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Poverty Status of Persons, by Family Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 1993

(Numbers in thousands. Persons as of March of the following year.)

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                         All persons                                  Persons in families                            Unrelated individuals      
                -------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------  
   Year and                                                                       Families with female                                      
characteristic                                         All families           householder, no husband present                                   
                                                 ---------------------------- --------------------------------                                  
                            Below poverty level          Below poverty level            Below poverty level              Below poverty level  
                           --------------------         ---------------------          ---------------------            --------------------- 
                 Total      Number    Percent   Total     Number    Percent    Total    Number    Percent       Total     Number    Percent  
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  ALL RACES      
1993...........  259,278    39,265      15.1   219,489    29,927      13.6    37,861    14,636      38.7       38,038     8,388      22.1 
1992...........  256,549    38,014      14.8   217,936    28,961      13.3    36,446    14,205      39.0       36,842     8,075      21.9 
1991...........  251,179    35,708      14.2   212,716    27,143      12.8    34,790    13,824      39.7       36,839     7,773      21.1    
1990...........  248,644    33,585      13.5   210,967    25,232      12.0    33,795    12,578      37.2       36,056     7,446      20.7 
1989...........  245,992    31,528      12.8   209,515    24,066      11.5    32,525    11,668      35.9       35,185     6,760      19.2 
1988...........  243,530    31,745      13.0   208,056    24,048      11.6    32,164    11,972      37.2       34,340     7,070      20.6 
1987...........  240,982    32,221      13.4   206,877    24,725      12.0    31,893    12,148      38.1       32,992     6,857      20.8 
1986...........  238,554    32,370      13.6   205,459    24,754      12.0    31,152    11,944      38.3       31,679     6,846      21.6 
1985...........  236,594    33,064      14.0   203,963    25,729      12.6    30,878    11,600      37.6       31,351     6,725      21.5 
1984...........  233,816    33,700      14.4   202,288    26,458      13.1    30,844    11,831      38.4       30,268     6,609      21.8 
1983...........  231,700    35,303      15.2   201,338    27,933      13.9    30,049    12,072      40.2       29,158     6,740      23.1 
1982...........  229,412    34,398      15.0   200,385    27,349      13.6    28,834    11,701      40.6       27,908     6,458      23.1 
1981...........  227,157    31,822      14.0   198,541    24,850      12.5    28,587    11,051      38.7       27,714     6,490      23.4 
1980...........  225,027    29,272      13.0   196,963    22,601      11.5    27,565    10,120      36.7       27,133     6,227      22.9 
1979...........  222,903    26,072      11.7   195,860    19,964      10.2    26,927     9,400      34.9       26,170     5,743      21.9 
1978...........  215,656    24,497      11.4   191,071    19,062      10.0    26,032     9,269      35.6       24,585     5,435      22.1 
1977...........  213,867    24,720      11.6   190,757    19,505      10.2    25,404     9,205      36.2       23,110     5,216      22.6 
1976...........  212,303    24,975      11.8   190,844    19,632      10.3    24,204     9,029      37.3       21,459     5,344      24.9 
1975...........  210,864    25,877      12.3   190,630    20,789      10.9    23,580     8,846      37.5       20,234     5,088      25.1 
1974...........  209,362    23,370      11.2   190,436    18,817       9.9    23,165     8,462      36.5       18,926     4,553      24.1 
1973...........  207,621    22,973      11.1   189,361    18,299       9.7    21,823     8,178      37.5       18,260     4,674      25.6 
1972...........  206,004    24,460      11.9   189,193    19,577      10.3    21,264     8,114      38.2       16,811     4,883      29.0 
1971...........  204,554    25,559      12.5   188,242    20,405      10.8    20,153     7,797      38.7       16,311     5,154      31.6 
1970...........  202,183    25,420      12.6   186,692    20,330      10.9    19,673     7,503      38.1       15,491     5,090      32.9 
1969...........  199,517    24,147      12.1   184,891    19,175      10.4    17,995     6,879      38.2       14,626     4,972      34.0 
1968...........  197,628    25,389      12.8   183,825    20,695      11.3    18,048     6,990      38.7       13,803     4,694      34.0 
1967...........  195,672    27,769      14.2   182,558    22,771      12.5    17,788     6,898      38.8       13,114     4,998      38.1 
1966...........  193,388    28,510      14.7   181,117    23,809      13.1    17,240     6,861      39.8       12,271     4,701      38.3 
1965...........  191,413    33,185      17.3   179,281    28,358      15.8    16,371     7,524      46.0       12,132     4,827      39.8 
1964...........  189,710    36,055      19.0   177,653    30,912      17.4      (NA)     7,297      44.4       12,057     5,143      42.7 
1963...........  187,258    36,436      19.5   176,076    31,498      17.9      (NA)     7,646      47.7       11,182     4,938      44.2 
1962...........  184,276    38,625      21.0   173,263    33,623      19.4      (NA)     7,781      50.3       11,013     5,002      45.4 
1961...........  181,277    39,628      21.9   170,131    34,509      20.3      (NA)     7,252      48.1       11,146     5,119      45.9 
1960...........  179,503    39,851      22.2   168,615    34,925      20.7      (NA)     7,247      48.9       10,888     4,926      45.2 
1959...........  176,557    39,490      22.4   165,858    34,562      20.8      (NA)     7,014      49.4       10,699     4,928      46.1 
                                                                    
