Table B-2. Poverty Status of People by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2005—Con. (Numbers in thousands. People as of March of the following year) Under 18 years 18 to 64 years 65 years and older Race, Hispanic origin, and year All people Below poverty Related children in families Below poverty Below poverty Below poverty Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent BLACK ALONE OR IN COMBINATION 2005. . . . ............ 12,159 4,074 33.5 11,975 3,972 33.2 23,338 4,735 20.3 3,053 708 23.2 2004 1 ............... 12,190 4,059 33.3 12,012 3,962 33.0 22,842 4,638 20.3 3,005 714 23.8 2003. . . . ............ 12,215 4,108 33.6 11,989 3,977 33.2 22,355 4,313 19.3 2,933 688 23.5 2002. . . . ............ 12,114 3,817 31.5 11,931 3,733 31.3 22,170 4,376 19.7 2,922 691 23.6 BLACK ALONE 9 2005. . . . ............ 11,136 3,841 34.5 10,962 3,743 34.2 22,659 4,627 20.4 3,007 701 23.3 2004 1 ............... 11,244 3,788 33.7 11,080 3,702 33.4 22,226 4,521 20.3 2,956 705 23.8 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,367 3,877 34.1 11,162 3,750 33.6 21,746 4,224 19.4 2,876 680 23.7 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,275 3,645 32.3 11,111 3,570 32.1 21,547 4,277 19.9 2,856 680 23.8 BLACK 8 2001. . . . ............ 11,556 3,492 30.2 11,419 3,423 30.0 21,462 4,018 18.7 2,853 626 21.9 2000 2 ............... 11,480 3,581 31.2 11,296 3,495 30.9 21,160 3,794 17.9 2,785 607 21.8 1999 3 ............... 11,488 3,813 33.2 11,260 3,698 32.8 21,518 4,000 18.6 2,750 628 22.8 1998. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,317 4,151 36.7 11,176 4,073 36.4 20,837 4,222 20.3 2,723 718 26.4 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,367 4,225 37.2 11,193 4,116 36.8 20,400 4,191 20.5 2,691 700 26.0 1996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,338 4,519 39.9 11,155 4,411 39.5 20,155 4,515 22.4 2,616 661 25.3 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,369 4,761 41.9 11,198 4,644 41.5 19,892 4,483 22.5 2,478 629 25.4 1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,211 4,906 43.8 11,044 4,787 43.3 19,585 4,590 23.4 2,557 700 27.4 1993. . . . ............ 11,127 5,125 46.1 10,969 5,030 45.9 19,272 5,049 26.2 2,510 702 28.0 1992 4 ............... 10,956 5,106 46.6 10,823 5,015 46.3 18,952 4,884 25.8 2,504 838 33.5 1991 5 ............... 10,350 4,755 45.9 10,178 4,637 45.6 18,355 4,607 25.1 2,606 880 33.8 1990. . . . ............ 10,162 4,550 44.8 9,980 4,412 44.2 18,097 4,427 24.5 2,547 860 33.8 1989. . . . ............ 10,012 4,375 43.7 9,847 4,257 43.2 17,833 4,164 23.3 2,487 763 30.7 1988 6 ............... 9,865 4,296 43.5 9,681 4,148 42.8 17,548 4,275 24.4 2,436 785 32.2 1987 6 ............... 9,730 4,385 45.1 9,546 4,234 44.4 17,245 4,361 25.3 2,387 774 32.4 1986. . . . ............ 9,629 4,148 43.1 9,467 4,037 42.7 16,911 4,113 24.3 2,331 722 31.0 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,545 4,157 43.6 9,405 4,057 43.1 16,667 4,052 24.3 2,273 717 31.5 1984. . . . ............ 9,480 4,413 46.6 9,356 4,320 46.2 16,369 4,368 26.7 2,238 710 31.7 1983. . . . ............ 9,417 4,398 46.7 9,245 4,273 46.2 16,065 4,694 29.2 2,197 791 36.0 1982. . . . ............ 9,400 4,472 47.6 9,269 4,388 47.3 15,692 4,415 28.1 2,124 811 38.2 1981. . . . ............ 9,374 4,237 45.2 9,291 4,170 44.9 15,358 4,117 26.8 2,102 820 39.0 1980. . . . ............ 9,368 3,961 42.3 9,287 3,906 42.1 14,987 3,835 25.6 2,054 783 38.1 1979. . . . ............ 9,307 3,833 41.2 9,172 3,745 40.8 14,596 3,478 23.8 2,040 740 36.2 1978. . . . ............ 9,229 3,830 41.5 9,168 3,781 41.2 13,774 3,133 22.7 1,954 662 33.9 1977. . . . ............ 9,296 3,888 41.8 9,253 3,850 41.6 13,483 3,137 23.3 1,930 701 36.3 1976. . . . ............ 9,322 3,787 40.6 9,291 3,758 40.4 13,224 3,163 23.9 1,852 644 34.8 1975. . . . ............ 9,421 3,925 41.7 9,374 3,884 41.4 12,872 2,968 23.1 1,795 652 36.3 1974. . . . ............ 