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|
|------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female 3/                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 19,107|  100.0| 12,570|  100.0|  1,984|  100.0|    700|  100.0|  1,297|  100.0|    997|  100.0|  1,558|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  4,597|   24.1|  3,146|   25.0|    555|   28.0|    125|   17.9|    281|   21.7|    143|   14.3|    347|   22.3|
|  At or above poverty level   | 14,509|   75.9|  9,424|   75.0|  1,429|   72.0|    575|   82.1|  1,016|   78.3|    854|   85.7|  1,211|   77.7|
|Under 18 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |  6,475|  100.0|  4,639|  100.0|    668|  100.0|    134|  100.0|    348|  100.0|    238|  100.0|    447|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  1,862|   28.8|  1,366|   29.4|    227|   33.9|     23|   17.4|     98|   28.1|     39|   16.6|    109|   24.3|
|  At or above poverty level   |  4,613|   71.2|  3,273|   70.6|    441|   66.1|    111|   82.6|    250|   71.9|    199|   83.4|    339|   75.7|
|18 to 64 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 11,485|  100.0|  7,324|  100.0|  1,195|  100.0|    395|  100.0|    891|  100.0|    690|  100.0|    992|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  2,472|   21.5|  1,647|   22.5|    298|   25.0|     59|   15.0|    173|   19.4|     96|   13.9|    199|   20.1|
|  At or above poverty level   |  9,014|   78.5|  5,677|   77.5|    896|   75.0|    335|   85.0|    718|   80.6|    594|   86.1|    793|   79.9|
|65 years and over             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |  1,147|  100.0|    607|  100.0|    122|  100.0|    171|  100.0|     57|  100.0|     70|  100.0|    119|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |    264|   23.0|    134|   22.1|     30|   24.6|     42|   24.8|     10|   17.5|      8|   11.1|     40|   33.4|
|  At or above poverty level   |    883|   77.0|    473|   77.9|     92|   75.4|    129|   75.2|     47|   82.5|     62|   88.9|     80|   66.6|
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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/ 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