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Table 7. Unrelated individuals in the labor force for 27 weeks or more: poverty status by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and living arrangement, 2024 (Numbers in thousands)

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Table 7. Unrelated individuals in the labor force for 27 weeks or more: poverty status by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and living arrangement, 2024 (Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic	Total	At or above poverty level	Below poverty level	Rate(1)
Age and sex
Total unrelated individuals	39,941	37,538	2,403	6.0
16 to 19 years	319	236	83	25.9
20 to 24 years	4,423	3,901	522	11.8
25 to 64 years	31,748	30,035	1,713	5.4
65 years and older	3,451	3,366	85	2.5
Men	21,764	20,559	1,205	5.5
Women	18,176	16,979	1,197	6.6
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White	29,527	27,862	1,664	5.6
Men	16,198	15,338	861	5.3
Women	13,328	12,525	804	6.0
Black or African American	6,220	5,734	486	7.8
Men	3,225	3,014	211	6.6
Women	2,995	2,721	275	9.2
Asian	2,383	2,255	128	5.4
Men	1,296	1,228	68	5.2
Women	1,086	1,026	60	5.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	6,815	6,221	594	8.7
Men	4,095	3,763	332	8.1
Women	2,721	2,458	262	9.6
Living arrangement
Living alone	20,803	19,895	908	4.4
Living with others	19,137	17,643	1,494	7.8
(1) Number below the poverty level as percent of total in the labor force for 27 weeks or more.
NOTE: Estimates for the race groups shown (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) of the Current Population Survey (CPS).