Table 14.2  Poverty Status of the Population in 2002 by Sex, Age, and Hispanic Origin Type:   2003
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex, age, and poverty status  |               |                                    Hispanic origin type 1/                                    |
|                              |               |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                              |               |               |               |               |    Central    |    South      |    Other      |
|                              |Total Hispanic |    Mexican    | Puerto Rican  |     Cuban     |   American    |   American    |  Hispanic 2/  |
|                              |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                              |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 3/                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 39,213|  100.0| 26,174|  100.0|  3,832|  100.0|  1,430|  100.0|  2,833|  100.0|  2,057|  100.0|  2,888|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  8,549|   21.8|  5,956|   22.8|    952|   24.8|    238|   16.7|    574|   20.3|    260|   12.6|    570|   19.7|
|  At or above poverty level   | 30,664|   78.2| 20,219|   77.2|  2,880|   75.2|  1,192|   83.3|  2,259|   79.7|  1,797|   87.4|  2,318|   80.3|
|Under 18 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 13,208|  100.0|  9,431|  100.0|  1,350|  100.0|    286|  100.0|    741|  100.0|    509|  100.0|    891|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  3,777|   28.6|  2,775|   29.4|    448|   33.2|     56|   19.6|    207|   27.9|     92|   18.2|    199|   22.4|
|  At or above poverty level   |  9,432|   71.4|  6,657|   70.6|    902|   66.8|    230|   80.4|    535|   72.1|    417|   81.8|    691|   77.6|
|18 to 64 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 23,953|  100.0| 15,641|  100.0|  2,275|  100.0|    802|  100.0|  2,007|  100.0|  1,442|  100.0|  1,784|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  4,334|   18.1|  2,949|   18.9|    456|   20.1|    108|   13.5|    351|   17.5|    158|   11.0|    311|   17.4|
|  At or above poverty level   | 19,619|   81.9| 12,692|   81.1|  1,818|   79.9|    694|   86.5|  1,656|   82.5|  1,284|   89.0|  1,474|   82.6|
|65 years and over             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |  2,053|  100.0|  1,102|  100.0|    207|  100.0|    342|  100.0|     84|  100.0|    106|  100.0|    213|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |    439|   21.4|    232|   21.0|     48|   23.0|     74|   21.8|     17|   19.8|      9|    8.6|     59|   28.0|
|  At or above poverty level   |  1,614|   78.6|    870|   79.0|    159|   77.0|    267|   78.2|     67|   80.2|     97|   91.4|    153|   72.0|
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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/ This category includes Dominicans.
3/ 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