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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		32,818 14,081 42.9 15,955 3,732 23.4 2,530 1,132 44.7 14,332 9,217 64.3
  Under 18 years 12,238 6,819 55.7 4,929 1,440 29.2 775 451 58.2 6,534 4,929 75.4
    Under 5 years 3,526 2,119 60.1 1,405 457 32.5 230 139 60.5 1,891 1,523 80.5
    5 to 17 years 8,711 4,701 54.0 3,523 983 27.9 545 312 57.2 4,643 3,406 73.4
  18 to 64 years 18,609 6,597 35.5 9,795 1,961 20.0 1,612 631 39.1 7,202 4,006 55.6
    18 to 24 years 3,697 1,670 45.2 1,360 346 25.4 395 154 39.0 1,943 1,170 60.2
    25 to 34 years 4,251 1,764 41.5 1,961 486 24.8 411 148 35.9 1,878 1,131 60.2
    35 to 44 years 4,151 1,381 33.3 2,314 427 18.5 320 135 42.1 1,518 819 53.9
    45 to 54 years 4,059 1,112 27.4 2,473 376 15.2 329 137 41.6 1,256 599 47.7
    55 to 59 years 1,408 387 27.5 939 171 18.2 104 42 40.0 365 174 47.6
    60 to 64 years 1,043 285 27.3 747 155 20.7 53 16 (B) 243 114 46.9
  65 years and over 1,971 664 33.7 1,232 331 26.9 144 51 35.2 596 283 47.4
    65 to 74 years 1,170 370 31.6 813 204 25.1 65 22 (B) 292 144 49.2
    75 years and over 801 294 36.7 419 127 30.4 78 28 36.0 304 139 45.7
Male 15,163 6,058 40.0 8,226 1,946 23.7 1,784 789 44.3 5,154 3,323 64.5
  Under 18 years 6,169 3,420 55.4 2,471 724 29.3 438 253 57.9 3,260 2,442 74.9
    Under 5 years 1,778 1,056 59.4 715 221 30.9 124 80 64.3 940 756 80.4
    5 to 17 years 4,391 2,363 53.8 1,757 504 28.7 314 174 55.4 2,321 1,686 72.7
  18 to 64 years 8,150 2,398 29.4 5,045 1,031 20.4 1,263 503 39.9 1,841 863 46.9
    18 to 24 years 1,766 731 41.4 691 181 26.2 289 114 39.5 786 436 55.5
    25 to 34 years 1,814 550 30.3 993 254 25.6 347 127 36.6 474 169 35.7
    35 to 44 years 1,713 429 25.0 1,182 216 18.3 274 117 42.9 257 95 37.1
    45 to 54 years 1,770 440 24.8 1,292 212 16.4 230 99 42.9 247 129 52.0
    55 to 59 years 633 146 23.0 498 92 18.5 86 36 41.7 49 18 (B)
    60 to 64 years 455 102 22.5 389 76 19.6 38 10 (B) 28 16 (B)
  65 years and over 844 241 28.5 709 190 26.8 83 32 39.2 52 18 (B)
    65 to 74 years 526 137 26.1 458 110 23.9 45 18 (B) 23 9 (B)
    75 years and over 318 104 32.6 250 80 32.1 38 14 (B) 29 9 (B)
Female 17,655 8,022 45.4 7,729 1,786 23.1 747 343 45.9 9,179 5,894 64.2
  Under 18 years 6,068 3,400 56.0 2,457 715 29.1 337 198 58.7 3,274 2,487 76.0
    Under 5 years 1,748 1,063 60.8 691 236 34.2 106 59 56.1 951 767 80.6
    5 to 17 years 4,320 2,337 54.1 1,767 479 27.1 231 138 59.8 2,323 1,720 74.0
  18 to 64 years 10,459 4,200 40.2 4,750 930 19.6 349 127 36.5 5,361 3,143 58.6
    18 to 24 years 1,931 938 48.6 669 165 24.6 106 40 37.5 1,157 734 63.4
    25 to 34 years 2,437 1,214 49.8 968 232 24.0 65 21 (B) 1,404 961 68.5
    35 to 44 years 2,438 952 39.0 1,132 212 18.7 46 17 (B) 1,260 723 57.4
    45 to 54 years 2,289 672 29.4 1,181 163 13.8 99 38 38.5 1,009 470 46.6
    55 to 59 years 775 241 31.1 441 79 18.0 18 6 (B) 316 156 49.3
    60 to 64 years 589 183 31.0 359 78 21.9 15 6 (B) 215 98 45.8
  65 years and over 1,127 423 37.5 523 141 26.9 61 18 (B) 544 264 48.6
    65 to 74 years 644 233 36.1 354 94 26.5 20 4 (B) 269 135 50.0
    75 years and over 483 190 39.4 168 47 27.7 40 14 (B) 274 130 47.2

Poverty Footnotes

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