| Changes in Population that is Poor | |||
| Characteristics | 1970 | 1980 | 1992 |
| Total | |||
| Number of poor (add ,000) | 25,420 | 29,272 | 36,880 |
| Poverty population (%) | 12.6 | 13.0 | 14.5 |
| Age Group (%) | |||
| Children (under age 18) | 15.1 | 18.3 | 21.9 |
| Elderly (65 and over) | 24.6 | 15.7 | 12.9 |
| Race‹Ethnicity (%) | |||
| Whites/Anglos | 9.9 | 10.2 | 11.6 |
| African Americans | 33.5 | 32.5 | 33.3 |
| Hispanics | 24.3 | 25.7 | 29.3 |
| Work Status (%) | |||
| Worked (age 16 up) | ‹ | 40.6 | 40.3 |
| Worked year-round full-time | ‹ | 8.7 | 9.2 |