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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 400 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 175,306 62.3 229,675 137,494 59.9 35,871 27,897 77.8
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 51,268 71.2 56,089 38,316 68.3 11,556 9,887 85.6
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 18,784 68.8 21,644 14,299 66.1 3,956 3,237 81.8
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 24,262 62.7 30,896 18,939 61.3 5,040 3,781 75.0
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 25,191 56.9 36,155 19,748 54.6 5,495 3,947 71.8
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 17,862 45.2 32,905 13,762 41.8 4,475 2,943 65.8
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 6,757 46.1 12,530 5,463 43.6 1,433 928 64.8
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 6,414 57.2 9,666 5,356 55.4 1,063 788 74.2
65 years and over....... 33,769 24,768 73.3 29,790 21,610 72.5 2,853 2,385 83.6
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 12,384 68.3 15,668 10,494 67.0 1,763 1,409 80.0
75 years and over.... 15,647 12,384 79.2 14,122 11,116 78.7 1,091 976 89.5
Male
Total................ 137,558 83,036 60.4 113,196 65,781 58.1 16,626 12,554 75.5
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 26,286 71.3 28,772 19,759 68.7 5,833 4,960 85.0
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 9,052 66.0 10,980 6,957 63.4 1,862 1,468 78.8
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 11,713 60.9 15,666 9,439 60.3 2,244 1,570 69.9
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 12,068 55.3 18,105 9,699 53.6 2,465 1,689 68.5
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 8,582 44.4 16,285 6,740 41.4 2,026 1,311 64.7
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 2,968 41.9 6,114 2,430 39.7 640 378 59.0
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 2,731 51.7 4,637 2,324 50.1 434 298 68.7
65 years and over....... 14,235 9,636 67.7 12,637 8,432 66.7 1,122 881 78.5
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 5,217 63.3 7,184 4,453 62.0 753 560 74.4
75 years and over.... 5,991 4,419 73.8 5,453 3,980 73.0 369 321 86.9
Female
Total................ 143,917 92,270 64.1 116,479 71,712 61.6 19,245 15,344 79.7
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 24,982 71.0 27,317 18,557 67.9 5,723 4,927 86.1
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 9,732 71.5 10,664 7,342 68.8 2,095 1,769 84.5
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 12,548 64.6 15,230 9,500 62.4 2,796 2,212 79.1
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 13,123 58.4 18,050 10,049 55.7 3,030 2,258 74.5
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 9,280 45.9 16,620 7,022 42.3 2,449 1,633 66.7
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 3,789 50.0 6,417 3,033 47.3 793 551 69.5
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 3,683 62.1 5,029 3,032 60.3 628 490 78.0
65 years and over....... 19,534 15,133 77.5 17,153 13,178 76.8 1,731 1,504 86.9
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 7,167 72.6 8,484 6,041 71.2 1,009 849 84.1
75 years and over.... 9,656 7,966 82.5 8,669 7,137 82.3 721 655 90.8
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 151,858 61.0 208,201 120,943 58.1 32,972 25,686 77.9
Foreign Born............ 32,422 23,448 72.3 21,475 16,550 77.1 2,899 2,211 76.3
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 7,336 61.3 7,197 4,699 65.3 999 637 63.8
Not a citizen........ 20,460 16,112 78.8 14,278 11,852 83.0 1,900 1,575 82.9
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 50,264 70.8 55,238 37,518 67.9 11,419 9,759 85.5
Under 6 years........ 23,014 16,723 72.7 17,920 12,617 70.4 3,653 3,118 85.3
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 33,541 70.0 37,318 24,901 66.7 7,766 6,642 85.5
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 400 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 31,021 83.1 194,538 108,287 55.7
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 11,383 89.2 44,095 27,614 62.6
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 4,116 84.4 17,026 10,396 61.1
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 5,772 82.5 24,320 13,512 55.6
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 4,308 79.2 31,029 15,693 50.6
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 2,403 70.7 29,733 11,534 38.8
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 767 69.6 11,486 4,735 41.2
60 to 64 years.......... 839 646 77.0 8,876 4,750 53.5
65 years and over....... 1,896 1,625 85.7 27,973 20,053 71.7
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 991 84.4 14,550 9,552 65.6
75 years and over.... 722 634 87.9 13,423 10,501 78.2
Male
Total................ 19,058 15,753 82.7 95,260 50,949 53.5
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 5,875 89.6 22,631 14,252 63.0
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 2,145 83.0 8,546 4,929 57.7
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 3,023 81.2 12,142 6,573 54.1
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 2,240 78.9 15,417 7,584 49.2
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 1,144 70.4 14,766 5,678 38.5
55 to 59 years.......... 516 344 66.6 5,631 2,108 37.4
60 to 64 years.......... 401 299 74.5 4,261 2,044 48.0
65 years and over....... 809 682 84.4 11,866 7,782 65.6
65 to 74 years....... 522 430 82.4 6,689 4,046 60.5
75 years and over.... 287 252 87.9 5,177 3,736 72.2
Female
Total................ 18,254 15,268 83.6 99,278 57,337 57.8
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 5,508 88.8 21,464 13,362 62.3
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 1,971 86.0 8,480 5,467 64.5
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 2,749 84.1 12,178 6,939 57.0
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 2,068 79.5 15,612 8,109 51.9
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 1,258 70.9 14,966 5,856 39.1
55 to 59 years.......... 587 424 72.2 5,855 2,627 44.9
60 to 64 years.......... 438 347 79.4 4,615 2,706 58.6
65 years and over....... 1,088 943 86.7 16,107 12,271 76.2
65 to 74 years....... 653 561 86.0 7,861 5,507 70.0
75 years and over.... 435 382 87.9 8,246 6,765 82.0
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 17,988 80.8 187,293 104,094 55.6
Foreign Born............ 15,037 13,032 86.7 7,245 4,192 57.9
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 2,868 75.9 3,642 1,983 54.5
Not a citizen........ 11,256 10,164 90.3 3,602 2,209 61.3
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 11,171 89.1 43,459 27,021 62.2
Under 6 years........ 4,565 4,087 89.5 13,638 8,784 64.4
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 7,084 88.8 29,821 18,238 61.2
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
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Last revised: July 14, 2004
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