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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		32,818 12,141 37.0 15,955 2,962 18.6 2,530 955 37.7 14,332 8,224 57.4
  Under 18 years 12,238 6,035 49.3 4,929 1,149 23.3 775 382 49.4 6,534 4,504 68.9
    Under 5 years 3,526 1,915 54.3 1,405 377 26.8 230 107 46.7 1,891 1,432 75.7
    5 to 17 years 8,711 4,119 47.3 3,523 772 21.9 545 275 50.5 4,643 3,072 66.2
  18 to 64 years 18,609 5,587 30.0 9,795 1,572 16.1 1,612 526 32.6 7,202 3,489 48.4
    18 to 24 years 3,697 1,459 39.5 1,360 298 21.9 395 138 34.9 1,943 1,024 52.7
    25 to 34 years 4,251 1,537 36.2 1,961 405 20.7 411 113 27.4 1,878 1,020 54.3
    35 to 44 years 4,151 1,149 27.7 2,314 325 14.0 320 112 35.0 1,518 712 46.9
    45 to 54 years 4,059 907 22.3 2,473 293 11.8 329 114 34.5 1,256 500 39.8
    55 to 59 years 1,408 320 22.7 939 146 15.5 104 34 32.6 365 140 38.4
    60 to 64 years 1,043 215 20.6 747 106 14.2 53 16 (B) 243 93 38.2
  65 years and over 1,971 519 26.4 1,232 241 19.5 144 47 32.5 596 232 39.0
    65 to 74 years 1,170 292 24.9 813 148 18.2 65 22 (B) 292 121 41.6
    75 years and over 801 228 28.4 419 92 22.0 78 25 31.7 304 111 36.5
Male 15,163 5,196 34.3 8,226 1,556 18.9 1,784 670 37.5 5,154 2,971 57.6
  Under 18 years 6,169 3,045 49.4 2,471 589 23.8 438 219 50.0 3,260 2,236 68.6
    Under 5 years 1,778 956 53.8 715 184 25.8 124 64 51.4 940 708 75.3
    5 to 17 years 4,391 2,089 47.6 1,757 405 23.0 314 155 49.5 2,321 1,528 65.9
  18 to 64 years 8,150 1,967 24.1 5,045 827 16.4 1,263 419 33.1 1,841 721 39.1
    18 to 24 years 1,766 620 35.1 691 156 22.6 289 100 34.5 786 364 46.3
    25 to 34 years 1,814 451 24.9 993 210 21.1 347 100 28.7 474 141 29.8
    35 to 44 years 1,713 341 19.9 1,182 169 14.3 274 96 34.9 257 76 29.6
    45 to 54 years 1,770 358 20.3 1,292 164 12.7 230 84 36.6 247 111 44.8
    55 to 59 years 633 122 19.2 498 78 15.7 86 30 34.3 49 14 (B)
    60 to 64 years 455 75 16.4 389 50 12.9 38 10 (B) 28 14 (B)
  65 years and over 844 185 21.9 709 139 19.6 83 32 38.6 52 14 (B)
    65 to 74 years 526 107 20.3 458 83 18.1 45 18 (B) 23 6 (B)
    75 years and over 318 78 24.6 250 56 22.4 38 14 (B) 29 8 (B)
Female 17,655 6,945 39.3 7,729 1,406 18.2 747 285 38.2 9,179 5,254 57.2
  Under 18 years 6,068 2,990 49.3 2,457 559 22.8 337 163 48.5 3,274 2,267 69.2
    Under 5 years 1,748 959 54.9 691 192 27.8 106 44 41.2 951 724 76.0
    5 to 17 years 4,320 2,031 47.0 1,767 367 20.8 231 120 51.8 2,323 1,544 66.5
  18 to 64 years 10,459 3,620 34.6 4,750 745 15.7 349 107 30.7 5,361 2,768 51.6
    18 to 24 years 1,931 839 43.4 669 141 21.1 106 38 36.0 1,157 659 57.0
    25 to 34 years 2,437 1,087 44.6 968 195 20.2 65 13 (B) 1,404 878 62.6
    35 to 44 years 2,438 808 33.1 1,132 156 13.7 46 16 (B) 1,260 636 50.5
    45 to 54 years 2,289 548 24.0 1,181 129 11.0 99 29 29.7 1,009 389 38.6
    55 to 59 years 775 198 25.6 441 68 15.4 18 4 (B) 316 126 39.9
    60 to 64 years 589 140 23.8 359 56 15.5 15 6 (B) 215 79 36.6
  65 years and over 1,127 335 29.7 523 101 19.4 61 15 (B) 544 219 40.2
    65 to 74 years 644 185 28.7 354 65 18.5 20 4 (B) 269 116 43.0
    75 years and over 483 150 31.0 168 36 21.4 40 11 (B) 274 103 37.6

Poverty Footnotes

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