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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)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 4,025 2.5 132,482 1,860 1.4 8,063 425 5.3 18,799 1,739 9.3
  Under 18 years 40,765 1,673 4.1 32,197 582 1.8 2,280 174 7.7 6,288 916 14.6
    Under 5 years 10,814 567 5.2 8,795 183 2.1 625 55 8.7 1,394 330 23.7
    5 to 17 years 29,951 1,106 3.7 23,402 400 1.7 1,655 120 7.2 4,894 586 12.0
  18 to 64 years 98,523 2,047 2.1 82,631 1,015 1.2 5,118 245 4.8 10,773 787 7.3
    18 to 24 years 13,114 413 3.2 9,439 130 1.4 1,122 55 4.9 2,553 228 8.9
    25 to 34 years 17,414 503 2.9 14,238 193 1.4 1,062 48 4.6 2,114 261 12.4
    35 to 44 years 21,916 388 1.8 18,723 184 1.0 957 59 6.2 2,237 145 6.5
    45 to 54 years 25,519 379 1.5 21,633 225 1.0 1,258 51 4.0 2,628 103 3.9
    55 to 59 years 11,165 182 1.6 9,913 120 1.2 492 26 5.3 760 36 4.7
    60 to 64 years 9,394 181 1.9 8,686 163 1.9 226 5 2.3 481 13 2.7
  65 years and over 20,057 305 1.5 17,653 263 1.5 665 6 0.8 1,738 37 2.1
    65 to 74 years 11,911 170 1.4 10,860 153 1.4 272 2 0.8 779 16 2.0
    75 years and over 8,146 135 1.7 6,793 110 1.6 394 4 0.9 959 21 2.2
Male 79,153 1,810 2.3 67,334 964 1.4 5,799 299 5.2 6,019 546 9.1
  Under 18 years 20,932 873 4.2 16,496 317 1.9 1,264 96 7.6 3,172 460 14.5
    Under 5 years 5,540 309 5.6 4,496 102 2.3 337 31 9.2 707 176 25.0
    5 to 17 years 15,393 563 3.7 12,000 215 1.8 928 64 6.9 2,465 283 11.5
  18 to 64 years 47,843 799 1.7 41,012 512 1.2 4,121 201 4.9 2,709 87 3.2
    18 to 24 years 6,662 145 2.2 4,827 67 1.4 802 41 5.1 1,034 37 3.6
    25 to 34 years 8,180 151 1.8 6,783 96 1.4 906 41 4.6 492 13 2.7
    35 to 44 years 10,443 145 1.4 9,211 88 1.0 840 46 5.4 391 11 2.7
    45 to 54 years 12,305 169 1.4 10,733 110 1.0 1,012 45 4.4 560 15 2.6
    55 to 59 years 5,488 90 1.6 4,938 61 1.2 382 22 5.8 167 7 4.2
    60 to 64 years 4,764 99 2.1 4,520 90 2.0 179 5 3.0 66 4 (B)
  65 years and over 10,378 139 1.3 9,826 136 1.4 414 3 0.8 138 0 0.0
    65 to 74 years 6,155 70 1.1 5,919 68 1.1 178 2 1.2 58 0 (B)
    75 years and over 4,223 69 1.6 3,907 68 1.7 236 1 0.5 81 0 0.0
Female 80,191 2,215 2.8 65,147 896 1.4 2,264 126 5.6 12,780 1,193 9.3
  Under 18 years 19,832 800 4.0 15,701 265 1.7 1,015 79 7.8 3,116 456 14.6
    Under 5 years 5,274 258 4.9 4,299 81 1.9 288 24 8.2 688 154 22.3
    5 to 17 years 14,558 542 3.7 11,403 184 1.6 727 55 7.6 2,428 302 12.5
  18 to 64 years 50,680 1,248 2.5 41,619 504 1.2 997 45 4.5 8,064 700 8.7
    18 to 24 years 6,452 268 4.2 4,612 63 1.4 320 14 4.5 1,519 191 12.5
    25 to 34 years 9,234 352 3.8 7,455 97 1.3 157 7 4.5 1,622 248 15.3
    35 to 44 years 11,473 244 2.1 9,511 96 1.0 116 13 11.6 1,846 134 7.3
    45 to 54 years 13,214 210 1.6 10,900 116 1.1 246 6 2.4 2,069 89 4.3
    55 to 59 years 5,677 92 1.6 4,975 59 1.2 110 4 3.6 593 29 4.9
    60 to 64 years 4,630 82 1.8 4,167 73 1.7 47 0 (B) 416 9 2.2
  65 years and over 9,678 166 1.7 7,827 127 1.6 252 2 1.0 1,600 37 2.3
    65 to 74 years 5,756 101 1.8 4,941 85 1.7 94 0 0.0 721 16 2.2
    75 years and over 3,923 65 1.7 2,886 42 1.4 158 2 1.6 879 21 2.4

Poverty Footnotes

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