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 400 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 273,493 169,423 61.9 224,373 133,610 59.5 35,373 27,256 77.1 32,669 27,494 84.2
Under 18 years.......... 71,731 51,232 71.4 56,232 38,468 68.4 11,357 9,796 86.3 11,560 10,434 90.3
18 to 24 years.......... 26,532 18,331 69.1 21,073 13,984 66.4 3,980 3,309 83.1 3,958 3,470 87.7
25 to 34 years.......... 37,786 23,562 62.4 30,320 18,383 60.6 5,163 3,823 74.0 5,660 4,659 82.3
35 to 44 years.......... 44,805 25,211 56.3 36,915 20,109 54.5 5,699 3,918 68.8 4,974 3,958 79.6
45 to 54 years.......... 36,631 15,800 43.1 30,790 12,358 40.1 4,103 2,559 62.4 3,019 2,139 70.9
55 to 59 years.......... 12,868 6,075 47.2 11,079 5,024 45.4 1,288 807 62.7 990 748 75.6
60 to 64 years.......... 10,519 5,614 53.4 9,084 4,666 51.4 1,028 737 71.8 755 584 77.4
65 years and over....... 32,621 23,598 72.3 28,880 20,617 71.4 2,754 2,306 83.7 1,752 1,502 85.7
65 to 74 years....... 17,796 11,903 66.9 15,528 10,130 65.2 1,624 1,326 81.7 1,132 972 85.9
75 years and over.... 14,825 11,695 78.9 13,352 10,487 78.5 1,130 979 86.6 621 530 85.3
Male
Total................ 133,647 79,935 59.8 110,428 63,581 57.6 16,518 12,231 74.0 16,371 13,686 83.6
Under 18 years.......... 36,746 26,256 71.5 28,846 19,774 68.6 5,780 4,959 85.8 5,928 5,335 90.0
18 to 24 years.......... 13,291 8,776 66.0 10,682 6,771 63.4 1,858 1,494 80.4 2,078 1,804 86.8
25 to 34 years.......... 18,563 11,061 59.6 15,144 8,906 58.8 2,305 1,543 66.9 2,855 2,341 82.0
35 to 44 years.......... 22,135 12,099 54.7 18,494 9,912 53.6 2,626 1,655 63.0 2,480 1,962 79.1
45 to 54 years.......... 17,890 7,408 41.4 15,204 5,872 38.6 1,872 1,118 59.7 1,489 1,031 69.3
55 to 59 years.......... 6,105 2,586 42.4 5,309 2,169 40.8 556 297 53.4 461 339 73.5
60 to 64 years.......... 5,032 2,455 48.8 4,415 2,085 47.2 424 281 66.3 359 273 75.9
65 years and over....... 13,886 9,293 66.9 12,335 8,092 65.6 1,095 884 80.7 720 601 83.4
65 to 74 years....... 8,049 4,941 61.4 7,093 4,234 59.7 661 514 77.7 469 388 82.7
75 years and over.... 5,837 4,352 74.6 5,242 3,858 73.6 434 371 85.4 251 213 84.7
Female
Total................ 139,846 89,487 64.0 113,945 70,029 61.5 18,855 15,025 79.7 16,297 13,809 84.7
Under 18 years.......... 34,985 24,975 71.4 27,387 18,694 68.3 5,576 4,837 86.7 5,632 5,099 90.5
18 to 24 years.......... 13,242 9,554 72.2 10,391 7,214 69.4 2,122 1,815 85.6 1,880 1,666 88.6
25 to 34 years.......... 19,223 12,500 65.0 15,176 9,477 62.4 2,858 2,280 79.8 2,805 2,318 82.6
35 to 44 years.......... 22,670 13,112 57.8 18,421 10,197 55.4 3,073 2,263 73.6 2,493 1,997 80.1
45 to 54 years.......... 18,741 8,392 44.8 15,586 6,486 41.6 2,232 1,442 64.6 1,530 1,108 72.4
55 to 59 years.......... 6,763 3,489 51.6 5,770 2,856 49.5 732 510 69.7 529 410 77.4
60 to 64 years.......... 5,487 3,159 57.6 4,670 2,581 55.3 603 456 75.6 396 311 78.7
65 years and over....... 18,735 14,305 76.4 16,545 12,524 75.7 1,659 1,422 85.7 1,032 901 87.3
65 to 74 years....... 9,747 6,962 71.4 8,435 5,895 69.9 963 813 84.4 662 583 88.1
75 years and over.... 8,988 7,344 81.7 8,109 6,629 81.7 697 609 87.4 370 317 85.8
Nativity
Native.................. 245,146 149,132 60.8 205,143 119,020 58.0 33,152 25,595 77.2 19,859 16,314 82.1
Foreign Born............ 28,348 20,291 71.6 19,230 14,590 75.9 2,221 1,660 74.8 12,810 11,181 87.3
Naturalized citizen.. 10,620 6,319 59.5 6,617 4,183 63.2 860 546 63.5 3,294 2,428 73.7
Not a citizen........ 17,728 13,971 78.8 12,612 10,407 82.5 1,361 1,115 81.9 9,516 8,753 92.0
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,480 50,060 71.0 55,274 37,583 68.0 11,132 9,575 86.0 11,300 10,181 90.1
Under 6 years........ 23,105 16,854 72.9 18,206 12,805 70.3 3,548 3,142 88.6 4,247 3,847 90.6
6 to 17 years........ 47,375 33,206 70.1 37,068 24,778 66.8 7,585 6,434 84.8 7,052 6,335 89.8