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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 200 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 84,974 30.2 229,675 63,019 27.4 35,871 16,851 47.0
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 27,495 38.2 56,089 19,149 34.1 11,556 6,623 57.3
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 10,142 37.1 21,644 7,384 34.1 3,956 2,029 51.3
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 11,170 28.9 30,896 8,352 27.0 5,040 2,093 41.5
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 10,193 23.0 36,155 7,561 20.9 5,495 1,934 35.2
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 7,268 18.4 32,905 5,210 15.8 4,475 1,566 35.0
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 2,903 19.8 12,530 2,206 17.6 1,433 527 36.8
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 2,911 26.0 9,666 2,309 23.9 1,063 470 44.2
65 years and over....... 33,769 12,892 38.2 29,790 10,848 36.4 2,853 1,608 56.4
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 5,920 32.7 15,668 4,745 30.3 1,763 916 52.0
75 years and over.... 15,647 6,972 44.6 14,122 6,102 43.2 1,091 692 63.5
Male
Total................ 137,558 38,101 27.7 113,196 28,492 25.2 16,626 7,212 43.4
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 14,051 38.1 28,772 9,797 34.0 5,833 3,340 57.3
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 4,554 33.2 10,980 3,376 30.8 1,862 831 44.6
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 4,875 25.3 15,666 3,821 24.4 2,244 745 33.2
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 4,511 20.7 18,105 3,512 19.4 2,465 712 28.9
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 3,359 17.4 16,285 2,475 15.2 2,026 653 32.3
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 1,201 16.9 6,114 918 15.0 640 207 32.4
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 1,194 22.6 4,637 975 21.0 434 173 39.9
65 years and over....... 14,235 4,355 30.6 12,637 3,618 28.6 1,122 550 49.0
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 2,273 27.6 7,184 1,813 25.2 753 340 45.1
75 years and over.... 5,991 2,082 34.8 5,453 1,804 33.1 369 210 56.8
Female
Total................ 143,917 46,873 32.6 116,479 34,526 29.6 19,245 9,639 50.1
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 13,444 38.2 27,317 9,352 34.2 5,723 3,283 57.4
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 5,588 41.1 10,664 4,008 37.6 2,095 1,198 57.2
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 6,295 32.4 15,230 4,530 29.7 2,796 1,348 48.2
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 5,682 25.3 18,050 4,049 22.4 3,030 1,222 40.3
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 3,909 19.3 16,620 2,734 16.5 2,449 913 37.3
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 1,702 22.5 6,417 1,289 20.1 793 320 40.4
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 1,717 29.0 5,029 1,334 26.5 628 297 47.2
65 years and over....... 19,534 8,537 43.7 17,153 7,230 42.1 1,731 1,058 61.1
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 3,647 36.9 8,484 2,932 34.6 1,009 576 57.0
75 years and over.... 9,656 4,889 50.6 8,669 4,298 49.6 721 483 66.9
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 71,523 28.7 208,201 53,030 25.5 32,972 15,666 47.5
Foreign Born............ 32,422 13,451 41.5 21,475 9,989 46.5 2,899 1,185 40.9
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 3,519 29.4 7,197 2,398 33.3 999 277 27.8
Not a citizen........ 20,460 9,932 48.5 14,278 7,591 53.2 1,900 908 47.8
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 26,693 37.6 55,238 18,493 33.5 11,419 6,532 57.2
Under 6 years........ 23,014 9,527 41.4 17,920 6,751 37.7 3,653 2,232 61.1
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 17,166 35.8 37,318 11,743 31.5 7,766 4,300 55.4
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 200 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 19,315 51.8 194,538 44,866 23.1
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 7,847 61.5 44,095 11,767 26.7
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 2,586 53.0 17,026 4,948 29.1
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 3,346 47.9 24,320 5,197 21.4
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 2,457 45.2 31,029 5,253 16.9
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 1,266 37.3 29,733 4,054 13.6
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 383 34.7 11,486 1,842 16.0
60 to 64 years.......... 839 361 43.1 8,876 1,972 22.2
65 years and over....... 1,896 1,068 56.3 27,973 9,833 35.2
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 629 53.5 14,550 4,154 28.6
75 years and over.... 722 439 60.9 13,423 5,679 42.3
Male
Total................ 19,058 9,520 49.9 95,260 19,538 20.5
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 4,034 61.5 22,631 6,011 26.6
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 1,279 49.5 8,546 2,172 25.4
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 1,634 43.9 12,142 2,270 18.7
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 1,258 44.3 15,417 2,318 15.0
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 557 34.3 14,766 1,964 13.3
55 to 59 years.......... 516 160 30.9 5,631 767 13.6
60 to 64 years.......... 401 157 39.2 4,261 829 19.5
65 years and over....... 809 440 54.4 11,866 3,206 27.0
65 to 74 years....... 522 258 49.3 6,689 1,575 23.6
75 years and over.... 287 183 63.7 5,177 1,630 31.5
Female
Total................ 18,254 9,796 53.7 99,278 25,328 25.5
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 3,813 61.4 21,464 5,756 26.8
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 1,307 57.0 8,480 2,776 32.7
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 1,712 52.4 12,178 2,927 24.0
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 1,199 46.1 15,612 2,935 18.8
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 710 40.0 14,966 2,090 14.0
55 to 59 years.......... 587 223 38.0 5,855 1,074 18.3
60 to 64 years.......... 438 204 46.7 4,615 1,142 24.8
65 years and over....... 1,088 628 57.7 16,107 6,628 41.1
65 to 74 years....... 653 371 56.8 7,861 2,579 32.8
75 years and over.... 435 257 59.1 8,246 4,049 49.1
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 10,973 49.3 187,293 42,802 22.9
Foreign Born............ 15,037 8,342 55.5 7,245 2,064 28.5
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 1,538 40.7 3,642 942 25.9
Not a citizen........ 11,256 6,804 60.5 3,602 1,122 31.2
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 7,657 61.1 43,459 11,296 26.0
Under 6 years........ 4,565 2,895 63.4 13,638 4,033 29.6
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 4,762 59.7 29,821 7,263 24.4
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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