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 100 PERCENT OF POVERTY
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
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
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