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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)

White alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,664 21,111 17.8 93,568 11,176 11.9 6,231 1,517 24.3 18,865 8,418 44.6
  Under 18 years 55,404 11,580 20.9 42,238 5,757 13.6 3,151 847 26.9 10,015 4,976 49.7
      Under 5 years 15,639 3,860 24.7 12,080 1,916 15.9 959 304 31.7 2,600 1,640 63.1
      5 to 17 years 39,764 7,721 19.4 30,157 3,841 12.7 2,192 543 24.8 7,415 3,336 45.0
  18 to 64 years 61,627 9,203 14.9 50,221 5,257 10.5 2,958 643 21.7 8,448 3,302 39.1
      18 to 24 years 8,197 1,758 21.4 5,793 793 13.7 565 146 25.9 1,839 819 44.5
      25 to 34 years 15,443 2,976 19.3 12,434 1,706 13.7 773 181 23.4 2,235 1,088 48.7
      35 to 44 years 21,377 2,637 12.3 18,256 1,675 9.2 830 172 20.8 2,291 790 34.5
      45 to 54 years 13,426 1,383 10.3 11,237 812 7.2 610 105 17.2 1,579 466 29.5
      55 to 59 years 2,136 297 13.9 1,691 169 10.0 123 29 23.3 322 99 30.8
      60 to 64 years 1,049 153 14.6 810 103 12.7 57 10 (B) 182 40 22.1
  65 years and over 1,633 328 20.1 1,109 162 14.6 122 26 21.5 402 140 34.8
      65 to 74 years 1,062 192 18.1 737 93 12.7 76 19 24.8 249 80 32.1
      75 years and over 570 136 23.8 372 68 18.3 46 7 (B) 153 60 39.3
Male 58,041 9,579 16.5 47,457 5,632 11.9 4,253 1,021 24.0 6,332 2,925 46.2
  Under 18 years 28,398 5,925 20.9 21,625 2,905 13.4 1,735 471 27.2 5,038 2,549 50.6
      Under 5 years 8,013 2,003 25.0 6,197 984 15.9 503 165 32.8 1,313 854 65.1
      5 to 17 years 20,385 3,922 19.2 15,428 1,921 12.4 1,232 307 24.9 3,725 1,694 45.5
  18 to 64 years 28,931 3,525 12.2 25,260 2,636 10.4 2,426 529 21.8 1,245 359 28.8
      18 to 24 years 3,882 687 17.7 2,914 377 12.9 378 110 29.0 589 200 34.0
      25 to 34 years 6,574 1,010 15.4 5,637 790 14.0 657 158 24.0 281 62 22.1
      35 to 44 years 9,892 1,021 10.3 9,012 849 9.4 722 142 19.7 157 29 18.6
      45 to 54 years 6,811 587 8.6 6,146 456 7.4 517 87 16.8 148 44 29.7
      55 to 59 years 1,197 151 12.6 1,043 106 10.2 102 22 21.9 52 22 (B)
      60 to 64 years 575 69 11.9 508 57 11.3 49 10 (B) 18 1 (B)
  65 years and over 712 129 18.1 572 91 15.9 92 20 21.9 48 18 (B)
      65 to 74 years 511 87 17.0 419 58 13.8 60 16 (B) 32 13 (B)
      75 years and over 201 42 21.0 153 33 21.7 32 4 (B) 16 5 (B)
Female 60,623 11,532 19.0 46,111 5,544 12.0 1,979 496 25.1 12,533 5,493 43.8
  Under 18 years 27,006 5,655 20.9 20,613 2,852 13.8 1,416 376 26.5 4,977 2,427 48.8
      Under 5 years 7,626 1,856 24.3 5,883 932 15.8 456 139 30.5 1,287 786 61.0
      5 to 17 years 19,380 3,799 19.6 14,730 1,921 13.0 961 237 24.6 3,690 1,642 44.5
  18 to 64 years 32,696 5,678 17.4 24,961 2,621 10.5 532 114 21.4 7,203 2,943 40.9
      18 to 24 years 4,315 1,071 24.8 2,879 416 14.5 186 37 19.6 1,250 619 49.5
      25 to 34 years 8,868 1,966 22.2 6,798 916 13.5 116 23 20.1 1,955 1,026 52.5
      35 to 44 years 11,485 1,616 14.1 9,243 825 8.9 108 30 27.8 2,134 761 35.6
      45 to 54 years 6,615 795 12.0 5,091 356 7.0 93 18 19.0 1,430 422 29.5
      55 to 59 years 938 146 15.5 648 63 9.7 20 6 (B) 270 77 28.5
      60 to 64 years 475 84 17.7 303 45 15.0 8 0 (B) 164 39 23.6
  65 years and over 921 199 21.6 537 71 13.2 30 6 (B) 354 122 34.5
      65 to 74 years 551 106 19.2 318 36 11.2 16 3 (B) 217 67 31.0
      75 years and over 369 93 25.2 218 35 16.0 14 4 (B) 137 55 40.0

Poverty Footnotes

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