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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,664 22,219 18.7 93,568 11,958 12.8 6,231 1,610 25.8 18,865 8,651 45.9
  Under 18 years 55,404 12,129 21.9 42,238 6,124 14.5 3,151 896 28.4 10,015 5,108 51.0
      Under 5 years 15,639 3,997 25.6 12,080 2,005 16.6 959 312 32.6 2,600 1,679 64.6
      5 to 17 years 39,764 8,132 20.5 30,157 4,119 13.7 2,192 584 26.6 7,415 3,429 46.2
  18 to 64 years 61,627 9,741 15.8 50,221 5,658 11.3 2,958 686 23.2 8,448 3,397 40.2
      18 to 24 years 8,197 1,858 22.7 5,793 865 14.9 565 154 27.2 1,839 840 45.7
      25 to 34 years 15,443 3,129 20.3 12,434 1,825 14.7 773 190 24.5 2,235 1,115 49.9
      35 to 44 years 21,377 2,819 13.2 18,256 1,813 9.9 830 184 22.2 2,291 821 35.8
      45 to 54 years 13,426 1,467 10.9 11,237 869 7.7 610 118 19.4 1,579 479 30.4
      55 to 59 years 2,136 306 14.3 1,691 176 10.4 123 30 24.8 322 99 30.8
      60 to 64 years 1,049 163 15.5 810 110 13.6 57 10 (B) 182 43 23.5
  65 years and over 1,633 349 21.4 1,109 176 15.8 122 28 22.7 402 145 36.2
      65 to 74 years 1,062 206 19.4 737 103 14.0 76 20 26.7 249 82 33.0
      75 years and over 570 143 25.1 372 73 19.5 46 7 (B) 153 63 41.3
Male 58,041 10,096 17.4 47,457 6,015 12.7 4,253 1,076 25.3 6,332 3,005 47.5
  Under 18 years 28,398 6,195 21.8 21,625 3,084 14.3 1,735 492 28.4 5,038 2,620 52.0
      Under 5 years 8,013 2,075 25.9 6,197 1,033 16.7 503 169 33.5 1,313 873 66.5
      5 to 17 years 20,385 4,121 20.2 15,428 2,051 13.3 1,232 324 26.3 3,725 1,746 46.9
  18 to 64 years 28,931 3,763 13.0 25,260 2,833 11.2 2,426 563 23.2 1,245 367 29.5
      18 to 24 years 3,882 726 18.7 2,914 405 13.9 378 116 30.6 589 205 34.7
      25 to 34 years 6,574 1,073 16.3 5,637 843 15.0 657 164 24.9 281 66 23.5
      35 to 44 years 9,892 1,105 11.2 9,012 922 10.2 722 154 21.3 157 29 18.6
      45 to 54 years 6,811 633 9.3 6,146 492 8.0 517 97 18.7 148 44 29.7
      55 to 59 years 1,197 153 12.8 1,043 109 10.4 102 22 21.9 52 22 (B)
      60 to 64 years 575 73 12.7 508 61 12.1 49 10 (B) 18 1 (B)
  65 years and over 712 138 19.4 572 99 17.2 92 22 23.5 48 18 (B)
      65 to 74 years 511 93 18.2 419 63 15.0 60 18 (B) 32 13 (B)
      75 years and over 201 45 22.4 153 36 23.4 32 4 (B) 16 5 (B)
Female 60,623 12,122 20.0 46,111 5,943 12.9 1,979 533 27.0 12,533 5,646 45.0
  Under 18 years 27,006 5,934 22.0 20,613 3,041 14.8 1,416 404 28.5 4,977 2,489 50.0
      Under 5 years 7,626 1,922 25.2 5,883 972 16.5 456 144 31.5 1,287 806 62.6
      5 to 17 years 19,380 4,012 20.7 14,730 2,069 14.0 961 260 27.1 3,690 1,683 45.6
  18 to 64 years 32,696 5,978 18.3 24,961 2,825 11.3 532 123 23.1 7,203 3,030 42.1
      18 to 24 years 4,315 1,132 26.2 2,879 459 16.0 186 38 20.2 1,250 635 50.8
      25 to 34 years 8,868 2,057 23.2 6,798 981 14.4 116 26 22.4 1,955 1,049 53.7
      35 to 44 years 11,485 1,713 14.9 9,243 892 9.6 108 30 27.8 2,134 792 37.1
      45 to 54 years 6,615 834 12.6 5,091 377 7.4 93 21 22.8 1,430 435 30.4
      55 to 59 years 938 152 16.2 648 67 10.4 20 8 (B) 270 77 28.5
      60 to 64 years 475 90 18.9 303 48 16.0 8 0 (B) 164 41 25.2
  65 years and over 921 211 22.9 537 77 14.4 30 6 (B) 354 127 36.0
      65 to 74 years 551 113 20.4 318 40 12.7 16 3 (B) 217 70 32.0
      75 years and over 369 98 26.5 218 37 16.8 14 4 (B) 137 58 42.3

Poverty Footnotes

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