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 175 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 273,493 70,069 25.6 224,373 51,045 22.8 35,373 15,032 42.5 32,669 15,489 47.4
Under 18 years.......... 71,731 24,061 33.5 56,232 16,239 28.9 11,357 6,250 55.0 11,560 6,667 57.7
18 to 24 years.......... 26,532 8,730 32.9 21,073 6,279 29.8 3,980 1,889 47.5 3,958 1,898 48.0
25 to 34 years.......... 37,786 8,902 23.6 30,320 6,581 21.7 5,163 1,798 34.8 5,660 2,440 43.1
35 to 44 years.......... 44,805 8,678 19.4 36,915 6,361 17.2 5,699 1,869 32.8 4,974 1,971 39.6
45 to 54 years.......... 36,631 5,431 14.8 30,790 3,971 12.9 4,103 1,084 26.4 3,019 992 32.9
55 to 59 years.......... 12,868 2,402 18.7 11,079 1,878 17.0 1,288 418 32.4 990 334 33.7
60 to 64 years.......... 10,519 2,219 21.1 9,084 1,759 19.4 1,028 372 36.2 755 324 42.9
65 years and over....... 32,621 9,646 29.6 28,880 7,976 27.6 2,754 1,352 49.1 1,752 863 49.2
65 to 74 years....... 17,796 4,536 25.5 15,528 3,569 23.0 1,624 759 46.8 1,132 548 48.4
75 years and over.... 14,825 5,109 34.5 13,352 4,406 33.0 1,130 593 52.4 621 315 50.7
Male
Total................ 133,647 31,144 23.3 110,428 22,950 20.8 16,518 6,324 38.3 16,371 7,397 45.2
Under 18 years.......... 36,746 12,364 33.6 28,846 8,422 29.2 5,780 3,148 54.5 5,928 3,385 57.1
18 to 24 years.......... 13,291 3,835 28.9 10,682 2,833 26.5 1,858 740 39.8 2,078 904 43.5
25 to 34 years.......... 18,563 3,685 19.9 15,144 2,899 19.1 2,305 567 24.6 2,855 1,129 39.6
35 to 44 years.......... 22,135 3,790 17.1 18,494 2,934 15.9 2,626 661 25.2 2,480 919 37.0
45 to 54 years.......... 17,890 2,402 13.4 15,204 1,805 11.9 1,872 439 23.4 1,489 466 31.3
55 to 59 years.......... 6,105 967 15.8 5,309 751 14.1 556 161 28.9 461 131 28.4
60 to 64 years.......... 5,032 940 18.7 4,415 776 17.6 424 130 30.5 359 140 38.9
65 years and over....... 13,886 3,160 22.8 12,335 2,531 20.5 1,095 480 43.8 720 323 44.9
65 to 74 years....... 8,049 1,688 21.0 7,093 1,319 18.6 661 279 42.3 469 205 43.6
75 years and over.... 5,837 1,472 25.2 5,242 1,213 23.1 434 201 46.2 251 118 47.2
Female
Total................ 139,846 38,925 27.8 113,945 28,095 24.7 18,855 8,708 46.2 16,297 8,092 49.7
Under 18 years.......... 34,985 11,697 33.4 27,387 7,817 28.5 5,576 3,102 55.6 5,632 3,282 58.3
18 to 24 years.......... 13,242 4,895 37.0 10,391 3,446 33.2 2,122 1,149 54.2 1,880 994 52.9
25 to 34 years.......... 19,223 5,217 27.1 15,176 3,683 24.3 2,858 1,231 43.1 2,805 1,311 46.7
35 to 44 years.......... 22,670 4,888 21.6 18,421 3,428 18.6 3,073 1,207 39.3 2,493 1,052 42.2
45 to 54 years.......... 18,741 3,029 16.2 15,586 2,166 13.9 2,232 645 28.9 1,530 527 34.4
55 to 59 years.......... 6,763 1,435 21.2 5,770 1,127 19.5 732 257 35.1 529 203 38.4
60 to 64 years.......... 5,487 1,279 23.3 4,670 983 21.1 603 242 40.2 396 184 46.6
65 years and over....... 18,735 6,486 34.6 16,545 5,444 32.9 1,659 872 52.6 1,032 539 52.3
65 to 74 years....... 9,747 2,848 29.2 8,435 2,251 26.7 963 480 49.9 662 343 51.8
75 years and over.... 8,988 3,638 40.5 8,109 3,194 39.4 697 392 56.3 370 196 53.1
Nativity
Native.................. 245,146 59,709 24.4 205,143 43,250 21.1 33,152 14,198 42.8 19,859 9,036 45.5
Foreign Born............ 28,348 10,360 36.5 19,230 7,795 40.5 2,221 834 37.6 12,810 6,454 50.4
Naturalized citizen.. 10,620 2,485 23.4 6,617 1,737 26.2 860 223 26.0 3,294 1,158 35.1
Not a citizen........ 17,728 7,875 44.4 12,612 6,058 48.0 1,361 610 44.9 9,516 5,296 55.7
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,480 23,134 32.8 55,274 15,534 28.1 11,132 6,079 54.6 11,300 6,460 57.2
Under 6 years........ 23,105 8,117 35.1 18,206 5,600 30.8 3,548 2,045 57.7 4,247 2,458 57.9
6 to 17 years........ 47,375 15,016 31.7 37,068 9,935 26.8 7,585 4,034 53.2 7,052 4,002 56.7