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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 600 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 281,475 227,828 80.9 229,675 182,411 79.4 35,871 32,842 91.6
Under 18 years.......... 72,021 62,875 87.3 56,089 48,163 85.9 11,556 11,004 95.2
18 to 24 years.......... 27,312 23,504 86.1 21,644 18,329 84.7 3,956 3,672 92.8
25 to 34 years.......... 38,670 31,754 82.1 30,896 25,079 81.2 5,040 4,587 91.0
35 to 44 years.......... 44,284 34,779 78.5 36,155 27,888 77.1 5,495 4,939 89.9
45 to 54 years.......... 39,545 27,356 69.2 32,905 21,992 66.8 4,475 3,812 85.2
55 to 59 years.......... 14,667 9,881 67.4 12,530 8,165 65.2 1,433 1,220 85.1
60 to 64 years.......... 11,208 8,512 75.9 9,666 7,212 74.6 1,063 949 89.3
65 years and over....... 33,769 29,165 86.4 29,790 25,583 85.9 2,853 2,660 93.2
65 to 74 years....... 18,123 15,123 83.4 15,668 12,942 82.6 1,763 1,615 91.6
75 years and over.... 15,647 14,042 89.7 14,122 12,641 89.5 1,091 1,045 95.8
Male
Total................ 137,558 109,953 79.9 113,196 88,822 78.5 16,626 15,074 90.7
Under 18 years.......... 36,857 32,264 87.5 28,772 24,808 86.2 5,833 5,540 95.0
18 to 24 years.......... 13,705 11,630 84.9 10,980 9,164 83.5 1,862 1,708 91.7
25 to 34 years.......... 19,234 15,628 81.3 15,666 12,628 80.6 2,244 2,003 89.3
35 to 44 years.......... 21,822 16,913 77.5 18,105 13,826 76.4 2,465 2,192 88.9
45 to 54 years.......... 19,332 13,303 68.8 16,285 10,857 66.7 2,026 1,717 84.8
55 to 59 years.......... 7,091 4,581 64.6 6,114 3,836 62.7 640 522 81.6
60 to 64 years.......... 5,282 3,828 72.5 4,637 3,294 71.0 434 383 88.1
65 years and over....... 14,235 11,806 82.9 12,637 10,410 82.4 1,122 1,009 89.9
65 to 74 years....... 8,245 6,592 79.9 7,184 5,679 79.1 753 662 87.9
75 years and over.... 5,991 5,214 87.0 5,453 4,731 86.8 369 346 93.8
Female
Total................ 143,917 117,875 81.9 116,479 93,589 80.3 19,245 17,767 92.3
Under 18 years.......... 35,164 30,612 87.1 27,317 23,355 85.5 5,723 5,464 95.5
18 to 24 years.......... 13,607 11,875 87.3 10,664 9,166 85.9 2,095 1,964 93.8
25 to 34 years.......... 19,436 16,126 83.0 15,230 12,451 81.8 2,796 2,584 92.4
35 to 44 years.......... 22,461 17,866 79.5 18,050 14,062 77.9 3,030 2,746 90.6
45 to 54 years.......... 20,213 14,053 69.5 16,620 11,135 67.0 2,449 2,094 85.5
55 to 59 years.......... 7,575 5,300 70.0 6,417 4,329 67.5 793 698 88.0
60 to 64 years.......... 5,926 4,684 79.0 5,029 3,918 77.9 628 566 90.1
65 years and over....... 19,534 17,359 88.9 17,153 15,173 88.5 1,731 1,651 95.4
65 to 74 years....... 9,878 8,531 86.4 8,484 7,263 85.6 1,009 952 94.3
75 years and over.... 9,656 8,828 91.4 8,669 7,910 91.2 721 699 96.9
Nativity
Native.................. 249,053 200,100 80.3 208,201 163,409 78.5 32,972 30,207 91.6
Foreign Born............ 32,422 27,728 85.5 21,475 19,002 88.5 2,899 2,634 90.9
Naturalized citizen.. 11,962 9,396 78.5 7,197 5,853 81.3 999 854 85.5
