Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of
People by Selected Characteristics in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White Black
Below Below Below
poverty level poverty level poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
BELOW 75 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 21,979 7.8 229,675 14,688 6.4 35,871 5,820 16.2
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 8,229 11.4 56,089 5,063 9.0 11,556 2,653 23.0
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 3,163 11.6 21,644 2,098 9.7 3,956 805 20.3
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 2,966 7.7 30,896 2,033 6.6 5,040 714 14.2
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 2,579 5.8 36,155 1,801 5.0 5,495 598 10.9
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 1,921 4.9 32,905 1,295 3.9 4,475 500 11.2
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 850 5.8 12,530 666 5.3 1,433 143 10.0
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 733 6.5 9,666 554 5.7 1,063 131 12.4
65 years and over....... 33,769 1,536 4.5 29,790 1,177 4.0 2,853 276 9.7
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 795 4.4 15,668 583 3.7 1,763 156 8.9
75 years and over.... 15,647 741 4.7 14,122 594 4.2 1,091 120 11.0
Male
Total................ 137,558 9,626 7.0 113,196 6,572 5.8 16,626 2,377 14.3
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 4,165 11.3 28,772 2,585 9.0 5,833 1,312 22.5
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 1,291 9.4 10,980 873 8.0 1,862 297 16.0
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 1,060 5.5 15,666 780 5.0 2,244 197 8.8
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 1,079 4.9 18,105 815 4.5 2,465 202 8.2
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 851 4.4 16,285 604 3.7 2,026 184 9.1
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 350 4.9 6,114 286 4.7 640 50 7.8
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 339 6.4 4,637 272 5.9 434 53 12.1
65 years and over....... 14,235 491 3.5 12,637 356 2.8 1,122 83 7.4
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 289 3.5 7,184 205 2.9 753 48 6.4
75 years and over.... 5,991 202 3.4 5,453 151 2.8 369 34 9.3
Female
Total................ 143,917 12,353 8.6 116,479 8,116 7.0 19,245 3,443 17.9
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 4,064 11.6 27,317 2,478 9.1 5,723 1,341 23.4
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 1,872 13.8 10,664 1,225 11.5 2,095 507 24.2
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 1,906 9.8 15,230 1,253 8.2 2,796 518 18.5
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 1,500 6.7 18,050 986 5.5 3,030 396 13.1
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 1,071 5.3 16,620 691 4.2 2,449 316 12.9
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 500 6.6 6,417 380 5.9 793 93 11.7
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 394 6.6 5,029 282 5.6 628 79 12.5
65 years and over....... 19,534 1,045 5.3 17,153 821 4.8 1,731 193 11.2
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 507 5.1 8,484 378 4.5 1,009 108 10.7
75 years and over.... 9,656 538 5.6 8,669 443 5.1 721 85 11.8
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 18,522 7.4 208,201 12,189 5.9 32,972 5,513 16.7
Foreign Born............ 32,422 3,457 10.7 21,475 2,500 11.6 2,899 307 10.6
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 705 5.9 7,197 434 6.0 999 78 7.8
Not a citizen........ 20,460 2,752 13.5 14,278 2,066 14.5 1,900 229 12.1
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 7,762 10.9 55,238 4,698 8.5 11,419 2,599 22.8
Under 6 years........ 23,014 2,985 13.0 17,920 1,810 10.1 3,653 1,014 27.8
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 4,777 10.0 37,318 2,888 7.7 7,766 1,584 20.4
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Table 22. Age, Gender, Household Relationship, Race and Hispanic Origin - Poverty Status of
People by Selected Characteristics in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)
Hispanic Origin White Non-Hispanic
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
BELOW 75 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 5,216 14.0 194,538 9,857 5.1
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 2,402 18.8 44,095 2,841 6.4
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 684 14.0 17,026 1,464 8.6
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 842 12.0 24,320 1,235 5.1
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 656 12.1 31,029 1,203 3.9
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 252 7.4 29,733 1,072 3.6
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 95 8.6 11,486 575 5.0
60 to 64 years.......... 839 96 11.4 8,876 466 5.3
65 years and over....... 1,896 190 10.0 27,973 1,001 3.6
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 121 10.3 14,550 475 3.3
75 years and over.... 722 68 9.5 13,423 526 3.9
Male
Total................ 19,058 2,417 12.7 95,260 4,326 4.5
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 1,223 18.7 22,631 1,453 6.4
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 295 11.4 8,546 597 7.0
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 331 8.9 12,142 466 3.8
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 323 11.4 15,417 515 3.3
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 104 6.4 14,766 511 3.5
55 to 59 years.......... 516 37 7.2 5,631 250 4.4
60 to 64 years.......... 401 40 10.0 4,261 237 5.6
65 years and over....... 809 64 7.9 11,866 297 2.5
65 to 74 years....... 522 44 8.5 6,689 165 2.5
75 years and over.... 287 19 6.7 5,177 132 2.5
Female
Total................ 18,254 2,798 15.3 99,278 5,531 5.6
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 1,179 19.0 21,464 1,387 6.5
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 389 16.9 8,480 866 10.2
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 511 15.6 12,178 769 6.3
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 334 12.8 15,612 689 4.4
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 148 8.3 14,966 561 3.7
55 to 59 years.......... 587 57 9.8 5,855 325 5.5
60 to 64 years.......... 438 56 12.7 4,615 230 5.0
65 years and over....... 1,088 126 11.6 16,107 705 4.4
65 to 74 years....... 653 77 11.8 7,861 310 3.9
75 years and over.... 435 49 11.3 8,246 394 4.8
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 3,166 14.2 187,293 9,308 5.0
Foreign Born............ 15,037 2,050 13.6 7,245 549 7.6
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 287 7.6 3,642 171 4.7
Not a citizen........ 11,256 1,763 15.7 3,602 379 10.5
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 2,280 18.2 43,459 2,595 6.0
Under 6 years........ 4,565 894 19.6 13,638 999 7.3
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 1,386 17.4 29,821 1,596 5.4
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002