9,439 3,755 39.8 9,384 3,713 39.6 12,539 2,836 22.6 1,721 591 34.3 1973. . . . ............ (NA) (NA) (NA) 9,405 3,822 40.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,672 620 37.1 1972. . . . . . . . . . ...... (NA) (NA) (NA) 9,426 4,025 42.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,603 640 39.9 1971. . . . . . . . . . ...... (NA) (NA) (NA) 9,414 3,836 40.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,584 623 39.3 1970. . . . . . . . . . ...... (NA) (NA) (NA) 9,448 3,922 41.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,422 683 48.0 1969. . . . . . . . . . ...... (NA) (NA) (NA) 9,290 3,677 39.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,373 689 50.2 1968. . . . . . . . . . ...... (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 4,188 43.1 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,374 655 47.7 1967. . . . . . . . . . ...... (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 4,558 47.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,341 715 53.3 1966. . . . . . . . . . ...... (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 4,774 50.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,311 722 55.1 1965. . . . . . . . . . ...... (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 5,022 65.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 711 62.5 See footnotes at end of table. U.S. Census Bureau Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005 55
Table B-2. Poverty Status of People by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2005—Con. (Numbers in thousands. People as of March of the following year) Under 18 years 18 to 64 years 65 years and older Race, Hispanic origin, and year All people Below poverty Related children in families Below poverty Below poverty Below poverty Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent ASIAN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION 2005. . . . ............ 3,472 359 10.3 3,435 352 10.2 9,115 999 11.0 1,144 144 12.6 2004 1 ............... 3,406 329 9.7 3,367 311 9.2 8,780 819 9.3 1,104 147 13.3 2003. . . . ............ 3,316 420 12.7 3,279 406 12.4 8,510 956 11.2 1,065 152 14.2 2002. . . . ............ 3,199 353 11.0 3,159 338 10.7 8,292 804 9.7 995 86 8.7 ASIAN ALONE 10 2005. . . . ............ 2,871 317 11.1 2,842 312 11.0 8,591 941 11.0 1,118 143 12.8 2004 1 ............... 2,854 281 9.9 2,823 265 9.4 8,294 774 9.3 1,083 146 13.5 2003. . . . ............ 2,759 344 12.5 2,726 331 12.1 8,044 907 11.3 1,052 151 14.3 2002. . . . ............ 2,683 315 11.7 2,648 302 11.4 7,881 764 9.7 977 82 8.4 ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER 8 2001. . . . ............ 3,215 369 11.5 3,169 353 11.1 8,352 814 9.7 899 92 10.2 2000 2 ............... 3,294 420 12.7 3,256 407 12.5 8,500 756 8.9 878 82 9.3 1999 3 .............. 3,212 381 11.9 3,178 367 11.5 7,879 807 10.2 864 96 11.1 1998. . . . ............ 3,137 564 18.0 3,099 542 17.5 6,951 698 10.0 785 97 12.4 1997. . . . ............ 3,096 628 20.3 3,061 608 19.9 6,680 753 11.3 705 87 12.3 1996. . . . ............ 2,924 571 19.5 2,899 553 19.1 6,484 821 12.7 647 63 9.7 1995. . . . ............ 2,900 564 19.5 2,858 532 18.6 6,123 757 12.4 622 89 14.3 1994. . . . ............ 1,739 318 18.3 1,719 308 17.9 4,401 589 13.4 513 67 13.0 1993. . . . ............ 2,061 375 18.2 2,029 358 17.6 4,871 680 14.0 503 79 15.6 1992 4 ............... 2,218 363 16.4 2,199 352 16.0 5,067 568 11.2 494 53 10.8 1991 5 ............... 2,056 360 17.5 2,036 348 17.1 4,582 565 12.3 555 70 12.7 1990. . . . ............ 2,126 374 17.6 2,098 356 17.0 4,375 422 9.6 514 62 12.1 1989. . . . ............ 1,983 392 19.8 1,945 368 18.9 4,225 512 12.1 465 34 7.4 1988 6 ............... 1,970 474 24.1 1,949 458 23.5 4,035 583 14.4 442 60 13.5 1987 6 ............... 1,937 455 23.5 1,908 432 22.7 4,010 510 12.7 375 56 15.0 See footnotes at end of table. 56 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005 U.S. Census Bureau
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