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

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|Poverty status, age and sex 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|
|------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Both sexes                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |285,317|  100.0| 37,208|  100.0|194,147|  100.0| 53,961|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         | 34,569|   12.1|  8,887|   23.9| 15,571|    8.0| 10,111|   18.7|
|  At or above poverty level   |250,748|   87.9| 28,322|   76.1|178,576|   92.0| 43,850|   81.3|
|Under 18 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 72,695|  100.0| 12,116|  100.0| 43,618|  100.0| 16,961|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         | 12,131|   16.7|  3,820|   31.5|  4,093|    9.4|  4,218|   24.9|
|  At or above poverty level   | 60,564|   83.3|  8,296|   68.5| 39,524|   90.6| 12,743|   75.1|
|18 to 64 years                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       |178,388|  100.0| 22,170|  100.0|122,511|  100.0| 33,706|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         | 18,861|   10.6|  4,376|   19.7|  9,157|    7.5|  5,329|   15.8|
|  At or above poverty level   |159,527|   89.4| 17,794|   80.3|113,354|   92.5| 28,378|   84.2|
|65 years and over             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 34,234|  100.0|  2,922|  100.0| 28,018|  100.0|  3,293|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  3,576|   10.4|    691|   23.6|  2,321|    8.3|    565|   17.1|
|  At or above poverty level   | 30,658|   89.6|  2,231|   76.4| 25,698|   91.7|  2,729|   82.9|
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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