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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 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 58,126 36.5 132,482 41,524 31.3 8,063 4,192 52.0 18,799 12,410 66.0
  Under 18 years 40,765 18,609 45.6 32,197 12,261 38.1 2,280 1,420 62.3 6,288 4,928 78.4
    Under 5 years 10,814 5,306 49.1 8,795 3,613 41.1 625 459 73.5 1,394 1,234 88.5
    5 to 17 years 29,951 13,302 44.4 23,402 8,647 37.0 1,655 961 58.1 4,894 3,694 75.5
  18 to 64 years 98,523 30,612 31.1 82,631 21,643 26.2 5,118 2,427 47.4 10,773 6,542 60.7
    18 to 24 years 13,114 5,019 38.3 9,439 2,871 30.4 1,122 550 49.0 2,553 1,598 62.6
    25 to 34 years 17,414 6,551 37.6 14,238 4,543 31.9 1,062 543 51.1 2,114 1,465 69.3
    35 to 44 years 21,916 7,240 33.0 18,723 5,304 28.3 957 470 49.1 2,237 1,466 65.5
    45 to 54 years 25,519 6,647 26.0 21,633 4,705 21.7 1,258 540 42.9 2,628 1,402 53.4
    55 to 59 years 11,165 2,628 23.5 9,913 2,043 20.6 492 229 46.5 760 355 46.7
    60 to 64 years 9,394 2,528 26.9 8,686 2,176 25.1 226 95 42.2 481 256 53.2
  65 years and over 20,057 8,904 44.4 17,653 7,620 43.2 665 345 51.8 1,738 940 54.1
    65 to 74 years 11,911 4,558 38.3 10,860 4,006 36.9 272 135 49.6 779 417 53.5
    75 years and over 8,146 4,347 53.4 6,793 3,614 53.2 394 210 53.4 959 523 54.5
Male 79,153 28,036 35.4 67,334 21,061 31.3 5,799 2,952 50.9 6,019 4,022 66.8
  Under 18 years 20,932 9,553 45.6 16,496 6,267 38.0 1,264 780 61.7 3,172 2,506 79.0
    Under 5 years 5,540 2,702 48.8 4,496 1,823 40.5 337 238 70.6 707 641 90.8
    5 to 17 years 15,393 6,851 44.5 12,000 4,444 37.0 928 542 58.5 2,465 1,864 75.6
  18 to 64 years 47,843 14,118 29.5 41,012 10,696 26.1 4,121 1,967 47.7 2,709 1,455 53.7
    18 to 24 years 6,662 2,448 36.7 4,827 1,462 30.3 802 402 50.1 1,034 585 56.6
    25 to 34 years 8,180 2,805 34.3 6,783 2,108 31.1 906 452 50.0 492 244 49.6
    35 to 44 years 10,443 3,220 30.8 9,211 2,621 28.4 840 402 47.8 391 198 50.6
    45 to 54 years 12,305 3,102 25.2 10,733 2,347 21.9 1,012 450 44.5 560 305 54.4
    55 to 59 years 5,488 1,323 24.1 4,938 1,052 21.3 382 181 47.3 167 90 53.8
    60 to 64 years 4,764 1,219 25.6 4,520 1,106 24.5 179 80 44.8 66 33 (B)
  65 years and over 10,378 4,366 42.1 9,826 4,098 41.7 414 205 49.7 138 62 44.9
    65 to 74 years 6,155 2,112 34.3 5,919 1,999 33.8 178 80 45.1 58 33 (B)
    75 years and over 4,223 2,254 53.4 3,907 2,100 53.7 236 125 53.1 81 29 36.5
Female 80,191 30,090 37.5 65,147 20,463 31.4 2,264 1,240 54.8 12,780 8,387 65.6
  Under 18 years 19,832 9,056 45.7 15,701 5,994 38.2 1,015 640 63.0 3,116 2,423 77.7
    Under 5 years 5,274 2,605 49.4 4,299 1,791 41.7 288 221 76.8 688 593 86.2
    5 to 17 years 14,558 6,451 44.3 11,403 4,203 36.9 727 419 57.6 2,428 1,830 75.4
  18 to 64 years 50,680 16,495 32.5 41,619 10,947 26.3 997 460 46.2 8,064 5,087 63.1
    18 to 24 years 6,452 2,571 39.8 4,612 1,410 30.6 320 148 46.3 1,519 1,012 66.7
    25 to 34 years 9,234 3,747 40.6 7,455 2,435 32.7 157 91 58.0 1,622 1,221 75.3
    35 to 44 years 11,473 4,020 35.0 9,511 2,684 28.2 116 68 58.4 1,846 1,268 68.7
    45 to 54 years 13,214 3,545 26.8 10,900 2,358 21.6 246 90 36.5 2,069 1,098 53.1
    55 to 59 years 5,677 1,304 23.0 4,975 991 19.9 110 48 43.8 593 265 44.7
    60 to 64 years 4,630 1,308 28.3 4,167 1,070 25.7 47 15 (B) 416 223 53.6
  65 years and over 9,678 4,539 46.9 7,827 3,522 45.0 252 139 55.4 1,600 877 54.9
    65 to 74 years 5,756 2,446 42.5 4,941 2,008 40.6 94 54 58.0 721 384 53.3
    75 years and over 3,923 2,093 53.3 2,886 1,514 52.5 158 85 53.9 879 493 56.2

Poverty Footnotes

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