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|
|------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male 2/                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |139,559|  100.0| 20,107|  100.0| 95,017|  100.0| 24,435|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         | 15,162|   10.9|  3,952|   19.7|  6,683|    7.0|  4,527|   18.5|
|  At or above poverty level   |124,397|   89.1| 16,155|   80.3| 88,333|   93.0| 19,908|   81.5|
|Under 18 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 37,127|  100.0|  6,733|  100.0| 22,365|  100.0|  8,029|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  6,233|   16.8|  1,915|   28.4|  2,131|    9.5|  2,188|   27.2|
|  At or above poverty level   | 30,894|   83.2|  4,819|   71.6| 20,234|   90.5|  5,841|   72.8|
|18 to 64 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 87,904|  100.0| 12,467|  100.0| 60,736|  100.0| 14,700|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  7,804|    8.9|  1,862|   14.9|  3,865|    6.4|  2,076|   14.1|
|  At or above poverty level   | 80,100|   91.1| 10,605|   85.1| 56,871|   93.6| 12,624|   85.9|
|65 years and over             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 14,528|  100.0|    906|  100.0| 11,916|  100.0|  1,706|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  1,125|    7.7|    175|   19.3|    687|    5.8|    263|   15.4|
|  At or above poverty level   | 13,403|   92.3|    731|   80.7| 11,228|   94.2|  1,443|   84.6|
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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