Table 16b.  Poverty Status of the Population in 2002 by Sex and Age, for Black Alone or in Combination and White Alone, Not Hispanic: March 2003
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Poverty status, sex, and age 3/ |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                |               |Black alone or | White alone,  |               |
|                                |     Total     |in combination | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                         |145,758|  100.0| 19,917|  100.0| 99,130|  100.0| 26,710|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level           | 19,407|   13.3|  5,119|   25.7|  8,887|    9.0|  5,400|   20.2|
|  At or above poverty level     |126,351|   86.7| 14,798|   74.3| 90,243|   91.0| 21,310|   79.8|
|Under 18 years                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                         | 35,568|  100.0|  6,005|  100.0| 21,253|  100.0|  8,310|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level           |  5,898|   16.6|  1,869|   31.1|  1,962|    9.2|  2,067|   24.9|
|  At or above poverty level     | 29,670|   83.4|  4,136|   68.9| 19,290|   90.8|  6,243|   75.1|
|18 to 64 years                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                         | 90,484|  100.0| 12,131|  100.0| 61,775|  100.0| 16,579|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level           | 11,058|   12.2|  2,768|   22.8|  5,291|    8.6|  2,998|   18.1|
|  At or above poverty level     | 79,427|   87.8|  9,362|   77.2| 56,484|   91.4| 13,581|   81.9|
|65 years and over               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                         | 19,706|  100.0|  1,782|  100.0| 16,103|  100.0|  1,821|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level           |  2,451|   12.4|    482|   27.1|  1,634|   10.1|    336|   18.4|
|  At or above poverty level     | 17,255|   87.6|  1,300|   72.9| 14,469|   89.9|  1,486|   81.6|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Includes American Indian and Alaska Native alone; Asian alone; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; White alone, Hispanic; and Two or More Races, except those combinations including Black.
3/ Poverty statistics exclude unrelated individuals under 15 years.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006