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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 300 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 133,959 47.6 229,675 102,708 44.7 35,871 23,507 65.5
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 40,952 56.9 56,089 29,689 52.9 11,556 8,781 76.0
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 14,844 54.3 21,644 11,045 51.0 3,956 2,766 69.9
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 18,067 46.7 30,896 13,870 44.9 5,040 3,062 60.7
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 17,909 40.4 36,155 13,671 37.8 5,495 3,097 56.4
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 12,388 31.3 32,905 9,260 28.1 4,475 2,306 51.5
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 4,853 33.1 12,530 3,803 30.4 1,433 749 52.3
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 4,791 42.7 9,666 3,939 40.7 1,063 645 60.7
65 years and over....... 33,769 20,156 59.7 29,790 17,432 58.5 2,853 2,101 73.6
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 9,706 53.6 15,668 8,108 51.7 1,763 1,223 69.4
75 years and over.... 15,647 10,449 66.8 14,122 9,324 66.0 1,091 878 80.5
Male
Total................ 137,558 62,183 45.2 113,196 48,118 42.5 16,626 10,407 62.6
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 21,039 57.1 28,772 15,341 53.3 5,833 4,413 75.7
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 6,979 50.9 10,980 5,239 47.7 1,862 1,231 66.1
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 8,373 43.5 15,666 6,683 42.7 2,244 1,183 52.7
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 8,387 38.4 18,105 6,618 36.6 2,465 1,264 51.3
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 5,826 30.1 16,285 4,457 27.4 2,026 999 49.3
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 2,062 29.1 6,114 1,621 26.5 640 313 48.9
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 2,001 37.9 4,637 1,678 36.2 434 241 55.4
65 years and over....... 14,235 7,516 52.8 12,637 6,480 51.3 1,122 764 68.0
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 3,956 48.0 7,184 3,311 46.1 753 477 63.3
75 years and over.... 5,991 3,560 59.4 5,453 3,169 58.1 369 287 77.6
Female
Total................ 143,917 71,777 49.9 116,479 54,590 46.9 19,245 13,100 68.1
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 19,913 56.6 27,317 14,347 52.5 5,723 4,368 76.3
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 7,865 57.8 10,664 5,807 54.4 2,095 1,534 73.3
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 9,694 49.9 15,230 7,187 47.2 2,796 1,879 67.2
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 9,522 42.4 18,050 7,053 39.1 3,030 1,834 60.5
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 6,562 32.5 16,620 4,802 28.9 2,449 1,307 53.4
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 2,791 36.8 6,417 2,182 34.0 793 436 55.0
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 2,790 47.1 5,029 2,261 45.0 628 404 64.3
65 years and over....... 19,534 12,640 64.7 17,153 10,951 63.8 1,731 1,338 77.3
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 5,750 58.2 8,484 4,797 56.5 1,009 746 73.9
75 years and over.... 9,656 6,890 71.3 8,669 6,155 71.0 721 591 82.0
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 114,568 46.0 208,201 88,729 42.6 32,972 21,715 65.9
Foreign Born............ 32,422 19,391 59.8 21,475 13,978 65.1 2,899 1,792 61.8
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 5,630 47.1 7,197 3,715 51.6 999 484 48.5
Not a citizen........ 20,460 13,761 67.3 14,278 10,263 71.9 1,900 1,308 68.9
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 39,996 56.4 55,238 28,928 52.4 11,419 8,657 75.8
Under 6 years........ 23,014 13,665 59.4 17,920 10,016 55.9 3,653 2,844 77.9
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 26,332 54.9 37,318 18,912 50.7 7,766 5,812 74.8
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 300 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 26,541 71.1 194,538 77,714 39.9
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 10,155 79.6 44,095 20,124 45.6
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 3,498 71.7 17,026 7,737 45.4
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 4,825 69.0 24,320 9,320 38.3
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 3,594 66.1 31,029 10,287 33.2
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 1,896 55.8 29,733 7,513 25.3
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 614 55.7 11,486 3,225 28.1
60 to 64 years.......... 839 546 65.1 8,876 3,425 38.6
65 years and over....... 1,896 1,413 74.5 27,973 16,083 57.5
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 856 72.9 14,550 7,297 50.2
75 years and over.... 722 557 77.2 13,423 8,785 65.4
Male
Total................ 19,058 13,360 70.1 95,260 35,529 37.3
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 5,254 80.1 22,631 10,408 46.0
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 1,780 68.8 8,546 3,556 41.6
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 2,478 66.5 12,142 4,327 35.6
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 1,859 65.5 15,417 4,854 31.5
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 888 54.6 14,766 3,641 24.7
55 to 59 years.......... 516 268 52.0 5,631 1,373 24.4
60 to 64 years.......... 401 251 62.7 4,261 1,442 33.8
65 years and over....... 809 582 71.9 11,866 5,929 50.0
65 to 74 years....... 522 357 68.3 6,689 2,977 44.5
75 years and over.... 287 225 78.4 5,177 2,953 57.0
Female
Total................ 18,254 13,181 72.2 99,278 42,186 42.5
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 4,901 79.0 21,464 9,716 45.3
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 1,718 74.9 8,480 4,182 49.3
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 2,347 71.8 12,178 4,993 41.0
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 1,735 66.7 15,612 5,433 34.8
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 1,008 56.8 14,966 3,873 25.9
55 to 59 years.......... 587 346 58.9 5,855 1,852 31.6
60 to 64 years.......... 438 294 67.2 4,615 1,983 43.0
65 years and over....... 1,088 831 76.5 16,107 10,153 63.0
65 to 74 years....... 653 499 76.5 7,861 4,321 55.0
75 years and over.... 435 332 76.4 8,246 5,832 70.7
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 15,112 67.8 187,293 74,576 39.8
Foreign Born............ 15,037 11,429 76.0 7,245 3,138 43.3
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 2,369 62.7 3,642 1,482 40.7
Not a citizen........ 11,256 9,059 80.5 3,602 1,656 46.0
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 9,948 79.3 43,459 19,565 45.0
Under 6 years........ 4,565 3,652 80.0 13,638 6,593 48.3
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 6,295 78.9 29,821 12,972 43.5
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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