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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 100 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 32,907 11.7 229,675 22,739 9.9 35,871 8,136 22.7
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 11,733 16.3 56,089 7,527 13.4 11,556 3,492 30.2
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 4,449 16.3 21,644 3,044 14.1 3,956 1,062 26.8
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 4,255 11.0 30,896 2,991 9.7 5,040 991 19.7
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 3,822 8.6 36,155 2,713 7.5 5,495 833 15.2
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 2,804 7.1 32,905 1,949 5.9 4,475 683 15.3
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 1,274 8.7 12,530 974 7.8 1,433 237 16.5
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 1,157 10.3 9,666 884 9.1 1,063 212 19.9
65 years and over....... 33,769 3,414 10.1 29,790 2,656 8.9 2,853 626 21.9
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 1,664 9.2 15,668 1,223 7.8 1,763 355 20.2
75 years and over.... 15,647 1,750 11.2 14,122 1,434 10.2 1,091 271 24.8
Male
Total................ 137,558 14,327 10.4 113,196 10,072 8.9 16,626 3,343 20.1
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 5,961 16.2 28,772 3,870 13.4 5,833 1,735 29.7
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 1,859 13.6 10,980 1,298 11.8 1,862 402 21.6
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 1,617 8.4 15,666 1,214 7.8 2,244 291 13.0
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 1,582 7.2 18,105 1,194 6.6 2,465 292 11.9
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 1,268 6.6 16,285 911 5.6 2,026 275 13.6
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 524 7.4 6,114 414 6.8 640 88 13.8
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 516 9.8 4,637 413 8.9 434 84 19.4
65 years and over....... 14,235 999 7.0 12,637 757 6.0 1,122 175 15.6
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 560 6.8 7,184 408 5.7 753 108 14.3
75 years and over.... 5,991 439 7.3 5,453 349 6.4 369 67 18.1
Female
Total................ 143,917 18,580 12.9 116,479 12,667 10.9 19,245 4,793 24.9
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 5,772 16.4 27,317 3,658 13.4 5,723 1,758 30.7
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 2,590 19.0 10,664 1,745 16.4 2,095 660 31.5
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 2,638 13.6 15,230 1,777 11.7 2,796 700 25.0
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 2,240 10.0 18,050 1,519 8.4 3,030 541 17.8
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 1,536 7.6 16,620 1,038 6.2 2,449 408 16.6
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 750 9.9 6,417 560 8.7 793 149 18.7
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 640 10.8 5,029 470 9.4 628 127 20.2
65 years and over....... 19,534 2,415 12.4 17,153 1,899 11.1 1,731 451 26.1
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 1,104 11.2 8,484 814 9.6 1,009 247 24.5
75 years and over.... 9,656 1,311 13.6 8,669 1,085 12.5 721 204 28.3
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 27,698 11.1 208,201 18,847 9.1 32,972 7,694 23.3
Foreign Born............ 32,422 5,209 16.1 21,475 3,891 18.1 2,899 442 15.2
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 1,186 9.9 7,197 807 11.2 999 111 11.1
Not a citizen........ 20,460 4,023 19.7 14,278 3,084 21.6 1,900 331 17.4
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 11,175 15.8 55,238 7,086 12.8 11,419 3,423 30.0
Under 6 years........ 23,014 4,188 18.2 17,920 2,671 14.9 3,653 1,296 35.5
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 6,987 14.6 37,318 4,416 11.8 7,766 2,127 27.4
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 100 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 7,997 21.4 194,538 15,271 7.8
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 3,570 28.0 44,095 4,194 9.5
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 1,024 21.0 17,026 2,088 12.3
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 1,238 17.7 24,320 1,817 7.5
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 983 18.1 31,029 1,804 5.8
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 443 13.0 29,733 1,547 5.2
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 150 13.6 11,486 833 7.3
60 to 64 years.......... 839 176 20.9 8,876 721 8.1
65 years and over....... 1,896 413 21.8 27,973 2,266 8.1
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 254 21.6 14,550 989 6.8
75 years and over.... 722 159 22.0 13,423 1,277 9.5
Male
Total................ 19,058 3,754 19.7 95,260 6,553 6.9
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 1,828 27.9 22,631 2,162 9.6
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 460 17.8 8,546 866 10.1
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 526 14.1 12,142 711 5.9
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 471 16.6 15,417 753 4.9
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 178 10.9 14,766 749 5.1
55 to 59 years.......... 516 63 12.2 5,631 355 6.3
60 to 64 years.......... 401 81 20.3 4,261 341 8.0
65 years and over....... 809 147 18.1 11,866 616 5.2
65 to 74 years....... 522 91 17.5 6,689 323 4.8
75 years and over.... 287 56 19.4 5,177 293 5.7
Female
Total................ 18,254 4,243 23.2 99,278 8,718 8.8
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 1,742 28.1 21,464 2,031 9.5
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 563 24.6 8,480 1,222 14.4
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 712 21.8 12,178 1,107 9.1
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 512 19.7 15,612 1,051 6.7
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 266 15.0 14,966 799 5.3
55 to 59 years.......... 587 87 14.9 5,855 478 8.2
60 to 64 years.......... 438 94 21.5 4,615 380 8.2
65 years and over....... 1,088 266 24.5 16,107 1,650 10.2
65 to 74 years....... 653 163 25.0 7,861 666 8.5
75 years and over.... 435 103 23.7 8,246 984 11.9
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 4,743 21.3 187,293 14,473 7.7
Foreign Born............ 15,037 3,254 21.6 7,245 798 11.0
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 533 14.1 3,642 307 8.4
Not a citizen........ 11,256 2,721 24.2 3,602 491 13.6
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 3,433 27.4 43,459 3,887 8.9
Under 6 years........ 4,565 1,321 28.9 13,638 1,450 10.6
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 2,112 26.5 29,821 2,437 8.2
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
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