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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 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 28,986 14.7 159,476 16,465 10.3 11,277 2,344 20.8 27,010 10,177 37.7
  Under 18 years 55,450 12,659 22.8 42,242 6,454 15.3 3,174 951 30.0 10,035 5,254 52.4
    Under 5 years 15,639 4,153 26.6 12,080 2,107 17.4 959 340 35.4 2,600 1,707 65.6
    5 to 17 years 39,811 8,506 21.4 30,162 4,348 14.4 2,215 611 27.6 7,434 3,547 47.7
  18 to 64 years 120,309 14,203 11.8 98,122 8,416 8.6 7,327 1,263 17.2 14,860 4,524 30.4
    18 to 24 years 16,994 2,717 16.0 11,824 1,217 10.3 1,621 312 19.3 3,549 1,188 33.5
    25 to 34 years 23,497 3,790 16.1 18,504 2,223 12.0 1,748 285 16.3 3,244 1,281 39.5
    35 to 44 years 27,490 3,407 12.4 22,921 2,144 9.4 1,435 257 17.9 3,134 1,006 32.1
    45 to 54 years 29,524 2,546 8.6 24,545 1,527 6.2 1,639 276 16.8 3,339 744 22.3
    55 to 59 years 12,512 887 7.1 10,920 597 5.5 603 98 16.2 988 192 19.4
    60 to 64 years 10,293 856 8.3 9,408 707 7.5 280 36 12.7 606 113 18.7
  65 years and over 22,003 2,123 9.6 19,112 1,594 8.3 775 129 16.7 2,115 399 18.9
    65 to 74 years 13,107 1,130 8.6 11,784 863 7.3 329 61 18.6 995 205 20.6
    75 years and over 8,896 994 11.2 7,328 731 10.0 447 68 15.2 1,120 194 17.3
Male 98,431 13,425 13.6 81,186 8,292 10.2 8,124 1,609 19.8 9,121 3,525 38.6
  Under 18 years 28,422 6,454 22.7 21,626 3,243 15.0 1,758 523 29.8 5,038 2,688 53.3
    Under 5 years 8,013 2,144 26.8 6,197 1,080 17.4 503 179 35.5 1,313 886 67.4
    5 to 17 years 20,409 4,310 21.1 15,429 2,164 14.0 1,255 344 27.4 3,725 1,802 48.4
  18 to 64 years 58,750 5,997 10.2 48,994 4,177 8.5 5,887 1,023 17.4 3,870 797 20.6
    18 to 24 years 8,634 1,188 13.8 6,017 574 9.5 1,187 249 20.9 1,430 366 25.6
    25 to 34 years 11,285 1,449 12.8 8,940 1,048 11.7 1,510 249 16.5 835 152 18.2
    35 to 44 years 13,226 1,399 10.6 11,422 1,094 9.6 1,240 215 17.3 565 90 15.9
    45 to 54 years 14,272 1,133 7.9 12,250 789 6.4 1,281 212 16.6 741 131 17.7
    55 to 59 years 6,123 424 6.9 5,448 308 5.6 459 70 15.3 216 46 21.4
    60 to 64 years 5,210 405 7.8 4,917 364 7.4 210 28 13.5 84 12 14.2
  65 years and over 11,259 973 8.6 10,567 871 8.2 480 63 13.0 212 40 18.7
    65 to 74 years 6,697 499 7.5 6,377 442 6.9 218 33 15.0 101 24 24.0
    75 years and over 4,562 474 10.4 4,189 429 10.2 262 30 11.4 111 15 13.8
Female 99,332 15,561 15.7 78,290 8,173 10.4 3,153 735 23.3 17,889 6,653 37.2
  Under 18 years 27,028 6,205 23.0 20,616 3,211 15.6 1,416 428 30.2 4,996 2,566 51.4
    Under 5 years 7,626 2,009 26.3 5,883 1,027 17.5 456 161 35.3 1,287 821 63.8
    5 to 17 years 19,402 4,196 21.6 14,732 2,184 14.8 961 267 27.8 3,709 1,745 47.1
  18 to 64 years 61,559 8,206 13.3 49,128 4,239 8.6 1,441 240 16.7 10,990 3,727 33.9
    18 to 24 years 8,360 1,528 18.3 5,807 643 11.1 434 64 14.7 2,119 822 38.8
    25 to 34 years 12,212 2,341 19.2 9,564 1,175 12.3 238 37 15.5 2,409 1,129 46.9
    35 to 44 years 14,264 2,008 14.1 11,499 1,050 9.1 196 42 21.4 2,569 916 35.7
    45 to 54 years 15,252 1,414 9.3 12,295 738 6.0 358 64 17.7 2,598 612 23.6
    55 to 59 years 6,389 463 7.2 5,472 290 5.3 144 27 18.9 773 146 18.9
    60 to 64 years 5,083 452 8.9 4,491 343 7.6 71 7 (B) 522 102 19.5
  65 years and over 10,744 1,150 10.7 8,546 723 8.5 296 67 22.6 1,903 360 18.9
    65 to 74 years 6,410 630 9.8 5,407 421 7.8 110 29 25.9 893 181 20.2
    75 years and over 4,334 520 12.0 3,139 302 9.6 185 38 20.7 1,009 179 17.7

Poverty Footnotes

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