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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 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 42,602 21.5 159,476 26,170 16.4 11,277 3,479 30.8 27,010 12,953 48.0
  Under 18 years 55,450 17,239 31.1 42,242 9,625 22.8 3,174 1,301 41.0 10,035 6,314 62.9
    Under 5 years 15,639 5,537 35.4 12,080 3,134 25.9 959 462 48.2 2,600 1,940 74.6
    5 to 17 years 39,811 11,702 29.4 30,162 6,490 21.5 2,215 838 37.8 7,434 4,374 58.8
  18 to 64 years 120,309 21,345 17.7 98,122 13,395 13.7 7,327 1,946 26.6 14,860 6,004 40.4
    18 to 24 years 16,994 3,897 22.9 11,824 1,888 16.0 1,621 461 28.4 3,549 1,549 43.6
    25 to 34 years 23,497 5,488 23.4 18,504 3,433 18.6 1,748 454 26.0 3,244 1,600 49.3
    35 to 44 years 27,490 5,193 18.9 22,921 3,439 15.0 1,435 409 28.5 3,134 1,345 42.9
    45 to 54 years 29,524 3,949 13.4 24,545 2,466 10.0 1,639 411 25.1 3,339 1,072 32.1
    55 to 59 years 12,512 1,471 11.8 10,920 1,071 9.8 603 146 24.2 988 254 25.7
    60 to 64 years 10,293 1,347 13.1 9,408 1,099 11.7 280 64 22.9 606 184 30.4
  65 years and over 22,003 4,018 18.3 19,112 3,150 16.5 775 232 30.0 2,115 635 30.0
    65 to 74 years 13,107 2,102 16.0 11,784 1,674 14.2 329 102 31.1 995 326 32.7
    75 years and over 8,896 1,916 21.5 7,328 1,476 20.1 447 130 29.1 1,120 310 27.6
Male 98,431 20,130 20.5 81,186 13,249 16.3 8,124 2,411 29.7 9,121 4,470 49.0
  Under 18 years 28,422 8,842 31.1 21,626 4,903 22.7 1,758 713 40.5 5,038 3,226 64.0
    Under 5 years 8,013 2,847 35.5 6,197 1,605 25.9 503 239 47.5 1,313 1,003 76.4
    5 to 17 years 20,409 5,995 29.4 15,429 3,298 21.4 1,255 474 37.7 3,725 2,223 59.7
  18 to 64 years 58,750 9,388 16.0 48,994 6,640 13.6 5,887 1,568 26.6 3,870 1,180 30.5
    18 to 24 years 8,634 1,741 20.2 6,017 884 14.7 1,187 359 30.3 1,430 498 34.8
    25 to 34 years 11,285 2,273 20.1 8,940 1,643 18.4 1,510 398 26.4 835 231 27.7
    35 to 44 years 13,226 2,236 16.9 11,422 1,755 15.4 1,240 335 27.0 565 147 26.0
    45 to 54 years 14,272 1,785 12.5 12,250 1,241 10.1 1,281 322 25.1 741 222 29.9
    55 to 59 years 6,123 723 11.8 5,448 560 10.3 459 105 23.0 216 57 26.5
    60 to 64 years 5,210 630 12.1 4,917 557 11.3 210 48 23.1 84 25 30.0
  65 years and over 11,259 1,901 16.9 10,567 1,706 16.1 480 130 27.2 212 64 30.2
    65 to 74 years 6,697 962 14.4 6,377 865 13.6 218 59 27.2 101 37 36.5
    75 years and over 4,562 939 20.6 4,189 841 20.1 262 71 27.1 111 27 24.5
Female 99,332 22,472 22.6 78,290 12,921 16.5 3,153 1,068 33.9 17,889 8,483 47.4
  Under 18 years 27,028 8,397 31.1 20,616 4,721 22.9 1,416 588 41.5 4,996 3,088 61.8
    Under 5 years 7,626 2,690 35.3 5,883 1,530 26.0 456 223 49.0 1,287 937 72.8
    5 to 17 years 19,402 5,707 29.4 14,732 3,192 21.7 961 365 38.0 3,709 2,151 58.0
  18 to 64 years 61,559 11,958 19.4 49,128 6,755 13.7 1,441 378 26.2 10,990 4,825 43.9
    18 to 24 years 8,360 2,156 25.8 5,807 1,004 17.3 434 101 23.3 2,119 1,051 49.6
    25 to 34 years 12,212 3,215 26.3 9,564 1,789 18.7 238 56 23.6 2,409 1,369 56.8
    35 to 44 years 14,264 2,957 20.7 11,499 1,684 14.6 196 75 38.1 2,569 1,199 46.6
    45 to 54 years 15,252 2,164 14.2 12,295 1,224 10.0 358 90 25.0 2,598 850 32.7
    55 to 59 years 6,389 749 11.7 5,472 511 9.3 144 41 28.3 773 197 25.5
    60 to 64 years 5,083 717 14.1 4,491 542 12.1 71 16 (B) 522 159 30.4
  65 years and over 10,744 2,117 19.7 8,546 1,444 16.9 296 102 34.5 1,903 571 30.0
    65 to 74 years 6,410 1,140 17.8 5,407 809 15.0 110 43 38.8 893 288 32.3
    75 years and over 4,334 977 22.5 3,139 635 20.2 185 59 31.9 1,009 282 28.0

Poverty Footnotes

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