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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)

Black alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		30,986 7,339 23.7 14,928 1,310 8.8 2,410 497 20.6 13,648 5,533 40.5
  Under 18 years 11,034 3,792 34.4 4,290 470 11.0 709 191 26.9 6,036 3,131 51.9
    Under 5 years 3,118 1,256 40.3 1,202 154 12.8 205 42 20.6 1,711 1,060 61.9
    5 to 17 years 7,916 2,536 32.0 3,088 316 10.2 504 149 29.5 4,324 2,072 47.9
  18 to 64 years 18,020 3,281 18.2 9,440 730 7.7 1,558 280 18.0 7,022 2,271 32.3
    18 to 24 years 3,524 870 24.7 1,278 138 10.8 372 66 17.9 1,874 665 35.5
    25 to 34 years 4,102 952 23.2 1,873 165 8.8 400 67 16.7 1,829 720 39.4
    35 to 44 years 4,028 696 17.3 2,227 172 7.7 309 59 19.0 1,492 466 31.2
    45 to 54 years 3,961 472 11.9 2,416 124 5.1 321 62 19.3 1,224 286 23.4
    55 to 59 years 1,378 171 12.4 913 73 8.0 104 15 14.1 362 83 22.9
    60 to 64 years 1,028 120 11.7 734 57 7.8 52 12 (B) 242 51 21.0
  65 years and over 1,932 266 13.8 1,199 110 9.2 144 26 17.8 590 130 22.1
    65 to 74 years 1,141 146 12.8 787 57 7.3 65 11 (B) 289 78 27.1
    75 years and over 791 119 15.1 412 53 12.8 78 15 18.7 301 52 17.3
Male 14,268 3,079 21.6 7,725 668 8.6 1,701 367 21.6 4,842 2,044 42.2
  Under 18 years 5,572 1,924 34.5 2,165 217 10.0 406 117 28.9 3,001 1,590 53.0
    Under 5 years 1,583 623 39.4 623 66 10.6 111 22 20.1 849 535 63.0
    5 to 17 years 3,990 1,301 32.6 1,543 151 9.8 295 95 32.2 2,151 1,055 49.0
  18 to 64 years 7,875 1,062 13.5 4,874 385 7.9 1,211 233 19.2 1,789 445 24.8
    18 to 24 years 1,678 359 21.4 655 76 11.5 268 50 18.7 756 233 30.9
    25 to 34 years 1,745 238 13.6 948 88 9.3 336 62 18.4 461 88 19.0
    35 to 44 years 1,663 196 11.8 1,143 83 7.3 263 52 19.6 257 62 24.0
    45 to 54 years 1,720 166 9.7 1,260 69 5.5 222 50 22.3 238 47 19.9
    55 to 59 years 621 61 9.8 486 39 7.9 86 12 13.8 49 11 (B)
    60 to 64 years 448 42 9.3 382 30 7.9 38 8 (B) 28 4 (B)
  65 years and over 821 92 11.3 686 66 9.6 83 17 20.7 52 10 (B)
    65 to 74 years 508 51 10.0 441 35 8.0 45 11 (B) 23 4 (B)
    75 years and over 312 42 13.4 245 31 12.5 38 6 (B) 29 5 (B)
Female 16,718 4,260 25.5 7,203 642 8.9 710 130 18.3 8,805 3,488 39.6
  Under 18 years 5,461 1,868 34.2 2,124 253 11.9 302 74 24.4 3,035 1,541 50.8
    Under 5 years 1,535 633 41.2 579 88 15.2 94 20 21.1 862 525 60.9
    5 to 17 years 3,926 1,235 31.5 1,545 164 10.6 209 54 25.8 2,173 1,017 46.8
  18 to 64 years 10,145 2,219 21.9 4,566 345 7.6 347 48 13.7 5,233 1,826 34.9
    18 to 24 years 1,846 511 27.7 623 63 10.1 105 16 15.6 1,118 432 38.7
    25 to 34 years 2,357 714 30.3 925 77 8.3 64 5 (B) 1,368 632 46.2
    35 to 44 years 2,365 500 21.1 1,085 89 8.2 46 7 (B) 1,235 404 32.7
    45 to 54 years 2,240 306 13.7 1,156 55 4.7 99 13 12.6 985 239 24.2
    55 to 59 years 757 110 14.5 427 35 8.2 18 3 (B) 313 72 23.1
    60 to 64 years 580 78 13.5 351 27 7.8 15 4 (B) 214 47 21.9
  65 years and over 1,112 173 15.6 513 44 8.6 61 8 (B) 538 121 22.5
    65 to 74 years 633 96 15.1 347 22 6.3 20 0 (B) 266 74 27.7
    75 years and over 479 78 16.2 166 22 13.3 40 8 (B) 272 47 17.3

Poverty Footnotes

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