Table 1. Age, Sex, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - 15
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
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Both Sexes
Total .................. 43,432 8,305 19.1 36,151 6,375 17.6 5,619 1,552 27.6 3,207 991 30.9
Under 18 years ............ 241 216 89.6 198 176 88.8 31 28 (B) 67 59 (B)
18 to 24 years ............ 5,606 1,964 35.0 4,711 1,548 32.9 597 278 46.6 656 259 39.5
25 to 34 years ............ 8,733 1,005 11.5 6,988 766 11.0 1,189 156 13.1 864 187 21.6
35 to 44 years ............ 7,431 1,047 14.1 5,958 777 13.0 1,168 248 21.2 588 129 22.0
45 to 54 years ............ 6,257 959 15.3 5,047 702 13.9 1,009 213 21.2 378 83 21.8
55 to 59 years ............ 2,430 526 21.6 2,050 404 19.7 336 117 34.8 137 37 27.1
60 to 64 years ............ 2,092 493 23.6 1,734 375 21.6 300 97 32.2 113 44 38.8
65 years and over ......... 10,641 2,095 19.7 9,466 1,627 17.2 990 415 41.9 405 194 47.8
65 to 74 years .......... 4,583 924 20.2 3,923 670 17.1 552 214 38.9 245 112 45.7
75 years and over ....... 6,058 1,171 19.3 5,543 957 17.3 438 200 45.8 160 82 51.2
Male
Total .................. 20,806 3,398 16.3 17,127 2,575 15.0 2,803 663 23.6 1,887 420 22.3
Under 18 years ............ 103 80 77.2 84 63 75.4 14 11 (B) 39 31 (B)
18 to 24 years ............ 2,882 897 31.1 2,435 702 28.8 296 135 45.8 404 134 33.2
25 to 34 years ............ 5,359 534 10.0 4,290 406 9.5 737 88 11.9 582 92 15.9
35 to 44 years ............ 4,629 577 12.5 3,779 434 11.5 651 127 19.5 403 73 18.0
45 to 54 years ............ 3,201 458 14.3 2,584 343 13.3 532 102 19.1 215 37 17.2
55 to 59 years ............ 1,021 201 19.7 839 150 17.9 157 51 32.4 69 13 (B)
60 to 64 years ............ 796 189 23.8 689 159 23.1 88 27 30.1 54 14 (B)
65 years and over ......... 2,816 461 16.4 2,427 318 13.1 329 123 37.3 121 26 21.9
65 to 74 years .......... 1,403 269 19.1 1,167 169 14.5 202 83 40.9 84 18 21.3
75 years and over ....... 1,413 192 13.6 1,260 148 11.8 127 40 31.6 37 9 (B)
Female
Total .................. 22,626 4,907 21.7 19,025 3,800 20.0 2,816 890 31.6 1,320 570 43.2
Under 18 years ............ 138 137 98.8 115 113 98.6 18 18 (B) 28 28 (B)
18 to 24 years ............ 2,724 1,066 39.1 2,275 846 37.2 301 143 47.5 252 125 49.5
25 to 34 years ............ 3,375 471 14.0 2,698 360 13.3 452 69 15.2 282 94 33.4
35 to 44 years ............ 2,802 470 16.8 2,178 343 15.7 517 120 23.3 185 56 30.5
45 to 54 years ............ 3,056 501 16.4 2,464 359 14.6 477 112 23.4 162 45 28.0
55 to 59 years ............ 1,410 325 23.0 1,211 253 20.9 179 66 36.8 68 24 (B)
60 to 64 years ............ 1,296 303 23.4 1,045 216 20.7 212 70 33.1 59 30 (B)
65 years and over ......... 7,826 1,634 20.9 7,039 1,310 18.6 661 292 44.2 284 167 58.8
65 to 74 years .......... 3,180 656 20.6 2,756 501 18.2 349 132 37.7 162 94 58.3
75 years and over ....... 4,645 978 21.1 4,283 809 18.9 311 160 51.5 123 73 59.5
Nativity
Native .................. 39,313 7,238 18.4 33,378 5,622 16.8 5,176 1,443 27.9 1,693 445 26.3
Foreign Born ............ 4,120 1,067 25.9 2,773 753 27.1 443 109 24.6 1,514 545 36.0
Naturalized Citizen ... 1,554 287 18.4 1,072 215 20.1 185 36 19.7 398 128 32.2
Not a Citizen ........ 2,566 781 30.4 1,701 537 31.6 259 73 28.1 1,116 417 37.4