WHITE                                                          
1993...........  214,899    26,226      12.2   181,330    18,968      10.5    23,224     7,199      31.0       32,112     6,443      20.1 
1992...........  213,060    25,259      11.9   180,409    18,294      10.1    22,453     6,907      30.8       31,170     6,147      19.7 
1991...........  210,121    23,747      11.3   177,613    17,268       9.7    21,604     6,806      31.5       31,201     5,872      18.8 
1990...........  208,611    22,326      10.7   176,504    15,916       9.0    20,845     6,210      29.8       30,833     5,739      18.6 
1989...........  206,853    20,785      10.0   175,857    15,179       8.6    20,362     5,723      28.1       29,993     5,063      16.9 
1988...........  205,235    20,715      10.1   175,111    15,001       8.6    20,396     5,950      29.2       29,315     5,314      18.1 
1987...........  203,605    21,195      10.4   174,488    15,593       8.9    20,244     5,989      29.6       28,290     5,174      18.3 
1986...........  202,282    22,183      11.0   174,024    16,393       9.4    20,163     6,171      30.6       27,143     5,198      19.2 
1985...........  200,918    22,860      11.4   172,863    17,125       9.9    20,105     5,990      29.8       27,067     5,299      19.6 
1984...........  198,941    22,955      11.5   171,839    17,299      10.1    19,727     5,866      29.7       26,094     5,181      19.9 
1983...........  197,496    23,984      12.1   171,407    18,377      10.7    19,256     6,017      31.2       25,206     5,189      20.6 
1982...........  195,919    23,517      12.0   170,748    18,015      10.6    18,374     5,686      30.9       24,300     5,041      20.7 
1981...........  194,504    21,553      11.1   169,868    16,127       9.5    18,795     5,600      29.8       23,913     5,061      21.2 
1980...........  192,912    19,699      10.2   168,756    14,587       8.6    17,642     4,940      28.0       23,370     4,760      20.4 
1979...........  191,742    17,214       9.0   168,461    12,495       7.4    17,349     4,375      25.2       22,587     4,452      19.7 
1978...........  186,450    16,259       8.7   165,193    12,050       7.3    16,877     4,371      25.9       21,257     4,209      19.8 
1977...........  185,254    16,416       8.9   165,385    12,364       7.5    16,721     4,474      26.8       19,869     4,051      20.4 
1976...........  184,165    16,713       9.1   165,571    12,500       7.5    15,941     4,463      28.0       18,594     4,213      22.7 
1975...........  183,164    17,770       9.7   165,661    13,799       8.3    15,577     4,577      29.4       17,503     3,972      22.7 
1974...........  182,376    15,736       8.6   166,081    12,181       7.3    15,433     4,278      27.7       16,295     3,555      21.8 
1973...........  181,185    15,142       8.4   165,424    11,412       6.9    14,303     4,003      28.0       15,761     3,730      23.7 
1972...........  180,125    16,203       9.0   165,630    12,268       7.4    13,739     3,770      27.4       14,495     3,935      27.1 
1971...........  179,398    17,780       9.9   165,184    13,566       8.2    13,502     4,099      30.4       14,214     4,214      29.6 
1970...........  177,376    17,484       9.9   163,875    13,323       8.1    13,226     3,761      28.4       13,500     4,161      30.8 
1969...........  175,349    16,659       9.5   162,779    12,623       7.8    12,285     3,577      29.1       12,570     4,036      32.1 
1968...........  173,732    17,395      10.0   161,777    13,546       8.4    12,190     3,551      29.1       11,955     3,849      32.2 
1967...........  172,038    18,983      11.0   160,720    14,851       9.2    12,131     3,453      28.5       11,318     4,132      36.5 
1966...........  170,247    19,290      11.3   159,561    15,430       9.7    12,261     3,646      29.7       10,686     3,860      36.1 
1965...........  168,732    22,496      13.3   158,255    18,508      11.7    11,573     4,092      35.4       10,477     3,988      38.1 
1964...........  167,313    24,957      14.9   156,898    20,716      13.2      (NA)     3,911      33.4       10,415     4,241      40.7 
1963...........  165,309    25,238      15.3   155,584    21,149      13.6      (NA)     4,051      35.6        9,725     4,089      42.0 
1962...........  162,842    26,672      16.4   153,348    22,613      14.7      (NA)     4,089      37.9        9,494     4,059      42.7 
1961...........  160,306    27,890      17.4   150,717    23,747      15.8      (NA)     4,062      37.6        9,589     4,143      43.2 
1960...........  158,863    28,309      17.8   149,458    24,262      16.2      (NA)     4,296      39.0        9,405     4,047      43.0 
1959...........  156,956    28,484      18.1   147,802    24,443      16.5      (NA)     4,232      40.2        9,154     4,041      44.1 
                                                                          
