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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, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 16,360 10.3 132,482 9,044 6.8 8,063 1,500 18.6 18,799 5,816 30.9
  Under 18 years 40,765 6,383 15.7 32,197 3,051 9.5 2,280 569 24.9 6,288 2,764 44.0
    Under 5 years 10,814 1,908 17.6 8,795 903 10.3 625 180 28.8 1,394 825 59.2
    5 to 17 years 29,951 4,474 14.9 23,402 2,148 9.2 1,655 388 23.5 4,894 1,938 39.6
  18 to 64 years 98,523 8,376 8.5 82,631 4,775 5.8 5,118 826 16.1 10,773 2,775 25.8
    18 to 24 years 13,114 1,596 12.2 9,439 668 7.1 1,122 204 18.1 2,553 724 28.4
    25 to 34 years 17,414 1,982 11.4 14,238 1,049 7.4 1,062 172 16.2 2,114 761 36.0
    35 to 44 years 21,916 1,809 8.3 18,723 1,053 5.6 957 153 16.0 2,237 603 27.0
    45 to 54 years 25,519 1,683 6.6 21,633 1,011 4.7 1,258 196 15.6 2,628 476 18.1
    55 to 59 years 11,165 643 5.8 9,913 434 4.4 492 74 15.1 760 134 17.7
    60 to 64 years 9,394 664 7.1 8,686 560 6.5 226 27 11.8 481 77 16.0
  65 years and over 20,057 1,601 8.0 17,653 1,218 6.9 665 105 15.8 1,738 278 16.0
    65 to 74 years 11,911 823 6.9 10,860 637 5.9 272 49 18.2 779 137 17.6
    75 years and over 8,146 778 9.5 6,793 582 8.6 394 56 14.1 959 140 14.6
Male 79,153 7,506 9.5 67,334 4,535 6.7 5,799 1,051 18.1 6,019 1,920 31.9
  Under 18 years 20,932 3,319 15.9 16,496 1,543 9.4 1,264 310 24.5 3,172 1,465 46.2
    Under 5 years 5,540 1,003 18.1 4,496 458 10.2 337 93 27.7 707 451 63.9
    5 to 17 years 15,393 2,315 15.0 12,000 1,085 9.0 928 217 23.4 2,465 1,014 41.1
  18 to 64 years 47,843 3,455 7.2 41,012 2,329 5.7 4,121 690 16.7 2,709 436 16.1
    18 to 24 years 6,662 673 10.1 4,827 311 6.5 802 166 20.7 1,034 195 18.9
    25 to 34 years 8,180 704 8.6 6,783 477 7.0 906 156 17.2 492 71 14.5
    35 to 44 years 10,443 697 6.7 9,211 521 5.7 840 130 15.5 391 47 12.0
    45 to 54 years 12,305 744 6.0 10,733 504 4.7 1,012 159 15.7 560 81 14.5
    55 to 59 years 5,488 304 5.5 4,938 216 4.4 382 55 14.3 167 33 19.5
    60 to 64 years 4,764 332 7.0 4,520 299 6.6 179 24 13.4 66 9 (B)
  65 years and over 10,378 733 7.1 9,826 663 6.7 414 51 12.3 138 19 14.0
    65 to 74 years 6,155 358 5.8 5,919 320 5.4 178 27 15.3 58 11 (B)
    75 years and over 4,223 375 8.9 3,907 343 8.8 236 24 10.1 81 9 10.6
Female 80,191 8,854 11.0 65,147 4,510 6.9 2,264 449 19.8 12,780 3,895 30.5
  Under 18 years 19,832 3,064 15.5 15,701 1,507 9.6 1,015 258 25.4 3,116 1,299 41.7
    Under 5 years 5,274 905 17.2 4,299 444 10.3 288 87 30.2 688 374 54.4
    5 to 17 years 14,558 2,159 14.8 11,403 1,063 9.3 727 171 23.6 2,428 925 38.1
  18 to 64 years 50,680 4,921 9.7 41,619 2,447 5.9 997 136 13.7 8,064 2,339 29.0
    18 to 24 years 6,452 923 14.3 4,612 357 7.7 320 37 11.6 1,519 529 34.8
    25 to 34 years 9,234 1,278 13.8 7,455 572 7.7 157 16 10.5 1,622 690 42.5
    35 to 44 years 11,473 1,111 9.7 9,511 532 5.6 116 23 20.0 1,846 556 30.1
    45 to 54 years 13,214 939 7.1 10,900 507 4.7 246 37 15.0 2,069 395 19.1
    55 to 59 years 5,677 339 6.0 4,975 218 4.4 110 20 17.8 593 102 17.2
    60 to 64 years 4,630 331 7.2 4,167 261 6.3 47 3 (B) 416 68 16.3
  65 years and over 9,678 868 9.0 7,827 555 7.1 252 54 21.5 1,600 258 16.1
    65 to 74 years 5,756 465 8.1 4,941 317 6.4 94 22 23.7 721 127 17.5
    75 years and over 3,923 403 10.3 2,886 239 8.3 158 32 20.2 879 132 15.0

Poverty Footnotes

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