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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		32,818 15,578 47.5 15,955 4,524 28.4 2,530 1,232 48.7 14,332 9,822 68.5
  Under 18 years 12,238 7,357 60.1 4,929 1,712 34.7 775 480 61.9 6,534 5,165 79.0
    Under 5 years 3,526 2,257 64.0 1,405 548 39.0 230 147 63.9 1,891 1,562 82.6
    5 to 17 years 8,711 5,100 58.5 3,523 1,164 33.0 545 333 61.1 4,643 3,603 77.6
  18 to 64 years 18,609 7,429 39.9 9,795 2,397 24.5 1,612 696 43.2 7,202 4,336 60.2
    18 to 24 years 3,697 1,834 49.6 1,360 418 30.7 395 176 44.6 1,943 1,240 63.8
    25 to 34 years 4,251 1,966 46.3 1,961 595 30.4 411 160 38.8 1,878 1,211 64.5
    35 to 44 years 4,151 1,558 37.5 2,314 526 22.7 320 152 47.6 1,518 880 58.0
    45 to 54 years 4,059 1,305 32.1 2,473 483 19.5 329 142 43.2 1,256 680 54.1
    55 to 59 years 1,408 442 31.4 939 198 21.1 104 50 47.8 365 194 53.3
    60 to 64 years 1,043 324 31.0 747 177 23.6 53 16 (B) 243 131 53.8
  65 years and over 1,971 792 40.2 1,232 415 33.7 144 56 38.9 596 322 54.0
    65 to 74 years 1,170 451 38.6 813 261 32.1 65 25 (B) 292 165 56.5
    75 years and over 801 341 42.6 419 154 36.7 78 31 39.1 304 156 51.5
Male 15,163 6,704 44.2 8,226 2,331 28.3 1,784 848 47.6 5,154 3,524 68.4
  Under 18 years 6,169 3,664 59.4 2,471 843 34.1 438 262 59.8 3,260 2,559 78.5
    Under 5 years 1,778 1,112 62.5 715 254 35.5 124 81 65.6 940 777 82.7
    5 to 17 years 4,391 2,552 58.1 1,757 589 33.5 314 180 57.5 2,321 1,782 76.8
  18 to 64 years 8,150 2,740 33.6 5,045 1,250 24.8 1,263 550 43.6 1,841 940 51.0
    18 to 24 years 1,766 816 46.2 691 214 31.0 289 130 45.0 786 471 60.0
    25 to 34 years 1,814 631 34.8 993 307 30.9 347 137 39.6 474 187 39.4
    35 to 44 years 1,713 499 29.1 1,182 269 22.8 274 132 48.2 257 98 38.1
    45 to 54 years 1,770 514 29.1 1,292 267 20.6 230 99 42.9 247 149 60.1
    55 to 59 years 633 163 25.8 498 103 20.7 86 42 49.0 49 18 (B)
    60 to 64 years 455 118 25.9 389 90 23.1 38 10 (B) 28 17 (B)
  65 years and over 844 299 35.4 709 239 33.6 83 36 43.4 52 25 (B)
    65 to 74 years 526 175 33.2 458 144 31.3 45 19 (B) 23 12 (B)
    75 years and over 318 124 39.1 250 95 37.9 38 17 (B) 29 13 (B)
Female 17,655 8,875 50.3 7,729 2,193 28.4 747 384 51.4 9,179 6,298 68.6
  Under 18 years 6,068 3,693 60.9 2,457 870 35.4 337 218 64.7 3,274 2,606 79.6
    Under 5 years 1,748 1,145 65.5 691 295 42.7 106 66 61.8 951 785 82.5
    5 to 17 years 4,320 2,548 59.0 1,767 575 32.5 231 152 65.9 2,323 1,821 78.4
  18 to 64 years 10,459 4,688 44.8 4,750 1,147 24.1 349 146 41.7 5,361 3,396 63.3
    18 to 24 years 1,931 1,018 52.7 669 203 30.4 106 46 43.6 1,157 769 66.5
    25 to 34 years 2,437 1,335 54.8 968 288 29.8 65 22 (B) 1,404 1,024 72.9
    35 to 44 years 2,438 1,060 43.5 1,132 257 22.7 46 20 (B) 1,260 782 62.0
    45 to 54 years 2,289 790 34.5 1,181 216 18.3 99 43 43.7 1,009 531 52.6
    55 to 59 years 775 279 36.0 441 95 21.5 18 8 (B) 316 176 55.9
    60 to 64 years 589 206 35.0 359 87 24.2 15 6 (B) 215 113 52.8
  65 years and over 1,127 493 43.8 523 176 33.7 61 20 (B) 544 297 54.6
    65 to 74 years 644 276 42.9 354 118 33.2 20 6 (B) 269 153 56.8
    75 years and over 483 217 44.9 168 59 34.9 40 14 (B) 274 144 52.4

Poverty Footnotes

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