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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 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 102,715 64.5 132,482 80,139 60.5 8,063 6,271 77.8 18,799 16,305 86.7
  Under 18 years 40,765 30,262 74.2 32,197 22,414 69.6 2,280 1,947 85.4 6,288 5,901 93.8
    Under 5 years 10,814 8,230 76.1 8,795 6,283 71.4 625 579 92.6 1,394 1,368 98.1
    5 to 17 years 29,951 22,032 73.6 23,402 16,131 68.9 1,655 1,368 82.7 4,894 4,532 92.6
  18 to 64 years 98,523 58,485 59.4 82,631 45,624 55.2 5,118 3,836 74.9 10,773 9,025 83.8
    18 to 24 years 13,114 8,851 67.5 9,439 5,790 61.3 1,122 875 78.0 2,553 2,186 85.6
    25 to 34 years 17,414 11,594 66.6 14,238 8,917 62.6 1,062 831 78.2 2,114 1,846 87.3
    35 to 44 years 21,916 14,075 64.2 18,723 11,382 60.8 957 716 74.8 2,237 1,977 88.4
    45 to 54 years 25,519 13,763 53.9 21,633 10,774 49.8 1,258 915 72.7 2,628 2,074 78.9
    55 to 59 years 11,165 5,329 47.7 9,913 4,404 44.4 492 356 72.2 760 570 75.0
    60 to 64 years 9,394 4,872 51.9 8,686 4,357 50.2 226 143 63.4 481 372 77.2
  65 years and over 20,057 13,969 69.6 17,653 12,101 68.5 665 488 73.4 1,738 1,380 79.4
    65 to 74 years 11,911 7,676 64.4 10,860 6,868 63.2 272 197 72.3 779 611 78.4
    75 years and over 8,146 6,293 77.3 6,793 5,232 77.0 394 292 74.1 959 769 80.2
Male 79,153 50,449 63.7 67,334 40,711 60.5 5,799 4,484 77.3 6,019 5,255 87.3
  Under 18 years 20,932 15,618 74.6 16,496 11,533 69.9 1,264 1,095 86.6 3,172 2,991 94.3
    Under 5 years 5,540 4,270 77.1 4,496 3,257 72.4 337 310 92.2 707 702 99.4
    5 to 17 years 15,393 11,349 73.7 12,000 8,275 69.0 928 784 84.6 2,465 2,289 92.8
  18 to 64 years 47,843 27,835 58.2 41,012 22,577 55.0 4,121 3,098 75.2 2,709 2,160 79.7
    18 to 24 years 6,662 4,427 66.5 4,827 2,941 60.9 802 635 79.1 1,034 851 82.4
    25 to 34 years 8,180 5,271 64.4 6,783 4,182 61.7 906 710 78.4 492 379 77.0
    35 to 44 years 10,443 6,558 62.8 9,211 5,629 61.1 840 621 73.9 391 308 78.7
    45 to 54 years 12,305 6,563 53.3 10,733 5,388 50.2 1,012 739 73.0 560 436 77.9
    55 to 59 years 5,488 2,655 48.4 4,938 2,242 45.4 382 275 71.9 167 138 82.5
    60 to 64 years 4,764 2,361 49.6 4,520 2,194 48.5 179 119 66.4 66 48 (B)
  65 years and over 10,378 6,995 67.4 9,826 6,602 67.2 414 290 70.2 138 104 74.8
    65 to 74 years 6,155 3,780 61.4 5,919 3,606 60.9 178 124 69.7 58 49 (B)
    75 years and over 4,223 3,216 76.1 3,907 2,995 76.7 236 166 70.5 81 54 67.1
Female 80,191 52,266 65.2 65,147 39,428 60.5 2,264 1,788 79.0 12,780 11,051 86.5
  Under 18 years 19,832 14,643 73.8 15,701 10,881 69.3 1,015 852 83.9 3,116 2,910 93.4
    Under 5 years 5,274 3,960 75.1 4,299 3,025 70.4 288 268 93.1 688 666 96.9
    5 to 17 years 14,558 10,683 73.4 11,403 7,856 68.9 727 584 80.3 2,428 2,244 92.4
  18 to 64 years 50,680 30,649 60.5 41,619 23,047 55.4 997 737 74.0 8,064 6,865 85.1
    18 to 24 years 6,452 4,424 68.6 4,612 2,848 61.8 320 241 75.1 1,519 1,335 87.9
    25 to 34 years 9,234 6,323 68.5 7,455 4,735 63.5 157 121 77.3 1,622 1,467 90.5
    35 to 44 years 11,473 7,517 65.5 9,511 5,753 60.5 116 95 81.4 1,846 1,669 90.4
    45 to 54 years 13,214 7,200 54.5 10,900 5,386 49.4 246 176 71.4 2,069 1,638 79.2
    55 to 59 years 5,677 2,674 47.1 4,975 2,162 43.5 110 81 73.2 593 432 72.8
    60 to 64 years 4,630 2,511 54.2 4,167 2,163 51.9 47 24 (B) 416 324 77.8
  65 years and over 9,678 6,973 72.1 7,827 5,499 70.3 252 198 78.6 1,600 1,276 79.8
    65 to 74 years 5,756 3,896 67.7 4,941 3,262 66.0 94 72 77.1 721 561 77.8
    75 years and over 3,923 3,078 78.5 2,886 2,237 77.5 158 125 79.4 879 715 81.4

Poverty Footnotes

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