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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 50% of poverty (5) Percentage below 50% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 50% of poverty (5) Percentage below 50% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 50% of poverty (5) Percentage below 50% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 50% of poverty (5) Percentage below 50% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		248,301 11,638 4.7 189,191 4,217 2.2 15,083 842 5.6 44,027 6,579 14.9
  Under 18 years 73,153 5,921 8.1 51,351 1,638 3.2 4,262 369 8.7 17,541 3,915 22.3
    Under 5 years 20,858 2,172 10.4 14,845 547 3.7 1,261 118 9.4 4,753 1,507 31.7
    5 to 17 years 52,295 3,749 7.2 36,506 1,091 3.0 3,001 251 8.4 12,788 2,408 18.8
  18 to 64 years 149,742 5,180 3.5 116,401 2,172 1.9 9,792 460 4.7 23,548 2,548 10.8
    18 to 24 years 22,230 1,164 5.2 14,191 280 2.0 2,206 104 4.7 5,833 779 13.3
    25 to 34 years 30,197 1,504 5.0 22,354 561 2.5 2,377 110 4.6 5,466 833 15.2
    35 to 44 years 34,423 1,126 3.3 27,506 497 1.8 1,935 113 5.8 4,983 517 10.4
    45 to 54 years 35,983 793 2.2 28,965 403 1.4 2,123 87 4.1 4,896 303 6.2
    55 to 59 years 14,869 329 2.2 12,631 216 1.7 784 35 4.5 1,454 79 5.4
    60 to 64 years 12,040 265 2.2 10,755 215 2.0 368 11 2.9 917 39 4.2
  65 years and over 25,405 537 2.1 21,439 407 1.9 1,029 14 1.3 2,938 116 3.9
    65 to 74 years 15,159 301 2.0 13,291 232 1.7 464 9 1.9 1,404 61 4.3
    75 years and over 10,246 235 2.3 8,147 175 2.2 565 5 0.9 1,534 55 3.6
Male 122,174 5,038 4.1 96,206 2,145 2.2 10,748 601 5.6 15,220 2,292 15.1
  Under 18 years 37,384 2,999 8.0 26,236 836 3.2 2,356 215 9.1 8,792 1,948 22.2
    Under 5 years 10,671 1,097 10.3 7,632 280 3.7 655 64 9.7 2,385 754 31.6
    5 to 17 years 26,713 1,902 7.1 18,604 556 3.0 1,701 152 8.9 6,407 1,194 18.6
  18 to 64 years 72,047 1,803 2.5 58,137 1,091 1.9 7,777 378 4.9 6,133 334 5.5
    18 to 24 years 11,191 405 3.6 7,232 139 1.9 1,612 83 5.1 2,348 183 7.8
    25 to 34 years 14,233 413 2.9 10,779 269 2.5 2,035 95 4.7 1,420 49 3.4
    35 to 44 years 16,238 371 2.3 13,689 247 1.8 1,651 90 5.5 898 34 3.8
    45 to 54 years 17,184 328 1.9 14,509 207 1.4 1,614 74 4.6 1,062 47 4.4
    55 to 59 years 7,209 157 2.2 6,333 113 1.8 596 27 4.6 280 17 6.0
    60 to 64 years 5,992 129 2.2 5,597 115 2.1 269 9 3.3 125 5 3.9
  65 years and over 12,743 236 1.9 11,833 218 1.8 615 8 1.3 295 10 3.4
    65 to 74 years 7,630 124 1.6 7,197 115 1.6 295 7 2.3 139 2 1.4
    75 years and over 5,112 112 2.2 4,637 103 2.2 320 1 0.3 156 8 5.1
Female 126,127 6,600 5.2 92,985 2,073 2.2 4,335 241 5.6 28,807 4,287 14.9
  Under 18 years 35,769 2,922 8.2 25,115 802 3.2 1,905 154 8.1 8,748 1,967 22.5
    Under 5 years 10,187 1,075 10.6 7,213 267 3.7 606 54 9.0 2,368 753 31.8
    5 to 17 years 25,582 1,848 7.2 17,903 535 3.0 1,299 99 7.6 6,381 1,214 19.0
  18 to 64 years 77,695 3,377 4.3 58,264 1,081 1.9 2,015 81 4.0 17,416 2,214 12.7
    18 to 24 years 11,039 758 6.9 6,959 141 2.0 594 22 3.6 3,485 595 17.1
    25 to 34 years 15,964 1,090 6.8 11,576 292 2.5 342 15 4.3 4,046 784 19.4
    35 to 44 years 18,185 755 4.2 13,817 250 1.8 283 23 7.9 4,085 483 11.8
    45 to 54 years 18,799 465 2.5 14,457 196 1.4 509 13 2.6 3,834 257 6.7
    55 to 59 years 7,660 172 2.2 6,298 103 1.6 188 7 3.9 1,174 62 5.3
    60 to 64 years 6,048 135 2.2 5,158 100 1.9 98 2 1.9 792 34 4.3
  65 years and over 12,662 301 2.4 9,605 189 2.0 414 6 1.4 2,643 106 4.0
    65 to 74 years 7,529 177 2.4 6,095 117 1.9 169 2 1.3 1,265 59 4.6
    75 years and over 5,134 123 2.4 3,511 72 2.1 245 4 1.6 1,378 47 3.4

Poverty Footnotes

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