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 185 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 273,493 75,381 27.6 224,373 55,219 24.6 35,373 15,892 44.9 32,669 16,404 50.2
Under 18 years.......... 71,731 25,789 36.0 56,232 17,505 31.1 11,357 6,600 58.1 11,560 7,006 60.6
18 to 24 years.......... 26,532 9,243 34.8 21,073 6,651 31.6 3,980 1,990 50.0 3,958 2,005 50.7
25 to 34 years.......... 37,786 9,649 25.5 30,320 7,159 23.6 5,163 1,930 37.4 5,660 2,617 46.2
35 to 44 years.......... 44,805 9,415 21.0 36,915 6,984 18.9 5,699 1,949 34.2 4,974 2,102 42.3
45 to 54 years.......... 36,631 5,821 15.9 30,790 4,260 13.8 4,103 1,165 28.4 3,019 1,054 34.9
55 to 59 years.......... 12,868 2,559 19.9 11,079 2,005 18.1 1,288 435 33.8 990 361 36.4
60 to 64 years.......... 10,519 2,389 22.7 9,084 1,904 21.0 1,028 397 38.6 755 341 45.2
65 years and over....... 32,621 10,515 32.2 28,880 8,751 30.3 2,754 1,425 51.7 1,752 918 52.4
65 to 74 years....... 17,796 4,937 27.7 15,528 3,902 25.1 1,624 815 50.2 1,132 581 51.3
75 years and over.... 14,825 5,577 37.6 13,352 4,849 36.3 1,130 609 53.9 621 337 54.3
Male
Total................ 133,647 33,710 25.2 110,428 24,982 22.6 16,518 6,733 40.8 16,371 7,861 48.0
Under 18 years.......... 36,746 13,332 36.3 28,846 9,146 31.7 5,780 3,344 57.9 5,928 3,571 60.2
18 to 24 years.......... 13,291 4,085 30.7 10,682 3,008 28.2 1,858 793 42.7 2,078 966 46.5
25 to 34 years.......... 18,563 4,044 21.8 15,144 3,185 21.0 2,305 630 27.3 2,855 1,218 42.6
35 to 44 years.......... 22,135 4,144 18.7 18,494 3,243 17.5 2,626 691 26.3 2,480 986 39.7
45 to 54 years.......... 17,890 2,582 14.4 15,204 1,943 12.8 1,872 465 24.9 1,489 486 32.6
55 to 59 years.......... 6,105 1,033 16.9 5,309 810 15.3 556 164 29.5 461 139 30.2
60 to 64 years.......... 5,032 1,003 19.9 4,415 829 18.8 424 139 32.7 359 147 41.0
65 years and over....... 13,886 3,486 25.1 12,335 2,819 22.9 1,095 507 46.3 720 348 48.3
65 to 74 years....... 8,049 1,838 22.8 7,093 1,445 20.4 661 299 45.2 469 219 46.6
75 years and over.... 5,837 1,648 28.2 5,242 1,374 26.2 434 208 47.9 251 129 51.5
Female
Total................ 139,846 41,672 29.8 113,945 30,237 26.5 18,855 9,159 48.6 16,297 8,543 52.4
Under 18 years.......... 34,985 12,457 35.6 27,387 8,360 30.5 5,576 3,256 58.4 5,632 3,435 61.0
18 to 24 years.......... 13,242 5,158 39.0 10,391 3,643 35.1 2,122 1,197 56.4 1,880 1,040 55.3
25 to 34 years.......... 19,223 5,605 29.2 15,176 3,973 26.2 2,858 1,300 45.5 2,805 1,399 49.9
35 to 44 years.......... 22,670 5,271 23.3 18,421 3,742 20.3 3,073 1,258 40.9 2,493 1,116 44.8
45 to 54 years.......... 18,741 3,239 17.3 15,586 2,318 14.9 2,232 699 31.3 1,530 568 37.1
55 to 59 years.......... 6,763 1,526 22.6 5,770 1,195 20.7 732 271 37.1 529 221 41.8
60 to 64 years.......... 5,487 1,387 25.3 4,670 1,075 23.0 603 258 42.8 396 194 49.0
65 years and over....... 18,735 7,029 37.5 16,545 5,932 35.9 1,659 918 55.3 1,032 570 55.2
65 to 74 years....... 9,747 3,099 31.8 8,435 2,457 29.1 963 517 53.6 662 362 54.6
75 years and over.... 8,988 3,930 43.7 8,109 3,475 42.9 697 401 57.6 370 208 56.3
Nativity
Native.................. 245,146 64,416 26.3 205,143 46,969 22.9 33,152 15,023 45.3 19,859 9,585 48.3
Foreign Born............ 28,348 10,965 38.7 19,230 8,250 42.9 2,221 869 39.1 12,810 6,818 53.2
Naturalized citizen.. 10,620 2,686 25.3 6,617 1,888 28.5 860 235 27.4 3,294 1,260 38.3
Not a citizen........ 17,728 8,279 46.7 12,612 6,362 50.4 1,361 634 46.6 9,516 5,558 58.4
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,480 24,839 35.2 55,274 16,784 30.4 11,132 6,424 57.7 11,300 6,790 60.1
Under 6 years........ 23,105 8,742 37.8 18,206 6,060 33.3 3,548 2,162 60.9 4,247 2,607 61.4
6 to 17 years........ 47,375 16,097 34.0 37,068 10,724 28.9 7,585 4,262 56.2 7,052 4,184 59.3