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 150 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 273,493 57,337 21.0 224,373 40,954 18.3 35,373 12,976 36.7 32,669 12,961 39.7
Under 18 years.......... 71,731 20,236 28.2 56,232 13,373 23.8 11,357 5,497 48.4 11,560 5,728 49.5
18 to 24 years.......... 26,532 7,338 27.7 21,073 5,199 24.7 3,980 1,651 41.5 3,958 1,583 40.0
25 to 34 years.......... 37,786 7,149 18.9 30,320 5,231 17.3 5,163 1,481 28.7 5,660 2,031 35.9
35 to 44 years.......... 44,805 6,904 15.4 36,915 4,975 13.5 5,699 1,564 27.4 4,974 1,560 31.4
45 to 54 years.......... 36,631 4,381 12.0 30,790 3,175 10.3 4,103 897 21.9 3,019 805 26.7
55 to 59 years.......... 12,868 2,012 15.6 11,079 1,559 14.1 1,288 358 27.8 990 255 25.8
60 to 64 years.......... 10,519 1,856 17.6 9,084 1,454 16.0 1,028 324 31.6 755 278 36.8
65 years and over....... 32,621 7,460 22.9 28,880 5,988 20.7 2,754 1,203 43.7 1,752 721 41.1
65 to 74 years....... 17,796 3,501 19.7 15,528 2,656 17.1 1,624 670 41.3 1,132 443 39.1
75 years and over.... 14,825 3,959 26.7 13,352 3,332 25.0 1,130 533 47.2 621 278 44.8
Male
Total................ 133,647 25,121 18.8 110,428 18,172 16.5 16,518 5,368 32.5 16,371 6,094 37.2
Under 18 years.......... 36,746 10,282 28.0 28,846 6,827 23.7 5,780 2,764 47.8 5,928 2,887 48.7
18 to 24 years.......... 13,291 3,158 23.8 10,682 2,314 21.7 1,858 622 33.5 2,078 759 36.5
25 to 34 years.......... 18,563 2,831 15.3 15,144 2,229 14.7 2,305 424 18.4 2,855 902 31.6
35 to 44 years.......... 22,135 2,966 13.4 18,494 2,271 12.3 2,626 537 20.5 2,480 700 28.2
45 to 54 years.......... 17,890 1,918 10.7 15,204 1,447 9.5 1,872 345 18.4 1,489 383 25.7
55 to 59 years.......... 6,105 804 13.2 5,309 607 11.4 556 146 26.2 461 93 20.1
60 to 64 years.......... 5,032 807 16.0 4,415 665 15.1 424 109 25.8 359 114 31.8
65 years and over....... 13,886 2,355 17.0 12,335 1,812 14.7 1,095 422 38.5 720 257 35.6
65 to 74 years....... 8,049 1,282 15.9 7,093 967 13.6 661 241 36.4 469 158 33.6
75 years and over.... 5,837 1,073 18.4 5,242 845 16.1 434 181 41.7 251 99 39.5
Female
Total................ 139,846 32,216 23.0 113,945 22,782 20.0 18,855 7,608 40.4 16,297 6,867 42.1
Under 18 years.......... 34,985 9,954 28.5 27,387 6,546 23.9 5,576 2,733 49.0 5,632 2,841 50.4
18 to 24 years.......... 13,242 4,180 31.6 10,391 2,885 27.8 2,122 1,030 48.5 1,880 824 43.9
25 to 34 years.......... 19,223 4,318 22.5 15,176 3,003 19.8 2,858 1,057 37.0 2,805 1,130 40.3
35 to 44 years.......... 22,670 3,938 17.4 18,421 2,704 14.7 3,073 1,027 33.4 2,493 860 34.5
45 to 54 years.......... 18,741 2,463 13.1 15,586 1,728 11.1 2,232 553 24.8 1,530 422 27.6
55 to 59 years.......... 6,763 1,208 17.9 5,770 953 16.5 732 212 29.0 529 163 30.7
60 to 64 years.......... 5,487 1,050 19.1 4,670 788 16.9 603 215 35.6 396 164 41.4
65 years and over....... 18,735 5,105 27.2 16,545 4,176 25.2 1,659 782 47.1 1,032 464 45.0
65 to 74 years....... 9,747 2,219 22.8 8,435 1,689 20.0 963 430 44.6 662 285 43.1
75 years and over.... 8,988 2,886 32.1 8,109 2,487 30.7 697 352 50.6 370 179 48.4
Nativity
Native.................. 245,146 48,723 19.9 205,143 34,469 16.8 33,152 12,314 37.1 19,859 7,588 38.2
Foreign Born............ 28,348 8,614 30.4 19,230 6,486 33.7 2,221 662 29.8 12,810 5,373 41.9
Naturalized citizen.. 10,620 1,979 18.6 6,617 1,373 20.8 860 178 20.7 3,294 927 28.2
Not a citizen........ 17,728 6,634 37.4 12,612 5,112 40.5 1,361 484 35.6 9,516 4,446 46.7
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,480 19,382 27.5 55,274 12,720 23.0 11,132 5,344 48.0 11,300 5,532 49.0
Under 6 years........ 23,105 6,837 29.6 18,206 4,634 25.5 3,548 1,805 50.9 4,247 2,112 49.7
6 to 17 years........ 47,375 12,545 26.5 37,068 8,086 21.8 7,585 3,539 46.7 7,052 3,420 48.5