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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 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		153,666 31,973 20.8 113,271 14,116 12.5 8,363 2,239 26.8 32,031 15,618 48.8
  Under 18 years 73,083 17,943 24.6 51,347 7,294 14.2 4,228 1,245 29.5 17,508 9,404 53.7
      Under 5 years 20,858 5,913 28.3 14,845 2,412 16.2 1,261 415 32.9 4,753 3,086 64.9
      5 to 17 years 52,224 12,030 23.0 36,502 4,882 13.4 2,967 830 28.0 12,755 6,318 49.5
  18 to 64 years 78,231 13,535 17.3 60,395 6,608 10.9 3,967 958 24.2 13,870 5,969 43.0
      18 to 24 years 10,994 2,798 25.5 6,984 1,010 14.5 792 226 28.6 3,218 1,562 48.5
      25 to 34 years 19,790 4,371 22.1 14,930 2,113 14.2 1,041 264 25.4 3,820 1,993 52.2
      35 to 44 years 26,559 3,696 13.9 21,850 2,088 9.6 1,084 239 22.0 3,626 1,370 37.8
      45 to 54 years 16,668 1,977 11.9 13,447 1,032 7.7 808 167 20.6 2,412 779 32.3
      55 to 59 years 2,771 429 15.5 2,111 216 10.2 167 44 26.1 494 169 34.3
      60 to 64 years 1,449 264 18.2 1,074 149 13.9 75 19 (B) 301 96 31.9
  65 years and over 2,352 495 21.1 1,529 214 14.0 169 36 21.2 654 245 37.5
      65 to 74 years 1,519 303 19.9 1,018 132 13.0 107 23 21.3 394 148 37.5
      75 years and over 833 192 23.1 511 82 16.0 62 13 (B) 259 97 37.5
Male 73,982 14,141 19.1 57,352 7,112 12.4 5,657 1,509 26.7 10,973 5,519 50.3
  Under 18 years 37,349 9,139 24.5 26,234 3,673 14.0 2,322 701 30.2 8,792 4,764 54.2
      Under 5 years 10,671 3,037 28.5 7,632 1,234 16.2 655 229 34.9 2,385 1,574 66.0
      5 to 17 years 26,677 6,102 22.9 18,602 2,439 13.1 1,668 473 28.4 6,407 3,190 49.8
  18 to 64 years 35,652 4,826 13.5 30,331 3,319 10.9 3,216 780 24.3 2,105 726 34.5
      18 to 24 years 5,096 1,065 20.9 3,507 474 13.5 538 167 30.9 1,051 424 40.4
      25 to 34 years 8,067 1,342 16.6 6,723 975 14.5 876 236 27.0 468 131 27.9
      35 to 44 years 11,942 1,314 11.0 10,763 1,052 9.8 938 197 21.0 241 64 26.6
      45 to 54 years 8,284 799 9.6 7,374 596 8.1 658 130 19.7 252 73 29.1
      55 to 59 years 1,528 204 13.4 1,316 141 10.7 143 34 23.9 69 29 (B)
      60 to 64 years 735 102 13.9 647 81 12.5 62 17 (B) 25 5 (B)
  65 years and over 981 176 17.9 787 120 15.2 119 27 23.0 76 29 38.3
      65 to 74 years 696 114 16.4 576 78 13.5 76 20 26.7 44 16 (B)
      75 years and over 286 62 21.7 211 42 19.8 43 7 (B) 32 13 (B)
Female 79,684 17,833 22.4 55,919 7,004 12.5 2,707 730 27.0 21,058 10,098 48.0
  Under 18 years 35,734 8,805 24.6 25,113 3,621 14.4 1,905 544 28.5 8,716 4,640 53.2
      Under 5 years 10,187 2,877 28.2 7,213 1,178 16.3 606 187 30.8 2,368 1,512 63.9
      5 to 17 years 25,547 5,928 23.2 17,900 2,443 13.6 1,299 357 27.5 6,348 3,128 49.3
  18 to 64 years 42,579 8,709 20.5 30,064 3,289 10.9 751 178 23.7 11,764 5,242 44.6
      18 to 24 years 5,897 1,733 29.4 3,477 536 15.4 253 60 23.5 2,167 1,138 52.5
      25 to 34 years 11,723 3,028 25.8 8,207 1,138 13.9 165 28 17.1 3,352 1,862 55.6
      35 to 44 years 14,617 2,383 16.3 11,087 1,035 9.3 145 41 28.4 3,385 1,306 38.6
      45 to 54 years 8,384 1,178 14.1 6,073 436 7.2 151 37 24.6 2,160 705 32.6
      55 to 59 years 1,243 225 18.1 794 75 9.4 24 10 (B) 425 140 33.0
      60 to 64 years 714 162 22.7 426 69 16.1 13 2 (B) 275 91 33.2
  65 years and over 1,371 319 23.3 743 95 12.7 51 9 (B) 578 216 37.4
      65 to 74 years 824 189 23.0 442 55 12.3 31 3 (B) 350 132 37.7
      75 years and over 547 130 23.8 301 40 13.4 19 6 (B) 227 84 37.0

Poverty Footnotes

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