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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 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		248,301 197,307 79.5 189,191 142,209 75.2 15,083 13,378 88.7 44,027 41,719 94.8
  Under 18 years 73,153 63,730 87.1 51,351 42,561 82.9 4,262 3,992 93.7 17,541 17,177 97.9
    Under 5 years 20,858 18,343 87.9 14,845 12,427 83.7 1,261 1,223 97.0 4,753 4,693 98.7
    5 to 17 years 52,295 45,387 86.8 36,506 30,134 82.5 3,001 2,769 92.3 12,788 12,484 97.6
  18 to 64 years 149,742 113,337 75.7 116,401 82,886 71.2 9,792 8,521 87.0 23,548 21,930 93.1
    18 to 24 years 22,230 18,447 83.0 14,191 10,946 77.1 2,206 1,991 90.3 5,833 5,509 94.5
    25 to 34 years 30,197 24,668 81.7 22,354 17,399 77.8 2,377 2,112 88.9 5,466 5,156 94.3
    35 to 44 years 34,423 27,318 79.4 27,506 20,887 75.9 1,935 1,689 87.3 4,983 4,742 95.2
    45 to 54 years 35,983 25,405 70.6 28,965 19,193 66.3 2,123 1,790 84.3 4,896 4,421 90.3
    55 to 59 years 14,869 9,540 64.2 12,631 7,604 60.2 784 647 82.5 1,454 1,289 88.7
    60 to 64 years 12,040 7,959 66.1 10,755 6,856 63.8 368 291 79.0 917 812 88.5
  65 years and over 25,405 20,241 79.7 21,439 16,762 78.2 1,029 866 84.2 2,938 2,613 88.9
    65 to 74 years 15,159 11,528 76.0 13,291 9,885 74.4 464 393 84.8 1,404 1,249 89.0
    75 years and over 10,246 8,713 85.0 8,147 6,877 84.4 565 473 83.7 1,534 1,363 88.9
Male 122,174 96,365 78.9 96,206 72,365 75.2 10,748 9,510 88.5 15,220 14,490 95.2
  Under 18 years 37,384 32,608 87.2 26,236 21,764 83.0 2,356 2,223 94.4 8,792 8,621 98.0
    Under 5 years 10,671 9,380 87.9 7,632 6,393 83.8 655 637 97.2 2,385 2,351 98.6
    5 to 17 years 26,713 23,227 87.0 18,604 15,371 82.6 1,701 1,587 93.3 6,407 6,270 97.9
  18 to 64 years 72,047 53,853 74.7 58,137 41,473 71.3 7,777 6,774 87.1 6,133 5,606 91.4
    18 to 24 years 11,191 9,206 82.3 7,232 5,541 76.6 1,612 1,468 91.1 2,348 2,197 93.6
    25 to 34 years 14,233 11,473 80.6 10,779 8,373 77.7 2,035 1,816 89.2 1,420 1,284 90.4
    35 to 44 years 16,238 12,700 78.2 13,689 10,459 76.4 1,651 1,438 87.1 898 803 89.4
    45 to 54 years 17,184 12,068 70.2 14,509 9,765 67.3 1,614 1,352 83.8 1,062 951 89.6
    55 to 59 years 7,209 4,599 63.8 6,333 3,849 60.8 596 492 82.5 280 259 92.3
    60 to 64 years 5,992 3,807 63.5 5,597 3,486 62.3 269 208 77.4 125 112 89.7
  65 years and over 12,743 9,905 77.7 11,833 9,129 77.1 615 512 83.3 295 264 89.4
    65 to 74 years 7,630 5,592 73.3 7,197 5,220 72.5 295 246 83.3 139 126 91.0
    75 years and over 5,112 4,312 84.4 4,637 3,908 84.3 320 267 83.4 156 137 88.0
Female 126,127 100,942 80.0 92,985 69,844 75.1 4,335 3,869 89.3 28,807 27,229 94.5
  Under 18 years 35,769 31,122 87.0 25,115 20,797 82.8 1,905 1,769 92.8 8,748 8,556 97.8
    Under 5 years 10,187 8,962 88.0 7,213 6,034 83.7 606 587 96.7 2,368 2,342 98.9
    5 to 17 years 25,582 22,160 86.6 17,903 14,763 82.5 1,299 1,182 91.0 6,381 6,214 97.4
  18 to 64 years 77,695 59,484 76.6 58,264 41,414 71.1 2,015 1,747 86.7 17,416 16,323 93.7
    18 to 24 years 11,039 9,241 83.7 6,959 5,405 77.7 594 523 88.1 3,485 3,312 95.0
    25 to 34 years 15,964 13,195 82.7 11,576 9,027 78.0 342 297 86.6 4,046 3,872 95.7
    35 to 44 years 18,185 14,618 80.4 13,817 10,428 75.5 283 251 88.7 4,085 3,938 96.4
    45 to 54 years 18,799 13,336 70.9 14,457 9,429 65.2 509 438 86.0 3,834 3,470 90.5
    55 to 59 years 7,660 4,941 64.5 6,298 3,755 59.6 188 155 82.5 1,174 1,031 87.8
    60 to 64 years 6,048 4,152 68.7 5,158 3,370 65.3 98 82 83.6 792 700 88.3
  65 years and over 12,662 10,336 81.6 9,605 7,633 79.5 414 354 85.4 2,643 2,349 88.9
    65 to 74 years 7,529 5,935 78.8 6,095 4,665 76.5 169 148 87.4 1,265 1,123 88.8
    75 years and over 5,134 4,400 85.7 3,511 2,968 84.5 245 206 84.1 1,378 1,226 89.0

Poverty Footnotes

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