BLACK                                                               
1993...........   32,910    10,877      33.1    28,106     9,242      32.9    13,132     6,955      53.0        4,608     1,541      33.4 
1992...........   32,411    10,827      33.4    27,790     9,134      32.9    12,591     6,799      54.0        4,410     1,569      35.6 
1991...........   31,312    10,242      32.7    26,564     8,504      32.0    11,959     6,557      54.8        4,505     1,590      35.3 
1990...........   30,806     9,837      31.9    26,296     8,160      31.0    11,866     6,005      50.6        4,244     1,491      35.1 
1989...........   30,332     9,302      30.7    25,931     7,704      29.7    11,190     5,530      49.4        4,180     1,471      35.2 
1988...........   29,849     9,356      31.3    25,484     7,650      30.0    10,794     5,601      51.9        4,095     1,509      36.8 
1987...........   29,362     9,520      32.4    25,128     7,848      31.2    10,701     5,789      54.1        3,977     1,471      37.0 
1986...........   28,871     8,983      31.1    24,910     7,410      29.7    10,175     5,473      53.8        3,714     1,431      38.5 
1985...........   28,485     8,926      31.3    24,620     7,504      30.5    10,041     5,342      53.2        3,641     1,264      34.7 
1984...........   28,087     9,490      33.8    24,387     8,104      33.2    10,384     5,666      54.6        3,501     1,255      35.8 
1983...........   27,678     9,882      35.7    24,138     8,376      34.7    10,059     5,736      57.0        3,287     1,338      40.7 
1982...........   27,216     9,697      35.6    23,948     8,355      34.9     9,699     5,698      58.8        3,051     1,229      40.3 
1981...........   26,834     9,173      34.2    23,423     7,780      33.2     9,214     5,222      56.7        3,277     1,296      39.6 
1980...........   26,408     8,579      32.5    23,084     7,190      31.1     9,338     4,984      53.4        3,208     1,314      41.0 
1979...........   25,944     8,050      31.0    22,666     6,800      30.0     9,065     4,816      53.1        3,127     1,168      37.3 
1978...........   24,956     7,625      30.6    22,027     6,493      29.5     8,689     4,712      54.2        2,929     1,132      38.6 
1977...........   24,710     7,726      31.3    21,850     6,667      30.5     8,315     4,595      55.3        2,860     1,059      37.0 
1976...........   24,399     7,595      31.1    21,840     6,576      30.1     7,926     4,415      55.7        2,559     1,019      39.8 
1975...........   24,089     7,545      31.3    21,687     6,533      30.1     7,679     4,168      54.3        2,402     1,011      42.1 
1974...........   23,699     7,182      30.3    21,341     6,255      29.3     7,483     4,116      55.0        2,359       927      39.3 
1973...........   23,512     7,388      31.4    21,328     6,560      30.8     7,188     4,064      56.5        2,183       828      37.9 
1972...........   23,144     7,710      33.3    21,116     6,841      32.4     7,125     4,139      58.1        2,028       870      42.9 
1971...........   22,784     7,396      32.5    20,900     6,530      31.2     6,398     3,587      56.1        1,884       866      46.0 
1970...........   22,515     7,548      33.5    20,724     6,683      32.2     6,225     3,656      58.7        1,791       865      48.3 
1969...........   22,011     7,095      32.2    20,192     6,245      30.9     5,537     3,225      58.2        1,819       850      46.7 
1968...........   21,944     7,616      34.7      (NA)     6,839      33.7      (NA)     3,312      58.9         (NA)       777      46.3 
1967...........   21,590     8,486      39.3      (NA)     7,677      38.4      (NA)     3,362      61.6         (NA)       809      49.3 
1966...........   21,206     8,867      41.8      (NA)     8,090      40.9      (NA)     3,160      65.3         (NA)       777      54.4 
1959...........   18,013     9,927      55.1      (NA)     9,112      54.9      (NA)     2,416      70.6        1,430       815      57.0 
                                                               
