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POV02: People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  People in families (total) (2) Married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 18,558 9.4 159,476 9,788 6.1 11,277 1,429 12.7 27,010 7,340 27.2
  Under 18 years 55,450 8,472 15.3 42,242 3,945 9.3 3,174 587 18.5 10,035 3,940 39.3
    Under 5 years 15,639 2,870 18.4 12,080 1,307 10.8 959 216 22.5 2,600 1,348 51.8
    5 to 17 years 39,811 5,601 14.1 30,162 2,638 8.7 2,215 372 16.8 7,434 2,592 34.9
  18 to 64 years 120,309 8,960 7.4 98,122 5,013 5.1 7,327 776 10.6 14,860 3,171 21.3
    18 to 24 years 16,994 1,772 10.4 11,824 718 6.1 1,621 194 12.0 3,549 860 24.2
    25 to 34 years 23,497 2,396 10.2 18,504 1,285 6.9 1,748 164 9.4 3,244 947 29.2
    35 to 44 years 27,490 2,111 7.7 22,921 1,271 5.5 1,435 163 11.4 3,134 677 21.6
    45 to 54 years 29,524 1,585 5.4 24,545 912 3.7 1,639 173 10.6 3,339 500 15.0
    55 to 59 years 12,512 566 4.5 10,920 385 3.5 603 61 10.1 988 120 12.1
    60 to 64 years 10,293 530 5.1 9,408 442 4.7 280 20 7.2 606 67 11.1
  65 years and over 22,003 1,126 5.1 19,112 830 4.3 775 66 8.5 2,115 229 10.8
    65 to 74 years 13,107 602 4.6 11,784 449 3.8 329 38 11.5 995 115 11.6
    75 years and over 8,896 523 5.9 7,328 381 5.2 447 28 6.3 1,120 114 10.2
Male 98,431 8,438 8.6 81,186 4,927 6.1 8,124 993 12.2 9,121 2,518 27.6
  Under 18 years 28,422 4,310 15.2 21,626 1,975 9.1 1,758 332 18.9 5,038 2,003 39.8
    Under 5 years 8,013 1,460 18.2 6,197 648 10.5 503 119 23.7 1,313 692 52.7
    5 to 17 years 20,409 2,849 14.0 15,429 1,327 8.6 1,255 212 16.9 3,725 1,311 35.2
  18 to 64 years 58,750 3,631 6.2 48,994 2,503 5.1 5,887 631 10.7 3,870 498 12.9
    18 to 24 years 8,634 744 8.6 6,017 341 5.7 1,187 155 13.0 1,430 249 17.4
    25 to 34 years 11,285 837 7.4 8,940 605 6.8 1,510 145 9.6 835 87 10.5
    35 to 44 years 13,226 838 6.3 11,422 652 5.7 1,240 138 11.1 565 48 8.4
    45 to 54 years 14,272 681 4.8 12,250 462 3.8 1,281 135 10.5 741 84 11.3
    55 to 59 years 6,123 262 4.3 5,448 194 3.6 459 45 9.8 216 24 11.0
    60 to 64 years 5,210 269 5.2 4,917 249 5.1 210 14 6.9 84 6 7.6
  65 years and over 11,259 497 4.4 10,567 449 4.3 480 30 6.3 212 17 8.1
    65 to 74 years 6,697 257 3.8 6,377 225 3.5 218 21 9.5 101 12 11.4
    75 years and over 4,562 240 5.3 4,189 225 5.4 262 10 3.7 111 6 5.1
Female 99,332 10,120 10.2 78,290 4,861 6.2 3,153 436 13.8 17,889 4,822 27.0
  Under 18 years 27,028 4,162 15.4 20,616 1,970 9.6 1,416 256 18.0 4,996 1,937 38.8
    Under 5 years 7,626 1,410 18.5 5,883 658 11.2 456 96 21.1 1,287 656 51.0
    5 to 17 years 19,402 2,752 14.2 14,732 1,312 8.9 961 159 16.6 3,709 1,281 34.5
  18 to 64 years 61,559 5,329 8.7 49,128 2,511 5.1 1,441 145 10.1 10,990 2,673 24.3
    18 to 24 years 8,360 1,028 12.3 5,807 377 6.5 434 40 9.1 2,119 611 28.8
    25 to 34 years 12,212 1,559 12.8 9,564 680 7.1 238 19 8.2 2,409 860 35.7
    35 to 44 years 14,264 1,273 8.9 11,499 619 5.4 196 25 13.0 2,569 629 24.5
    45 to 54 years 15,252 904 5.9 12,295 450 3.7 358 39 10.8 2,598 416 16.0
    55 to 59 years 6,389 304 4.8 5,472 192 3.5 144 16 11.4 773 96 12.4
    60 to 64 years 5,083 260 5.1 4,491 194 4.3 71 6 (B) 522 61 11.7
  65 years and over 10,744 629 5.9 8,546 381 4.5 296 36 12.1 1,903 212 11.1
    65 to 74 years 6,410 345 5.4 5,407 225 4.2 110 17 15.6 893 104 11.6
    75 years and over 4,334 283 6.5 3,139 156 5.0 185 19 10.0 1,009 108 10.7

Poverty Footnotes

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