Table 16.  Population Age 55 Years and Over by Poverty Status in 2001 by Sex and Age                                                                                              33
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and poverty status        |               |                      Age                      |
|                              |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                              |               |               |               | 65 years and  |
|                              |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |     over      |
|                              |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                              |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 59,644|  100.0| 14,667|  100.0| 11,208|  100.0| 33,769|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  5,844|    9.8|  1,274|    8.7|  1,157|   10.3|  3,414|   10.1|
|  Above poverty level         | 53,800|   90.2| 13,393|   91.3| 10,051|   89.7| 30,356|   89.9|
|Male                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 26,608|  100.0|  7,091|  100.0|  5,282|  100.0| 14,235|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  2,039|    7.7|    524|    7.4|    516|    9.8|    999|    7.0|
|  Above poverty level         | 24,569|   92.3|  6,568|   92.6|  4,765|   90.2| 13,237|   93.0|
|Female                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                       | 33,035|  100.0|  7,575|  100.0|  5,926|  100.0| 19,534|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level         |  3,805|   11.5|    750|    9.9|    640|   10.8|  2,415|   12.4|
|  Above poverty level         | 29,230|   88.5|  6,825|   90.1|  5,286|   89.2| 17,119|   87.6|
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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.