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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)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 27,565 13.9 159,476 15,526 9.7 11,277 2,203 19.5 27,010 9,836 36.4
  Under 18 years 55,450 12,142 21.9 42,242 6,124 14.5 3,174 904 28.5 10,035 5,114 51.0
    Under 5 years 15,639 3,997 25.6 12,080 2,005 16.6 959 312 32.6 2,600 1,679 64.6
    5 to 17 years 39,811 8,146 20.5 30,162 4,119 13.7 2,215 591 26.7 7,434 3,435 46.2
  18 to 64 years 120,309 13,471 11.2 98,122 7,943 8.1 7,327 1,190 16.2 14,860 4,337 29.2
    18 to 24 years 16,994 2,589 15.2 11,824 1,163 9.8 1,621 294 18.1 3,549 1,132 31.9
    25 to 34 years 23,497 3,605 15.3 18,504 2,091 11.3 1,748 264 15.1 3,244 1,250 38.5
    35 to 44 years 27,490 3,235 11.8 22,921 2,029 8.9 1,435 245 17.1 3,134 961 30.7
    45 to 54 years 29,524 2,397 8.1 24,545 1,427 5.8 1,639 261 15.9 3,339 710 21.3
    55 to 59 years 12,512 852 6.8 10,920 573 5.3 603 93 15.4 988 186 18.8
    60 to 64 years 10,293 793 7.7 9,408 660 7.0 280 34 12.1 606 99 16.3
  65 years and over 22,003 1,952 8.9 19,112 1,459 7.6 775 109 14.1 2,115 385 18.2
    65 to 74 years 13,107 1,028 7.8 11,784 777 6.6 329 53 16.2 995 198 19.9
    75 years and over 8,896 925 10.4 7,328 682 9.3 447 56 12.5 1,120 187 16.7
Male 98,431 12,737 12.9 81,186 7,827 9.6 8,124 1,515 18.7 9,121 3,394 37.2
  Under 18 years 28,422 6,203 21.8 21,626 3,084 14.3 1,758 499 28.4 5,038 2,620 52.0
    Under 5 years 8,013 2,075 25.9 6,197 1,033 16.7 503 169 33.5 1,313 873 66.5
    5 to 17 years 20,409 4,128 20.2 15,429 2,051 13.3 1,255 331 26.4 3,725 1,746 46.9
  18 to 64 years 58,750 5,647 9.6 48,994 3,947 8.1 5,887 964 16.4 3,870 735 19.0
    18 to 24 years 8,634 1,111 12.9 6,017 546 9.1 1,187 232 19.6 1,430 333 23.3
    25 to 34 years 11,285 1,351 12.0 8,940 982 11.0 1,510 228 15.1 835 141 16.8
    35 to 44 years 13,226 1,325 10.0 11,422 1,038 9.1 1,240 207 16.7 565 80 14.1
    45 to 54 years 14,272 1,071 7.5 12,250 743 6.1 1,281 204 15.9 741 124 16.8
    55 to 59 years 6,123 410 6.7 5,448 297 5.4 459 67 14.6 216 46 21.4
    60 to 64 years 5,210 379 7.3 4,917 341 6.9 210 27 12.7 84 12 13.8
  65 years and over 11,259 888 7.9 10,567 797 7.5 480 52 10.7 212 40 18.7
    65 to 74 years 6,697 449 6.7 6,377 396 6.2 218 29 13.2 101 24 24.0
    75 years and over 4,562 439 9.6 4,189 401 9.6 262 23 8.7 111 15 13.8
Female 99,332 14,828 14.9 78,290 7,699 9.8 3,153 687 21.8 17,889 6,442 36.0
  Under 18 years 27,028 5,940 22.0 20,616 3,041 14.8 1,416 404 28.5 4,996 2,494 49.9
    Under 5 years 7,626 1,922 25.2 5,883 972 16.5 456 144 31.5 1,287 806 62.6
    5 to 17 years 19,402 4,017 20.7 14,732 2,069 14.0 961 260 27.1 3,709 1,688 45.5
  18 to 64 years 61,559 7,824 12.7 49,128 3,996 8.1 1,441 225 15.6 10,990 3,602 32.8
    18 to 24 years 8,360 1,479 17.7 5,807 617 10.6 434 62 14.3 2,119 799 37.7
    25 to 34 years 12,212 2,254 18.5 9,564 1,109 11.6 238 35 14.8 2,409 1,109 46.0
    35 to 44 years 14,264 1,910 13.4 11,499 990 8.6 196 38 19.5 2,569 881 34.3
    45 to 54 years 15,252 1,326 8.7 12,295 684 5.6 358 57 15.9 2,598 585 22.5
    55 to 59 years 6,389 442 6.9 5,472 277 5.1 144 26 18.0 773 140 18.1
    60 to 64 years 5,083 414 8.1 4,491 319 7.1 71 7 (B) 522 87 16.7
  65 years and over 10,744 1,065 9.9 8,546 662 7.7 296 58 19.5 1,903 345 18.1
    65 to 74 years 6,410 579 9.0 5,407 381 7.0 110 24 22.1 893 173 19.4
    75 years and over 4,334 486 11.2 3,139 281 8.9 185 33 17.9 1,009 172 17.0

Poverty Footnotes

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