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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
BELOW 125 PERCENT
OF POVERTY
BOTH SEXES
Total........... 273,493 44,286 16.2 224,373 31,038 13.8 35,373 10,518 29.7 32,669 10,227 31.3
0 Years............ 3,828 924 24.1 3,075 649 21.1 553 227 40.9 692 269 38.8
1 Year............. 3,916 971 24.8 3,059 647 21.2 585 286 49.0 745 328 44.1
2 Years............ 3,849 950 24.7 3,034 609 20.1 602 289 48.0 655 262 40.0
3 Years............ 3,838 937 24.4 3,032 619 20.4 578 257 44.4 711 296 41.6
4 Years............ 3,969 950 23.9 3,085 632 20.5 655 265 40.4 813 321 39.5
5 Years............ 3,955 911 23.0 3,118 603 19.3 622 246 39.6 691 275 39.8
6 Years............ 3,992 963 24.1 3,133 612 19.5 668 300 44.9 644 284 44.1
7 Years............ 4,022 1,008 25.1 3,168 643 20.3 632 306 48.3 695 285 41.0
8 Years............ 3,946 931 23.6 3,100 594 19.2 629 269 42.8 603 254 42.1
9 Years............ 4,300 1,020 23.7 3,345 617 18.5 719 307 42.7 672 293 43.6
10 Years........... 4,287 977 22.8 3,319 616 18.6 756 292 38.6 631 249 39.5
11 Years........... 3,989 845 21.2 3,089 535 17.3 653 225 34.4 584 249 42.7
12 Years........... 3,919 879 22.4 3,085 558 18.1 619 250 40.4 590 224 38.0
13 Years........... 3,955 798 20.2 3,042 497 16.3 639 235 36.7 596 253 42.4
14 Years........... 3,955 742 18.8 3,109 460 14.8 607 222 36.6 554 188 33.9
15 Years........... 3,929 726 18.5 3,100 454 14.7 619 242 39.2 553 206 37.2
16 Years........... 3,994 846 21.2 3,104 558 18.0 613 208 33.9 560 211 37.6
17 Years........... 4,088 771 18.9 3,237 524 16.2 607 202 33.3 572 214 37.3
18 Years........... 4,017 877 21.8 3,095 571 18.5 645 224 34.8 579 223 38.5
19 Years........... 4,075 869 21.3 3,307 644 19.5 573 176 30.8 624 202 32.4
20 Years........... 3,896 956 24.5 3,052 647 21.2 642 251 39.1 514 172 33.5
21 Years........... 3,790 841 22.2 3,048 626 20.5 543 160 29.5 554 174 31.4
22 Years........... 3,639 869 23.9 2,954 633 21.4 492 174 35.3 535 172 32.2
23 Years........... 3,559 769 21.6 2,813 522 18.6 565 203 35.9 562 175 31.1
24 Years........... 3,557 754 21.2 2,805 519 18.5 520 174 33.4 590 169 28.7
25 Years........... 3,512 597 17.0 2,746 425 15.5 564 138 24.5 557 120 21.6
26 Years........... 3,398 499 14.7 2,727 364 13.4 443 100 22.5 602 178 29.6
27 Years........... 3,490 500 14.3 2,791 375 13.4 467 95 20.3 528 145 27.4
28 Years........... 3,723 498 13.4 2,991 339 11.4 474 126 26.5 549 148 27.0
29 Years........... 4,145 670 16.2 3,301 484 14.7 572 137 23.9 596 177 29.8
30 Years........... 3,891 538 13.8 3,118 383 12.3 534 119 22.2 608 171 28.1
31 Years........... 4,009 579 14.4 3,208 401 12.5 548 134 24.5 563 144 25.6
32 Years........... 3,734 472 12.7 2,985 346 11.6 512 105 20.4 551 126 22.8
33 Years........... 3,817 519 13.6 3,134 388 12.4 496 97 19.6 527 160 30.3
34 Years........... 4,067 571 14.0 3,319 435 13.1 552 102 18.6 580 162 28.0
35 Years........... 4,472 633 14.2 3,645 464 12.7 614 134 21.8 624 154 24.7
36 Years........... 4,457 617 13.8 3,615 464 12.8 582 130 22.4 591 152 25.7
37 Years........... 4,493 534 11.9 3,668 386 10.5 586 127 21.6 561 129 22.9
38 Years........... 4,254 431 10.1 3,561 311 8.7 529 96 18.1 505 116 23.0
39 Years........... 4,644 558 12.0 3,836 393 10.2 589 120 20.3 529 117 22.1
40 Years........... 4,629 509 11.0 3,762 345 9.2 668 141 21.2 474 118 24.8
