Table 14.1  Poverty Status of the Population in 2002 by Sex, Age, Hispanic Origin, and Race:   2003
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex, age, and poverty status  |               |          Hispanic origin and race 1/          |
|                              |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                              |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |
|                              |     Total     |   Hispanic    |  White alone  |   all Other   |
|                              |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                              |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 2/                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |285,317|  100.0| 39,213|  100.0|194,147|  100.0| 51,956|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         | 34,569|   12.1|  8,549|   21.8| 15,571|    8.0| 10,449|   20.1|
|  At or above poverty level   |250,748|   87.9| 30,664|   78.2|178,576|   92.0| 41,507|   79.9|
|Under 18 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 72,695|  100.0| 13,208|  100.0| 43,618|  100.0| 15,869|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         | 12,131|   16.7|  3,777|   28.6|  4,093|    9.4|  4,261|   26.9|
|  At or above poverty level   | 60,564|   83.3|  9,432|   71.4| 39,524|   90.6| 11,608|   73.1|
|18 to 64 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |178,388|  100.0| 23,953|  100.0|122,511|  100.0| 31,924|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         | 18,861|   10.6|  4,334|   18.1|  9,157|    7.5|  5,371|   16.8|
|  At or above poverty level   |159,527|   89.4| 19,619|   81.9|113,354|   92.5| 26,553|   83.2|
|65 years and over             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 34,234|  100.0|  2,053|  100.0| 28,018|  100.0|  4,163|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  3,576|   10.4|    439|   21.4|  2,321|    8.3|    816|   19.6|
|  At or above poverty level   | 30,658|   89.6|  1,614|   78.6| 25,698|   91.7|  3,346|   80.4|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other
   Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.
2/ Excludes unrelated individuals under 15 years.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Populatio