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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 500 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 206,556 73.4 229,675 164,155 71.5 35,871 30,961 86.3
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 58,408 81.1 56,089 44,355 79.1 11,556 10,603 91.8
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 21,733 79.6 21,644 16,847 77.8 3,956 3,489 88.2
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 28,733 74.3 30,896 22,576 73.1 5,040 4,289 85.1
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 30,726 69.4 36,155 24,431 67.6 5,495 4,539 82.6
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 23,208 58.7 32,905 18,357 55.8 4,475 3,491 78.0
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 8,583 58.5 12,530 7,046 56.2 1,433 1,101 76.8
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 7,587 67.7 9,666 6,387 66.1 1,063 888 83.6
65 years and over....... 33,769 27,579 81.7 29,790 24,156 81.1 2,853 2,561 89.8
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 14,033 77.4 15,668 11,961 76.3 1,763 1,534 87.0
75 years and over.... 15,647 13,545 86.6 14,122 12,195 86.4 1,091 1,027 94.2
Male
Total................ 137,558 99,090 72.0 113,196 79,518 70.2 16,626 14,116 84.9
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 29,991 81.4 28,772 22,882 79.5 5,833 5,339 91.5
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 10,688 78.0 10,980 8,375 76.3 1,862 1,612 86.6
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 14,026 72.9 15,666 11,312 72.2 2,244 1,840 82.0
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 14,886 68.2 18,105 12,103 66.8 2,465 1,986 80.6
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 11,224 58.1 16,285 9,039 55.5 2,026 1,556 76.8
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 3,916 55.2 6,114 3,262 53.3 640 465 72.7
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 3,342 63.3 4,637 2,860 61.7 434 355 81.6
65 years and over....... 14,235 11,016 77.4 12,637 9,686 76.6 1,122 965 86.0
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 6,025 73.1 7,184 5,167 71.9 753 623 82.7
75 years and over.... 5,991 4,991 83.3 5,453 4,519 82.9 369 342 92.8
Female
Total................ 143,917 107,466 74.7 116,479 84,637 72.7 19,245 16,845 87.5
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 28,417 80.8 27,317 21,474 78.6 5,723 5,264 92.0
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 11,044 81.2 10,664 8,472 79.4 2,095 1,878 89.7
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 14,707 75.7 15,230 11,263 74.0 2,796 2,449 87.6
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 15,840 70.5 18,050 12,328 68.3 3,030 2,554 84.3
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 11,984 59.3 16,620 9,318 56.1 2,449 1,936 79.0
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 4,667 61.6 6,417 3,784 59.0 793 636 80.1
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 4,245 71.6 5,029 3,527 70.1 628 534 85.0
65 years and over....... 19,534 16,562 84.8 17,153 14,470 84.4 1,731 1,596 92.2
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 8,008 81.1 8,484 6,795 80.1 1,009 911 90.3
75 years and over.... 9,656 8,555 88.6 8,669 7,676 88.5 721 685 94.9
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 180,532 72.5 208,201 146,100 70.2 32,972 28,477 86.4
Foreign Born............ 32,422 26,025 80.3 21,475 18,055 84.1 2,899 2,484 85.7
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 8,509 71.1 7,197 5,360 74.5 999 764 76.5
Not a citizen........ 20,460 17,516 85.6 14,278 12,695 88.9 1,900 1,720 90.5
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 57,369 80.9 55,238 43,528 78.8 11,419 10,474 91.7
Under 6 years........ 23,014 18,920 82.2 17,920 14,461 80.7 3,653 3,335 91.3
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 38,449 80.2 37,318 29,067 77.9 7,766 7,139 91.9
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 500 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 33,573 90.0 194,538 132,541 68.1
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 12,043 94.4 44,095 33,033 74.9
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 4,495 92.1 17,026 12,583 73.9
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 6,265 89.6 24,320 16,686 68.6
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 4,725 86.9 31,029 19,978 64.4
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 2,719 80.0 29,733 15,835 53.3
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 877 79.5 11,486 6,218 54.1
60 to 64 years.......... 839 725 86.5 8,876 5,702 64.2
65 years and over....... 1,896 1,723 90.9 27,973 22,506 80.5
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 1,065 90.7 14,550 10,951 75.3
75 years and over.... 722 658 91.2 13,423 11,555 86.1
Male
Total................ 19,058 17,098 89.7 95,260 63,427 66.6
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 6,203 94.6 22,631 17,070 75.4
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 2,362 91.3 8,546 6,143 71.9
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 3,308 88.8 12,142 8,180 67.4
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 2,464 86.8 15,417 9,774 63.4
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 1,291 79.4 14,766 7,842 53.1
55 to 59 years.......... 516 399 77.4 5,631 2,890 51.3
60 to 64 years.......... 401 342 85.3 4,261 2,537 59.5
65 years and over....... 809 730 90.2 11,866 8,991 75.8
65 to 74 years....... 522 465 89.1 6,689 4,728 70.7
75 years and over.... 287 264 92.3 5,177 4,263 82.3
Female
Total................ 18,254 16,475 90.3 99,278 69,114 69.6
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 5,840 94.1 21,464 15,963 74.4
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 2,134 93.0 8,480 6,440 75.9
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 2,957 90.5 12,178 8,506 69.8
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 2,261 87.0 15,612 10,204 65.4
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 1,429 80.5 14,966 7,993 53.4
55 to 59 years.......... 587 477 81.3 5,855 3,328 56.8
60 to 64 years.......... 438 383 87.5 4,615 3,166 68.6
65 years and over....... 1,088 994 91.4 16,107 13,514 83.9
65 to 74 years....... 653 600 91.9 7,861 6,222 79.2
75 years and over.... 435 394 90.5 8,246 7,292 88.4
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 19,691 88.4 187,293 127,631 68.1
Foreign Born............ 15,037 13,882 92.3 7,245 4,910 67.8
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 3,201 84.7 3,642 2,355 64.6
Not a citizen........ 11,256 10,682 94.9 3,602 2,555 70.9
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 11,822 94.3 43,459 32,420 74.6
Under 6 years........ 4,565 4,330 94.8 13,638 10,402 76.3
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 7,492 94.0 29,821 22,018 73.8
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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