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Table 1. Age, Sex, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin -                                                                                                                                                      7
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 
                                                                                                                                                  
PEOPLE IN FAMILIES WITH                                                                                                                           
RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                  
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                  
   Total ...............    146,984    19,858      13.5   116,951    12,626      10.8    21,473     5,963      27.8    23,427     5,908      25.2 
Under 18 years .........     70,581    11,539      16.3    55,358     7,141      12.9    11,146     3,653      32.8    11,330     3,386      29.9 
18 to 24 years .........     10,824     1,986      18.4     8,167     1,193      14.6     2,051       691      33.7     2,312       593      25.7 
25 to 34 years .........     19,781     2,604      13.2    15,917     1,779      11.2     2,801       669      23.9     3,813       872      22.9 
35 to 44 years .........     28,510     2,283       8.0    23,809     1,601       6.7     3,204       549      17.1     3,636       644      17.7 
45 to 54 years .........     12,889       895       6.9    10,557       589       5.6     1,461       217      14.9     1,491       262      17.6 
55 to 59 years .........      1,729       232      13.4     1,333       128       9.6       266        71      26.8       313        48      15.3 
60 to 64 years .........        962       110      11.5       668        71      10.7       212        36      16.9       192        36      18.7 
65 years and over ......      1,708       208      12.2     1,142       124      10.9       331        77      23.2       341        65      19.2 
  65 to 74 years .......      1,093       164      15.0       727        97      13.3       211        60      28.3       241        53      22.1 
  75 years and over ....        615        44       7.2       415        27       6.6       120        17      14.3       101        12      12.2 
                                                                                                                                                  
Male                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                  
   Total ...............     70,950     8,533      12.0    57,298     5,612       9.8     9,543     2,324      24.4    11,402     2,620      23.0 
Under 18 years .........     36,192     5,795      16.0    28,439     3,591      12.6     5,657     1,818      32.1     5,811     1,651      28.4 
18 to 24 years .........      4,831       638      13.2     3,730       427      11.4       801       161      20.1     1,084       241      22.2 
25 to 34 years .........      8,050       720       8.9     6,784       589       8.7       838        85      10.2     1,717       322      18.8 
35 to 44 years .........     12,898       806       6.3    11,034       614       5.6     1,260       147      11.7     1,679       257      15.3 
45 to 54 years .........      6,826       344       5.0     5,704       244       4.3       657        54       8.2       744       104      14.0 
55 to 59 years .........        959       103      10.8       785        64       8.1       109        22      20.3       138        11       8.1 
60 to 64 years .........        485        49      10.0       342        34       9.8       101        13      12.4        95        13      13.2 
65 years and over ......        709        78      11.0       479        50      10.5       121        24      19.6       134        21      16.0 
  65 to 74 years .......        468        59      12.7       320        37      11.7        79        18      22.3        94        16      17.2 
  75 years and over ....        241        19       7.8       159        13       8.1        42         6       (B)        40         5       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                  
Female                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                  
   Total ...............     76,034    11,325      14.9    59,653     7,014      11.8    11,929     3,639      30.5    12,025     3,288      27.3 
Under 18 years .........     34,389     5,743      16.7    26,919     3,550      13.2     5,489     1,835      33.4     5,519     1,736      31.5 
18 to 24 years .........      5,993     1,348      22.5     4,437       766      17.3     1,250       530      42.4     1,228       353      28.7 
25 to 34 years .........     11,731     1,884      16.1     9,133     1,190      13.0     1,964       583      29.7     2,095       550      26.3 
35 to 44 years .........     15,612     1,477       9.5    12,775       987       7.7     1,945       402      20.7     1,957       388      19.8 
45 to 54 years .........      6,063       552       9.1     4,853       345       7.1       804       164      20.3       747       158      21.1 
55 to 59 years .........        770       129      16.7       548        65      11.8       158        49      31.3       175        37      21.0 
60 to 64 years .........        477        62      12.9       326        38      11.7       111        23      20.9        97        23      24.1 
65 years and over ......        998       130      13.1       663        74      11.1       209        53      25.4       207        44      21.2 
  65 to 74 years .......        625       105      16.8       407        59      14.5       131        42      31.9       147        37      25.2 
  75 years and over ....        373        26       6.9       256        14       5.7        78        11      14.3        60         7       (B) 
Table 1. Age, Sex, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin -                                                                                                                                                      8
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 .................    131,516    16,926      12.9   106,361    10,293       9.7    20,287     5,767      28.4    15,087     3,790      25.1 
Foreign Born ...........     15,468     2,932      19.0    10,590     2,333      22.0     1,186       197      16.6     8,340     2,118      25.4 
  Naturalized Citizen ..      4,717       447       9.5     2,609       280      10.7       398        50      12.5     1,731       238      13.8 
  Not a Citizen ........     10,751     2,485      23.1     7,980     2,053      25.7       788       147      18.6     6,609     1,879      28.4 
                                                                                                                                                  
Householder                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                  
   Total ...............     37,277     5,129      13.8    29,841     3,236      10.8     5,585     1,615      28.9     5,320     1,330      25.0 
Under 18 years .........         78        28      35.6        61        17       (B)        14         9       (B)        23         4       (B) 
18 to 24 years .........      2,151       844      39.2     1,515       473      31.2       554       345      62.3       490       196      40.1 
25 to 34 years .........     10,009     1,782      17.8     7,864     1,140      14.5     1,714       559      32.6     1,767       497      28.1 
35 to 44 years .........     15,376     1,513       9.8    12,831     1,052       8.2     1,857       382      20.6     1,892       398      21.1 
45 to 54 years .........      7,387       585       7.9     5,957       363       6.1       958       175      18.3       783       161      20.5 
55 to 59 years .........        978       179      18.3       743        89      11.9       152        61      39.9       163        34      20.8 
60 to 64 years .........        556        66      11.9       378        33       8.8       149        30      20.2        86        14      16.1 
65 years and over ......        742       131      17.7       491        70      14.2       186        54      28.9       115        26      22.8 
  65 to 74 years .......        522        99      19.0       353        50      14.3       119        42      35.1        85        21      24.8 
  75 years and over ....        220        32      14.4       138        20      14.1        67        12       (B)        30         5       (B) 
                                                                                                                                                  
Related Children                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
Under 18 years .........     70,480    11,510      16.3    55,274     7,123      12.9    11,132     3,644      32.7    11,300     3,382      29.9 
  Under 6 years ........     23,105     4,170      18.0    18,206     2,653      14.6     3,548     1,299      36.6     4,247     1,300      30.6 
  6 to 17 years ........     47,375     7,340      15.5    37,068     4,470      12.1     7,585     2,345      30.9     7,052     2,082      29.5 
                                                                                                                                                  
Own Children                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                  
Under 18 years .........     64,976    10,269      15.8    51,954     6,542      12.6     9,331     3,050      32.7     9,931     3,003      30.2 
  Under 6 years ........     20,789     3,682      17.7    16,758     2,385      14.2     2,826     1,098      38.9     3,616     1,125      31.1 
  6 to 17 years ........     44,187     6,587      14.9    35,196     4,157      11.8     6,505     1,952      30.0     6,314     1,878      29.7 
18 years and Over.......      8,705       954      11.0     6,342       519       8.2     1,710       364      21.3     1,508       273      18.1 

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/032000/pov/new01_003.htm