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Table 23. People in Poverty by Nativity: 1993 to 2006

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                    All People                   Native                     Total               Naturalized Citizen           Not a citizen
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                    Number  Percentage         Number  Percentage         Number  Percentage         Number  Percentage         Number  Percentage
                      Below      below           Below      below           Below      below           Below      below           Below      below
  Year        Total poverty    poverty   Total poverty    poverty   Total poverty    poverty   Total poverty    poverty   Total poverty    poverty
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 2006       296,450  36,460       12.3 259,199  30,790       11.9  37,251   5,670       15.2  14,534   1,345        9.3  22,716   4,324       19.0
 2005       293,135  36,950       12.6 257,513  31,080       12.1  35,621   5,870       16.5  13,881   1,441       10.4  21,740   4,429       20.4
 2004 14/   290,617  37,040       12.7 255,443  31,023       12.1  35,173   6,017       17.1  13,505   1,326        9.8  21,669   4,691       21.6
 2003       287,699  35,861       12.5 253,478  29,965       11.8  34,221   5,897       17.2  13,128   1,309       10.0  21,094   4,588       21.7
 2002       285,317  34,570       12.1 251,881  29,012       11.5  33,437   5,558       16.6  12,832   1,285       10.0  20,605   4,273       20.7
 2001       281,475  32,907       11.7 249,053  27,698       11.1  32,422   5,209       16.1  11,962   1,186        9.9  20,460   4,023       19.7
 2000 12/   278,944  31,581       11.3 247,162  26,680       10.8  31,782   4,901       15.4  11,785   1,060        9.0  19,997   3,841       19.2
 1999 11/   276,208  32,791       11.9 246,256  27,757       11.3  29,952   5,034       16.8  11,065     996        9.0  18,886   4,039       21.4
 1998       271,059  34,476       12.7 244,636  29,707       12.1  26,424   4,769       18.0   9,864   1,087       11.0  16,560   3,682       22.2
 1997       268,480  35,574       13.3 242,219  30,336       12.5  26,261   5,238       19.9   9,732   1,111       11.4  16,529   4,127       25.0
 1996       266,218  36,529       13.7 240,459  31,117       12.9  25,759   5,412       21.0   9,043     936       10.3  16,716   4,476       26.8
 1995       263,733  36,425       13.8 239,206  30,972       12.9  24,527   5,452       22.2   7,904     833       10.5  16,623   4,619       27.8
 1994       261,616  38,059       14.5 238,650  32,865       13.8  22,967   5,194       22.6   7,097     668        9.4  15,869   4,526       28.5
 1993       259,278  39,265       15.1 236,745  34,086       14.4  22,533   5,179       23.0   6,973     707       10.1  15,560   4,472       28.7
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Poverty and Health Statistics Branch/HHES Division                                                   
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