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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 alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 153,644 77.7 159,476 118,452 74.3 11,277 9,928 88.0 27,010 25,264 93.5
  Under 18 years 55,450 47,545 85.7 42,242 34,810 82.4 3,174 2,955 93.1 10,035 9,780 97.5
    Under 5 years 15,639 13,681 87.5 12,080 10,169 84.2 959 930 97.0 2,600 2,582 99.3
    5 to 17 years 39,811 33,864 85.1 30,162 24,641 81.7 2,215 2,025 91.4 7,434 7,198 96.8
  18 to 64 years 120,309 88,807 73.8 98,122 68,850 70.2 7,327 6,340 86.5 14,860 13,616 91.6
    18 to 24 years 16,994 13,755 80.9 11,824 9,011 76.2 1,621 1,441 88.9 3,549 3,303 93.1
    25 to 34 years 23,497 18,979 80.8 18,504 14,392 77.8 1,748 1,561 89.3 3,244 3,026 93.3
    35 to 44 years 27,490 21,545 78.4 22,921 17,334 75.6 1,435 1,259 87.7 3,134 2,952 94.2
    45 to 54 years 29,524 20,199 68.4 24,545 15,880 64.7 1,639 1,364 83.2 3,339 2,956 88.5
    55 to 59 years 12,512 7,755 62.0 10,920 6,398 58.6 603 498 82.6 988 859 86.9
    60 to 64 years 10,293 6,572 63.8 9,408 5,835 62.0 280 217 77.4 606 520 85.9
  65 years and over 22,003 17,292 78.6 19,112 14,791 77.4 775 633 81.6 2,115 1,868 88.3
    65 to 74 years 13,107 9,771 74.5 11,784 8,631 73.2 329 268 81.6 995 872 87.6
    75 years and over 8,896 7,521 84.6 7,328 6,160 84.1 447 365 81.7 1,120 996 88.9
Male 98,431 76,043 77.3 81,186 60,333 74.3 8,124 7,127 87.7 9,121 8,583 94.1
  Under 18 years 28,422 24,437 86.0 21,626 17,872 82.6 1,758 1,648 93.8 5,038 4,917 97.6
    Under 5 years 8,013 7,029 87.7 6,197 5,238 84.5 503 487 96.8 1,313 1,304 99.3
    5 to 17 years 20,409 17,409 85.3 15,429 12,634 81.9 1,255 1,161 92.5 3,725 3,613 97.0
  18 to 64 years 58,750 42,972 73.1 48,994 34,403 70.2 5,887 5,093 86.5 3,870 3,476 89.8
    18 to 24 years 8,634 6,956 80.6 6,017 4,568 75.9 1,187 1,066 89.8 1,430 1,321 92.4
    25 to 34 years 11,285 9,006 79.8 8,940 6,910 77.3 1,510 1,353 89.6 835 743 89.0
    35 to 44 years 13,226 10,248 77.5 11,422 8,676 76.0 1,240 1,082 87.3 565 490 86.8
    45 to 54 years 14,272 9,749 68.3 12,250 8,041 65.6 1,281 1,059 82.7 741 649 87.6
    55 to 59 years 6,123 3,806 62.2 5,448 3,231 59.3 459 376 81.9 216 199 92.3
    60 to 64 years 5,210 3,208 61.6 4,917 2,977 60.5 210 157 74.7 84 74 88.5
  65 years and over 11,259 8,633 76.7 10,567 8,058 76.3 480 386 80.5 212 189 89.1
    65 to 74 years 6,697 4,813 71.9 6,377 4,547 71.3 218 174 79.8 101 92 91.1
    75 years and over 4,562 3,820 83.7 4,189 3,511 83.8 262 212 81.1 111 97 87.3
Female 99,332 77,601 78.1 78,290 58,120 74.2 3,153 2,800 88.8 17,889 16,681 93.2
  Under 18 years 27,028 23,107 85.5 20,616 16,938 82.2 1,416 1,307 92.2 4,996 4,863 97.3
    Under 5 years 7,626 6,652 87.2 5,883 4,931 83.8 456 443 97.1 1,287 1,278 99.3
    5 to 17 years 19,402 16,456 84.8 14,732 12,007 81.5 961 864 89.9 3,709 3,585 96.6
  18 to 64 years 61,559 45,834 74.5 49,128 34,448 70.1 1,441 1,247 86.5 10,990 10,140 92.3
    18 to 24 years 8,360 6,799 81.3 5,807 4,443 76.5 434 375 86.4 2,119 1,981 93.5
    25 to 34 years 12,212 9,974 81.7 9,564 7,482 78.2 238 208 87.5 2,409 2,284 94.8
    35 to 44 years 14,264 11,297 79.2 11,499 8,658 75.3 196 177 90.5 2,569 2,462 95.8
    45 to 54 years 15,252 10,450 68.5 12,295 7,839 63.8 358 304 84.9 2,598 2,307 88.8
    55 to 59 years 6,389 3,949 61.8 5,472 3,167 57.9 144 122 85.0 773 660 85.4
    60 to 64 years 5,083 3,365 66.2 4,491 2,858 63.6 71 60 (B) 522 446 85.5
  65 years and over 10,744 8,659 80.6 8,546 6,734 78.8 296 247 83.4 1,903 1,679 88.2
    65 to 74 years 6,410 4,958 77.3 5,407 4,085 75.5 110 94 85.1 893 779 87.2
    75 years and over 4,334 3,701 85.4 3,139 2,649 84.4 185 153 82.4 1,009 900 89.1

Poverty Footnotes

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