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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 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 68,487 34.6 159,476 45,750 28.7 11,277 5,447 48.3 27,010 17,290 64.0
  Under 18 years 55,450 25,191 45.4 42,242 15,493 36.7 3,174 1,923 60.6 10,035 7,776 77.5
    Under 5 years 15,639 7,809 49.9 12,080 4,876 40.4 959 679 70.8 2,600 2,254 86.7
    5 to 17 years 39,811 17,382 43.7 30,162 10,617 35.2 2,215 1,244 56.2 7,434 5,522 74.3
  18 to 64 years 120,309 35,436 29.5 98,122 23,748 24.2 7,327 3,171 43.3 14,860 8,517 57.3
    18 to 24 years 16,994 6,273 36.9 11,824 3,418 28.9 1,621 734 45.3 3,549 2,121 59.8
    25 to 34 years 23,497 8,660 36.9 18,504 5,790 31.3 1,748 760 43.5 3,244 2,110 65.0
    35 to 44 years 27,490 8,631 31.4 22,921 5,985 26.1 1,435 694 48.3 3,134 1,953 62.3
    45 to 54 years 29,524 6,932 23.5 24,545 4,629 18.9 1,639 657 40.0 3,339 1,647 49.3
    55 to 59 years 12,512 2,567 20.5 10,920 1,942 17.8 603 218 36.1 988 407 41.2
    60 to 64 years 10,293 2,373 23.0 9,408 1,984 21.1 280 110 39.1 606 279 46.1
  65 years and over 22,003 7,860 35.7 19,112 6,510 34.1 775 353 45.5 2,115 997 47.1
    65 to 74 years 13,107 4,049 30.9 11,784 3,403 28.9 329 154 46.9 995 492 49.4
    75 years and over 8,896 3,811 42.8 7,328 3,106 42.4 447 199 44.5 1,120 505 45.1
Male 98,431 33,047 33.6 81,186 23,335 28.7 8,124 3,801 46.8 9,121 5,911 64.8
  Under 18 years 28,422 12,927 45.5 21,626 7,980 36.9 1,758 1,038 59.0 5,038 3,909 77.6
    Under 5 years 8,013 3,962 49.4 6,197 2,477 40.0 503 334 66.3 1,313 1,151 87.7
    5 to 17 years 20,409 8,965 43.9 15,429 5,503 35.7 1,255 704 56.1 3,725 2,758 74.0
  18 to 64 years 58,750 16,317 27.8 48,994 11,855 24.2 5,887 2,559 43.5 3,870 1,903 49.2
    18 to 24 years 8,634 2,977 34.5 6,017 1,682 28.0 1,187 549 46.2 1,430 746 52.2
    25 to 34 years 11,285 3,839 34.0 8,940 2,784 31.1 1,510 656 43.5 835 399 47.8
    35 to 44 years 13,226 3,906 29.5 11,422 3,042 26.6 1,240 588 47.5 565 275 48.8
    45 to 54 years 14,272 3,220 22.6 12,250 2,339 19.1 1,281 525 41.0 741 357 48.1
    55 to 59 years 6,123 1,259 20.6 5,448 1,008 18.5 459 164 35.7 216 86 40.1
    60 to 64 years 5,210 1,115 21.4 4,917 999 20.3 210 76 36.5 84 39 47.0
  65 years and over 11,259 3,804 33.8 10,567 3,499 33.1 480 205 42.7 212 99 46.8
    65 to 74 years 6,697 1,860 27.8 6,377 1,718 26.9 218 90 41.3 101 51 50.5
    75 years and over 4,562 1,944 42.6 4,189 1,781 42.5 262 115 43.8 111 48 43.4
Female 99,332 35,440 35.7 78,290 22,415 28.6 3,153 1,646 52.2 17,889 11,379 63.6
  Under 18 years 27,028 12,265 45.4 20,616 7,512 36.4 1,416 885 62.5 4,996 3,867 77.4
    Under 5 years 7,626 3,847 50.4 5,883 2,399 40.8 456 345 75.7 1,287 1,103 85.7
    5 to 17 years 19,402 8,418 43.4 14,732 5,114 34.7 961 540 56.2 3,709 2,764 74.5
  18 to 64 years 61,559 19,119 31.1 49,128 11,892 24.2 1,441 613 42.5 10,990 6,614 60.2
    18 to 24 years 8,360 3,295 39.4 5,807 1,735 29.9 434 185 42.6 2,119 1,375 64.9
    25 to 34 years 12,212 4,820 39.5 9,564 3,006 31.4 238 104 43.6 2,409 1,711 71.0
    35 to 44 years 14,264 4,725 33.1 11,499 2,943 25.6 196 105 53.8 2,569 1,678 65.3
    45 to 54 years 15,252 3,712 24.3 12,295 2,290 18.6 358 132 36.8 2,598 1,291 49.7
    55 to 59 years 6,389 1,308 20.5 5,472 934 17.1 144 54 37.3 773 320 41.5
    60 to 64 years 5,083 1,258 24.7 4,491 985 21.9 71 33 (B) 522 240 46.0
  65 years and over 10,744 4,056 37.8 8,546 3,010 35.2 296 148 50.2 1,903 898 47.2
    65 to 74 years 6,410 2,189 34.2 5,407 1,685 31.2 110 64 57.9 893 440 49.3
    75 years and over 4,334 1,867 43.1 3,139 1,325 42.2 185 84 45.6 1,009 457 45.3

Poverty Footnotes

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