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|
|------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male 3/                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 20,107|  100.0| 13,604|  100.0|  1,848|  100.0|    730|  100.0|  1,536|  100.0|  1,060|  100.0|  1,329|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  3,952|   19.7|  2,809|   20.7|    397|   21.5|    113|   15.5|    293|   19.1|    117|   11.0|    222|   16.7|
|  At or above poverty level   | 16,155|   80.3| 10,795|   79.3|  1,451|   78.5|    616|   84.5|  1,243|   80.9|    943|   89.0|  1,107|   83.3|
|Under 18 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |  6,733|  100.0|  4,792|  100.0|    682|  100.0|    151|  100.0|    393|  100.0|    271|  100.0|    443|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  1,915|   28.4|  1,409|   29.4|    221|   32.4|     32|   21.5|    109|   27.6|     53|   19.5|     91|   20.5|
|  At or above poverty level   |  4,819|   71.6|  3,383|   70.6|    461|   67.6|    119|   78.5|    285|   72.4|    218|   80.5|    352|   79.5|
|18 to 64 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 12,467|  100.0|  8,318|  100.0|  1,080|  100.0|    408|  100.0|  1,116|  100.0|    753|  100.0|    793|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  1,862|   14.9|  1,303|   15.7|    158|   14.6|     49|   12.0|    178|   15.9|     63|    8.3|    112|   14.1|
|  At or above poverty level   | 10,605|   85.1|  7,015|   84.3|    922|   85.4|    359|   88.0|    938|   84.1|    690|   91.7|    681|   85.9|
|65 years and over             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |    906|  100.0|    494|  100.0|     85|  100.0|    171|  100.0|     27|  100.0|     36|  100.0|     93|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |    175|   19.3|     98|   19.8|     18|   20.8|     32|   18.7|      7|   24.7|      1|    3.6|     20|   21.1|
|  At or above poverty level   |    731|   80.7|    396|   80.2|     68|   79.2|    139|   81.3|     20|   75.3|     35|   96.4|     74|   78.9|
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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