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Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of
People by Selected Characteristics in 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
All races White Black
Below Below Below
poverty level poverty level poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
BELOW 400 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 275,924 170,199 61.7 225,997 133,540 59.1 35,752 28,010 78.3
Under 18 years.......... 71,936 50,835 70.7 56,412 37,966 67.3 11,407 10,015 87.8
18 to 24 years.......... 26,965 18,350 68.1 21,532 14,008 65.1 3,995 3,328 83.3
25 to 34 years.......... 37,440 23,400 62.5 29,867 18,137 60.7 5,146 3,893 75.6
35 to 44 years.......... 44,780 24,892 55.6 36,691 19,461 53.0 5,739 4,172 72.7
45 to 54 years.......... 38,040 16,462 43.3 31,964 12,864 40.2 4,277 2,673 62.5
55 to 59 years.......... 13,338 6,258 46.9 11,450 5,106 44.6 1,339 872 65.1
60 to 64 years.......... 10,447 5,931 56.8 8,960 4,973 55.5 1,060 751 70.9
65 years and over....... 32,978 24,071 73.0 29,122 21,026 72.2 2,789 2,306 82.7
65 to 74 years....... 17,878 12,111 67.7 15,604 10,396 66.6 1,630 1,277 78.3
75 years and over.... 15,100 11,960 79.2 13,518 10,630 78.6 1,159 1,030 88.9
Male
Total................ 134,943 80,656 59.8 111,297 63,676 57.2 16,680 12,741 76.4
Under 18 years.......... 36,830 26,115 70.9 28,950 19,456 67.2 5,770 5,130 88.9
18 to 24 years.......... 13,476 8,730 64.8 10,906 6,766 62.0 1,868 1,479 79.2
25 to 34 years.......... 18,451 11,054 59.9 14,937 8,780 58.8 2,317 1,614 69.6
35 to 44 years.......... 22,177 11,986 54.0 18,392 9,571 52.0 2,649 1,856 70.1
45 to 54 years.......... 18,578 7,910 42.6 15,795 6,310 39.9 1,935 1,162 60.1
55 to 59 years.......... 6,406 2,727 42.6 5,557 2,257 40.6 590 337 57.1
60 to 64 years.......... 4,847 2,489 51.4 4,198 2,106 50.2 442 297 67.2
65 years and over....... 14,179 9,645 68.0 12,562 8,430 67.1 1,110 866 78.0
65 to 74 years....... 8,187 5,122 62.6 7,235 4,465 61.7 652 463 71.0
75 years and over.... 5,992 4,523 75.5 5,326 3,965 74.4 458 403 88.0
Female
Total................ 140,981 89,543 63.5 114,700 69,864 60.9 19,072 15,269 80.1
Under 18 years.......... 35,107 24,720 70.4 27,462 18,509 67.4 5,637 4,886 86.7
18 to 24 years.......... 13,489 9,620 71.3 10,626 7,242 68.2 2,127 1,848 86.9
25 to 34 years.......... 18,989 12,346 65.0 14,930 9,357 62.7 2,829 2,279 80.6
35 to 44 years.......... 22,603 12,906 57.1 18,299 9,890 54.0 3,090 2,316 74.9
45 to 54 years.......... 19,462 8,552 43.9 16,169 6,555 40.5 2,342 1,511 64.5
55 to 59 years.......... 6,932 3,531 50.9 5,893 2,850 48.4 749 535 71.4
60 to 64 years.......... 5,600 3,442 61.5 4,761 2,866 60.2 618 454 73.5
65 years and over....... 18,799 14,426 76.7 16,560 12,596 76.1 1,680 1,441 85.8
65 to 74 years....... 9,691 6,989 72.1 8,369 5,931 70.9 978 814 83.2
75 years and over.... 9,108 7,437 81.7 8,191 6,665 81.4 701 627 89.4
Nativity
Native.................. 246,041 149,110 60.6 205,976 118,410 57.5 33,129 26,046 78.6
Foreign Born............ 29,883 21,089 70.6 20,021 15,130 75.6 2,623 1,964 74.9
Naturalized citizen.. 11,378 6,760 59.4 6,849 4,393 64.1 1,025 661 64.5
