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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)

Black alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		30,986 3,372 10.9 14,928 506 3.4 2,410 205 8.5 13,648 2,662 19.5
  Under 18 years 11,034 1,892 17.2 4,290 188 4.4 709 87 12.2 6,036 1,617 26.8
    Under 5 years 3,118 695 22.3 1,202 64 5.4 205 24 11.8 1,711 606 35.4
    5 to 17 years 7,916 1,198 15.1 3,088 124 4.0 504 63 12.4 4,324 1,011 23.4
  18 to 64 years 18,020 1,395 7.7 9,440 272 2.9 1,558 114 7.3 7,022 1,009 14.4
    18 to 24 years 3,524 405 11.5 1,278 50 3.9 372 25 6.8 1,874 330 17.6
    25 to 34 years 4,102 436 10.6 1,873 71 3.8 400 39 9.8 1,829 327 17.9
    35 to 44 years 4,028 299 7.4 2,227 64 2.9 309 26 8.5 1,492 208 13.9
    45 to 54 years 3,961 161 4.1 2,416 38 1.6 321 17 5.3 1,224 106 8.7
    55 to 59 years 1,378 56 4.1 913 31 3.4 104 3 2.9 362 23 6.2
    60 to 64 years 1,028 38 3.7 734 19 2.5 52 3 (B) 242 16 6.6
  65 years and over 1,932 85 4.4 1,199 45 3.8 144 4 2.8 590 35 6.0
    65 to 74 years 1,141 38 3.3 787 14 1.7 65 4 (B) 289 20 7.1
    75 years and over 791 47 5.9 412 32 7.7 78 0 0.0 301 15 4.9
Male 14,268 1,369 9.6 7,725 241 3.1 1,701 170 10.0 4,842 959 19.8
  Under 18 years 5,572 959 17.2 2,165 82 3.8 406 63 15.6 3,001 814 27.1
    Under 5 years 1,583 327 20.7 623 17 2.7 111 14 13.0 849 296 34.8
    5 to 17 years 3,990 632 15.8 1,543 65 4.2 295 49 16.6 2,151 518 24.1
  18 to 64 years 7,875 375 4.8 4,874 133 2.7 1,211 102 8.4 1,789 141 7.9
    18 to 24 years 1,678 136 8.1 655 21 3.2 268 23 8.5 756 93 12.2
    25 to 34 years 1,745 86 4.9 948 32 3.3 336 34 10.2 461 20 4.3
    35 to 44 years 1,663 66 4.0 1,143 29 2.5 263 25 9.4 257 13 5.0
    45 to 54 years 1,720 48 2.8 1,260 22 1.7 222 14 6.5 238 13 5.3
    55 to 59 years 621 25 4.1 486 19 4.0 86 3 3.3 49 3 (B)
    60 to 64 years 448 14 3.0 382 10 2.7 38 3 (B) 28 0 (B)
  65 years and over 821 35 4.3 686 27 3.9 83 4 4.9 52 4 (B)
    65 to 74 years 508 16 3.1 441 10 2.3 45 4 (B) 23 2 (B)
    75 years and over 312 19 6.1 245 17 6.7 38 0 (B) 29 3 (B)
Female 16,718 2,003 12.0 7,203 265 3.7 710 35 5.0 8,805 1,703 19.3
  Under 18 years 5,461 934 17.1 2,124 107 5.0 302 23 7.7 3,035 804 26.5
    Under 5 years 1,535 368 24.0 579 47 8.2 94 10 10.3 862 311 36.0
    5 to 17 years 3,926 566 14.4 1,545 59 3.8 209 14 6.5 2,173 493 22.7
  18 to 64 years 10,145 1,020 10.1 4,566 139 3.1 347 12 3.5 5,233 868 16.6
    18 to 24 years 1,846 269 14.5 623 29 4.6 105 3 2.6 1,118 237 21.2
    25 to 34 years 2,357 350 14.9 925 39 4.2 64 5 (B) 1,368 307 22.4
    35 to 44 years 2,365 233 9.8 1,085 35 3.3 46 2 (B) 1,235 195 15.8
    45 to 54 years 2,240 113 5.0 1,156 17 1.4 99 3 2.6 985 94 9.5
    55 to 59 years 757 31 4.1 427 11 2.7 18 0 (B) 313 20 6.3
    60 to 64 years 580 24 4.2 351 8 2.3 15 0 (B) 214 16 7.5
  65 years and over 1,112 50 4.5 513 19 3.7 61 0 (B) 538 31 5.7
    65 to 74 years 633 22 3.5 347 4 1.0 20 0 (B) 266 19 7.0
    75 years and over 479 28 5.8 166 15 9.2 40 0 (B) 272 12 4.5

Poverty Footnotes

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