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 200 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 273,493 82,316 30.1 224,373 60,903 27.1 35,373 16,899 47.8 32,669 17,606 53.9
Under 18 years.......... 71,731 27,803 38.8 56,232 19,128 34.0 11,357 6,902 60.8 11,560 7,441 64.4
18 to 24 years.......... 26,532 10,034 37.8 21,073 7,283 34.6 3,980 2,118 53.2 3,958 2,170 54.8
25 to 34 years.......... 37,786 10,593 28.0 30,320 7,926 26.1 5,163 2,064 40.0 5,660 2,822 49.9
35 to 44 years.......... 44,805 10,358 23.1 36,915 7,754 21.0 5,699 2,100 36.8 4,974 2,296 46.2
45 to 54 years.......... 36,631 6,417 17.5 30,790 4,710 15.3 4,103 1,277 31.1 3,019 1,149 38.1
55 to 59 years.......... 12,868 2,738 21.3 11,079 2,155 19.5 1,288 457 35.5 990 386 38.9
60 to 64 years.......... 10,519 2,650 25.2 9,084 2,127 23.4 1,028 428 41.6 755 359 47.6
65 years and over....... 32,621 11,723 35.9 28,880 9,819 34.0 2,754 1,551 56.3 1,752 983 56.1
65 to 74 years....... 17,796 5,476 30.8 15,528 4,364 28.1 1,624 883 54.4 1,132 609 53.8
75 years and over.... 14,825 6,247 42.1 13,352 5,456 40.9 1,130 669 59.2 621 374 60.2
Male
Total................ 133,647 36,975 27.7 110,428 27,671 25.1 16,518 7,179 43.5 16,371 8,465 51.7
Under 18 years.......... 36,746 14,416 39.2 28,846 10,004 34.7 5,780 3,517 60.8 5,928 3,803 64.1
18 to 24 years.......... 13,291 4,470 33.6 10,682 3,322 31.1 1,858 847 45.6 2,078 1,061 51.0
25 to 34 years.......... 18,563 4,467 24.1 15,144 3,536 23.3 2,305 682 29.6 2,855 1,312 45.9
35 to 44 years.......... 22,135 4,597 20.8 18,494 3,627 19.6 2,626 747 28.5 2,480 1,084 43.7
45 to 54 years.......... 17,890 2,850 15.9 15,204 2,141 14.1 1,872 518 27.7 1,489 526 35.3
55 to 59 years.......... 6,105 1,102 18.0 5,309 871 16.4 556 167 30.1 461 148 32.1
60 to 64 years.......... 5,032 1,105 22.0 4,415 911 20.6 424 156 36.6 359 155 43.2
65 years and over....... 13,886 3,967 28.6 12,335 3,258 26.4 1,095 545 49.7 720 377 52.3
65 to 74 years....... 8,049 2,058 25.6 7,093 1,642 23.2 661 319 48.2 469 231 49.1
75 years and over.... 5,837 1,909 32.7 5,242 1,616 30.8 434 226 52.0 251 146 58.3
Female
Total................ 139,846 45,341 32.4 113,945 33,232 29.2 18,855 9,720 51.5 16,297 9,142 56.1
Under 18 years.......... 34,985 13,386 38.3 27,387 9,124 33.3 5,576 3,386 60.7 5,632 3,638 64.6
18 to 24 years.......... 13,242 5,564 42.0 10,391 3,962 38.1 2,122 1,271 59.9 1,880 1,110 59.0
25 to 34 years.......... 19,223 6,126 31.9 15,176 4,390 28.9 2,858 1,383 48.4 2,805 1,510 53.8
35 to 44 years.......... 22,670 5,761 25.4 18,421 4,126 22.4 3,073 1,352 44.0 2,493 1,213 48.6
45 to 54 years.......... 18,741 3,567 19.0 15,586 2,569 16.5 2,232 759 34.0 1,530 623 40.7
55 to 59 years.......... 6,763 1,636 24.2 5,770 1,284 22.3 732 290 39.5 529 237 44.9
60 to 64 years.......... 5,487 1,545 28.2 4,670 1,216 26.0 603 272 45.2 396 204 51.6
65 years and over....... 18,735 7,756 41.4 16,545 6,561 39.7 1,659 1,007 60.7 1,032 606 58.7
65 to 74 years....... 9,747 3,418 35.1 8,435 2,721 32.3 963 564 58.6 662 379 57.2
75 years and over.... 8,988 4,338 48.3 8,109 3,840 47.3 697 443 63.6 370 227 61.5
Nativity
Native.................. 245,146 70,585 28.8 205,143 52,041 25.4 33,152 15,976 48.2 19,859 10,302 51.9
Foreign Born............ 28,348 11,731 41.4 19,230 8,861 46.1 2,221 923 41.6 12,810 7,304 57.0
Naturalized citizen.. 10,620 2,911 27.4 6,617 2,050 31.0 860 257 29.8 3,294 1,344 40.8
Not a citizen........ 17,728 8,819 49.7 12,612 6,812 54.0 1,361 666 49.0 9,516 5,960 62.6
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,480 26,832 38.1 55,274 18,402 33.3 11,132 6,717 60.3 11,300 7,223 63.9
Under 6 years........ 23,105 9,454 40.9 18,206 6,652 36.5 3,548 2,246 63.3 4,247 2,760 65.0
6 to 17 years........ 47,375 17,378 36.7 37,068 11,749 31.7 7,585 4,471 59.0 7,052 4,464 63.3