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POV03: People in Families with Related Children Under 18 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) People in 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 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

Black alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,672 6,403 29.5 9,551 963 10.1 1,403 359 25.6 10,719 5,081 47.4
  Under 18 years 11,025 3,791 34.4 4,290 470 11.0 706 190 26.9 6,029 3,131 51.9
      Under 5 years 3,118 1,256 40.3 1,202 154 12.8 205 42 20.6 1,711 1,060 61.9
      5 to 17 years 7,907 2,535 32.1 3,088 316 10.2 502 148 29.5 4,318 2,072 48.0
  18 to 64 years 10,287 2,521 24.5 5,103 473 9.3 675 163 24.2 4,509 1,884 41.8
      18 to 24 years 1,997 671 33.6 676 89 13.1 149 44 29.4 1,172 539 45.9
      25 to 34 years 2,812 858 30.5 1,274 142 11.1 183 44 23.9 1,354 673 49.7
      35 to 44 years 2,892 570 19.7 1,647 142 8.6 171 40 23.6 1,074 389 36.2
      45 to 54 years 1,955 290 14.8 1,152 65 5.6 134 25 18.9 668 200 29.9
      55 to 59 years 383 71 18.6 211 20 9.4 30 7 (B) 142 44 30.9
      60 to 64 years 248 60 24.3 142 17 12.0 9 3 (B) 97 40 41.4
  65 years and over 360 91 25.3 159 19 12.3 21 6 (B) 180 66 36.8
      65 to 74 years 228 63 27.7 110 14 12.8 12 4 (B) 105 45 42.8
      75 years and over 132 28 21.3 49 5 (B) 9 2 (B) 75 21 (B)
Male 9,509 2,601 27.4 4,873 483 9.9 949 258 27.2 3,687 1,861 50.5
  Under 18 years 5,570 1,924 34.5 2,165 217 10.0 404 117 28.9 3,001 1,590 53.0
      Under 5 years 1,583 623 39.4 623 66 10.6 111 22 20.1 849 535 63.0
      5 to 17 years 3,987 1,301 32.6 1,543 151 9.8 293 94 32.2 2,151 1,055 49.0
  18 to 64 years 3,811 655 17.2 2,613 254 9.7 531 137 25.8 667 264 39.6
      18 to 24 years 817 238 29.1 330 45 13.6 104 29 28.0 384 164 42.7
      25 to 34 years 892 172 19.3 597 75 12.6 150 44 29.2 144 53 36.6
      35 to 44 years 1,015 128 12.6 814 69 8.5 149 35 23.5 52 24 (B)
      45 to 54 years 804 79 9.8 639 40 6.3 93 21 22.1 73 18 (B)
      55 to 59 years 183 23 12.5 146 14 9.6 28 6 (B) 9 3 (B)
      60 to 64 years 100 16 15.7 87 10 11.4 7 3 (B) 6 3 (B)
  65 years and over 128 23 18.1 95 12 12.8 13 4 (B) 19 7 (B)
      65 to 74 years 87 15 17.3 67 8 (B) 9 4 (B) 11 3 (B)
      75 years and over 41 8 (B) 28 4 (B) 5 0 (B) 9 4 (B)
Female 12,163 3,802 31.3 4,678 480 10.3 454 102 22.4 7,031 3,220 45.8
  Under 18 years 5,455 1,868 34.2 2,124 253 11.9 302 74 24.4 3,029 1,541 50.9
      Under 5 years 1,535 633 41.2 579 88 15.2 94 20 21.1 862 525 60.9
      5 to 17 years 3,920 1,235 31.5 1,545 164 10.6 209 54 25.8 2,167 1,017 46.9
  18 to 64 years 6,476 1,866 28.8 2,490 220 8.8 144 26 18.3 3,842 1,620 42.2
      18 to 24 years 1,180 433 36.7 347 44 12.6 45 15 (B) 789 375 47.5
      25 to 34 years 1,919 686 35.8 677 66 9.8 33 0 (B) 1,210 620 51.2
      35 to 44 years 1,877 442 23.6 833 72 8.7 22 5 (B) 1,022 365 35.7
      45 to 54 years 1,150 211 18.3 514 24 4.7 41 5 (B) 596 182 30.5
      55 to 59 years 201 48 24.1 66 6 (B) 2 2 (B) 133 41 30.6
      60 to 64 years 148 45 30.1 55 7 (B) 2 0 (B) 92 38 41.1
  65 years and over 233 68 29.3 64 7 (B) 8 2 (B) 161 59 36.9
      65 to 74 years 141 48 34.1 43 6 (B) 4 0 (B) 95 42 44.5
      75 years and over 91 20 21.9 21 1 (B) 4 2 (B) 66 17 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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