HISPANIC                                                        
ORIGIN/1                                                    
1993...........   26,559     8,126      30.6    23,439     6,876      29.3     5,333     2,837      53.2        2,717       972      35.8 
1992...........   25,646     7,592      29.6    22,695     6,455      28.4     4,806     2,474      51.5        2,577       881      34.2 
1991...........   22,068     6,339      28.7    19,657     5,541      28.2     4,326     2,282      52.7        2,145       667      31.1 
1990...........   21,405     6,006      28.1    18,912     5,091      26.9     3,993     2,115      53.0        2,254       774      34.3 
1989...........   20,746     5,430      26.2    18,488     4,659      25.2     3,763     1,902      50.6        2,045       634      31.0 
1988...........   20,064     5,357      26.7    18,102     4,700      26.0     3,734     2,052      55.0        1,864       597      32.0 
1987...........   19,395     5,422      28.0    17,342     4,761      27.5     3,678     2,045      55.6        1,933       598      31.0 
1986...........   18,758     5,117      27.3    16,880     4,469      26.5     3,631     1,921      52.9        1,685       553      32.8 
1985...........   18,075     5,236      29.0    16,276     4,605      28.3     3,561     1,983      55.7        1,602       532      33.2 
1984...........   16,916     4,806      28.4    15,293     4,192      27.4     3,139     1,764      56.2        1,481       545      36.8 
1983...........   16,544     4,633      28.0    15,075     4,113      27.3     3,032     1,670      55.1        1,364       457      33.5 
1982...........   14,385     4,301      29.9    13,242     3,865      29.2     2,664     1,601      60.1        1,018       358      35.1 
1981...........   14,021     3,713      26.5    12,922     3,349      25.9     2,622     1,465      55.9        1,005       313      31.1 
1980...........   13,600     3,491      25.7    12,547     3,143      25.1     2,421     1,319      54.5          970       312      32.2 
1979...........   13,371     2,921      21.8    12,291     2,599      21.1     2,058     1,053      51.2          991       286      28.8 
1978...........   12,079     2,607      21.6    11,193     2,343      20.9     1,817     1,024      56.4          886       264      29.8 
1977...........   12,046     2,700      22.4    11,249     2,463      21.9     1,901     1,077      56.7          797       237      29.8 
1976...........   11,269     2,783      24.7    10,552     2,516      23.8     1,766     1,000      56.6          716       266      37.2 
1975...........   11,117     2,991      26.9    10,472     2,755      26.3     1,842     1,053      57.2          645       236      36.6 
1974...........   11,201     2,575      23.0    10,584     2,374      22.4     1,723       915      53.1          617       201      32.6 
1973...........   10,795     2,366      21.9    10,269     2,209      21.5     1,534       881      57.4          526       157      29.9 
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NA Not available.

\1 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

Note:  Prior to 1979 person in unrelated subfamilies were included in persons in families.  Beginning in 1979 persons in unrelated
subfamilies are included in all persons but are excluded from persons in families.


Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, CD-ROM "Income and Poverty: 1993" 

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