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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 150 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 58,585 20.8 229,675 42,182 18.4 35,871 12,850 35.8
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 19,794 27.5 56,089 13,270 23.7 11,556 5,290 45.8
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 7,275 26.6 21,644 5,185 24.0 3,956 1,549 39.2
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 7,570 19.6 30,896 5,520 17.9 5,040 1,566 31.1
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 6,803 15.4 36,155 4,917 13.6 5,495 1,413 25.7
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 4,930 12.5 32,905 3,470 10.5 4,475 1,127 25.2
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 2,035 13.9 12,530 1,553 12.4 1,433 373 26.0
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 2,015 18.0 9,666 1,559 16.1 1,063 353 33.2
65 years and over....... 33,769 8,163 24.2 29,790 6,708 22.5 2,853 1,179 41.3
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 3,762 20.8 15,668 2,928 18.7 1,763 667 37.8
75 years and over.... 15,647 4,401 28.1 14,122 3,780 26.8 1,091 512 46.9
Male
Total................ 137,558 25,863 18.8 113,196 18,837 16.6 16,626 5,393 32.4
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 10,075 27.3 28,772 6,765 23.5 5,833 2,673 45.8
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 3,180 23.2 10,980 2,331 21.2 1,862 592 31.8
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 3,151 16.4 15,666 2,447 15.6 2,244 504 22.5
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 2,915 13.4 18,105 2,228 12.3 2,465 506 20.5
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 2,275 11.8 16,285 1,655 10.2 2,026 470 23.2
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 860 12.1 6,114 666 10.9 640 146 22.7
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 859 16.3 4,637 681 14.7 434 139 31.9
65 years and over....... 14,235 2,549 17.9 12,637 2,064 16.3 1,122 365 32.5
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 1,364 16.5 7,184 1,062 14.8 753 228 30.3
75 years and over.... 5,991 1,185 19.8 5,453 1,002 18.4 369 137 37.0
Female
Total................ 143,917 32,722 22.7 116,479 23,346 20.0 19,245 7,456 38.7
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 9,719 27.6 27,317 6,505 23.8 5,723 2,617 45.7
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 4,096 30.1 10,664 2,854 26.8 2,095 957 45.7
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 4,419 22.7 15,230 3,072 20.2 2,796 1,062 38.0
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 3,888 17.3 18,050 2,689 14.9 3,030 907 29.9
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 2,655 13.1 16,620 1,816 10.9 2,449 657 26.8
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 1,175 15.5 6,417 887 13.8 793 227 28.7
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 1,156 19.5 5,029 878 17.5 628 214 34.1
65 years and over....... 19,534 5,614 28.7 17,153 4,644 27.1 1,731 814 47.0
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 2,398 24.3 8,484 1,866 22.0 1,009 439 43.5
75 years and over.... 9,656 3,216 33.3 8,669 2,778 32.0 721 375 52.0
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 49,120 19.7 208,201 35,118 16.9 32,972 12,002 36.4
Foreign Born............ 32,422 9,464 29.2 21,475 7,064 32.9 2,899 848 29.2
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 2,378 19.9 7,197 1,641 22.8 999 208 20.8
Not a citizen........ 20,460 7,086 34.6 14,278 5,423 38.0 1,900 640 33.7
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 19,098 26.9 55,238 12,710 23.0 11,419 5,205 45.6
Under 6 years........ 23,014 6,927 30.1 17,920 4,708 26.3 3,653 1,847 50.6
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 12,171 25.4 37,318 8,001 21.4 7,766 3,358 43.2
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 150 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 14,014 37.6 194,538 29,020 14.9
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 5,949 46.6 44,095 7,682 17.4
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 1,811 37.1 17,026 3,472 20.4
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 2,274 32.5 24,320 3,364 13.8
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 1,770 32.5 31,029 3,271 10.5
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 858 25.3 29,733 2,686 9.0
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 277 25.1 11,486 1,290 11.2
60 to 64 years.......... 839 276 32.9 8,876 1,305 14.7
65 years and over....... 1,896 798 42.1 27,973 5,948 21.3
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 469 39.9 14,550 2,489 17.1
75 years and over.... 722 329 45.6 13,423 3,459 25.8
Male
Total................ 19,058 6,778 35.6 95,260 12,451 13.1
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 3,066 46.8 22,631 3,889 17.2
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 868 33.6 8,546 1,507 17.6
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 1,052 28.2 12,142 1,442 11.9
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 875 30.8 15,417 1,405 9.1
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 364 22.4 14,766 1,313 8.9
55 to 59 years.......... 516 122 23.6 5,631 552 9.8
60 to 64 years.......... 401 122 30.3 4,261 571 13.4
65 years and over....... 809 308 38.1 11,866 1,774 14.9
65 to 74 years....... 522 174 33.4 6,689 901 13.5
75 years and over.... 287 134 46.6 5,177 873 16.9
Female
Total................ 18,254 7,237 39.6 99,278 16,569 16.7
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 2,882 46.4 21,464 3,793 17.7
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 943 41.1 8,480 1,966 23.2
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 1,222 37.4 12,178 1,922 15.8
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 894 34.4 15,612 1,867 12.0
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 494 27.9 14,966 1,374 9.2
55 to 59 years.......... 587 156 26.5 5,855 739 12.6
60 to 64 years.......... 438 155 35.3 4,615 734 15.9
65 years and over....... 1,088 490 45.1 16,107 4,175 25.9
65 to 74 years....... 653 295 45.2 7,861 1,588 20.2
75 years and over.... 435 196 45.0 8,246 2,587 31.4
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 8,102 36.4 187,293 27,586 14.7
Foreign Born............ 15,037 5,913 39.3 7,245 1,434 19.8
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 1,053 27.9 3,642 642 17.6
Not a citizen........ 11,256 4,859 43.2 3,602 792 22.0
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 5,775 46.1 43,459 7,292 16.8
Under 6 years........ 4,565 2,189 48.0 13,638 2,657 19.5
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 3,586 45.0 29,821 4,635 15.5
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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