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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 46,023 23.3 159,476 28,731 18.0 11,277 3,739 33.2 27,010 13,552 50.2
  Under 18 years 55,450 18,326 33.0 42,242 10,424 24.7 3,174 1,377 43.4 10,035 6,524 65.0
    Under 5 years 15,639 5,834 37.3 12,080 3,371 27.9 959 484 50.5 2,600 1,979 76.1
    5 to 17 years 39,811 12,492 31.4 30,162 7,054 23.4 2,215 893 40.3 7,434 4,545 61.1
  18 to 64 years 120,309 23,091 19.2 98,122 14,628 14.9 7,327 2,108 28.8 14,860 6,355 42.8
    18 to 24 years 16,994 4,187 24.6 11,824 2,046 17.3 1,621 507 31.3 3,549 1,634 46.1
    25 to 34 years 23,497 5,888 25.1 18,504 3,743 20.2 1,748 485 27.7 3,244 1,660 51.2
    35 to 44 years 27,490 5,619 20.4 22,921 3,753 16.4 1,435 450 31.3 3,134 1,416 45.2
    45 to 54 years 29,524 4,286 14.5 24,545 2,695 11.0 1,639 443 27.0 3,339 1,149 34.4
    55 to 59 years 12,512 1,605 12.8 10,920 1,157 10.6 603 156 25.8 988 292 29.6
    60 to 64 years 10,293 1,504 14.6 9,408 1,233 13.1 280 68 24.4 606 204 33.6
  65 years and over 22,003 4,606 20.9 19,112 3,680 19.3 775 253 32.7 2,115 673 31.8
    65 to 74 years 13,107 2,422 18.5 11,784 1,968 16.7 329 113 34.4 995 341 34.3
    75 years and over 8,896 2,184 24.5 7,328 1,712 23.4 447 140 31.4 1,120 332 29.6
Male 98,431 21,840 22.2 81,186 14,566 17.9 8,124 2,596 32.0 9,121 4,678 51.3
  Under 18 years 28,422 9,415 33.1 21,626 5,326 24.6 1,758 756 43.0 5,038 3,332 66.1
    Under 5 years 8,013 3,007 37.5 6,197 1,734 28.0 503 250 49.8 1,313 1,022 77.8
    5 to 17 years 20,409 6,408 31.4 15,429 3,592 23.3 1,255 506 40.3 3,725 2,310 62.0
  18 to 64 years 58,750 10,237 17.4 48,994 7,257 14.8 5,887 1,699 28.9 3,870 1,282 33.1
    18 to 24 years 8,634 1,895 22.0 6,017 965 16.0 1,187 393 33.1 1,430 537 37.6
    25 to 34 years 11,285 2,471 21.9 8,940 1,794 20.1 1,510 424 28.1 835 254 30.4
    35 to 44 years 13,226 2,441 18.5 11,422 1,919 16.8 1,240 371 29.9 565 152 26.9
    45 to 54 years 14,272 1,933 13.5 12,250 1,349 11.0 1,281 347 27.1 741 237 32.0
    55 to 59 years 6,123 798 13.0 5,448 608 11.2 459 115 25.0 216 75 34.8
    60 to 64 years 5,210 698 13.4 4,917 622 12.7 210 49 23.6 84 26 31.5
  65 years and over 11,259 2,188 19.4 10,567 1,983 18.8 480 141 29.3 212 64 30.2
    65 to 74 years 6,697 1,115 16.7 6,377 1,011 15.9 218 67 30.7 101 37 36.5
    75 years and over 4,562 1,073 23.5 4,189 972 23.2 262 74 28.3 111 27 24.5
Female 99,332 24,183 24.3 78,290 14,166 18.1 3,153 1,143 36.2 17,889 8,874 49.6
  Under 18 years 27,028 8,911 33.0 20,616 5,098 24.7 1,416 621 43.8 4,996 3,192 63.9
    Under 5 years 7,626 2,827 37.1 5,883 1,636 27.8 456 234 51.2 1,287 957 74.4
    5 to 17 years 19,402 6,084 31.4 14,732 3,462 23.5 961 387 40.3 3,709 2,235 60.3
  18 to 64 years 61,559 12,854 20.9 49,128 7,371 15.0 1,441 409 28.4 10,990 5,074 46.2
    18 to 24 years 8,360 2,291 27.4 5,807 1,081 18.6 434 114 26.2 2,119 1,097 51.8
    25 to 34 years 12,212 3,417 28.0 9,564 1,950 20.4 238 61 25.7 2,409 1,406 58.4
    35 to 44 years 14,264 3,178 22.3 11,499 1,835 16.0 196 79 40.6 2,569 1,264 49.2
    45 to 54 years 15,252 2,353 15.4 12,295 1,346 10.9 358 95 26.6 2,598 912 35.1
    55 to 59 years 6,389 807 12.6 5,472 549 10.0 144 41 28.3 773 217 28.1
    60 to 64 years 5,083 806 15.9 4,491 610 13.6 71 19 (B) 522 177 33.9
  65 years and over 10,744 2,418 22.5 8,546 1,696 19.9 296 113 38.1 1,903 609 32.0
    65 to 74 years 6,410 1,307 20.4 5,407 957 17.7 110 46 41.9 893 304 34.1
    75 years and over 4,334 1,111 25.6 3,139 740 23.6 185 66 35.8 1,009 305 30.2

Poverty Footnotes

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