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 75 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 273,493 21,471 7.9 224,373 14,167 6.3 35,373 5,885 16.6 32,669 4,785 14.6
Under 18 years.......... 71,731 8,400 11.7 56,232 5,035 9.0 11,357 2,804 24.7 11,560 2,327 20.1
18 to 24 years.......... 26,532 3,356 12.6 21,073 2,289 10.9 3,980 818 20.6 3,958 647 16.4
25 to 34 years.......... 37,786 2,807 7.4 30,320 1,921 6.3 5,163 676 13.1 5,660 747 13.2
35 to 44 years.......... 44,805 2,489 5.6 36,915 1,728 4.7 5,699 634 11.1 4,974 531 10.7
45 to 54 years.......... 36,631 1,617 4.4 30,790 1,121 3.6 4,103 373 9.1 3,019 259 8.6
55 to 59 years.......... 12,868 811 6.3 11,079 610 5.5 1,288 153 11.9 990 78 7.9
60 to 64 years.......... 10,519 618 5.9 9,084 445 4.9 1,028 135 13.2 755 78 10.4
65 years and over....... 32,621 1,373 4.2 28,880 1,018 3.5 2,754 292 10.6 1,752 118 6.7
65 to 74 years....... 17,796 721 4.1 15,528 491 3.2 1,624 185 11.4 1,132 83 7.3
75 years and over.... 14,825 651 4.4 13,352 527 3.9 1,130 107 9.5 621 35 5.6
Male
Total................ 133,647 9,283 6.9 110,428 6,238 5.6 16,518 2,412 14.6 16,371 2,103 12.8
Under 18 years.......... 36,746 4,202 11.4 28,846 2,484 8.6 5,780 1,444 25.0 5,928 1,129 19.1
18 to 24 years.......... 13,291 1,340 10.1 10,682 939 8.8 1,858 289 15.6 2,078 277 13.3
25 to 34 years.......... 18,563 962 5.2 15,144 752 5.0 2,305 132 5.7 2,855 284 9.9
35 to 44 years.......... 22,135 995 4.5 18,494 741 4.0 2,626 204 7.8 2,480 216 8.7
45 to 54 years.......... 17,890 683 3.8 15,204 504 3.3 1,872 132 7.0 1,489 112 7.5
55 to 59 years.......... 6,105 349 5.7 5,309 261 4.9 556 63 11.3 461 24 5.2
60 to 64 years.......... 5,032 255 5.1 4,415 199 4.5 424 42 9.8 359 21 5.9
65 years and over....... 13,886 496 3.6 12,335 356 2.9 1,095 106 9.7 720 40 5.5
65 to 74 years....... 8,049 300 3.7 7,093 186 2.6 661 86 13.0 469 24 5.2
75 years and over.... 5,837 196 3.4 5,242 170 3.2 434 20 4.6 251 15 6.1
Female
Total................ 139,846 12,188 8.7 113,945 7,929 7.0 18,855 3,473 18.4 16,297 2,682 16.5
Under 18 years.......... 34,985 4,197 12.0 27,387 2,550 9.3 5,576 1,360 24.4 5,632 1,197 21.3
18 to 24 years.......... 13,242 2,016 15.2 10,391 1,350 13.0 2,122 529 24.9 1,880 370 19.7
25 to 34 years.......... 19,223 1,845 9.6 15,176 1,169 7.7 2,858 544 19.0 2,805 463 16.5
35 to 44 years.......... 22,670 1,494 6.6 18,421 987 5.4 3,073 430 14.0 2,493 315 12.6
45 to 54 years.......... 18,741 934 5.0 15,586 617 4.0 2,232 241 10.8 1,530 146 9.6
55 to 59 years.......... 6,763 462 6.8 5,770 349 6.0 732 90 12.3 529 54 10.3
60 to 64 years.......... 5,487 363 6.6 4,670 245 5.3 603 94 15.5 396 57 14.5
65 years and over....... 18,735 877 4.7 16,545 662 4.0 1,659 186 11.2 1,032 78 7.6
65 to 74 years....... 9,747 421 4.3 8,435 305 3.6 963 99 10.3 662 59 8.9
75 years and over.... 8,988 455 5.1 8,109 357 4.4 697 87 12.5 370 20 5.3
Nativity
Native.................. 245,146 18,322 7.5 205,143 11,868 5.8 33,152 5,653 17.1 19,859 2,929 14.7
Foreign Born............ 28,348 3,149 11.1 19,230 2,299 12.0 2,221 232 10.5 12,810 1,856 14.5
Naturalized citizen.. 10,620 583 5.5 6,617 367 5.6 860 72 8.4 3,294 250 7.6
Not a citizen........ 17,728 2,566 14.5 12,612 1,931 15.3 1,361 160 11.8 9,516 1,606 16.9
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,480 7,884 11.2 55,274 4,656 8.4 11,132 2,706 24.3 11,300 2,218 19.6
Under 6 years........ 23,105 2,871 12.4 18,206 1,772 9.7 3,548 954 26.9 4,247 867 20.4
6 to 17 years........ 47,375 5,014 10.6 37,068 2,884 7.8 7,585 1,752 23.1 7,052 1,351 19.2