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Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1999
(Numbers in thousands)

                             All Races                        White                      Black             Hispanic Origin      
                                Below Poverty              Below Poverty              Below Poverty              Below Poverty  
                                     Level                      Level                      Level                      Level     
                                       Percent                    Percent                    Percent                    Percent 
                                            of                         of                         of                         of 
                       Total   Number    Total    Total   Number    Total    Total   Number    Total    Total   Number    Total 
ALL INCOME LEVELS                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
BOTH SEXES                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
   Total...........  273,493   32,258     11.8  224,373   21,922      9.8   35,373    8,360     23.6   32,669    7,439     22.8 
0 Years............    3,828      712     18.6    3,075      478     15.6      553      204     36.8      692      203     29.4 
1 Year.............    3,916      750     19.2    3,059      478     15.6      585      240     41.0      745      259     34.7 
2 Years............    3,849      727     18.9    3,034      454     15.0      602      242     40.2      655      203     31.0 
3 Years............    3,838      728     19.0    3,032      463     15.3      578      215     37.2      711      224     31.5 
4 Years............    3,969      697     17.6    3,085      441     14.3      655      215     32.8      813      231     28.4 
5 Years............    3,955      676     17.1    3,118      435     14.0      622      202     32.4      691      206     29.9 
6 Years............    3,992      732     18.3    3,133      434     13.9      668      261     39.1      644      213     33.1 
7 Years............    4,022      741     18.4    3,168      446     14.1      632      249     39.3      695      212     30.5 
8 Years............    3,946      708     17.9    3,100      436     14.1      629      232     36.9      603      197     32.6 
9 Years............    4,300      764     17.8    3,345      458     13.7      719      249     34.6      672      225     33.5 
10 Years...........    4,287      703     16.4    3,319      441     13.3      756      211     27.9      631      175     27.7 
11 Years...........    3,989      626     15.7    3,089      373     12.1      653      185     28.3      584      178     30.5 
12 Years...........    3,919      655     16.7    3,085      416     13.5      619      194     31.3      590      181     30.6 
13 Years...........    3,955      571     14.4    3,042      353     11.6      639      179     28.1      596      172     28.9 
14 Years...........    3,955      554     14.0    3,109      340     10.9      607      170     28.0      554      155     27.9 
15 Years...........    3,929      534     13.6    3,100      327     10.5      619      180     29.0      553      162     29.3 
16 Years...........    3,994      654     16.4    3,104      424     13.7      613      163     26.5      560      148     26.4 
17 Years...........    4,088      579     14.2    3,237      371     11.5      607      170     28.0      572      163     28.4 
18 Years...........    4,017      692     17.2    3,095      443     14.3      645      195     30.3      579      163     28.2 
19 Years...........    4,075      709     17.4    3,307      511     15.4      573      153     26.8      624      163     26.0 
20 Years...........    3,896      769     19.7    3,052      517     16.9      642      206     32.0      514      139     27.0 
21 Years...........    3,790      633     16.7    3,048      458     15.0      543      139     25.7      554      113     20.5 
22 Years...........    3,639      667     18.3    2,954      474     16.0      492      146     29.7      535      124     23.2 
23 Years...........    3,559      570     16.0    2,813      359     12.8      565      174     30.8      562      114     20.2 
24 Years...........    3,557      564     15.9    2,805      363     12.9      520      151     29.0      590      125     21.2 
25 Years...........    3,512      435     12.4    2,746      297     10.8      564      111     19.6      557       84     15.0 
26 Years...........    3,398      398     11.7    2,727      289     10.6      443       81     18.4      602      146     24.3 
27 Years...........    3,490      366     10.5    2,791      261      9.3      467       78     16.8      528      103     19.6 
28 Years...........    3,723      365      9.8    2,991      244      8.2      474      102     21.5      549      116     21.1 
29 Years...........    4,145      499     12.0    3,301      341     10.3      572      110     19.3      596      126     21.2 
30 Years...........    3,891      372      9.6    3,118      260      8.3      534       78     14.7      608      128     21.1 
31 Years...........    4,009      416     10.4    3,208      276      8.6      548      109     19.9      563       93     16.6 
32 Years...........    3,734      330      8.8    2,985      232      7.8      512       80     15.7      551       97     17.6 
33 Years...........    3,817      361      9.5    3,134      269      8.6      496       66     13.4      527      107     20.3 
34 Years...........    4,067      426     10.5    3,319      323      9.7      552       76     13.7      580      120     20.7 
35 Years...........    4,472      459     10.3    3,645      338      9.3      614       91     14.8      624      124     19.9 
36 Years...........    4,457      444     10.0    3,615      321      8.9      582      105     18.1      591       90     15.2 
37 Years...........    4,493      395      8.8    3,668      273      7.5      586      110     18.8      561       95     16.9 
38 Years...........    4,254      311      7.3    3,561      222      6.2      529       81     15.4      505       77     15.2 
39 Years...........    4,644      371      8.0    3,836      270      7.0      589       81     13.8      529       79     15.0 
40 Years...........    4,629      342      7.4    3,762      227      6.0      668      106     15.9      474       79     16.8 
41 Years...........    4,416      367      8.3    3,684      252      6.8      527      103     19.5      425       76     17.9 
