Table 27. Working poor: Poverty status of persons in the labor force for 27 weeks or more by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2007 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 27. Working poor: Poverty status of persons in the labor force for 27 weeks or more by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2007
Age and sex	Total					Below poverty level					Rate (1)
Age and sex	Total	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Total	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Total	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 years and older	146,567	119,792	16,586	6,766	20,461	7,521	5,357	1,612	262	2,139	5.1	4.5	9.7	3.9	10.5
16 to 19 years	4,079	3,397	416	94	664	416	318	71	9	99	10.2	9.4	17.0	9.2	14.9
20 to 24 years	13,315	10,736	1,694	433	2,346	1,413	1,038	296	20	302	10.6	9.7	17.4	4.5	12.9
25 to 34 years	31,963	25,377	3,973	1,698	6,204	2,126	1,460	514	65	713	6.7	5.8	12.9	3.8	11.5
35 to 44 years	34,211	27,346	4,165	1,892	5,458	1,716	1,212	381	67	595	5.0	4.4	9.1	3.5	10.9
45 to 54 years	35,187	29,060	3,885	1,577	3,684	1,175	869	211	55	312	3.3	3.0	5.4	3.5	8.5
55 to 64 years	21,658	18,476	1,982	860	1,682	569	385	117	44	102	2.6	2.1	5.9	5.1	6.1
65 years and older	6,155	5,401	471	212	422	106	75	24	3	16	1.7	1.4	5.0	1.3	3.7
Women, 16 years and older	67,624	53,999	8,902	3,167	7,997	3,890	2,592	1,036	123	856	5.8	4.8	11.6	3.9	10.7
16 to 19 years	2,032	1,679	235	39	262	212	162	38	1	42	10.4	9.7	16.3	(2)	16.1
20 to 24 years	6,147	4,919	833	209	893	828	600	187	15	133	13.5	12.2	22.5	7.3	14.9
25 to 34 years	14,428	11,067	2,155	791	2,225	1,125	676	367	37	251	7.8	6.1	17.0	4.7	11.3
35 to 44 years	15,560	12,070	2,259	858	2,171	840	554	228	30	255	5.4	4.6	10.1	3.5	11.8
45 to 54 years	16,502	13,367	2,057	756	1,559	539	379	119	22	122	3.3	2.8	5.8	2.9	7.8
55 to 64 years	10,221	8,539	1,112	416	730	290	183	79	16	47	2.8	2.1	7.1	3.9	6.4
65 years and older	2,734	2,359	251	98	158	55	37	16	1	5	2.0	1.6	6.5	.6	3.2
Men, 16 years and older	78,944	65,794	7,684	3,599	12,464	3,631	2,765	576	140	1,283	4.6	4.2	7.5	3.9	10.3
16 to 19 years	2,048	1,718	181	54	402	204	156	33	7	57	10.0	9.1	18.0	(2)	14.1
20 to 24 years	7,168	5,817	861	224	1,453	584	438	108	4	169	8.2	7.5	12.6	2.0	11.6
25 to 34 years	17,535	14,310	1,818	907	3,978	1,001	783	147	28	462	5.7	5.5	8.1	3.1	11.6
35 to 44 years	18,651	15,276	1,906	1,035	3,288	876	658	152	37	340	4.7	4.3	8.0	3.5	10.3
45 to 54 years	18,685	15,693	1,828	821	2,126	637	490	91	33	190	3.4	3.1	5.0	4.0	8.9
55 to 64 years	11,437	9,937	870	445	953	278	202	38	28	55	2.4	2.0	4.3	6.2	5.8
65 years and older	3,421	3,042	220	114	264	51	38	7	2	11	1.5	1.3	3.3	1.9	4.0
Footnotes: (1) Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total in the labor force for 27 weeks or more. (2) Data not shown where labor force base is less than 80,000.
NOTE: These data, collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement, reflect the earnings and work experience of the entire year. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. SOURCE: 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.