Number and percentage of people in poverty, by sex, race/ethnicity, and age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

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Table 31.	Number and percentage of people in poverty, by sex, race/ethnicity, and age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

Age group and year	Number in poverty (in thousands)	Percent in poverty
		Total	Sex		Race/ethnicity
		Total	Male	Female	White		Black		Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander		American Indian/ Alaska Native
All persons
1980	29,270	13.0	11.2	14.7	10.2	^1,2	32.5	^1,2	25.7	—		—
1985	33,060	14.0	12.3	15.6	11.4	^1,2	31.3	^1,2	29.0	—		—
1990	33,590	13.5	11.7	15.2	8.8	²	31.9	^1,2	28.1	12.2	^1,2	28.5	^1,2
1995	36,430	13.8	12.2	15.4	8.5	²	29.3	^1,2	30.3	14.6	^1,2	31.0	^1,2
2000	31,580	11.3	9.9	12.6	7.4	²	22.5	¹	21.5	9.9	^1,2	23.2	¹
2001	32,910	11.7	10.4	12.9	7.8	²	22.7	¹	21.4	10.2	^1,2	21.9	¹
2002	34,570	12.1	10.9	13.3	8.0		24.0		21.8	10.2		26.3
2003	35,860	12.5	11.2	13.7	8.2		24.3		22.5	11.9		24.2
2004	37,040	12.7	11.5	13.9	8.7		24.7		21.9	9.8		25.4
2005	36,950	12.6	11.1	14.1	8.3		24.9		21.8	11.1		24.9
2006	36,460	12.3	11.0	13.6	8.2		24.1		20.6	10.1		30.7
2007	37,280	12.5	11.1	13.8	8.2		24.3		21.5	10.3		23.0
2008	39,830	13.2	12.0	14.4	8.6		24.6		23.2	12.1		23.7
2009	43,570	14.3	13.0	15.6	9.4		25.6		25.3	12.5		27.4
15 to 24 years old
1980	5,610	13.6	11.5	15.7	10.5	^1,2	32.0	^1,2	24.9	—		—
1985	6,360	16.6	14.9	18.3	13.8	^1,2	33.0	^1,2	31.1	—		—
1990	5,590	16.1	—	—	—		—		—	—		—
1995	6,530	18.0	15.5	20.5	15.1	^1,2	31.8	^1,2	32.2	—		—
2000	5,540	14.2	12.1	16.3	9.7	²	25.4	^1,2	22.0	—		—
2001	6,100	15.5	13.6	17.4	11.0	²	26.3	^1,2	22.0	—		—
2002	6,250	15.6	13.5	17.8	11.1		27.8		22.0	15.6		26.9
2003	6,510	16.0	13.8	18.2	11.7		27.9		21.4	17.1		25.9
2004	7,000	17.0	15.2	18.9	12.7		28.2		23.4	15.8		29.9
2005	7,060	17.1	14.5	19.8	12.5		28.3		23.9	16.9		35.2
2006	6,940	16.6	14.7	18.6	12.5		27.1		21.7	17.2		38.7
2007	6,900	16.5	14.1	18.9	12.0		27.6		22.9	14.1		28.9
2008	7,420	17.7	15.9	19.6	13.3		28.3		24.0	17.6		34.1
2009	8,270	19.6	17.0	22.3	14.4		31.0		26.7	21.4		28.7

— Not available.

¹Includes persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

²Includes persons of mixed race.

NOTE: Data were not reported separately for Asians/Pacific Islanders and American Indians/Alaska Natives until 1990 for all persons and until 2002 for 15- to 24-year-olds. Data were unavailable for 15 to 24-year-olds by sex and race/ethnicity in 1990. Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity unless otherwise noted.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), March and Annual Social and Economic Supplement, selected years, 1981–2010.