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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)

Black alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		30,986 5,270 17.0 14,928 814 5.5 2,410 325 13.5 13,648 4,130 30.3
  Under 18 years 11,034 2,856 25.9 4,290 297 6.9 709 136 19.2 6,036 2,423 40.1
    Under 5 years 3,118 973 31.2 1,202 93 7.7 205 35 17.2 1,711 845 49.4
    5 to 17 years 7,916 1,883 23.8 3,088 204 6.6 504 101 20.1 4,324 1,578 36.5
  18 to 64 years 18,020 2,259 12.5 9,440 454 4.8 1,558 179 11.5 7,022 1,627 23.2
    18 to 24 years 3,524 617 17.5 1,278 77 6.0 372 44 11.8 1,874 496 26.5
    25 to 34 years 4,102 702 17.1 1,873 111 5.9 400 45 11.2 1,829 546 29.9
    35 to 44 years 4,028 468 11.6 2,227 101 4.5 309 39 12.7 1,492 327 21.9
    45 to 54 years 3,961 291 7.3 2,416 76 3.1 321 37 11.5 1,224 178 14.5
    55 to 59 years 1,378 108 7.9 913 49 5.4 104 8 7.4 362 51 14.2
    60 to 64 years 1,028 73 7.1 734 39 5.3 52 6 (B) 242 28 11.7
  65 years and over 1,932 154 8.0 1,199 64 5.3 144 10 7.0 590 80 13.6
    65 to 74 years 1,141 84 7.4 787 31 3.9 65 4 (B) 289 49 17.1
    75 years and over 791 70 8.9 412 33 8.1 78 6 7.7 301 31 10.3
Male 14,268 2,153 15.1 7,725 401 5.2 1,701 240 14.1 4,842 1,512 31.2
  Under 18 years 5,572 1,456 26.1 2,165 130 6.0 406 85 20.9 3,001 1,242 41.4
    Under 5 years 1,583 482 30.5 623 35 5.6 111 17 15.0 849 431 50.7
    5 to 17 years 3,990 974 24.4 1,543 95 6.2 295 68 23.1 2,151 811 37.7
  18 to 64 years 7,875 647 8.2 4,874 234 4.8 1,211 149 12.3 1,789 264 14.7
    18 to 24 years 1,678 230 13.7 655 37 5.7 268 34 12.7 756 159 21.1
    25 to 34 years 1,745 156 8.9 948 60 6.3 336 40 11.9 461 56 12.2
    35 to 44 years 1,663 102 6.2 1,143 43 3.7 263 34 13.0 257 25 9.9
    45 to 54 years 1,720 89 5.2 1,260 42 3.3 222 29 12.9 238 19 7.8
    55 to 59 years 621 39 6.3 486 30 6.1 86 6 7.5 49 3 (B)
    60 to 64 years 448 30 6.8 382 23 6.1 38 6 (B) 28 1 (B)
  65 years and over 821 49 6.0 686 37 5.3 83 6 7.3 52 7 (B)
    65 to 74 years 508 26 5.1 441 19 4.2 45 4 (B) 23 3 (B)
    75 years and over 312 23 7.5 245 18 7.3 38 2 (B) 29 4 (B)
Female 16,718 3,117 18.6 7,203 414 5.7 710 85 12.0 8,805 2,618 29.7
  Under 18 years 5,461 1,400 25.6 2,124 167 7.9 302 52 17.1 3,035 1,182 38.9
    Under 5 years 1,535 491 32.0 579 58 10.1 94 19 19.9 862 414 48.0
    5 to 17 years 3,926 909 23.1 1,545 108 7.0 209 33 15.8 2,173 767 35.3
  18 to 64 years 10,145 1,612 15.9 4,566 219 4.8 347 30 8.5 5,233 1,363 26.0
    18 to 24 years 1,846 387 21.0 623 40 6.4 105 10 9.4 1,118 337 30.1
    25 to 34 years 2,357 546 23.2 925 51 5.5 64 5 (B) 1,368 490 35.8
    35 to 44 years 2,365 365 15.4 1,085 59 5.4 46 5 (B) 1,235 302 24.4
    45 to 54 years 2,240 202 9.0 1,156 34 3.0 99 9 8.6 985 159 16.2
    55 to 59 years 757 69 9.1 427 20 4.6 18 1 (B) 313 48 15.4
    60 to 64 years 580 43 7.4 351 16 4.5 15 0 (B) 214 27 12.7
  65 years and over 1,112 105 9.5 513 27 5.3 61 4 (B) 538 74 13.7
    65 to 74 years 633 58 9.2 347 12 3.5 20 0 (B) 266 46 17.4
    75 years and over 479 47 9.7 166 15 9.2 40 4 (B) 272 27 10.1

Poverty Footnotes

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