Texas Historical Poverty Statistics For Selected Age Groups
Page Update April 2003
Age 0 through 6						Age 0 through 6						Age 0 through 6
Below 100% of Poverty	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Below 100% of Poverty	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Below 100% of Poverty	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number	568,750	531,088	470,059	506,047	621,096	Number	670,635	695,357	589,471	651,040	586,813	Number	565,629	538,294	561,692	556,112
Percent	26.27%	26.01%	24.12%	27.19%	31.25%	Percent	30.72%	30.37%	26.68%	28.19%	24.70%	Percent	24.72%	23.88%	21.76%	22.87%
Age 0 through 6						Age 0 through 6						Age 0 through 6
Below 150% of Poverty	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Below 150% of Poverty	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Below 150% of Poverty	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number	877,388	815,505	730,551	739,992	835,222	Number	984,625	1,004,752	864,976	968,396	1,007,043	Number	903,318	843,839	905,000	918,092
Percent	40.53%	39.94%	37.48%	39.76%	42.02%	Percent	45.10%	43.88%	39.15%	41.93%	42.39%	Percent	39.48%	37.44%	35.06%	37.75%
Age 0 through 6						Age 0 through 6						Age 0 through 6
Below 200% of Poverty	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Below 200% of Poverty	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Below 200% of Poverty	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number	1,129,816	1,090,210	988,962	979,611	1,063,354	Number	1,266,354	1,287,995	1,120,698	1,256,855	1,249,443	Number	1,208,796	1,109,644	1,276,520	1,218,612
Percent	52.19%	53.39%	50.74%	52.63%	53.50%	Percent	58.01%	56.25%	50.72%	54.42%	52.59%	Percent	52.83%	49.23%	49.45%	50.11%
Under Age 18						Under Age 18						Under Age 18
Below 100% of Poverty	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Below 100% of Poverty	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Below 100% of Poverty	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number	1,280,671	1,225,969	1,086,423	1,204,153	1,257,235	Number	1,384,772	1,606,970	1,337,917	1,350,325	1,378,034	Number	1,249,686	1,219,758	1,301,243	1,302,586
Percent	25.15%	24.61%	22.55%	25.34%	25.94%	Percent	26.00%	28.00%	24.53%	24.44%	23.59%	Percent	22.02%	22.09%	20.52%	21.10%
Under Age 18						Under Age 18						Under Age 18
Below 150% of Poverty	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Below 150% of Poverty	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Below 150% of Poverty	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number	1,840,986	1,871,419	1,703,888	1,782,187	1,783,313	Number	2,116,064	2,315,920	2,059,737	2,083,100	2,299,059	Number	2,037,787	1,879,254	2,054,720	2,138,438
Percent	36.16%	37.57%	35.36%	37.50%	36.79%	Percent	39.73%	40.36%	37.76%	37.71%	39.35%	Percent	35.91%	34.03%	32.41%	34.64%
Under Age 18						Under Age 18						Under Age 18
Below 200% of Poverty	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Below 200% of Poverty	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Below 200% of Poverty	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number	2,392,394	2,495,788	2,281,454	2,408,871	2,379,823	Number	2,804,211	3,018,538	2,696,710	2,768,983	2,952,912	Number	2,787,406	2,504,967	2,840,958	2,860,921
Percent	46.98%	50.10%	47.35%	50.69%	49.10%	Percent	52.65%	52.60%	49.43%	50.12%	50.54%	Percent	49.13%	45.36%	44.81%	46.35%
All Ages						All Ages						All Ages
Below 100% of Poverty	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Below 100% of Poverty	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Below 100% of Poverty	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number	3,005,548	2,880,021	2,683,904	2,964,658	3,078,547	Number	3,177,283	3,602,641	3,269,627	3,180,255	3,296,779	Number	2,993,682	3,007,032	3,084,833	3,128,759
Percent	18.01%	17.06%	15.91%	17.48%	17.80%	Percent	17.39%	19.07%	17.43%	16.58%	16.75%	Percent	15.05%	15.03%	14.68%	14.88%
All Ages						All Ages						All Ages
Below 150% of Poverty	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Below 150% of Poverty	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Below 150% of Poverty	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number	4,690,245	4,835,762	4,500,263	4,775,034	4,909,485	Number	5,444,797	5,664,349	5,373,695	5,376,616	5,801,915	Number	5,271,893	5,031,542	5,194,768	5,493,547
Percent	28.11%	28.64%	26.67%	28.15%	28.38%	Percent	29.81%	29.98%	28.64%	28.03%	29.47%	Percent	26.51%	25.15%	24.72%	26.12%
All Ages						All Ages						All Ages
Below 200% of Poverty	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Below 200% of Poverty	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Below 200% of Poverty	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number	6,454,499	6,739,703	6,305,670	6,791,934	6,822,840	Number	7,597,889	7,775,085	7,320,282	7,453,255	7,794,501	Number	7,442,127	7,061,520	7,376,299	7,645,477
Percent	38.68%	39.91%	37.37%	40.04%	39.45%	Percent	41.60%	41.15%	39.02%	38.85%	39.59%	Percent	37.42%	35.30%	35.11%	36.36%
Data Source:
U.S. Census Bureau. March 2002 Current Population Survey (CPS).
Contact:
edli.colberg@hhsc.state.tx.us