Not a citizen........ 18,505 14,329 77.4 13,172 10,737 81.5 1,598 1,303 81.5
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,767 49,780 70.3 55,463 37,123 66.9 11,242 9,852 87.6
Under 6 years........ 23,243 16,950 72.9 18,277 12,837 70.2 3,574 3,168 88.7
6 to 17 years........ 47,524 32,830 69.1 37,186 24,285 65.3 7,668 6,684 87.2
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of
People by Selected Characteristics in 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Hispanic Origin White Non-Hispanic
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
BELOW 400 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 33,716 28,290 83.9 193,917 106,590 55.0
Under 18 years.......... 11,884 10,794 90.8 45,155 27,728 61.4
18 to 24 years.......... 4,178 3,597 86.1 17,534 10,566 60.3
25 to 34 years.......... 5,641 4,607 81.7 24,501 13,738 56.1
35 to 44 years.......... 5,037 4,002 79.4 31,925 15,668 49.1
45 to 54 years.......... 3,212 2,252 70.1 28,887 10,709 37.1
55 to 59 years.......... 1,052 776 73.8 10,440 4,364 41.8
60 to 64 years.......... 831 664 79.9 8,168 4,334 53.1
65 years and over....... 1,882 1,597 84.9 27,308 19,484 71.3
65 to 74 years....... 1,153 958 83.1 14,498 9,477 65.4
75 years and over.... 729 639 87.7 12,810 10,007 78.1
Male
Total................ 16,861 14,090 83.6 95,206 50,207 52.7
Under 18 years.......... 6,107 5,559 91.0 23,146 14,160 61.2
18 to 24 years.......... 2,115 1,786 84.4 8,883 5,056 56.9
25 to 34 years.......... 2,861 2,322 81.2 12,191 6,544 53.7
35 to 44 years.......... 2,557 2,013 78.7 15,977 7,667 48.0
45 to 54 years.......... 1,545 1,079 69.9 14,307 5,271 36.8
55 to 59 years.......... 501 353 70.4 5,077 1,919 37.8
60 to 64 years.......... 398 317 79.5 3,818 1,804 47.2
65 years and over....... 777 661 85.0 11,807 7,787 66.0
65 to 74 years....... 500 410 82.1 6,752 4,067 60.2
75 years and over.... 278 250 90.2 5,054 3,720 73.6
Female
Total................ 16,855 14,200 84.2 98,711 56,384 57.1
Under 18 years.......... 5,776 5,235 90.6 22,010 13,568 61.6
18 to 24 years.......... 2,063 1,811 87.8 8,650 5,510 63.7
25 to 34 years.......... 2,780 2,285 82.2 12,310 7,194 58.4
35 to 44 years.......... 2,481 1,989 80.2 15,948 8,002 50.2
45 to 54 years.......... 1,667 1,173 70.4 14,580 5,438 37.3
55 to 59 years.......... 551 423 76.8 5,363 2,445 45.6
60 to 64 years.......... 433 348 80.3 4,350 2,530 58.2
65 years and over....... 1,104 937 84.8 15,501 11,697 75.5
65 to 74 years....... 653 548 83.9 7,746 5,409 69.8
75 years and over.... 451 389 86.2 7,756 6,287 81.1
Nativity
Native.................. 20,386 16,738 82.1 186,616 102,517 54.9
Foreign Born............ 13,330 11,552 86.7 7,301 4,073 55.8
Naturalized citizen.. 3,478 2,650 76.2 3,544 1,863 52.6
Not a citizen........ 9,853 8,902 90.4 3,758 2,210 58.8
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 11,627 10,541 90.7 44,447 27,124 61.0
Under 6 years........ 4,380 4,017 91.7 14,096 8,999 63.8
6 to 17 years........ 7,247 6,523 90.0 30,351 18,125 59.7
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
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Last revised: December 10, 2001
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