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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		32,818 25,537 77.8 15,955 10,407 65.2 2,530 2,036 80.5 14,332 13,093 91.4
  Under 18 years 12,238 10,581 86.5 4,929 3,622 73.5 775 697 90.0 6,534 6,262 95.8
    Under 5 years 3,526 3,115 88.3 1,405 1,085 77.2 230 208 90.2 1,891 1,822 96.3
    5 to 17 years 8,711 7,467 85.7 3,523 2,537 72.0 545 490 89.9 4,643 4,440 95.6
  18 to 64 years 18,609 13,457 72.3 9,795 5,902 60.3 1,612 1,227 76.1 7,202 6,329 87.9
    18 to 24 years 3,697 2,895 78.3 1,360 864 63.6 395 304 77.0 1,943 1,727 88.9
    25 to 34 years 4,251 3,291 77.4 1,961 1,281 65.3 411 315 76.5 1,878 1,696 90.3
    35 to 44 years 4,151 2,988 72.0 2,314 1,419 61.3 320 238 74.5 1,518 1,331 87.7
    45 to 54 years 4,059 2,713 66.8 2,473 1,388 56.1 329 259 78.8 1,256 1,066 84.9
    55 to 59 years 1,408 876 62.2 939 503 53.5 104 77 73.6 365 296 81.3
    60 to 64 years 1,043 693 66.5 747 447 59.8 53 34 (B) 243 212 87.3
  65 years and over 1,971 1,498 76.0 1,232 883 71.7 144 112 78.3 596 503 84.3
    65 to 74 years 1,170 884 75.5 813 584 71.9 65 49 (B) 292 251 86.0
    75 years and over 801 614 76.7 419 299 71.3 78 64 81.5 304 251 82.8
Male 15,163 11,496 75.8 8,226 5,347 65.0 1,784 1,431 80.2 5,154 4,719 91.6
  Under 18 years 6,169 5,326 86.3 2,471 1,796 72.7 438 395 90.2 3,260 3,135 96.2
    Under 5 years 1,778 1,557 87.6 715 543 76.0 124 114 91.8 940 900 95.8
    5 to 17 years 4,391 3,769 85.8 1,757 1,253 71.3 314 281 89.5 2,321 2,235 96.3
  18 to 64 years 8,150 5,554 68.1 5,045 3,047 60.4 1,263 969 76.7 1,841 1,538 83.5
    18 to 24 years 1,766 1,321 74.8 691 434 62.9 289 215 74.4 786 672 85.5
    25 to 34 years 1,814 1,329 73.3 993 654 65.8 347 268 77.5 474 407 85.8
    35 to 44 years 1,713 1,107 64.6 1,182 714 60.5 274 206 75.4 257 186 72.4
    45 to 54 years 1,770 1,159 65.5 1,292 761 58.9 230 187 81.4 247 211 85.2
    55 to 59 years 633 366 57.8 498 262 52.5 86 69 79.4 49 36 (B)
    60 to 64 years 455 272 59.7 389 221 56.9 38 23 (B) 28 27 (B)
  65 years and over 844 616 73.0 709 504 71.1 83 67 80.7 52 45 (B)
    65 to 74 years 526 379 71.9 458 326 71.0 45 33 (B) 23 20 (B)
    75 years and over 318 238 74.9 250 179 71.3 38 34 (B) 29 25 (B)
Female 17,655 14,040 79.5 7,729 5,060 65.5 747 606 81.1 9,179 8,375 91.2
  Under 18 years 6,068 5,255 86.6 2,457 1,826 74.3 337 303 89.7 3,274 3,126 95.5
    Under 5 years 1,748 1,557 89.1 691 542 78.5 106 94 88.3 951 922 96.9
    5 to 17 years 4,320 3,698 85.6 1,767 1,284 72.7 231 209 90.4 2,323 2,205 94.9
  18 to 64 years 10,459 7,904 75.6 4,750 2,855 60.1 349 258 73.9 5,361 4,791 89.4
    18 to 24 years 1,931 1,574 81.5 669 430 64.3 106 89 84.0 1,157 1,055 91.2
    25 to 34 years 2,437 1,963 80.5 968 627 64.8 65 46 (B) 1,404 1,290 91.9
    35 to 44 years 2,438 1,881 77.2 1,132 705 62.3 46 32 (B) 1,260 1,145 90.8
    45 to 54 years 2,289 1,553 67.9 1,181 626 53.0 99 72 72.6 1,009 855 84.8
    55 to 59 years 775 510 65.8 441 241 54.6 18 8 (B) 316 261 82.5
    60 to 64 years 589 422 71.7 359 226 63.0 15 11 (B) 215 185 86.2
  65 years and over 1,127 882 78.2 523 379 72.5 61 46 (B) 544 457 84.1
    65 to 74 years 644 505 78.5 354 259 73.0 20 16 (B) 269 231 85.7
    75 years and over 483 376 77.9 168 120 71.3 40 30 (B) 274 226 82.6

Poverty Footnotes

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