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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 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		32,818 9,973 30.4 15,955 2,084 13.1 2,530 739 29.2 14,332 7,149 49.9
  Under 18 years 12,238 5,160 42.2 4,929 842 17.1 775 304 39.2 6,534 4,014 61.4
    Under 5 years 3,526 1,671 47.4 1,405 276 19.6 230 77 33.7 1,891 1,318 69.7
    5 to 17 years 8,711 3,489 40.0 3,523 566 16.1 545 226 41.6 4,643 2,697 58.1
  18 to 64 years 18,609 4,414 23.7 9,795 1,066 10.9 1,612 399 24.7 7,202 2,950 41.0
    18 to 24 years 3,697 1,154 31.2 1,360 197 14.5 395 99 25.2 1,943 858 44.2
    25 to 34 years 4,251 1,272 29.9 1,961 279 14.2 411 94 22.8 1,878 899 47.9
    35 to 44 years 4,151 895 21.6 2,314 226 9.8 320 73 22.9 1,518 596 39.3
    45 to 54 years 4,059 676 16.6 2,473 176 7.1 329 95 28.8 1,256 405 32.2
    55 to 59 years 1,408 245 17.4 939 108 11.5 104 21 20.6 365 115 31.6
    60 to 64 years 1,043 172 16.5 747 79 10.6 53 16 (B) 243 77 31.6
  65 years and over 1,971 399 20.3 1,232 177 14.4 144 37 25.8 596 185 31.1
    65 to 74 years 1,170 220 18.8 813 102 12.5 65 15 (B) 292 103 35.2
    75 years and over 801 179 22.4 419 75 17.9 78 22 27.8 304 82 27.1
Male 15,163 4,221 27.8 8,226 1,087 13.2 1,784 524 29.4 5,154 2,610 50.6
  Under 18 years 6,169 2,623 42.5 2,471 432 17.5 438 178 40.7 3,260 2,012 61.7
    Under 5 years 1,778 839 47.2 715 135 18.9 124 49 39.2 940 655 69.7
    5 to 17 years 4,391 1,784 40.6 1,757 297 16.9 314 130 41.3 2,321 1,357 58.5
  18 to 64 years 8,150 1,458 17.9 5,045 553 11.0 1,263 320 25.3 1,841 585 31.8
    18 to 24 years 1,766 477 27.0 691 100 14.5 289 75 25.9 786 301 38.4
    25 to 34 years 1,814 336 18.5 993 137 13.8 347 84 24.3 474 115 24.3
    35 to 44 years 1,713 249 14.5 1,182 115 9.8 274 63 22.9 257 71 27.5
    45 to 54 years 1,770 244 13.8 1,292 97 7.5 230 70 30.2 247 77 31.0
    55 to 59 years 633 93 14.7 498 62 12.5 86 19 21.5 49 12 (B)
    60 to 64 years 455 60 13.2 389 41 10.5 38 10 (B) 28 9 (B)
  65 years and over 844 140 16.6 709 101 14.3 83 26 31.7 52 13 (B)
    65 to 74 years 526 74 14.1 458 55 11.9 45 14 (B) 23 6 (B)
    75 years and over 318 66 20.8 250 47 18.7 38 12 (B) 29 7 (B)
Female 17,655 5,752 32.6 7,729 997 12.9 747 215 28.8 9,179 4,540 49.5
  Under 18 years 6,068 2,537 41.8 2,457 410 16.7 337 126 37.3 3,274 2,002 61.1
    Under 5 years 1,748 833 47.6 691 141 20.4 106 29 27.2 951 663 69.7
    5 to 17 years 4,320 1,705 39.5 1,767 269 15.2 231 97 41.9 2,323 1,339 57.7
  18 to 64 years 10,459 2,956 28.3 4,750 512 10.8 349 79 22.6 5,361 2,365 44.1
    18 to 24 years 1,931 678 35.1 669 96 14.4 106 25 23.2 1,157 557 48.1
    25 to 34 years 2,437 936 38.4 968 142 14.7 65 10 (B) 1,404 784 55.8
    35 to 44 years 2,438 646 26.5 1,132 111 9.8 46 10 (B) 1,260 525 41.7
    45 to 54 years 2,289 432 18.9 1,181 79 6.7 99 25 25.6 1,009 328 32.5
    55 to 59 years 775 152 19.6 441 46 10.4 18 3 (B) 316 103 32.7
    60 to 64 years 589 112 19.1 359 39 10.8 15 6 (B) 215 68 31.6
  65 years and over 1,127 259 23.0 523 75 14.4 61 11 (B) 544 173 31.8
    65 to 74 years 644 146 22.7 354 47 13.4 20 1 (B) 269 97 36.1
    75 years and over 483 113 23.4 168 28 16.6 40 9 (B) 274 76 27.6

Poverty Footnotes

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