Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - 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
BELOW 50 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 273,493 12,681 4.6 224,373 8,211 3.7 35,373 3,578 10.1 32,669 2,705 8.3
Under 18 years.......... 71,731 4,918 6.9 56,232 2,850 5.1 11,357 1,737 15.3 11,560 1,286 11.1
18 to 24 years.......... 26,532 2,183 8.2 21,073 1,475 7.0 3,980 538 13.5 3,958 408 10.3
25 to 34 years.......... 37,786 1,670 4.4 30,320 1,073 3.5 5,163 449 8.7 5,660 422 7.5
35 to 44 years.......... 44,805 1,435 3.2 36,915 985 2.7 5,699 370 6.5 4,974 299 6.0
45 to 54 years.......... 36,631 937 2.6 30,790 664 2.2 4,103 208 5.1 3,019 150 5.0
55 to 59 years.......... 12,868 489 3.8 11,079 382 3.4 1,288 78 6.0 990 37 3.7
60 to 64 years.......... 10,519 358 3.4 9,084 264 2.9 1,028 70 6.8 755 44 5.9
65 years and over....... 32,621 690 2.1 28,880 519 1.8 2,754 128 4.6 1,752 58 3.3
65 to 74 years....... 17,796 383 2.2 15,528 261 1.7 1,624 91 5.6 1,132 45 4.0
75 years and over.... 14,825 307 2.1 13,352 258 1.9 1,130 37 3.3 621 13 2.1
Male
Total................ 133,647 5,423 4.1 110,428 3,559 3.2 16,518 1,478 8.9 16,371 1,136 6.9
Under 18 years.......... 36,746 2,434 6.6 28,846 1,376 4.8 5,780 898 15.5 5,928 600 10.1
18 to 24 years.......... 13,291 825 6.2 10,682 580 5.4 1,858 184 9.9 2,078 171 8.2
25 to 34 years.......... 18,563 561 3.0 15,144 411 2.7 2,305 95 4.1 2,855 147 5.1
35 to 44 years.......... 22,135 554 2.5 18,494 408 2.2 2,626 112 4.3 2,480 108 4.4
45 to 54 years.......... 17,890 393 2.2 15,204 292 1.9 1,872 73 3.9 1,489 68 4.6
55 to 59 years.......... 6,105 220 3.6 5,309 167 3.1 556 38 6.9 461 7 1.5
60 to 64 years.......... 5,032 162 3.2 4,415 122 2.8 424 29 6.7 359 12 3.2
65 years and over....... 13,886 274 2.0 12,335 202 1.6 1,095 48 4.4 720 24 3.3
65 to 74 years....... 8,049 172 2.1 7,093 110 1.6 661 44 6.6 469 17 3.5
75 years and over.... 5,837 102 1.7 5,242 92 1.8 434 5 1.1 251 7 2.9
Female
Total................ 139,846 7,259 5.2 113,945 4,653 4.1 18,855 2,100 11.1 16,297 1,568 9.6
Under 18 years.......... 34,985 2,484 7.1 27,387 1,474 5.4 5,576 838 15.0 5,632 685 12.2
18 to 24 years.......... 13,242 1,359 10.3 10,391 895 8.6 2,122 354 16.7 1,880 237 12.6
25 to 34 years.......... 19,223 1,109 5.8 15,176 662 4.4 2,858 354 12.4 2,805 275 9.8
35 to 44 years.......... 22,670 881 3.9 18,421 577 3.1 3,073 258 8.4 2,493 190 7.6
45 to 54 years.......... 18,741 544 2.9 15,586 371 2.4 2,232 135 6.0 1,530 82 5.4
55 to 59 years.......... 6,763 269 4.0 5,770 215 3.7 732 39 5.4 529 30 5.7
60 to 64 years.......... 5,487 197 3.6 4,670 142 3.0 603 41 6.9 396 33 8.3
65 years and over....... 18,735 416 2.2 16,545 316 1.9 1,659 80 4.8 1,032 35 3.3
65 to 74 years....... 9,747 211 2.2 8,435 151 1.8 963 47 4.9 662 29 4.4
75 years and over.... 8,988 205 2.3 8,109 166 2.0 697 32 4.6 370 6 1.5
Nativity
Native.................. 245,146 10,795 4.4 205,143 6,867 3.3 33,152 3,432 10.4 19,859 1,632 8.2
Foreign Born............ 28,348 1,886 6.7 19,230 1,344 7.0 2,221 146 6.6 12,810 1,073 8.4
Naturalized citizen.. 10,620 324 3.1 6,617 184 2.8 860 54 6.3 3,294 122 3.7
Not a citizen........ 17,728 1,562 8.8 12,612 1,160 9.2 1,361 92 6.8 9,516 951 10.0
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,480 4,485 6.4 55,274 2,534 4.6 11,132 1,656 14.9 11,300 1,189 10.5
Under 6 years........ 23,105 1,762 7.6 18,206 1,012 5.6 3,548 648 18.3 4,247 469 11.0
6 to 17 years........ 47,375 2,723 5.7 37,068 1,523 4.1 7,585 1,008 13.3 7,052 720 10.2