41 Years........... 4,416 495 11.2 3,684 345 9.4 527 129 24.4 425 103 24.2
42 Years........... 4,500 492 10.9 3,812 358 9.4 481 113 23.4 454 100 22.1
43 Years........... 4,473 485 10.9 3,637 321 8.8 614 133 21.7 421 97 23.0
44 Years........... 4,467 464 10.4 3,696 315 8.5 508 107 21.1 391 85 21.7
45 Years........... 4,430 477 10.8 3,665 323 8.8 562 116 20.6 389 94 24.3
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........... 3,913 335 8.6 3,218 255 7.9 510 61 11.9 317 82 25.8
47 Years........... 4,010 362 9.0 3,375 251 7.4 386 70 18.2 302 49 16.1
48 Years........... 3,743 364 9.7 3,160 239 7.5 431 107 24.8 282 53 18.9
49 Years........... 3,652 328 9.0 3,057 209 6.8 448 102 22.9 290 51 17.6
50 Years........... 3,753 330 8.8 3,146 223 7.1 392 57 14.5 371 71 19.1
51 Years........... 3,610 308 8.5 3,030 244 8.0 413 38 9.1 304 65 21.4
52 Years........... 3,579 340 9.5 3,013 260 8.6 403 62 15.4 292 62 21.4
53 Years........... 3,371 305 9.0 2,918 253 8.7 311 29 9.3 237 44 18.5
54 Years........... 2,569 235 9.2 2,208 180 8.2 247 37 15.1 235 48 20.6
55 Years........... 2,773 319 11.5 2,320 228 9.8 319 64 20.1 233 40 17.0
56 Years........... 2,685 284 10.6 2,372 225 9.5 229 49 21.6 223 50 22.6
57 Years........... 2,697 297 11.0 2,354 232 9.8 247 57 23.0 182 28 15.5
58 Years........... 2,338 313 13.4 2,017 256 12.7 227 42 18.3 170 40 23.6
59 Years........... 2,374 347 14.6 2,016 261 12.9 267 72 26.9 182 33 18.0
60 Years........... 2,275 303 13.3 1,906 221 11.6 246 63 25.6 181 43 23.7
61 Years........... 2,108 247 11.7 1,875 211 11.3 180 32 17.9 155 46 29.9
62 Years........... 2,176 351 16.1 1,864 268 14.4 217 68 31.2 155 49 31.6
63 Years........... 1,985 251 12.6 1,703 186 10.9 200 49 24.4 132 36 27.0
64 Years........... 1,975 301 15.2 1,737 240 13.8 184 47 25.6 133 37 28.0
65 Years........... 2,043 268 13.1 1,758 204 11.6 205 47 22.7 142 40 28.3
66 Years........... 1,809 266 14.7 1,526 147 9.6 198 104 52.4 125 36 28.8
67 Years........... 1,876 225 12.0 1,618 153 9.5 168 60 35.8 150 34 22.8
68 Years........... 1,824 220 12.1 1,602 173 10.8 148 42 28.3 116 30 26.2
69 Years........... 1,799 194 10.8 1,596 161 10.1 149 26 17.5 113 31 27.1
70 Years........... 1,849 276 14.9 1,598 211 13.2 184 52 28.0 92 33 35.9
71 Years........... 1,795 268 14.9 1,584 200 12.6 146 53 36.7 110 41 37.4
72 Years........... 1,490 225 15.1 1,281 173 13.5 165 43 26.2 109 39 36.0
73 Years........... 1,638 272 16.6 1,458 212 14.6 141 48 34.3 78 28 36.4
74 Years........... 1,673 250 15.0 1,508 194 12.9 119 44 36.6 96 32 33.8
75 Years........... 1,652 267 16.2 1,483 221 14.9 123 42 34.5 93 35 38.3
76 Years........... 1,521 225 14.8 1,355 188 13.9 103 27 25.9 53 19 36.2
77 Years........... 1,353 204 15.0 1,205 164 13.6 119 36 30.4 64 30 46.9
78 Years........... 1,459 242 16.6 1,296 186 14.3 125 48 38.5 67 21 31.6
79 Years........... 1,207 161 13.3 1,122 134 11.9 65 25 39.2 29 13 44.4
80 Years........... 1,058 201 19.0 930 147 15.8 98 44 44.3 47 15 31.6
81 Years........... 1,008 179 17.8 927 154 16.6 57 17 29.1 44 16 35.8
82 Years........... 908 149 16.4 847 141 16.7 51 7 14.4 41 15 37.2
83 Years........... 871 165 19.0 778 137 17.6 84 23 28.0 34 4 10.6
84 Years........... 648 127 19.6 602 104 17.3 39 23 59.0 40 10 25.8
85 Years and over.. 3,140 765 24.4 2,805 637 22.7 267 110 41.2 108 32 29.7
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_005.htm