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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, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 44,762 28.1 132,482 30,430 23.0 8,063 3,550 44.0 18,799 10,783 57.4
  Under 18 years 40,765 14,761 36.2 32,197 9,057 28.1 2,280 1,235 54.2 6,288 4,470 71.1
    Under 5 years 10,814 4,278 39.6 8,795 2,708 30.8 625 410 65.6 1,394 1,159 83.1
    5 to 17 years 29,951 10,484 35.0 23,402 6,348 27.1 1,655 825 49.8 4,894 3,310 67.6
  18 to 64 years 98,523 23,234 23.6 82,631 15,673 19.0 5,118 2,016 39.4 10,773 5,545 51.5
    18 to 24 years 13,114 3,953 30.1 9,439 2,140 22.7 1,122 451 40.2 2,553 1,361 53.3
    25 to 34 years 17,414 5,040 28.9 14,238 3,320 23.3 1,062 448 42.2 2,114 1,273 60.2
    35 to 44 years 21,916 5,391 24.6 18,723 3,728 19.9 957 401 41.9 2,237 1,262 56.4
    45 to 54 years 25,519 4,904 19.2 21,633 3,288 15.2 1,258 456 36.2 2,628 1,160 44.1
    55 to 59 years 11,165 1,986 17.8 9,913 1,521 15.3 492 183 37.2 760 282 37.1
    60 to 64 years 9,394 1,959 20.9 8,686 1,675 19.3 226 77 34.2 481 207 43.0
  65 years and over 20,057 6,767 33.7 17,653 5,700 32.3 665 298 44.8 1,738 768 44.2
    65 to 74 years 11,911 3,401 28.6 10,860 2,917 26.9 272 124 45.8 779 359 46.2
    75 years and over 8,146 3,366 41.3 6,793 2,783 41.0 394 174 44.2 959 409 42.6
Male 79,153 21,436 27.1 67,334 15,444 22.9 5,799 2,497 43.1 6,019 3,495 58.1
  Under 18 years 20,932 7,597 36.3 16,496 4,654 28.2 1,264 669 52.9 3,172 2,275 71.7
    Under 5 years 5,540 2,149 38.8 4,496 1,334 29.7 337 208 61.7 707 608 86.0
    5 to 17 years 15,393 5,448 35.4 12,000 3,321 27.7 928 461 49.7 2,465 1,667 67.6
  18 to 64 years 47,843 10,523 22.0 41,012 7,705 18.8 4,121 1,656 40.2 2,709 1,162 42.9
    18 to 24 years 6,662 1,845 27.7 4,827 1,059 21.9 802 333 41.5 1,034 454 43.9
    25 to 34 years 8,180 2,121 25.9 6,783 1,544 22.8 906 385 42.5 492 192 39.1
    35 to 44 years 10,443 2,367 22.7 9,211 1,854 20.1 840 350 41.6 391 162 41.5
    45 to 54 years 12,305 2,265 18.4 10,733 1,627 15.2 1,012 384 38.0 560 254 45.4
    55 to 59 years 5,488 996 18.2 4,938 785 15.9 382 142 37.3 167 69 40.9
    60 to 64 years 4,764 928 19.5 4,520 835 18.5 179 62 34.7 66 31 (B)
  65 years and over 10,378 3,316 32.0 9,826 3,085 31.4 414 172 41.7 138 58 42.2
    65 to 74 years 6,155 1,575 25.6 5,919 1,472 24.9 178 72 40.3 58 31 (B)
    75 years and over 4,223 1,741 41.2 3,907 1,613 41.3 236 101 42.7 81 28 34.2
Female 80,191 23,326 29.1 65,147 14,985 23.0 2,264 1,053 46.5 12,780 7,288 57.0
  Under 18 years 19,832 7,164 36.1 15,701 4,402 28.0 1,015 566 55.8 3,116 2,195 70.4
    Under 5 years 5,274 2,128 40.4 4,299 1,375 32.0 288 202 70.2 688 552 80.2
    5 to 17 years 14,558 5,035 34.6 11,403 3,028 26.6 727 364 50.1 2,428 1,644 67.7
  18 to 64 years 50,680 12,711 25.1 41,619 7,968 19.1 997 360 36.1 8,064 4,383 54.4
    18 to 24 years 6,452 2,108 32.7 4,612 1,082 23.5 320 118 37.0 1,519 908 59.7
    25 to 34 years 9,234 2,919 31.6 7,455 1,775 23.8 157 63 40.3 1,622 1,081 66.6
    35 to 44 years 11,473 3,024 26.4 9,511 1,874 19.7 116 51 44.0 1,846 1,099 59.6
    45 to 54 years 13,214 2,639 20.0 10,900 1,662 15.2 246 72 29.1 2,069 906 43.8
    55 to 59 years 5,677 990 17.4 4,975 736 14.8 110 41 37.0 593 213 36.0
    60 to 64 years 4,630 1,031 22.3 4,167 840 20.2 47 15 (B) 416 176 42.4
  65 years and over 9,678 3,451 35.7 7,827 2,615 33.4 252 126 50.1 1,600 710 44.4
    65 to 74 years 5,756 1,826 31.7 4,941 1,445 29.3 94 53 56.1 721 329 45.6
    75 years and over 3,923 1,624 41.4 2,886 1,170 40.5 158 73 46.4 879 381 43.4

Poverty Footnotes

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