Not a citizen........ 20,460 18,332 89.6 14,278 13,150 92.1 1,900 1,781 93.7
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 70,950 61,823 87.1 55,238 47,329 85.7 11,419 10,868 95.2
Under 6 years........ 23,014 20,253 88.0 17,920 15,587 87.0 3,653 3,476 95.1
6 to 17 years........ 47,936 41,570 86.7 37,318 31,742 85.1 7,766 7,393 95.2
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 600 PERCENT OF POVERTY
Both Sexes
Total................ 37,312 35,013 93.8 194,538 149,448 76.8
Under 18 years.......... 12,763 12,371 96.9 44,095 36,538 82.9
18 to 24 years.......... 4,879 4,653 95.4 17,026 13,922 81.8
25 to 34 years.......... 6,994 6,545 93.6 24,320 18,927 77.8
35 to 44 years.......... 5,439 4,997 91.9 31,029 23,179 74.7
45 to 54 years.......... 3,399 2,972 87.4 29,733 19,224 64.7
55 to 59 years.......... 1,103 931 84.4 11,486 7,288 63.5
60 to 64 years.......... 839 760 90.7 8,876 6,496 73.2
65 years and over....... 1,896 1,782 94.0 27,973 23,874 85.3
65 to 74 years....... 1,175 1,106 94.1 14,550 11,890 81.7
75 years and over.... 722 676 93.7 13,423 11,984 89.3
Male
Total................ 19,058 17,873 93.8 95,260 72,005 75.6
Under 18 years.......... 6,557 6,380 97.3 22,631 18,828 83.2
18 to 24 years.......... 2,586 2,453 94.8 8,546 6,852 80.2
25 to 34 years.......... 3,726 3,470 93.1 12,142 9,345 77.0
35 to 44 years.......... 2,839 2,608 91.9 15,417 11,358 73.7
45 to 54 years.......... 1,625 1,415 87.1 14,766 9,539 64.6
55 to 59 years.......... 516 429 83.1 5,631 3,439 61.1
60 to 64 years.......... 401 365 90.9 4,261 2,951 69.3
65 years and over....... 809 753 93.1 11,866 9,692 81.7
65 to 74 years....... 522 484 92.6 6,689 5,222 78.1
75 years and over.... 287 270 94.1 5,177 4,470 86.3
Female
Total................ 18,254 17,139 93.9 99,278 77,444 78.0
Under 18 years.......... 6,205 5,990 96.5 21,464 17,710 82.5
18 to 24 years.......... 2,293 2,201 96.0 8,480 7,070 83.4
25 to 34 years.......... 3,268 3,075 94.1 12,178 9,582 78.7
35 to 44 years.......... 2,601 2,389 91.9 15,612 11,821 75.7
45 to 54 years.......... 1,774 1,557 87.8 14,966 9,685 64.7
55 to 59 years.......... 587 503 85.6 5,855 3,849 65.7
60 to 64 years.......... 438 396 90.4 4,615 3,545 76.8
65 years and over....... 1,088 1,029 94.6 16,107 14,181 88.0
65 to 74 years....... 653 622 95.4 7,861 6,668 84.8
75 years and over.... 435 407 93.5 8,246 7,514 91.1
Nativity
Native.................. 22,276 20,671 92.8 187,293 144,021 76.9
Foreign Born............ 15,037 14,342 95.4 7,245 5,427 74.9
Naturalized citizen.. 3,781 3,420 90.5 3,642 2,641 72.5
Not a citizen........ 11,256 10,921 97.0 3,602 2,786 77.3
Related Children
Under 18 Years.......... 12,539 12,147 96.9 43,459 35,919 82.7
Under 6 years........ 4,565 4,433 97.1 13,638 11,434 83.8
6 to 17 years........ 7,974 7,715 96.7 29,821 24,485 82.1
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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