Table 16.  Poverty Status of the Population in 1999 by Age and Sex: March 2000 

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  March 15, 2001

(Numbers in thousands.)
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|Poverty status and age  |               |              Sex              |
|                        |               |-------------------------------|
|                        |     Total     |     Male      |    Female     |
|                        |---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                        |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 1/                |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                 |273,493|  100.0|133,647|  100.0|139,846|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level   | 32,258|   11.8| 13,813|   10.3| 18,445|   13.2|
|  Above poverty level   |241,235|   88.2|119,834|   89.7|121,401|   86.8|
|Under 18 years          |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                 | 71,731|  100.0| 36,746|  100.0| 34,985|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level   | 12,109|   16.9|  6,058|   16.5|  6,051|   17.3|
|  Above poverty level   | 59,622|   83.1| 30,688|   83.5| 28,934|   82.7|
|18 to 64 years          |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                 |169,141|  100.0| 83,015|  100.0| 86,126|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level   | 16,982|   10.0|  6,795|    8.2| 10,187|   11.8|
|  Above poverty level   |152,159|   90.0| 76,220|   91.8| 75,939|   88.2|
|65 years and over       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                 | 32,621|  100.0| 13,886|  100.0| 18,735|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level   |  3,167|    9.7|    960|    6.9|  2,207|   11.8|
|  Above poverty level   | 29,454|   90.3| 12,926|   93.1| 16,528|   88.2|
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1/ Poverty statistics excludes unrelated individuals under 15 years.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations 
Branch, Population Division.