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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		23,234 8,631 37.1 10,414 1,604 15.4 1,488 549 36.9 11,333 6,479 57.2
  Under 18 years 12,229 5,157 42.2 4,929 842 17.1 772 303 39.3 6,528 4,012 61.5
      Under 5 years 3,526 1,671 47.4 1,405 276 19.6 230 77 33.7 1,891 1,318 69.7
      5 to 17 years 8,702 3,486 40.1 3,523 566 16.1 542 226 41.7 4,637 2,694 58.1
  18 to 64 years 10,640 3,358 31.6 5,323 734 13.8 694 236 34.0 4,622 2,388 51.7
      18 to 24 years 2,092 875 41.8 719 137 19.0 160 64 39.7 1,213 674 55.6
      25 to 34 years 2,911 1,136 39.0 1,340 245 18.3 185 64 34.7 1,386 827 59.7
      35 to 44 years 2,993 742 24.8 1,724 193 11.2 173 47 27.4 1,095 502 45.9
      45 to 54 years 1,998 411 20.6 1,174 95 8.1 138 45 33.0 686 270 39.4
      55 to 59 years 393 107 27.3 220 33 15.1 30 11 (B) 143 63 43.8
      60 to 64 years 254 87 34.1 146 31 21.0 9 4 (B) 99 52 52.5
  65 years and over 366 116 31.6 162 28 17.4 21 9 (B) 182 78 42.9
      65 to 74 years 234 80 34.3 114 21 18.6 12 4 (B) 107 55 51.1
      75 years and over 132 36 27.0 49 7 (B) 9 5 (B) 75 23 (B)
Male 10,249 3,547 34.6 5,277 828 15.7 999 372 37.2 3,973 2,347 59.1
  Under 18 years 6,166 2,622 42.5 2,471 432 17.5 435 178 40.8 3,260 2,012 61.7
      Under 5 years 1,778 839 47.2 715 135 18.9 124 49 39.2 940 655 69.7
      5 to 17 years 4,388 1,783 40.6 1,757 297 16.9 311 129 41.5 2,321 1,357 58.5
  18 to 64 years 3,951 893 22.6 2,707 378 14.0 550 187 34.0 693 328 47.3
      18 to 24 years 859 313 36.5 343 62 18.1 115 43 37.6 401 208 51.9
      25 to 34 years 928 243 26.2 627 120 19.2 152 60 39.1 148 64 42.9
      35 to 44 years 1,050 164 15.6 848 98 11.6 151 40 26.5 52 26 (B)
      45 to 54 years 826 110 13.3 652 55 8.5 97 31 31.8 77 24 30.9
      55 to 59 years 187 37 19.7 150 24 15.9 28 10 (B) 9 3 (B)
      60 to 64 years 101 26 25.3 88 19 21.2 7 4 (B) 6 3 (B)
  65 years and over 131 32 24.2 99 18 18.2 13 7 (B) 19 7 (B)
      65 to 74 years 90 19 21.1 71 12 (B) 9 4 (B) 11 3 (B)
      75 years and over 41 13 (B) 28 6 (B) 5 3 (B) 9 4 (B)
Female 12,986 5,084 39.2 5,136 776 15.1 489 177 36.2 7,360 4,131 56.1
  Under 18 years 6,062 2,535 41.8 2,457 410 16.7 337 126 37.3 3,268 2,000 61.2
      Under 5 years 1,748 833 47.6 691 141 20.4 106 29 27.2 951 663 69.7
      5 to 17 years 4,314 1,702 39.5 1,767 269 15.2 231 97 41.9 2,317 1,337 57.7
  18 to 64 years 6,689 2,465 36.9 2,615 356 13.6 144 49 33.9 3,929 2,061 52.4
      18 to 24 years 1,233 562 45.6 376 75 19.9 45 20 (B) 812 466 57.4
      25 to 34 years 1,983 893 45.0 713 125 17.5 33 5 (B) 1,237 763 61.7
      35 to 44 years 1,943 578 29.8 877 94 10.8 22 7 (B) 1,044 476 45.6
      45 to 54 years 1,172 301 25.7 522 40 7.7 41 15 (B) 609 246 40.5
      55 to 59 years 206 70 34.3 69 9 (B) 2 2 (B) 134 59 44.2
      60 to 64 years 152 61 40.0 58 12 (B) 2 0 (B) 93 49 52.8
  65 years and over 235 84 35.8 64 10 (B) 8 2 (B) 163 71 43.7
      65 to 74 years 143 61 42.6 43 9 (B) 4 0 (B) 97 52 53.7
      75 years and over 91 23 25.2 21 1 (B) 4 2 (B) 66 19 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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