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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)

Asian alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		11,719 514 4.4 9,670 387 4.0 741 19 2.5 1,308 109 8.3
  Under 18 years 3,035 198 6.5 2,539 144 5.7 132 4 2.7 364 49 13.6
    Under 5 years 922 70 7.6 816 53 6.5 22 0 (B) 84 16 19.5
    5 to 17 years 2,113 128 6.1 1,723 91 5.3 109 3 3.0 280 33 11.8
  18 to 64 years 7,598 284 3.7 6,281 221 3.5 527 15 2.9 789 49 6.2
    18 to 24 years 889 42 4.7 621 27 4.3 118 4 3.2 150 11 7.6
    25 to 34 years 1,675 64 3.8 1,394 55 3.9 111 2 1.6 170 8 4.5
    35 to 44 years 2,049 76 3.7 1,748 60 3.4 116 0 0.3 186 16 8.8
    45 to 54 years 1,757 61 3.5 1,484 46 3.1 101 6 5.7 172 10 5.8
    55 to 59 years 711 29 4.1 590 24 4.0 55 4 (B) 65 2 (B)
    60 to 64 years 517 12 2.2 444 10 2.3 27 0 (B) 46 1 (B)
  65 years and over 1,086 32 3.0 849 21 2.5 82 0 0.0 155 11 7.0
    65 to 74 years 643 21 3.3 514 15 2.9 56 0 (B) 74 6 (B)
    75 years and over 443 11 2.4 335 7 1.9 27 0 (B) 81 4 5.4
Male 5,583 242 4.3 4,687 195 4.2 465 9 1.9 430 38 8.8
  Under 18 years 1,531 103 6.7 1,276 74 5.8 68 1 (B) 188 28 15.0
    Under 5 years 481 42 8.7 423 28 6.7 8 0 (B) 50 13 (B)
    5 to 17 years 1,051 61 5.8 853 45 5.3 60 1 (B) 138 15 11.0
  18 to 64 years 3,570 129 3.6 2,990 111 3.7 360 8 2.2 219 10 4.5
    18 to 24 years 468 22 4.7 337 17 5.0 77 2 2.1 55 4 (B)
    25 to 34 years 769 32 4.2 621 30 4.8 86 2 2.1 62 1 (B)
    35 to 44 years 944 26 2.8 811 23 2.9 83 0 0.5 50 2 (B)
    45 to 54 years 822 32 3.9 717 25 3.5 67 4 (B) 39 3 (B)
    55 to 59 years 333 13 3.8 294 12 4.3 34 0 (B) 6 0 (B)
    60 to 64 years 234 4 1.7 211 4 1.9 14 0 (B) 9 0 (B)
  65 years and over 482 10 2.1 422 10 2.4 37 0 (B) 23 0 (B)
    65 to 74 years 301 8 2.6 264 8 2.9 25 0 (B) 12 0 (B)
    75 years and over 181 2 1.3 158 2 1.4 12 0 (B) 11 0 (B)
Female 6,137 272 4.4 4,982 191 3.8 276 10 3.5 878 71 8.1
  Under 18 years 1,504 94 6.3 1,264 71 5.6 64 2 (B) 176 21 12.2
    Under 5 years 442 28 6.3 394 25 6.2 15 0 (B) 34 3 (B)
    5 to 17 years 1,062 66 6.3 870 46 5.3 50 2 (B) 142 18 12.6
  18 to 64 years 4,029 155 3.9 3,292 109 3.3 167 7 4.4 570 39 6.8
    18 to 24 years 421 20 4.7 284 10 3.6 41 2 (B) 96 8 8.1
    25 to 34 years 906 32 3.5 773 25 3.2 25 0 (B) 108 7 6.4
    35 to 44 years 1,105 50 4.5 938 36 3.8 32 0 (B) 135 14 10.5
    45 to 54 years 935 29 3.1 767 20 2.7 34 2 (B) 133 7 5.0
    55 to 59 years 378 16 4.3 297 11 3.8 22 3 (B) 60 2 (B)
    60 to 64 years 283 8 2.7 233 6 2.7 12 0 (B) 37 1 (B)
  65 years and over 604 22 3.7 427 12 2.7 45 0 (B) 132 11 8.2
    65 to 74 years 342 14 4.0 250 7 2.9 30 0 (B) 62 6 (B)
    75 years and over 262 9 3.3 177 4 2.4 15 0 (B) 70 4 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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