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 600 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 273,493 221,824 81.1 224,373 178,939 79.8 35,373 31,932 90.3 32,669 30,811 94.3
Under 18 years.......... 71,731 62,952 87.8 56,232 48,589 86.4 11,357 10,827 95.3 11,560 11,222 97.1
18 to 24 years.......... 26,532 22,806 86.0 21,073 17,858 84.7 3,980 3,703 93.0 3,958 3,812 96.3
25 to 34 years.......... 37,786 31,135 82.4 30,320 24,763 81.7 5,163 4,566 88.4 5,660 5,317 93.9
35 to 44 years.......... 44,805 35,596 79.4 36,915 28,920 78.3 5,699 5,024 88.2 4,974 4,591 92.3
45 to 54 years.......... 36,631 24,659 67.3 30,790 20,049 65.1 4,103 3,346 81.5 3,019 2,618 86.7
55 to 59 years.......... 12,868 8,760 68.1 11,079 7,424 67.0 1,288 1,017 78.9 990 910 91.9
60 to 64 years.......... 10,519 7,832 74.5 9,084 6,622 72.9 1,028 896 87.2 755 684 90.6
65 years and over....... 32,621 28,086 86.1 28,880 24,713 85.6 2,754 2,553 92.7 1,752 1,657 94.6
65 to 74 years....... 17,796 14,784 83.1 15,528 12,765 82.2 1,624 1,483 91.3 1,132 1,070 94.6
75 years and over.... 14,825 13,302 89.7 13,352 11,947 89.5 1,130 1,071 94.7 621 587 94.5
Male
Total................ 133,647 106,653 79.8 110,428 86,665 78.5 16,518 14,674 88.8 16,371 15,436 94.3
Under 18 years.......... 36,746 32,220 87.7 28,846 24,896 86.3 5,780 5,497 95.1 5,928 5,764 97.2
18 to 24 years.......... 13,291 11,170 84.0 10,682 8,846 82.8 1,858 1,699 91.4 2,078 1,997 96.1
25 to 34 years.......... 18,563 15,000 80.8 15,144 12,190 80.5 2,305 1,963 85.2 2,855 2,678 93.8
35 to 44 years.......... 22,135 17,435 78.8 18,494 14,435 78.1 2,626 2,257 85.9 2,480 2,293 92.4
45 to 54 years.......... 17,890 11,858 66.3 15,204 9,747 64.1 1,872 1,508 80.6 1,489 1,287 86.5
55 to 59 years.......... 6,105 3,904 64.0 5,309 3,347 63.0 556 407 73.2 461 420 91.1
60 to 64 years.......... 5,032 3,570 70.9 4,415 3,072 69.6 424 354 83.4 359 328 91.3
65 years and over....... 13,886 11,495 82.8 12,335 10,132 82.1 1,095 989 90.3 720 669 92.8
65 to 74 years....... 8,049 6,390 79.4 7,093 5,569 78.5 661 582 88.1 469 429 91.5
75 years and over.... 5,837 5,105 87.5 5,242 4,562 87.0 434 407 93.7 251 239 95.4
Female
Total................ 139,846 115,171 82.4 113,945 92,274 81.0 18,855 17,258 91.5 16,297 15,375 94.3
Under 18 years.......... 34,985 30,731 87.8 27,387 23,693 86.5 5,576 5,330 95.6 5,632 5,458 96.9
18 to 24 years.......... 13,242 11,635 87.9 10,391 9,012 86.7 2,122 2,004 94.4 1,880 1,816 96.6
25 to 34 years.......... 19,223 16,135 83.9 15,176 12,573 82.8 2,858 2,603 91.1 2,805 2,639 94.1
35 to 44 years.......... 22,670 18,161 80.1 18,421 14,485 78.6 3,073 2,767 90.0 2,493 2,299 92.2
45 to 54 years.......... 18,741 12,801 68.3 15,586 10,303 66.1 2,232 1,838 82.4 1,530 1,330 87.0
55 to 59 years.......... 6,763 4,855 71.8 5,770 4,077 70.7 732 610 83.3 529 490 92.6
60 to 64 years.......... 5,487 4,262 77.7 4,670 3,550 76.0 603 542 89.9 396 356 89.9
65 years and over....... 18,735 16,591 88.6 16,545 14,581 88.1 1,659 1,564 94.3 1,032 988 95.8
65 to 74 years....... 9,747 8,393 86.1 8,435 7,196 85.3 963 900 93.5 662 641 96.8
75 years and over.... 8,988 8,197 91.2 8,109 7,385 91.1 697 664 95.3 370 347 94.0
Nativity
Native.................. 245,146 197,553 80.6 205,143 161,921 78.9 33,152 29,966 90.4 19,859 18,576 93.5
Foreign Born............ 28,348 24,271 85.6 19,230 17,018 88.5 2,221 1,966 88.5 12,810 12,235 95.5
Naturalized citizen.. 10,620 8,335 78.5 6,617 5,391 81.5 860 707 82.2 3,294 2,950 89.6
Not a citizen........ 17,728 15,937 89.9 12,612 11,627 92.2 1,361 1,259 92.6 9,516 9,285 97.6
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,480 61,728 87.6 55,274 47,655 86.2 11,132 10,604 95.3 11,300 10,962 97.0
Under 6 years........ 23,105 20,390 88.3 18,206 15,938 87.5 3,548 3,374 95.1 4,247 4,135 97.3
6 to 17 years........ 47,375 41,338 87.3 37,068 31,717 85.6 7,585 7,230 95.3 7,052 6,827 96.8