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Health Insurance Coverage: 1996
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 Table G. Persons Near Poverty by Health Insurance Status and Selected
 Characteristics: 1996

 (Numbers in
 thousands)

                         Total  Total covered         Not covered

                        Number     Number    Percent    Number     Percent

 NEAR POVERTY

 All persons            12,781      9,069       71.0     3,712        29.0

 Sex

 Male                    5,765      3,808       66.1     1,957        33.9

 Female                  7,016      5,260       75.0     1,756        25.0

 Age

 Under 18 years          3,958      2,885       72.9     1,073        27.1

 18 to 24 years          1,303        701       53.8       602        46.2

 25 to 34 years          1,708        929       54.4       779        45.6

 35 to 44 years          1,637      1,009       61.6       628        38.4

 45 to 64 years          1,742      1,135       65.2       607        34.8

 65 years and over       2,434      2,412       99.1        22         0.9

 Race and Hispanic
 Origin

 White                   9,659      6,920       71.6     2,739        28.4

 Black                   2,576      1,775       68.9       801        31.1

 Hispanic origin1        2,447      1,331       54.4     1,116        45.6

 Work Experience

 (persons aged 16
 to 64)

 Worked during year      4,400      2,498       56.8     1,902        43.2

 Worked full-time        1,951      1,129       57.9       822        42.1

 Worked part-time        2,450      1,369       55.9     1,081        44.1

 Did not work            2,363      1,519       64.3       844        35.7

 Note: Persons near poverty are those with a family income-to-poverty
 ratio between 1.00 and 1.24.

 1Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

 SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, March 1997 Current Population
 Survey.

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