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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 125 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 45,320 16.1 229,675 31,880 13.9 35,871 10,691 29.8
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 15,781 21.9 56,089 10,314 18.4 11,556 4,513 39.1
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 5,822 21.3 21,644 4,072 18.8 3,956 1,324 33.5
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 5,823 15.1 30,896 4,141 13.4 5,040 1,311 26.0
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 5,185 11.7 36,155 3,671 10.2 5,495 1,136 20.7
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 3,823 9.7 32,905 2,693 8.2 4,475 889 19.9
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 1,693 11.5 12,530 1,281 10.2 1,433 321 22.4
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 1,594 14.2 9,666 1,233 12.8 1,063 282 26.5
65 years and over....... 33,769 5,600 16.6 29,790 4,475 15.0 2,853 915 32.1
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 2,657 14.7 15,668 2,014 12.9 1,763 517 29.3
75 years and over.... 15,647 2,943 18.8 14,122 2,460 17.4 1,091 398 36.5
Male
Total................ 137,558 19,782 14.4 113,196 14,101 12.5 16,626 4,456 26.8
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 7,986 21.7 28,772 5,235 18.2 5,833 2,275 39.0
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 2,434 17.8 10,980 1,733 15.8 1,862 506 27.2
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 2,293 11.9 15,666 1,752 11.2 2,244 402 17.9
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 2,202 10.1 18,105 1,656 9.1 2,465 398 16.2
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 1,749 9.0 16,285 1,277 7.8 2,026 364 18.0
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 705 9.9 6,114 548 9.0 640 122 19.1
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 717 13.6 4,637 574 12.4 434 117 26.9
65 years and over....... 14,235 1,695 11.9 12,637 1,327 10.5 1,122 272 24.2
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 925 11.2 7,184 700 9.7 753 167 22.2
75 years and over.... 5,991 770 12.9 5,453 627 11.5 369 105 28.4
Female
Total................ 143,917 25,537 17.7 116,479 17,779 15.3 19,245 6,235 32.4
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 7,795 22.2 27,317 5,080 18.6 5,723 2,238 39.1
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 3,387 24.9 10,664 2,338 21.9 2,095 818 39.0
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 3,530 18.2 15,230 2,390 15.7 2,796 909 32.5
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 2,982 13.3 18,050 2,015 11.2 3,030 737 24.3
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 2,074 10.3 16,620 1,416 8.5 2,449 526 21.5
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 987 13.0 6,417 734 11.4 793 198 25.0
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 877 14.8 5,029 659 13.1 628 165 26.3
65 years and over....... 19,534 3,905 20.0 17,153 3,148 18.4 1,731 643 37.1
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 1,732 17.5 8,484 1,315 15.5 1,009 350 34.7
75 years and over.... 9,656 2,173 22.5 8,669 1,833 21.1 721 293 40.6
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 38,023 15.3 208,201 26,449 12.7 32,972 10,030 30.4
Foreign Born............ 32,422 7,297 22.5 21,475 5,431 25.3 2,899 662 22.8
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 1,789 15.0 7,197 1,214 16.9 999 168 16.8
Not a citizen........ 20,460 5,508 26.9 14,278 4,217 29.5 1,900 494 26.0
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 15,151 21.4 55,238 9,807 17.8 11,419 4,439 38.9
Under 6 years........ 23,014 5,596 24.3 17,920 3,673 20.5 3,653 1,628 44.6
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 9,554 19.9 37,318 6,134 16.4 7,766 2,811 36.2
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 125 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 11,034 29.6 194,538 21,529 11.1
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 4,819 37.8 44,095 5,799 13.2
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 1,405 28.8 17,026 2,744 16.1
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 1,735 24.8 24,320 2,483 10.2
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 1,358 25.0 31,029 2,421 7.8
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 660 19.4 29,733 2,089 7.0
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 203 18.4 11,486 1,092 9.5
60 to 64 years.......... 839 227 27.1 8,876 1,023 11.5
65 years and over....... 1,896 628 33.1 27,973 3,878 13.9
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 378 32.2 14,550 1,661 11.4
75 years and over.... 722 249 34.6 13,423 2,217 16.5
Male
Total................ 19,058 5,250 27.5 95,260 9,162 9.6
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 2,469 37.7 22,631 2,927 12.9
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 634 24.5 8,546 1,132 13.2
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 776 20.8 12,142 1,002 8.2
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 668 23.5 15,417 1,033 6.7
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 266 16.4 14,766 1,028 7.0
55 to 59 years.......... 516 91 17.6 5,631 464 8.2
60 to 64 years.......... 401 104 26.0 4,261 479 11.2
65 years and over....... 809 241 29.8 11,866 1,098 9.3
65 to 74 years....... 522 144 27.6 6,689 567 8.5
75 years and over.... 287 97 34.0 5,177 531 10.3
Female
Total................ 18,254 5,785 31.7 99,278 12,367 12.5
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 2,350 37.9 21,464 2,871 13.4
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 771 33.6 8,480 1,612 19.0
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 959 29.3 12,178 1,481 12.2
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 690 26.5 15,612 1,388 8.9
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 394 22.2 14,966 1,062 7.1
55 to 59 years.......... 587 112 19.0 5,855 628 10.7
60 to 64 years.......... 438 123 28.0 4,615 544 11.8
65 years and over....... 1,088 386 35.5 16,107 2,780 17.3
65 to 74 years....... 653 234 35.9 7,861 1,095 13.9
75 years and over.... 435 152 35.0 8,246 1,686 20.4
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 6,475 29.1 187,293 20,446 10.9
Foreign Born............ 15,037 4,560 30.3 7,245 1,083 15.0
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 805 21.3 3,642 456 12.5
Not a citizen........ 11,256 3,755 33.4 3,602 627 17.4
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 4,655 37.1 43,459 5,453 12.5
Under 6 years........ 4,565 1,769 38.8 13,638 2,026 14.9
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 2,886 36.2 29,821 3,426 11.5
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Last revised: July 14, 2004
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