Table B-1. <strong>Poverty</strong> Status of People by Family Relationship, Race, <strong>and</strong> Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2009—Con (Numbers in thous<strong>and</strong>s People as of March of the following year For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, <strong>and</strong> definitions, see www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar10.pdf) All people People in families Families with female Unrelated individuals Race, Hispanic origin, <strong>and</strong> Below poverty All families householder, no Below poverty year husb<strong>and</strong> present Below poverty Below poverty Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent ASIAN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION 2009 15,272 1,901 124 13,403 1,361 102 1,539 290 189 1,826 527 288 2008 14,543 1,686 116 12,817 1,270 99 1,471 228 155 1,707 410 240 2007 14,430 1,467 102 12,527 1,012 81 1,421 250 176 1,837 426 232 2006 14,331 1,447 101 12,463 984 79 1,210 220 181 1,801 449 249 2005 13,731 1,501 109 11,931 1,039 87 1,223 220 180 1,771 457 258 20041 13,291 1,295 97 11,661 876 75 1,190 170 143 1,599 417 261 2003 12,891 1,527 118 11,266 1,116 99 1,184 294 248 1,590 402 253 2002 ASIAN ALONE10 12,487 1,243 100 10,742 816 76 1,146 175 153 1,708 417 244 2009 14,005 1,746 125 12,296 1,244 101 1,353 250 185 1,673 491 293 2008 13,310 1,576 118 11,719 1,192 102 1,308 209 160 1,574 378 240 2007 13,257 1,349 102 11,471 930 81 1,256 217 173 1,720 391 227 2006 13,177 1,353 103 11,428 912 80 1,057 187 177 1,683 428 254 2005 12,580 1,402 111 10,911 970 89 1,059 189 178 1,645 427 260 20041 12,231 1,201 98 10,734 812 76 1,024 135 132 1,472 388 263 2003 11,856 1,401 118 10,333 1,017 98 1,028 242 236 1,494 375 251 2002 11,541 1,161 101 9,899 763 77 1,019 155 152 1,613 390 242 ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER 8 2001 12,465 1,275 102 10,745 873 81 1,333 198 148 1,682 393 234 2000 2 12,672 1,258 99 11,044 895 81 1,231 289 234 1,588 350 220 1999 3 11,955 1,285 107 10,507 1,010 96 1,201 275 229 1,415 270 191 1998 10,873 1,360 125 9,576 1,087 114 1,123 373 332 1,266 257 203 1997 10,482 1,468 140 9,312 1,116 120 932 313 336 1,134 327 289 1996 10,054 1,454 145 8,900 1,172 132 1,018 300 295 1,120 255 228 1995 9,644 1,411 146 8,582 1,112 130 919 266 289 1,013 260 256 1994 6,654 974 146 5,915 776 131 582 137 236 696 179 257 1993 7,434 1,134 153 6,609 898 136 725 126 174 791 228 288 1992 4 7,779 985 127 6,922 787 114 729 183 250 828 193 233 19915 7,192 996 138 6,367 773 121 721 177 246 785 209 266 1990 7,014 858 122 6,300 712 113 638 132 207 668 124 185 1989 6,673 939 141 5,917 779 132 614 212 346 712 144 202 19886 6,447 1,117 173 5,767 942 163 650 263 405 651 160 245 19876 6,322 1,021 161 5,785 875 151 584 187 320 516 138 268 See footnotes at end of table 60 <strong>Income</strong>, <strong>Poverty</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> <strong>Coverage</strong> in the United States: 2009 U.S. <strong>Census</strong> <strong>Bureau</strong>
Table B-1. <strong>Poverty</strong> Status of People by Family Relationship, Race, <strong>and</strong> Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2009—Con (Numbers in thous<strong>and</strong>s People as of March of the following year For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, <strong>and</strong> definitions, see www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar10.pdf) All people People in families Families with female Unrelated individuals Race, Hispanic origin, <strong>and</strong> Below poverty All families householder, no Below poverty year husb<strong>and</strong> present Below poverty Below poverty Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent HISPANIC (ANY RACE) 2009 48,811 12,350 253 42,717 10,345 242 10,283 4,176 406 5,718 1,801 315 2008 47,398 10,987 232 41,732 9,303 223 9,265 3,751 405 5,417 1,577 291 2007 45,933 9,890 215 40,125 8,248 206 8,917 3,527 396 5,508 1,490 271 2006 44,784 9,243 206 39,177 7,650 195 8,652 3,189 369 5,317 1,468 276 2005 43,020 9,368 218 37,759 7,767 206 7,868 3,069 390 4,971 1,451 292 20041 41,690 9,122 219 36,438 7,705 211 7,825 3,072 393 4,971 1,293 260 2003 40,300 9,051 225 35,469 7,637 215 7,452 2,861 384 4,620 1,325 287 2002 39,216 8,555 218 34,598 7,184 208 7,013 2,554 364 4,364 1,255 288 2001 37,312 7,997 214 33,110 6,674 202 6,830 2,585 378 3,981 1,211 304 20002 35,955 7,747 215 31,700 6,430 203 6,469 2,444 378 3,978 1,163 292 19993 34,632 7,876 227 30,872 6,702 217 6,527 2,642 405 