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 500 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 273,493 200,058 73.1 224,373 159,891 71.3 35,373 30,152 85.2 32,669 29,508 90.3
Under 18 years.......... 71,731 58,444 81.5 56,232 44,630 79.4 11,357 10,479 92.3 11,560 10,927 94.5
18 to 24 years.......... 26,532 20,889 78.7 21,073 16,151 76.6 3,980 3,585 90.1 3,958 3,697 93.4
25 to 34 years.......... 37,786 28,093 74.3 30,320 22,223 73.3 5,163 4,267 82.6 5,660 5,061 89.4
35 to 44 years.......... 44,805 31,310 69.9 36,915 25,179 68.2 5,699 4,612 80.9 4,974 4,318 86.8
45 to 54 years.......... 36,631 20,553 56.1 30,790 16,444 53.4 4,103 3,028 73.8 3,019 2,413 79.9
55 to 59 years.......... 12,868 7,596 59.0 11,079 6,385 57.6 1,288 920 71.4 990 843 85.1
60 to 64 years.......... 10,519 6,889 65.5 9,084 5,793 63.8 1,028 827 80.5 755 651 86.2
65 years and over....... 32,621 26,284 80.6 28,880 23,086 79.9 2,754 2,434 88.4 1,752 1,599 91.2
65 to 74 years....... 17,796 13,641 76.7 15,528 11,725 75.5 1,624 1,417 87.3 1,132 1,041 92.0
75 years and over.... 14,825 12,642 85.3 13,352 11,360 85.1 1,130 1,017 90.0 621 558 89.9
Male
Total................ 133,647 95,332 71.3 110,428 76,773 69.5 16,518 13,725 83.1 16,371 14,724 89.9
Under 18 years.......... 36,746 29,842 81.2 28,846 22,811 79.1 5,780 5,308 91.8 5,928 5,590 94.3
18 to 24 years.......... 13,291 10,141 76.3 10,682 7,929 74.2 1,858 1,638 88.1 2,078 1,939 93.3
25 to 34 years.......... 18,563 13,352 71.9 15,144 10,818 71.4 2,305 1,802 78.2 2,855 2,539 88.9
35 to 44 years.......... 22,135 15,215 68.7 18,494 12,498 67.6 2,626 2,027 77.2 2,480 2,147 86.6
45 to 54 years.......... 17,890 9,777 54.7 15,204 7,927 52.1 1,872 1,344 71.8 1,489 1,176 79.0
55 to 59 years.......... 6,105 3,327 54.5 5,309 2,835 53.4 556 352 63.2 461 384 83.2
60 to 64 years.......... 5,032 3,068 61.0 4,415 2,639 59.8 424 315 74.2 359 308 85.7
65 years and over....... 13,886 10,609 76.4 12,335 9,316 75.5 1,095 940 85.8 720 640 88.9
65 to 74 years....... 8,049 5,811 72.2 7,093 5,035 71.0 661 558 84.4 469 416 88.5
75 years and over.... 5,837 4,799 82.2 5,242 4,281 81.7 434 382 88.1 251 225 89.6
Female
Total................ 139,846 104,726 74.9 113,945 83,119 72.9 18,855 16,427 87.1 16,297 14,784 90.7
Under 18 years.......... 34,985 28,602 81.8 27,387 21,819 79.7 5,576 5,171 92.7 5,632 5,337 94.8
18 to 24 years.......... 13,242 10,749 81.2 10,391 8,222 79.1 2,122 1,947 91.7 1,880 1,759 93.5
25 to 34 years.......... 19,223 14,741 76.7 15,176 11,405 75.2 2,858 2,465 86.2 2,805 2,521 89.9
35 to 44 years.......... 22,670 16,095 71.0 18,421 12,680 68.8 3,073 2,585 84.1 2,493 2,170 87.0
45 to 54 years.......... 18,741 10,776 57.5 15,586 8,517 54.6 2,232 1,685 75.5 1,530 1,236 80.8
55 to 59 years.......... 6,763 4,268 63.1 5,770 3,551 61.5 732 568 77.6 529 459 86.8
60 to 64 years.......... 5,487 3,820 69.6 4,670 3,154 67.6 603 512 84.8 396 343 86.7
65 years and over....... 18,735 15,674 83.7 16,545 13,770 83.2 1,659 1,494 90.1 1,032 958 92.9
65 to 74 years....... 9,747 7,831 80.3 8,435 6,690 79.3 963 860 89.3 662 625 94.4
75 years and over.... 8,988 7,844 87.3 8,109 7,080 87.3 697 635 91.1 370 333 90.2
Nativity
Native.................. 245,146 177,372 72.4 205,143 143,843 70.1 33,152 28,292 85.3 19,859 17,664 88.9
Foreign Born............ 28,348 22,685 80.0 19,230 16,049 83.5 2,221 1,860 83.8 12,810 11,844 92.5
Naturalized citizen.. 10,620 7,437 70.0 6,617 4,841 73.2 860 641 74.6 3,294 2,724 82.7
Not a citizen........ 17,728 15,249 86.0 12,612 11,208 88.9 1,361 1,218 89.5 9,516 9,120 95.8
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,480 57,239 81.2 55,274 43,715 79.1 11,132 10,256 92.1 11,300 10,669 94.4
Under 6 years........ 23,105 19,093 82.6 18,206 14,796 81.3 3,548 3,281 92.5 4,247 4,040 95.1
6 to 17 years........ 47,375 38,146 80.5 37,068 28,919 78.0 7,585 6,975 92.0 7,052 6,629 94.0