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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		32,818 28,188 85.9 15,955 12,292 77.0 2,530 2,248 88.8 14,332 13,649 95.2
  Under 18 years 12,238 11,275 92.1 4,929 4,152 84.3 775 728 94.0 6,534 6,394 97.9
    Under 5 years 3,526 3,269 92.7 1,405 1,205 85.7 230 218 94.6 1,891 1,847 97.7
    5 to 17 years 8,711 8,006 91.9 3,523 2,948 83.7 545 511 93.7 4,643 4,548 97.9
  18 to 64 years 18,609 15,229 81.8 9,795 7,127 72.8 1,612 1,389 86.2 7,202 6,713 93.2
    18 to 24 years 3,697 3,190 86.3 1,360 1,019 75.0 395 348 88.1 1,943 1,823 93.8
    25 to 34 years 4,251 3,630 85.4 1,961 1,510 77.0 411 352 85.4 1,878 1,769 94.2
    35 to 44 years 4,151 3,466 83.5 2,314 1,759 76.0 320 283 88.7 1,518 1,424 93.8
    45 to 54 years 4,059 3,117 76.8 2,473 1,698 68.6 329 282 85.6 1,256 1,138 90.6
    55 to 59 years 1,408 1,015 72.1 939 599 63.7 104 82 78.4 365 334 91.6
    60 to 64 years 1,043 810 77.7 747 542 72.5 53 43 (B) 243 225 92.6
  65 years and over 1,971 1,684 85.4 1,232 1,012 82.2 144 130 90.4 596 542 90.9
    65 to 74 years 1,170 987 84.4 813 667 82.1 65 57 (B) 292 263 90.0
    75 years and over 801 696 86.9 419 345 82.3 78 73 92.8 304 279 91.8
Male 15,163 12,811 84.5 8,226 6,306 76.7 1,784 1,586 88.9 5,154 4,918 95.4
  Under 18 years 6,169 5,649 91.6 2,471 2,052 83.0 438 411 93.9 3,260 3,186 97.7
    Under 5 years 1,778 1,637 92.1 715 610 85.4 124 116 94.0 940 910 96.9
    5 to 17 years 4,391 4,012 91.4 1,757 1,441 82.0 314 294 93.8 2,321 2,276 98.1
  18 to 64 years 8,150 6,458 79.2 5,045 3,675 72.8 1,263 1,100 87.1 1,841 1,683 91.4
    18 to 24 years 1,766 1,493 84.5 691 514 74.3 289 253 87.4 786 727 92.5
    25 to 34 years 1,814 1,507 83.1 993 771 77.6 347 304 87.8 474 432 91.3
    35 to 44 years 1,713 1,359 79.4 1,182 897 75.9 274 242 88.4 257 221 85.8
    45 to 54 years 1,770 1,345 76.0 1,292 912 70.6 230 201 87.3 247 232 93.7
    55 to 59 years 633 426 67.3 498 310 62.2 86 72 83.5 49 44 (B)
    60 to 64 years 455 327 72.0 389 272 69.9 38 28 (B) 28 27 (B)
  65 years and over 844 704 83.4 709 580 81.8 83 76 91.2 52 49 (B)
    65 to 74 years 526 435 82.6 458 374 81.5 45 40 (B) 23 21 (B)
    75 years and over 318 269 84.8 250 206 82.3 38 35 (B) 29 28 (B)
Female 17,655 15,377 87.1 7,729 5,986 77.4 747 661 88.6 9,179 8,731 95.1
  Under 18 years 6,068 5,626 92.7 2,457 2,101 85.5 337 317 94.2 3,274 3,208 98.0
    Under 5 years 1,748 1,632 93.4 691 594 86.1 106 101 95.4 951 936 98.4
    5 to 17 years 4,320 3,994 92.5 1,767 1,506 85.3 231 216 93.6 2,323 2,272 97.8
  18 to 64 years 10,459 8,771 83.9 4,750 3,452 72.7 349 289 83.0 5,361 5,030 93.8
    18 to 24 years 1,931 1,697 87.9 669 506 75.7 106 95 90.0 1,157 1,096 94.8
    25 to 34 years 2,437 2,123 87.1 968 739 76.4 65 47 (B) 1,404 1,337 95.2
    35 to 44 years 2,438 2,107 86.4 1,132 863 76.2 46 41 (B) 1,260 1,203 95.4
    45 to 54 years 2,289 1,772 77.4 1,181 785 66.5 99 81 81.8 1,009 906 89.8
    55 to 59 years 775 588 75.9 441 289 65.4 18 10 (B) 316 290 91.8
    60 to 64 years 589 483 82.1 359 270 75.4 15 15 (B) 215 198 92.2
  65 years and over 1,127 980 86.9 523 432 82.7 61 54 (B) 544 493 90.7
    65 to 74 years 644 553 85.8 354 294 82.9 20 17 (B) 269 242 89.9
    75 years and over 483 427 88.4 168 139 82.4 40 37 (B) 274 251 91.5

Poverty Footnotes

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