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 300 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 273,493 130,540 47.7 224,373 100,610 44.8 35,373 23,193 65.6 32,669 24,071 73.7
Under 18 years.......... 71,731 41,383 57.7 56,232 30,032 53.4 11,357 8,870 78.1 11,560 9,531 82.4
18 to 24 years.......... 26,532 14,775 55.7 21,073 11,032 52.4 3,980 2,872 72.2 3,958 3,007 76.0
25 to 34 years.......... 37,786 17,713 46.9 30,320 13,628 44.9 5,163 3,099 60.0 5,660 4,029 71.2
35 to 44 years.......... 44,805 18,128 40.5 36,915 14,093 38.2 5,699 3,136 55.0 4,974 3,328 66.9
45 to 54 years.......... 36,631 10,921 29.8 30,790 8,321 27.0 4,103 1,954 47.6 3,019 1,732 57.4
55 to 59 years.......... 12,868 4,336 33.7 11,079 3,511 31.7 1,288 635 49.3 990 582 58.8
60 to 64 years.......... 10,519 4,218 40.1 9,084 3,482 38.3 1,028 595 57.9 755 504 66.7
65 years and over....... 32,621 19,065 58.4 28,880 16,511 57.2 2,754 2,032 73.8 1,752 1,357 77.4
65 to 74 years....... 17,796 9,262 52.0 15,528 7,765 50.0 1,624 1,160 71.4 1,132 859 75.9
75 years and over.... 14,825 9,803 66.1 13,352 8,746 65.5 1,130 872 77.2 621 498 80.2
Male
Total................ 133,647 60,522 45.3 110,428 47,115 42.7 16,518 10,163 61.5 16,371 11,886 72.6
Under 18 years.......... 36,746 21,289 57.9 28,846 15,529 53.8 5,780 4,481 77.5 5,928 4,888 82.5
18 to 24 years.......... 13,291 6,950 52.3 10,682 5,286 49.5 1,858 1,243 66.9 2,078 1,531 73.7
25 to 34 years.......... 18,563 8,044 43.3 15,144 6,451 42.6 2,305 1,149 49.8 2,855 1,996 69.9
35 to 44 years.......... 22,135 8,488 38.3 18,494 6,835 37.0 2,626 1,257 47.9 2,480 1,631 65.8
45 to 54 years.......... 17,890 5,009 28.0 15,204 3,884 25.5 1,872 821 43.9 1,489 819 55.0
55 to 59 years.......... 6,105 1,796 29.4 5,309 1,462 27.5 556 237 42.7 461 248 53.8
60 to 64 years.......... 5,032 1,795 35.7 4,415 1,510 34.2 424 224 52.8 359 231 64.2
65 years and over....... 13,886 7,151 51.5 12,335 6,157 49.9 1,095 750 68.5 720 541 75.1
65 to 74 years....... 8,049 3,677 45.7 7,093 3,106 43.8 661 430 65.1 469 335 71.4
75 years and over.... 5,837 3,473 59.5 5,242 3,051 58.2 434 320 73.8 251 206 82.2
Female
Total................ 139,846 70,018 50.1 113,945 53,495 46.9 18,855 13,030 69.1 16,297 12,186 74.8
Under 18 years.......... 34,985 20,094 57.4 27,387 14,503 53.0 5,576 4,388 78.7 5,632 4,643 82.4
18 to 24 years.......... 13,242 7,825 59.1 10,391 5,746 55.3 2,122 1,629 76.8 1,880 1,476 78.5
25 to 34 years.......... 19,223 9,670 50.3 15,176 7,177 47.3 2,858 1,951 68.3 2,805 2,033 72.5
35 to 44 years.......... 22,670 9,640 42.5 18,421 7,257 39.4 3,073 1,879 61.1 2,493 1,697 68.1
45 to 54 years.......... 18,741 5,913 31.5 15,586 4,437 28.5 2,232 1,134 50.8 1,530 913 59.7
55 to 59 years.......... 6,763 2,540 37.5 5,770 2,049 35.5 732 397 54.3 529 334 63.2
60 to 64 years.......... 5,487 2,423 44.2 4,670 1,971 42.2 603 371 61.4 396 273 69.0
65 years and over....... 18,735 11,914 63.6 16,545 10,354 62.6 1,659 1,282 77.2 1,032 816 79.0
65 to 74 years....... 9,747 5,584 57.3 8,435 4,659 55.2 963 729 75.8 662 524 79.1
75 years and over.... 8,988 6,329 70.4 8,109 5,695 70.2 697 552 79.3 370 292 78.9
Nativity
Native.................. 245,146 113,609 46.3 205,143 88,217 43.0 33,152 21,750 65.6 19,859 14,170 71.4
Foreign Born............ 28,348 16,931 59.7 19,230 12,393 64.4 2,221 1,443 65.0 12,810 9,901 77.3
Naturalized citizen.. 10,620 4,794 45.1 6,617 3,264 49.3 860 436 50.7 3,294 2,030 61.6
Not a citizen........ 17,728 12,138 68.5 12,612 9,129 72.4 1,361 1,007 74.0 9,516 7,872 82.7
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,480 40,269 57.1 55,274 29,194 52.8 11,132 8,659 77.8 11,300 9,288 82.2
Under 6 years........ 23,105 13,811 59.8 18,206 10,181 55.9 3,548 2,869 80.9 4,247 3,520 82.9
6 to 17 years........ 47,375 26,458 55.8 37,068 19,013 51.3 7,585 5,790 76.3 7,052 5,768 81.8