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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 185 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 77,216 27.4 229,675 56,795 24.7 35,871 15,778 44.0
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 25,262 35.1 56,089 17,417 31.1 11,556 6,262 54.2
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 9,294 34.0 21,644 6,730 31.1 3,956 1,891 47.8
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 10,106 26.1 30,896 7,496 24.3 5,040 1,953 38.7
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 9,180 20.7 36,155 6,756 18.7 5,495 1,788 32.5
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 6,550 16.6 32,905 4,659 14.2 4,475 1,446 32.3
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 2,622 17.9 12,530 1,975 15.8 1,433 500 34.9
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 2,673 23.9 9,666 2,124 22.0 1,063 434 40.8
65 years and over....... 33,769 11,528 34.1 29,790 9,637 32.4 2,853 1,504 52.7
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 5,297 29.2 15,668 4,204 26.8 1,763 855 48.5
75 years and over.... 15,647 6,231 39.8 14,122 5,434 38.5 1,091 649 59.5
Male
Total................ 137,558 34,496 25.1 113,196 25,606 22.6 16,626 6,714 40.4
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 12,929 35.1 28,772 8,941 31.1 5,833 3,150 54.0
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 4,129 30.1 10,980 3,051 27.8 1,862 761 40.9
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 4,339 22.6 15,666 3,382 21.6 2,244 681 30.3
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 4,040 18.5 18,105 3,123 17.2 2,465 654 26.5
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 3,032 15.7 16,285 2,224 13.7 2,026 607 30.0
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 1,106 15.6 6,114 842 13.8 640 198 30.9
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 1,112 21.1 4,637 904 19.5 434 163 37.5
65 years and over....... 14,235 3,808 26.8 12,637 3,139 24.8 1,122 501 44.6
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 1,988 24.1 7,184 1,571 21.9 753 308 40.8
75 years and over.... 5,991 1,820 30.4 5,453 1,568 28.8 369 193 52.3
Female
Total................ 143,917 42,720 29.7 116,479 31,189 26.8 19,245 9,064 47.1
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 12,333 35.1 27,317 8,476 31.0 5,723 3,112 54.4
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 5,165 38.0 10,664 3,679 34.5 2,095 1,130 54.0
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 5,767 29.7 15,230 4,114 27.0 2,796 1,272 45.5
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 5,140 22.9 18,050 3,634 20.1 3,030 1,133 37.4
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 3,517 17.4 16,620 2,435 14.6 2,449 840 34.3
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 1,516 20.0 6,417 1,133 17.7 793 302 38.1
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 1,561 26.3 5,029 1,221 24.3 628 271 43.1
65 years and over....... 19,534 7,719 39.5 17,153 6,498 37.9 1,731 1,004 58.0
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 3,309 33.5 8,484 2,633 31.0 1,009 547 54.2
75 years and over.... 9,656 4,411 45.7 8,669 3,865 44.6 721 456 63.2
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 64,891 26.1 208,201 47,633 22.9 32,972 14,687 44.5
Foreign Born............ 32,422 12,325 38.0 21,475 9,162 42.7 2,899 1,091 37.6
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 3,157 26.4 7,197 2,156 30.0 999 264 26.5
Not a citizen........ 20,460 9,168 44.8 14,278 7,007 49.1 1,900 827 43.5
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 24,491 34.5 55,238 16,791 30.4 11,419 6,173 54.1
Under 6 years........ 23,014 8,783 38.2 17,920 6,154 34.3 3,653 2,124 58.1
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 15,709 32.8 37,318 10,637 28.5 7,766 4,049 52.1
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 185 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 17,879 47.9 194,538 40,009 20.6
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 7,360 57.7 44,095 10,508 23.8
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 2,359 48.3 17,026 4,512 26.5
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 3,049 43.6 24,320 4,618 19.0
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 2,287 42.0 31,029 4,612 14.9
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 1,144 33.7 29,733 3,613 12.2
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 348 31.6 11,486 1,644 14.3
60 to 64 years.......... 839 346 41.2 8,876 1,802 20.3
65 years and over....... 1,896 987 52.0 27,973 8,700 31.1
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 583 49.6 14,550 3,658 25.1
75 years and over.... 722 404 56.0 13,423 5,041 37.6
Male
Total................ 19,058 8,783 46.1 95,260 17,349 18.2
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 3,810 58.1 22,631 5,374 23.7
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 1,154 44.6 8,546 1,965 23.0
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 1,460 39.2 12,142 1,996 16.4
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 1,166 41.1 15,417 2,018 13.1
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 491 30.2 14,766 1,770 12.0
55 to 59 years.......... 516 145 28.1 5,631 706 12.5
60 to 64 years.......... 401 151 37.7 4,261 764 17.9
65 years and over....... 809 407 50.3 11,866 2,757 23.2
65 to 74 years....... 522 237 45.4 6,689 1,353 20.2
75 years and over.... 287 170 59.3 5,177 1,403 27.1
Female
Total................ 18,254 9,096 49.8 99,278 22,660 22.8
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 3,550 57.2 21,464 5,134 23.9
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 1,205 52.5 8,480 2,547 30.0
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 1,589 48.6 12,178 2,622 21.5
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 1,121 43.1 15,612 2,594 16.6
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 653 36.8 14,966 1,843 12.3
55 to 59 years.......... 587 203 34.6 5,855 938 16.0
60 to 64 years.......... 438 195 44.5 4,615 1,038 22.5
65 years and over....... 1,088 579 53.3 16,107 5,943 36.9
65 to 74 years....... 653 346 53.0 7,861 2,305 29.3
75 years and over.... 435 234 53.7 8,246 3,638 44.1
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 10,227 45.9 187,293 38,119 20.4
Foreign Born............ 15,037 7,652 50.9 7,245 1,890 26.1
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 1,382 36.6 3,642 844 23.2
Not a citizen........ 11,256 6,270 55.7 3,602 1,046 29.0
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 7,176 57.2 43,459 10,062 23.2
Under 6 years........ 4,565 2,704 59.2 13,638 3,625 26.6
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 4,472 56.1 29,821 6,437 21.6
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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