14.2 0.00
Utah.................. 143 8 0 5.6 0.00
Vermont............... 127 10 0 7.9 0.00
Virginia.............. 231 28 0 12.1 0.00
Washington............ 170 13 0 7.6 0.00
West Virginia......... 283 45 0 15.9 0.00
Wisconsin............. 209 12 0 5.7 0.00
Wyoming............... 179 16 0 8.9 0.00
AREA
New York-Northern
New Jersey-Long
Island CMSA......... 1,190 177 0 14.9 0.00
Central Cities...... 555 127 0 22.9 0.00
Los Angeles-
Anaheim-Riverside
CMSA................ 656 88 0 13.4 0.00
Central Cities...... 248 46 0 18.5 0.00
Chicago-Gary-Lake
County CMSA.......... 436 45 0 10.3 0.00
Central Cities...... 156 26 0 16.7 0.00
San Francisco-
Oakland-San Jose
CMSA................ 416 51 0 12.3 0.00
Central Cities...... 215 34 0 15.8 0.00
Philadelphia-
Wilmington-Trenton
CMSA............... 197 9 0 4.6 0.00
Central Cities...... 89 4 0 4.5 0.00
Detroit-Ann
Arbor CMSA........... 459 44 0 9.6 0.00
Central Cities...... 139 21 0 15.1 0.00
Boston-Lawerence-
Salem CMSA.......... 377 29 0 7.7 0.00
Central Cities...... 96 16 0 16.7 0.00
Houston-Galveston-
Brazoria CMSA........ 305 45 0 14.8 0.00
Central Cities...... 72 19 0 26.4 0.00
Dallas-Fort Worth
CMSA................ 101 14 0 13.9 0.00
Central Cities...... 49 6 0 12.2 0.00
Washington DC-MD-
VA MSA............... 102 17 0 16.7 0.00
Central Cities...... 56 12 0 21.4 0.00
Table 25. Poverty Status by State and Ten Large Metropolitan Areas in 1998 3
(Numbers in thousands)
Below 125 Percent of Poverty
Number below 125% Percent below 125%
Standard Standard
Value Error Value Error
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT
PEOPLE 65 YEARS AND OVER
United States......... 2,758 0 17.4 0.00
Alabama............... 52 0 23.6 0.00
Alaska................ 5 0 5.9 0.00
Arizona............... 43 0 17.7 0.00
Arkansas.............. 62 0 23.4 0.00
California............ 205 0 17.0 0.00
Colorado.............. 14 0 8.0 0.00
Connecticut........... 12 0 6.6 0.00
Delaware.............. 33 0 16.9 0.00
District of Columbia.. 43 0 24.7 0.00
Florida............... 185 0 15.6 0.00
Georgia............... 36 0 16.5 0.00
Hawaii................ 19 0 11.3 0.00
Idaho................. 23 0 11.1 0.00
Illinois.............. 92 0 15.4 0.00
Indiana............... 28 0 14.1 0.00
Iowa.................. 27 0 11.7 0.00
Kansas................ 35 0 13.9 0.00
Kentucky.............. 43 0 20.8 0.00
Louisiana............. 71 0 31.7 0.00
Maine................. 39 0 22.5 0.00
Maryland.............. 29 0 15.7 0.00
Massachusetts......... 50 0 12.8 0.00
Michigan.............. 75 0 14.8 0.00
Minnesota............. 33 0 16.7 0.00
Mississippi........... 60 0 30.3 0.00
Missouri.............. 24 0 12.6 0.00
Montana............... 32 0 15.7 0.00
Nebraska.............. 35 0 15.7 0.00
Nevada................ 23 0 11.6 0.00
New Hampshire......... 19 0 14.1 0.00
New Jersey............ 63 0 14.4 0.00
New Mexico............ 76 0 26.9 0.00
New York.............. 258 0 23.9 0.00
North Carolina........ 72 0 17.7 0.00
North Dakota.......... 49 0 21.6 0.00
Ohio.................. 85 0 14.8 0.00
Oklahoma.............. 41 0 16.1 0.00
Oregon................ 28 0 16.1 0.00
Pennsylvania.......... 95 0 12.7 0.00
Rhode Island.......... 40 0 19.1 0.00
South Carolina........ 38 0 22.2 0.00
Table 25. Poverty Status by State and Ten Large Metropolitan Areas in 1998 4
(Numbers in thousands)
Below 125 Percent of Poverty
Number below 125% Percent below 125%
Standard Standard
Value Error Value Error
South Dakota.......... 37 0 18.0 0.00
Tennessee............. 42 0 22.1 0.00
Texas................. 172 0 24.9 0.00
Utah.................. 15 0 10.5 0.00
Vermont............... 24 0 18.9 0.00
Virginia.............. 44 0 19.0 0.00
Washington............ 18 0 10.6 0.00
West Virginia......... 64 0 22.6 0.00
Wisconsin............. 17 0 8.1 0.00
Wyoming............... 33 0 18.4 0.00
AREA
New York-Northern
New Jersey-Long
Island CMSA......... 270 0 22.7 0.00
Central Cities...... 194 0 35.0 0.00
Los Angeles-
Anaheim-Riverside
CMSA................ 138 0 21.0 0.00
Central Cities...... 66 0 26.6 0.00
Chicago-Gary-Lake
County CMSA.......... 64 0 14.7 0.00
Central Cities...... 36 0 23.1 0.00
San Francisco-
Oakland-San Jose
CMSA................ 79 0 19.0 0.00
Central Cities...... 54 0 25.1 0.00
Philadelphia-
Wilmington-Trenton
CMSA............... 14 0 7.1 0.00
Central Cities...... 6 0 6.7 0.00
Detroit-Ann
Arbor CMSA........... 66 0 14.4 0.00
Central Cities...... 32 0 23.0 0.00
Boston-Lawerence-
Salem CMSA.......... 48 0 12.7 0.00
Central Cities...... 23 0 24.0 0.00
Houston-Galveston-
Brazoria CMSA........ 57 0 18.7 0.00
Central Cities...... 22 0 30.6 0.00
Dallas-Fort Worth
CMSA................ 23 0 22.8 0.00
Central Cities...... 12 0 24.5 0.00
Washington DC-MD-
VA MSA............... 27 0 26.5 0.00
Central Cities...... 19 0 33.9 0.00