Table 12.  Population Age 55 Years and over by Poverty Status in 1998, Sex, and Age: March 1999

           (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Population Age 55 Years and Over                     |               |                              Age                              |

|                                                     |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                     |               |               |               |               | 75 years and  |

|                                                     |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |65 to 74 years |     over      |

|                                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|-----------------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total 1/                                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                              | 55,304|  100.0| 12,601|  100.0| 10,308|  100.0| 17,843|  100.0| 14,551|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                                |  5,589|   10.1|  1,165|    9.2|  1,039|   10.1|  1,616|    9.1|  1,770|   12.2|

|  Above poverty level                                | 49,714|   89.9| 11,437|   90.8|  9,269|   89.9| 16,227|   90.9| 12,781|   87.8|

|Male                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                              | 24,694|  100.0|  6,040|  100.0|  4,927|  100.0|  8,027|  100.0|  5,700|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                                |  1,894|    7.7|    495|    8.2|    404|    8.2|    565|    7.0|    430|    7.5|

|  Above poverty level                                | 22,799|   92.3|  5,545|   91.8|  4,522|   91.8|  7,463|   93.0|  5,269|   92.5|

|Female                                               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                              | 30,610|  100.0|  6,561|  100.0|  5,381|  100.0|  9,816|  100.0|  8,851|  100.0|

|  Below poverty level                                |  3,695|   12.1|    670|   10.2|    634|   11.8|  1,051|   10.7|  1,340|   15.1|

|  Above poverty level                                | 26,915|   87.9|  5,892|   89.8|  4,747|   88.2|  8,765|   89.3|  7,511|   84.9|

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1/ Poverty statistics exclude unrelated individuals under 15 years.

SOURCE:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release date:  November 1, 2000