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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)

White A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		202,100 157,329 77.8 162,411 120,803 74.4 11,557 10,189 88.2 28,131 26,337 93.6
  Under 18 years 57,833 49,630 85.8 43,804 36,098 82.4 3,310 3,085 93.2 10,719 10,447 97.5
    Under 5 years 16,463 14,360 87.2 12,638 10,591 83.8 1,003 973 97.1 2,823 2,795 99.0
    5 to 17 years 41,369 35,269 85.3 31,166 25,506 81.8 2,307 2,112 91.5 7,896 7,651 96.9
  18 to 64 years 122,073 90,229 73.9 99,336 69,766 70.2 7,466 6,464 86.6 15,271 13,998 91.7
    18 to 24 years 17,423 14,101 80.9 12,078 9,193 76.1 1,672 1,490 89.1 3,672 3,418 93.1
    25 to 34 years 23,927 19,350 80.9 18,784 14,624 77.9 1,787 1,598 89.4 3,356 3,129 93.2
    35 to 44 years 27,846 21,847 78.5 23,182 17,545 75.7 1,454 1,274 87.7 3,210 3,028 94.3
    45 to 54 years 29,843 20,440 68.5 24,776 16,047 64.8 1,659 1,377 83.0 3,407 3,015 88.5
    55 to 59 years 12,651 7,856 62.1 11,032 6,473 58.7 611 506 82.8 1,008 878 87.1
    60 to 64 years 10,384 6,634 63.9 9,483 5,884 62.0 283 220 77.5 618 531 85.9
  65 years and over 22,194 17,471 78.7 19,271 14,939 77.5 782 639 81.8 2,141 1,892 88.4
    65 to 74 years 13,249 9,902 74.7 11,902 8,740 73.4 332 271 81.7 1,015 892 87.8
    75 years and over 8,944 7,568 84.6 7,368 6,200 84.1 450 368 81.8 1,126 1,000 88.9
Male 100,592 77,834 77.4 82,671 61,490 74.4 8,313 7,302 87.8 9,608 9,041 94.1
  Under 18 years 29,618 25,453 85.9 22,412 18,491 82.5 1,822 1,711 93.9 5,384 5,251 97.5
    Under 5 years 8,422 7,348 87.2 6,482 5,440 83.9 523 507 97.0 1,418 1,401 98.8
    5 to 17 years 21,196 18,105 85.4 15,930 13,051 81.9 1,300 1,204 92.7 3,966 3,849 97.1
  18 to 64 years 59,623 43,660 73.2 49,605 34,858 70.3 6,008 5,201 86.6 4,010 3,600 89.8
    18 to 24 years 8,852 7,135 80.6 6,129 4,647 75.8 1,230 1,107 90.0 1,493 1,381 92.5
    25 to 34 years 11,482 9,171 79.9 9,071 7,017 77.3 1,542 1,383 89.7 868 770 88.7
    35 to 44 years 13,382 10,374 77.5 11,553 8,781 76.0 1,257 1,096 87.2 572 498 87.0
    45 to 54 years 14,452 9,877 68.3 12,385 8,136 65.7 1,300 1,073 82.5 767 668 87.1
    55 to 59 years 6,198 3,862 62.3 5,508 3,272 59.4 466 383 82.1 224 207 92.6
    60 to 64 years 5,257 3,241 61.7 4,958 3,005 60.6 212 159 75.1 86 76 88.8
  65 years and over 11,350 8,721 76.8 10,653 8,141 76.4 483 390 80.6 214 190 89.0
    65 to 74 years 6,766 4,878 72.1 6,444 4,609 71.5 220 175 79.9 103 93 90.9
    75 years and over 4,584 3,842 83.8 4,210 3,531 83.9 263 214 81.3 111 97 87.3
Female 101,508 79,495 78.3 79,740 59,313 74.4 3,244 2,887 89.0 18,524 17,296 93.4
  Under 18 years 28,215 24,176 85.7 21,392 17,606 82.3 1,487 1,374 92.4 5,335 5,196 97.4
    Under 5 years 8,041 7,012 87.2 6,156 5,151 83.7 480 467 97.3 1,405 1,394 99.2
    5 to 17 years 20,174 17,165 85.1 15,236 12,455 81.7 1,008 908 90.1 3,930 3,802 96.7
  18 to 64 years 62,450 46,569 74.6 49,731 34,908 70.2 1,458 1,263 86.6 11,262 10,398 92.3
    18 to 24 years 8,570 6,967 81.3 5,949 4,546 76.4 442 383 86.6 2,179 2,037 93.5
    25 to 34 years 12,445 10,179 81.8 9,713 7,607 78.3 245 214 87.6 2,488 2,358 94.8
    35 to 44 years 14,464 11,473 79.3 11,629 8,765 75.4 197 178 90.6 2,638 2,530 95.9
    45 to 54 years 15,391 10,563 68.6 12,391 7,911 63.8 359 305 84.9 2,641 2,347 88.9
    55 to 59 years 6,453 3,994 61.9 5,524 3,200 57.9 144 123 85.1 784 671 85.6
    60 to 64 years 5,127 3,393 66.2 4,524 2,879 63.6 71 60 (B) 532 455 85.5
  65 years and over 10,843 8,750 80.7 8,617 6,799 78.9 299 250 83.6 1,927 1,702 88.3
    65 to 74 years 6,483 5,024 77.5 5,459 4,130 75.7 112 96 85.3 912 798 87.5
    75 years and over 4,360 3,726 85.5 3,159 2,668 84.5 187 154 82.5 1,015 904 89.0

Poverty Footnotes

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