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|
|------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female 2/                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |145,758|  100.0| 19,107|  100.0| 99,130|  100.0| 27,521|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         | 19,407|   13.3|  4,597|   24.1|  8,887|    9.0|  5,922|   21.5|
|  At or above poverty level   |126,351|   86.7| 14,509|   75.9| 90,243|   91.0| 21,599|   78.5|
|Under 18 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 35,568|  100.0|  6,475|  100.0| 21,253|  100.0|  7,840|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  5,898|   16.6|  1,862|   28.8|  1,962|    9.2|  2,074|   26.5|
|  At or above poverty level   | 29,670|   83.4|  4,613|   71.2| 19,290|   90.8|  5,766|   73.5|
|18 to 64 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 90,484|  100.0| 11,485|  100.0| 61,775|  100.0| 17,224|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         | 11,058|   12.2|  2,472|   21.5|  5,291|    8.6|  3,294|   19.1|
|  At or above poverty level   | 79,427|   87.8|  9,014|   78.5| 56,484|   91.4| 13,930|   80.9|
|65 years and over             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 19,706|  100.0|  1,147|  100.0| 16,103|  100.0|  2,457|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  2,451|   12.4|    264|   23.0|  1,634|   10.1|    554|   22.5|
|  At or above poverty level   | 17,255|   87.6|    883|   77.0| 14,469|   89.9|  1,903|   77.5|
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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