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Table 1. Age, Sex, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin -                                                                                                                                                      1
Poverty Status of People by Selected Characteristics in 1999
(Numbers in thousands)

                                   All Races                       White                         Black                    Hispanic Origin        
                                          Below                         Below                         Below                         Below        
                                      poverty level                 poverty level                 poverty level                 poverty level    
                                               Percent                       Percent                       Percent                       Percent 
                             Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total 
                                                                                                                                                 
ALL PEOPLE                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                 
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                 
   Total ...............   273,493    32,258      11.8   224,373    21,922       9.8    35,373     8,360      23.6    32,669     7,439      22.8 
Under 18 years .........    71,731    12,109      16.9    56,232     7,568      13.5    11,357     3,759      33.1    11,560     3,506      30.3 
18 to 24 years .........    26,532     4,603      17.3    21,073     3,125      14.8     3,980     1,165      29.3     3,958       941      23.8 
25 to 34 years .........    37,786     3,968      10.5    30,320     2,792       9.2     5,163       893      17.3     5,660     1,121      19.8 
35 to 44 years .........    44,805     3,733       8.3    36,915     2,614       7.1     5,699       945      16.6     4,974       811      16.3 
45 to 54 years .........    36,631     2,466       6.7    30,790     1,749       5.7     4,103       538      13.1     3,019       422      14.0 
55 to 59 years .........    12,868     1,179       9.2    11,079       890       8.0     1,288       231      17.9       990       141      14.2 
60 to 64 years .........    10,519     1,033       9.8     9,084       776       8.5     1,028       204      19.8       755       140      18.5 
65 years and over ......    32,621     3,167       9.7    28,880     2,409       8.3     2,754       626      22.7     1,752       358      20.4 
  65 to 74 years .......    17,796     1,577       8.9    15,528     1,127       7.3     1,624       360      22.2     1,132       221      19.5 
  75 years and over ....    14,825     1,591      10.7    13,352     1,283       9.6     1,130       266      23.5       621       137      22.0 
                                                                                                                                                 
Male                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                 
   Total ...............   133,647    13,813      10.3   110,428     9,557       8.7    16,518     3,341      20.2    16,371     3,292      20.1 
Under 18 years .........    36,746     6,058      16.5    28,846     3,780      13.1     5,780     1,873      32.4     5,928     1,709      28.8 
18 to 24 years .........    13,291     1,859      14.0    10,682     1,316      12.3     1,858       399      21.5     2,078       425      20.5 
25 to 34 years .........    18,563     1,422       7.7    15,144     1,111       7.3     2,305       206       8.9     2,855       443      15.5 
35 to 44 years .........    22,135     1,562       7.1    18,494     1,168       6.3     2,626       324      12.3     2,480       346      13.9 
45 to 54 years .........    17,890     1,025       5.7    15,204       756       5.0     1,872       195      10.4     1,489       174      11.7 
55 to 59 years .........     6,105       485       7.9     5,309       366       6.9       556        87      15.6       461        48      10.3 
60 to 64 years .........     5,032       442       8.8     4,415       353       8.0       424        68      16.0       359        51      14.3 
65 years and over ......    13,886       960       6.9    12,335       707       5.7     1,095       189      17.2       720        96      13.3 
  65 to 74 years .......     8,049       574       7.1     7,093       404       5.7       661       125      18.8       469        60      12.8 
  75 years and over ....     5,837       386       6.6     5,242       303       5.8       434        64      14.7       251        36      14.2 
                                                                                                                                                 
Female                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                 
   Total ...............   139,846    18,445      13.2   113,945    12,366      10.9    18,855     5,019      26.6    16,297     4,147      25.4 
Under 18 years .........    34,985     6,051      17.3    27,387     3,788      13.8     5,576     1,886      33.8     5,632     1,797      31.9 
18 to 24 years .........    13,242     2,744      20.7    10,391     1,809      17.4     2,122       766      36.1     1,880       515      27.4 
25 to 34 years .........    19,223     2,545      13.2    15,176     1,681      11.1     2,858       687      24.0     2,805       678      24.2 
35 to 44 years .........    22,670     2,171       9.6    18,421     1,446       7.8     3,073       621      20.2     2,493       465      18.7 
45 to 54 years .........    18,741     1,441       7.7    15,586       993       6.4     2,232       342      15.3     1,530       248      16.2 
55 to 59 years .........     6,763       695      10.3     5,770       524       9.1       732       144      19.7       529        93      17.6 
60 to 64 years .........     5,487       590      10.8     4,670       422       9.0       603       136      22.5       396        88      22.3 
65 years and over ......    18,735     2,207      11.8    16,545     1,703      10.3     1,659       438      26.4     1,032       262      25.4 
  65 to 74 years .......     9,747     1,003      10.3     8,435       723       8.6       963       235      24.4       662       161      24.3 
  75 years and over ....     8,988     1,204      13.4     8,109       980      12.1       697       202      29.0       370       101      27.4 
Table 1. Age, Sex, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin -                                                                                                                                                      2
Poverty Status of People by Selected Characteristics in 1999
(Numbers in thousands)

                                   All Races                       White                         Black                    Hispanic Origin        
                                          Below                         Below                         Below                         Below        
                                      poverty level                 poverty level                 poverty level                 poverty level    
                                               Percent                       Percent                       Percent                       Percent 
                             Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total     Total    Number  of total 
                                                                                                                                                 
Nativity                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                 
Native .................   245,146    27,507      11.2   205,143    18,369       9.0    33,152     8,001      24.1    19,859     4,481      22.6 
Foreign Born ...........    28,348     4,751      16.8    19,230     3,553      18.5     2,221       359      16.2    12,810     2,957      23.1 
  Naturalized Citizen ..    10,620       968       9.1     6,617       637       9.6       860       105      12.2     3,294       459      13.9 
  Not a Citizen ........    17,728     3,783      21.3    12,612     2,916      23.1     1,361       254      18.7     9,516     2,498      26.3 
                                                                                                                                                 
Householder                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                 
   Total ...............   104,711    11,936      11.4    87,676     8,365       9.5    12,849     2,965      23.1     9,319     1,959      21.0 
Under 18 years .........       150        43      28.5       104        27      25.5        32        13       (B)        40         9       (B) 
18 to 24 years .........     5,711     1,664      29.1     4,436     1,084      24.4       970       477      49.1       831       278      33.4 
25 to 34 years .........    18,629     2,298      12.3    14,873     1,539      10.4     2,724       613      22.5     2,477       555      22.4 
35 to 44 years .........    23,958     2,231       9.3    19,810     1,544       7.8     3,149       596      18.9     2,494       451      18.1 
45 to 54 years .........    20,927     1,595       7.6    17,476     1,099       6.3     2,566       401      15.6     1,546       238      15.4 
55 to 59 years .........     7,395       835      11.3     6,304       603       9.6       821       191      23.3       518        93      17.9 
60 to 64 years .........     6,198       774      12.5     5,295       585      11.0       701       157      22.4       411        85      20.8 
65 years and over ......    21,745     2,496      11.5    19,376     1,885       9.7     1,886       517      27.4     1,002       250      24.9 
  65 to 74 years .......    11,325     1,184      10.5     9,883       830       8.4     1,110       281      25.3       643       147      22.9 
  75 years and over ....    10,419     1,312      12.6     9,493     1,055      11.1       776       236      30.4       359       103      28.6 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
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