42 Years...........    4,500      353      7.8    3,812      252      6.6      481       89     18.4      454       70     15.3 
43 Years...........    4,473      344      7.7    3,637      221      6.1      614      100     16.3      421       56     13.3 
44 Years...........    4,467      349      7.8    3,696      237      6.4      508       79     15.5      391       64     16.5 
45 Years...........    4,430      330      7.4    3,665      221      6.0      562       84     15.0      389       61     15.6 
Table 23. Single Years of Age - Poverty Status of People in 1999
(Numbers in thousands)

                             All Races                        White                      Black             Hispanic Origin      
                                Below Poverty              Below Poverty              Below Poverty              Below Poverty  
                                     Level                      Level                      Level                      Level     
                                       Percent                    Percent                    Percent                    Percent 
                                            of                         of                         of                         of 
                       Total   Number    Total    Total   Number    Total    Total   Number    Total    Total   Number    Total 
46 Years...........    3,913      228      5.8    3,218      169      5.2      510       46      9.1      317       55     17.3 
47 Years...........    4,010      260      6.5    3,375      174      5.2      386       57     14.8      302       36     12.1 
48 Years...........    3,743      297      7.9    3,160      192      6.1      431       95     22.1      282       34     12.2 
49 Years...........    3,652      245      6.7    3,057      156      5.1      448       77     17.3      290       36     12.5 
50 Years...........    3,753      218      5.8    3,146      138      4.4      392       43     11.0      371       44     11.8 
51 Years...........    3,610      224      6.2    3,030      176      5.8      413       28      6.8      304       43     14.2 
52 Years...........    3,579      242      6.8    3,013      184      6.1      403       45     11.3      292       45     15.4 
53 Years...........    3,371      235      7.0    2,918      195      6.7      311       27      8.6      237       29     12.4 
54 Years...........    2,569      187      7.3    2,208      143      6.5      247       34     13.7      235       38     16.3 
55 Years...........    2,773      232      8.4    2,320      152      6.6      319       55     17.1      233       27     11.5 
56 Years...........    2,685      225      8.4    2,372      181      7.7      229       39     17.0      223       35     15.8 
57 Years...........    2,697      218      8.1    2,354      163      6.9      247       49     19.7      182       21     11.3 
58 Years...........    2,338      245     10.5    2,017      201     10.0      227       36     15.7      170       31     18.4 
59 Years...........    2,374      260     10.9    2,016      192      9.5      267       53     20.0      182       27     15.0 
60 Years...........    2,275      242     10.6    1,906      166      8.7      246       57     23.1      181       32     17.7 
61 Years...........    2,108      190      9.0    1,875      161      8.6      180       26     14.4      155       37     23.7 
62 Years...........    2,176      241     11.1    1,864      175      9.4      217       54     25.1      155       29     18.6 
63 Years...........    1,985      169      8.5    1,703      128      7.5      200       32     16.1      132       22     17.1 
64 Years...........    1,975      190      9.6    1,737      146      8.4      184       35     18.8      133       20     14.8 
65 Years...........    2,043      175      8.6    1,758      129      7.3      205       31     15.3      142       22     15.1 
66 Years...........    1,809      164      9.0    1,526       90      5.9      198       65     32.9      125       19     15.4 
67 Years...........    1,876      135      7.2    1,618       90      5.6      168       36     21.2      150       23     15.6 
68 Years...........    1,824      145      7.9    1,602      107      6.7      148       32     21.8      116       21     18.2 
69 Years...........    1,799      138      7.6    1,596      111      7.0      149       20     13.7      113       19     16.4 
70 Years...........    1,849      162      8.8    1,598      113      7.1      184       40     21.7       92       19     20.5 
71 Years...........    1,795      171      9.5    1,584      120      7.6      146       39     26.7      110       24     22.0 
72 Years...........    1,490      138      9.2    1,281      100      7.8      165       32     19.1      109       27     24.4 
73 Years...........    1,638      179     10.9    1,458      133      9.1      141       37     26.3       78       19     25.0 
74 Years...........    1,673      170     10.2    1,508      133      8.8      119       27     23.2       96       28     29.3 
75 Years...........    1,652      168     10.1    1,483      135      9.1      123       31     25.2       93       27     29.5 
76 Years...........    1,521      148      9.7    1,355      121      9.0      103       17     17.0       53       13     24.3 
77 Years...........    1,353      108      8.0    1,205       84      7.0      119       23     19.5       64       20     30.9 
78 Years...........    1,459      141      9.7    1,296      108      8.4      125       29     22.8       67       14     21.2 
79 Years...........    1,207       98      8.1    1,122       82      7.3       65       16     24.7       29        6     21.8 
80 Years...........    1,058      111     10.4      930       81      8.7       98       26     26.5       47        6     12.5 
81 Years...........    1,008      119     11.8      927       98     10.6       57       13     22.6       44       11     25.3 
82 Years...........      908       85      9.3      847       79      9.3       51        6     11.5       41        8     19.4 
83 Years...........      871       98     11.3      778       80     10.3       84       14     17.1       34        2      6.2 
84 Years...........      648       66     10.2      602       51      8.5       39       15     37.6       40        6     15.5 
85 Years and over..    3,140      449     14.3    2,805      362     12.9      267       76     28.5      108       23     21.2 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032000/pov/new23_001.htm