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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		248,301 40,938 16.5 189,191 19,682 10.4 15,083 3,221 21.4 44,027 18,035 41.0
  Under 18 years 73,153 18,745 25.6 51,351 7,793 15.2 4,262 1,326 31.1 17,541 9,626 54.9
    Under 5 years 20,858 6,132 29.4 14,845 2,537 17.1 1,261 432 34.3 4,753 3,164 66.6
    5 to 17 years 52,295 12,612 24.1 36,506 5,256 14.4 3,001 894 29.8 12,788 6,462 50.5
  18 to 64 years 149,742 19,600 13.1 116,401 10,083 8.7 9,792 1,741 17.8 23,548 7,776 33.0
    18 to 24 years 22,230 4,080 18.4 14,191 1,509 10.6 2,206 434 19.7 5,833 2,137 36.6
    25 to 34 years 30,197 5,271 17.5 22,354 2,616 11.7 2,377 390 16.4 5,466 2,264 41.4
    35 to 44 years 34,423 4,564 13.3 27,506 2,550 9.3 1,935 351 18.1 4,983 1,664 33.4
    45 to 54 years 35,983 3,405 9.5 28,965 1,821 6.3 2,123 387 18.2 4,896 1,197 24.5
    55 to 59 years 14,869 1,223 8.2 12,631 775 6.1 784 125 16.0 1,454 322 22.2
    60 to 64 years 12,040 1,058 8.8 10,755 812 7.5 368 54 14.8 917 192 20.9
  65 years and over 25,405 2,593 10.2 21,439 1,805 8.4 1,029 154 15.0 2,938 633 21.6
    65 to 74 years 15,159 1,386 9.1 13,291 985 7.4 464 71 15.3 1,404 331 23.5
    75 years and over 10,246 1,206 11.8 8,147 821 10.1 565 83 14.7 1,534 303 19.7
Male 122,174 18,526 15.2 96,206 9,934 10.3 10,748 2,232 20.8 15,220 6,361 41.8
  Under 18 years 37,384 9,546 25.5 26,236 3,924 15.0 2,356 743 31.5 8,792 4,879 55.5
    Under 5 years 10,671 3,146 29.5 7,632 1,294 17.0 655 236 36.0 2,385 1,616 67.8
    5 to 17 years 26,713 6,400 24.0 18,604 2,630 14.1 1,701 507 29.8 6,407 3,262 50.9
  18 to 64 years 72,047 7,850 10.9 58,137 5,019 8.6 7,777 1,407 18.1 6,133 1,425 23.2
    18 to 24 years 11,191 1,732 15.5 7,232 714 9.9 1,612 337 20.9 2,348 681 29.0
    25 to 34 years 14,233 1,839 12.9 10,779 1,223 11.4 2,035 343 16.9 1,420 272 19.2
    35 to 44 years 16,238 1,757 10.8 13,689 1,297 9.5 1,651 296 17.9 898 164 18.3
    45 to 54 years 17,184 1,481 8.6 14,509 962 6.6 1,614 298 18.5 1,062 220 20.7
    55 to 59 years 7,209 566 7.9 6,333 409 6.5 596 93 15.6 280 64 22.8
    60 to 64 years 5,992 475 7.9 5,597 413 7.4 269 39 14.6 125 23 18.2
  65 years and over 12,743 1,131 8.9 11,833 991 8.4 615 82 13.3 295 58 19.6
    65 to 74 years 7,630 577 7.6 7,197 503 7.0 295 44 14.8 139 30 21.9
    75 years and over 5,112 554 10.8 4,637 488 10.5 320 38 11.9 156 27 17.5
Female 126,127 22,411 17.8 92,985 9,748 10.5 4,335 989 22.8 28,807 11,675 40.5
  Under 18 years 35,769 9,199 25.7 25,115 3,869 15.4 1,905 583 30.6 8,748 4,747 54.3
    Under 5 years 10,187 2,986 29.3 7,213 1,243 17.2 606 196 32.3 2,368 1,547 65.4
    5 to 17 years 25,582 6,213 24.3 17,903 2,626 14.7 1,299 387 29.8 6,381 3,200 50.2
  18 to 64 years 77,695 11,750 15.1 58,264 5,065 8.7 2,015 334 16.6 17,416 6,351 36.5
    18 to 24 years 11,039 2,348 21.3 6,959 796 11.4 594 96 16.2 3,485 1,455 41.8
    25 to 34 years 15,964 3,432 21.5 11,576 1,393 12.0 342 47 13.6 4,046 1,992 49.2
    35 to 44 years 18,185 2,807 15.4 13,817 1,253 9.1 283 55 19.3 4,085 1,499 36.7
    45 to 54 years 18,799 1,924 10.2 14,457 858 5.9 509 89 17.4 3,834 977 25.5
    55 to 59 years 7,660 657 8.6 6,298 366 5.8 188 32 17.1 1,174 258 22.0
    60 to 64 years 6,048 583 9.6 5,158 398 7.7 98 15 15.4 792 169 21.3
  65 years and over 12,662 1,462 11.5 9,605 814 8.5 414 72 17.4 2,643 576 21.8
    65 to 74 years 7,529 809 10.7 6,095 482 7.9 169 27 16.2 1,265 300 23.7
    75 years and over 5,134 653 12.7 3,511 332 9.5 245 45 18.3 1,378 275 20.0

Poverty Footnotes

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