3,481 1,068 307 1998 31,515 8,070 256 28,055 6,814 243 6,074 2,837 467 3,218 1,097 341 1997 30,637 8,308 271 27,467 7,198 262 5,718 2,911 509 2,976 1,017 342 1996 29,614 8,697 294 26,340 7,515 285 5,641 3,020 535 2,985 1,066 357 1995 28,344 8,574 303 25,165 7,341 292 5,785 3,053 528 2,947 1,092 370 1994 27,442 8,416 307 24,390 7,357 302 5,328 2,920 548 2,798 926 331 1993 26,559 8,126 306 23,439 6,876 293 5,333 2,837 532 2,717 972 358 19924 25,646 7,592 296 22,695 6,455 284 4,806 2,474 515 2,577 881 342 19915 22,070 6,339 287 19,658 5,541 282 4,326 2,282 527 2,146 667 311 1990 21,405 6,006 281 18,912 5,091 269 3,993 2,115 530 2,254 774 343 1989 20,746 5,430 262 18,488 4,659 252 3,763 1,902 506 2,045 634 310 19886 20,064 5,357 267 18,102 4,700 260 3,734 2,052 550 1,864 597 320 19876 19,395 5,422 280 17,342 4,761 275 3,678 2,045 556 1,933 598 310 1986 18,758 5,117 273 16,880 4,469 265 3,631 1,921 529 1,685 553 328 1985 18,075 5,236 290 16,276 4,605 283 3,561 1,983 557 1,602 532 332 1984 16,916 4,806 284 15,293 4,192 274 3,139 1,764 562 1,481 545 368 1983 16,544 4,633 280 15,075 4,113 273 3,032 1,670 551 1,364 457 335 1982 14,385 4,301 299 13,242 3,865 292 2,664 1,601 601 1,018 358 351 1981 14,021 3,713 265 12,922 3,349 259 2,622 1,465 559 1,005 313 311 1980 13,600 3,491 257 12,547 3,143 251 2,421 1,319 545 970 312 322 1979 13,371 2,921 218 12,291 2,599 211 2,058 1,053 512 991 286 288 1978 12,079 2,607 216 11,193 2,343 209 1,817 1,024 564 886 264 298 1977 12,046 2,700 224 11,249 2,463 219 1,901 1,077 567 797 237 298 1976 11,269 2,783 247 10,552 2,516 238 1,766 1,000 566 716 266 372 1975 11,117 2,991 269 10,472 2,755 263 1,842 1,053 572 645 236 366 1974 11,201 2,575 230 10,584 2,374 224 1,723 915 531 617 201 326 1973 10,795 2,366 219 10,269 2,209 215 1,534 881 574 526 157 299 1972 (NA) Not available 10,588 2,414 228 10,099 2,252 223 1,370 733 535 488 162 332 1 For 2004, figures are revised to reflect a correction to the weights in the 2005 ASEC 2 Consistent with 2001 data through implementation of <strong>Census</strong> 2000-based population controls <strong>and</strong> a 28,000 household sample expansion 3 For 1999, figures are based on <strong>Census</strong> 2000 population controls 4 For 1992, figures are based on 1990 census population controls 5 For 1991, figures are revised to correct for nine omitted weights from the original March 1992 CPS file 6 For 1988 <strong>and</strong> 1987, figures are based on new processing procedures <strong>and</strong> are also revised to reflect corrections to the files after publication of the 1988 advance report Money <strong>Income</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Poverty</strong> Status in the United States: 1988, P-60, No 166 7 The 2003 CPS allowed respondents to choose more than one race White alone refers to people who reported White <strong>and</strong> did not report any other race category The use of this singlerace population does not imply that it is the preferred method of presenting or analyzing data The <strong>Census</strong> <strong>Bureau</strong> uses a variety of approaches Information on people who reported more than one race, such as White <strong>and</strong> American Indian <strong>and</strong> Alaska Native or Asian <strong>and</strong> Black or African American, is available from <strong>Census</strong> 2000 through American FactFinder About 26 percent of people reported more than one race in <strong>Census</strong> 2000 8 For 2001 <strong>and</strong> earlier years, the CPS allowed respondents to report only one race group The reference race groups for 2001 <strong>and</strong> earlier poverty data are White, non-Hispanic White, Black, <strong>and</strong> Asian <strong>and</strong> Pacific Isl<strong>and</strong>er 9 Black alone refers to people who reported Black <strong>and</strong> did not report any other race 10Asian alone refers to people who reported Asian <strong>and</strong> did not report any other race Note: Prior to 1979, people in unrelated subfamilies were included in people in families Beginning in 1979, people in unrelated subfamilies are included in all people but are excluded from people in families Source: US <strong>Census</strong> <strong>Bureau</strong>, Current Population Survey, 1960 to 2010 Annual Social <strong>and</strong> Economic Supplements U.S. <strong>Census</strong> <strong>Bureau</strong> <strong>Income</strong>, <strong>Poverty</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> 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