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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 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 12,329 6.2 159,476 5,900 3.7 11,277 942 8.4 27,010 5,486 20.3
  Under 18 years 55,450 5,899 10.6 42,242 2,385 5.6 3,174 414 13.0 10,035 3,099 30.9
    Under 5 years 15,639 2,140 13.7 12,080 854 7.1 959 154 16.1 2,600 1,131 43.5
    5 to 17 years 39,811 3,759 9.4 30,162 1,531 5.1 2,215 260 11.7 7,434 1,968 26.5
  18 to 64 years 120,309 5,793 4.8 98,122 3,024 3.1 7,327 505 6.9 14,860 2,265 15.2
    18 to 24 years 16,994 1,151 6.8 11,824 421 3.6 1,621 111 6.8 3,549 620 17.5
    25 to 34 years 23,497 1,604 6.8 18,504 777 4.2 1,748 112 6.4 3,244 715 22.1
    35 to 44 years 27,490 1,324 4.8 22,921 723 3.2 1,435 119 8.3 3,134 482 15.4
    45 to 54 years 29,524 979 3.3 24,545 549 2.2 1,639 109 6.7 3,339 321 9.6
    55 to 59 years 12,512 401 3.2 10,920 277 2.5 603 42 6.9 988 82 8.3
    60 to 64 years 10,293 334 3.2 9,408 277 2.9 280 11 4.0 606 46 7.6
  65 years and over 22,003 637 2.9 19,112 491 2.6 775 24 3.0 2,115 122 5.8
    65 to 74 years 13,107 352 2.7 11,784 280 2.4 329 14 4.3 995 58 5.8
    75 years and over 8,896 285 3.2 7,328 212 2.9 447 10 2.1 1,120 64 5.7
Male 98,431 5,558 5.6 81,186 3,003 3.7 8,124 660 8.1 9,121 1,895 20.8
  Under 18 years 28,422 3,043 10.7 21,626 1,224 5.7 1,758 232 13.2 5,038 1,588 31.5
    Under 5 years 8,013 1,096 13.7 6,197 425 6.9 503 86 17.0 1,313 585 44.6
    5 to 17 years 20,409 1,947 9.5 15,429 799 5.2 1,255 146 11.6 3,725 1,003 26.9
  18 to 64 years 58,750 2,229 3.8 48,994 1,514 3.1 5,887 414 7.0 3,870 301 7.8
    18 to 24 years 8,634 446 5.2 6,017 206 3.4 1,187 86 7.3 1,430 155 10.8
    25 to 34 years 11,285 519 4.6 8,940 369 4.1 1,510 98 6.5 835 52 6.2
    35 to 44 years 13,226 501 3.8 11,422 372 3.3 1,240 98 7.9 565 31 5.6
    45 to 54 years 14,272 409 2.9 12,250 270 2.2 1,281 92 7.2 741 47 6.3
    55 to 59 years 6,123 186 3.0 5,448 140 2.6 459 34 7.3 216 13 6.0
    60 to 64 years 5,210 168 3.2 4,917 158 3.2 210 7 3.2 84 4 4.5
  65 years and over 11,259 286 2.5 10,567 265 2.5 480 14 3.0 212 6 2.9
    65 to 74 years 6,697 146 2.2 6,377 136 2.1 218 9 4.2 101 1 1.0
    75 years and over 4,562 140 3.1 4,189 130 3.1 262 5 1.9 111 5 4.7
Female 99,332 6,771 6.8 78,290 2,897 3.7 3,153 282 9.0 17,889 3,591 20.1
  Under 18 years 27,028 2,856 10.6 20,616 1,162 5.6 1,416 183 12.9 4,996 1,512 30.3
    Under 5 years 7,626 1,044 13.7 5,883 429 7.3 456 69 15.1 1,287 546 42.4
    5 to 17 years 19,402 1,812 9.3 14,732 733 5.0 961 114 11.9 3,709 966 26.0
  18 to 64 years 61,559 3,564 5.8 49,128 1,510 3.1 1,441 90 6.3 10,990 1,964 17.9
    18 to 24 years 8,360 705 8.4 5,807 215 3.7 434 25 5.6 2,119 465 21.9
    25 to 34 years 12,212 1,085 8.9 9,564 408 4.3 238 14 5.9 2,409 664 27.5
    35 to 44 years 14,264 823 5.8 11,499 351 3.0 196 22 11.2 2,569 450 17.5
    45 to 54 years 15,252 571 3.7 12,295 279 2.3 358 17 4.8 2,598 274 10.5
    55 to 59 years 6,389 215 3.4 5,472 137 2.5 144 8 5.7 773 69 8.9
    60 to 64 years 5,083 166 3.3 4,491 119 2.7 71 5 (B) 522 42 8.0
  65 years and over 10,744 351 3.3 8,546 226 2.6 296 9 3.2 1,903 116 6.1
    65 to 74 years 6,410 206 3.2 5,407 144 2.7 110 5 4.4 893 57 6.4
    75 years and over 4,334 145 3.4 3,139 82 2.6 185 5 2.4 1,009 59 5.8

Poverty Footnotes

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