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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 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 114,010 57.6 159,476 83,587 52.4 11,277 8,054 71.4 27,010 22,368 82.8
  Under 18 years 55,450 38,259 69.0 42,242 26,521 62.8 3,174 2,575 81.1 10,035 9,162 91.3
    Under 5 years 15,639 11,266 72.0 12,080 7,935 65.7 959 844 88.1 2,600 2,487 95.6
    5 to 17 years 39,811 26,993 67.8 30,162 18,587 61.6 2,215 1,731 78.1 7,434 6,676 89.8
  18 to 64 years 120,309 62,309 51.8 98,122 45,678 46.6 7,327 4,935 67.3 14,860 11,696 78.7
    18 to 24 years 16,994 10,235 60.2 11,824 6,231 52.7 1,621 1,135 70.0 3,549 2,868 80.8
    25 to 34 years 23,497 14,134 60.2 18,504 10,209 55.2 1,748 1,215 69.5 3,244 2,710 83.5
    35 to 44 years 27,490 15,419 56.1 22,921 11,817 51.6 1,435 1,009 70.3 3,134 2,593 82.7
    45 to 54 years 29,524 13,316 45.1 24,545 9,837 40.1 1,639 1,052 64.2 3,339 2,427 72.7
    55 to 59 years 12,512 4,834 38.6 10,920 3,824 35.0 603 349 57.8 988 660 66.8
    60 to 64 years 10,293 4,372 42.5 9,408 3,760 40.0 280 174 62.1 606 438 72.3
  65 years and over 22,003 13,442 61.1 19,112 11,388 59.6 775 544 70.2 2,115 1,510 71.4
    65 to 74 years 13,107 7,236 55.2 11,784 6,306 53.5 329 232 70.5 995 699 70.2
    75 years and over 8,896 6,205 69.8 7,328 5,082 69.3 447 312 69.9 1,120 811 72.4
Male 98,431 55,933 56.8 81,186 42,578 52.4 8,124 5,721 70.4 9,121 7,633 83.7
  Under 18 years 28,422 19,655 69.2 21,626 13,622 63.0 1,758 1,424 81.0 5,038 4,609 91.5
    Under 5 years 8,013 5,794 72.3 6,197 4,080 65.8 503 441 87.8 1,313 1,272 96.8
    5 to 17 years 20,409 13,862 67.9 15,429 9,541 61.8 1,255 983 78.3 3,725 3,337 89.6
  18 to 64 years 58,750 29,671 50.5 48,994 22,831 46.6 5,887 3,963 67.3 3,870 2,877 74.3
    18 to 24 years 8,634 5,096 59.0 6,017 3,135 52.1 1,187 846 71.2 1,430 1,115 78.0
    25 to 34 years 11,285 6,581 58.3 8,940 4,903 54.8 1,510 1,046 69.3 835 631 75.6
    35 to 44 years 13,226 7,192 54.4 11,422 5,941 52.0 1,240 857 69.1 565 394 69.8
    45 to 54 years 14,272 6,378 44.7 12,250 5,025 41.0 1,281 826 64.5 741 527 71.1
    55 to 59 years 6,123 2,357 38.5 5,448 1,946 35.7 459 258 56.2 216 153 70.8
    60 to 64 years 5,210 2,069 39.7 4,917 1,881 38.3 210 130 62.2 84 58 68.8
  65 years and over 11,259 6,606 58.7 10,567 6,126 58.0 480 334 69.5 212 147 69.2
    65 to 74 years 6,697 3,465 51.7 6,377 3,238 50.8 218 150 69.0 101 77 75.9
    75 years and over 4,562 3,141 68.9 4,189 2,888 68.9 262 183 70.0 111 70 63.0
Female 99,332 58,077 58.5 78,290 41,010 52.4 3,153 2,333 74.0 17,889 14,735 82.4
  Under 18 years 27,028 18,604 68.8 20,616 12,900 62.6 1,416 1,151 81.3 4,996 4,553 91.1
    Under 5 years 7,626 5,472 71.8 5,883 3,855 65.5 456 403 88.4 1,287 1,215 94.4
    5 to 17 years 19,402 13,132 67.7 14,732 9,045 61.4 961 748 77.9 3,709 3,338 90.0
  18 to 64 years 61,559 32,638 53.0 49,128 22,847 46.5 1,441 972 67.4 10,990 8,819 80.2
    18 to 24 years 8,360 5,139 61.5 5,807 3,096 53.3 434 289 66.7 2,119 1,753 82.7
    25 to 34 years 12,212 7,553 61.9 9,564 5,306 55.5 238 169 70.9 2,409 2,079 86.3
    35 to 44 years 14,264 8,227 57.7 11,499 5,875 51.1 196 153 78.0 2,569 2,199 85.6
    45 to 54 years 15,252 6,939 45.5 12,295 4,812 39.1 358 226 63.1 2,598 1,900 73.1
    55 to 59 years 6,389 2,477 38.8 5,472 1,878 34.3 144 91 63.1 773 508 65.7
    60 to 64 years 5,083 2,304 45.3 4,491 1,880 41.9 71 44 (B) 522 380 72.9
  65 years and over 10,744 6,835 63.6 8,546 5,262 61.6 296 210 71.1 1,903 1,363 71.6
    65 to 74 years 6,410 3,771 58.8 5,407 3,068 56.7 110 81 73.7 893 622 69.6
    75 years and over 4,334 3,064 70.7 3,139 2,194 69.9 185 129 69.6 1,009 741 73.4

Poverty Footnotes

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