TABLE 5.7. MARCH 1997 CPS:  POVERTY BY AGE AND RACE-ETHNICITY EXCLUDING UNRELATED PERSONS UNDER AGE 15:

                            NOT POOR - VALUES/PERCENTS



Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Internet Release date:  August 7, 1998



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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |

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

|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

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

|Total             |  229,689|   20,917|  208,772|   12,925|    2,014|    1,041|    3,393|    1,544|  174,997|   23,854|    9,921|

|Age               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Under Age 18      |   56,186|    6,274|   49,912|    4,232|      573|      176|      903|      390|   40,533|    6,667|    2,712|

|18 to 64 years    |  145,053|   13,497|  131,556|    8,126|    1,320|      663|    2,354|    1,035|  109,748|   15,277|    6,531|

|65 years and over |   28,450|    1,146|   27,304|      568|      122|      202|      136|      119|   24,717|    1,910|      677|

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(CONTINUED)



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|                  |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |

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

|                  |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                  |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

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

|Total             |    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|

|Age               |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|Under Age 18      |     24.5|     30.0|     23.9|     32.7|     28.4|     16.9|     26.6|     25.3|     23.2|     28.0|     27.3|

|18 to 64 years    |     63.2|     64.5|     63.0|     62.9|     65.5|     63.7|     69.4|     67.0|     62.7|     64.0|     65.8|

|65 years and over |     12.4|      5.5|     13.1|      4.4|      6.1|     19.4|      4.0|      7.7|     14.1|      8.0|      6.8|

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NOTE:    1990 BASED FINAL MARCH SUPPLEMENT WEIGHT

SOURCE:  CPS MARCH 1997

BRANCH:  ETHNIC AND HISPANIC STATISTICS BRANCH